Sailing, from the first tacks in an Optimist, the first regattas in a 420 or 470 dinghy, to the first trapeze experiences on a Hobie Cat 16 — so many emotions and sensations right at the water's edge.

• Offshore races
• the Golden Globe Race
• the Route du Rhum
• the Vendée Globe Challenge
• the Transat Jacques Vabre
• the Route de la Découverte is a former crewed race now used for ocean records: the Route de la Découverte record
• Ocean records
• the Jules Verne Trophy
• the North Atlantic crossing record
• Miami/New York
• the 24-hour distance record
• the Route de la Découverte record
• the Mediterranean crossing record
• International regattas
• The America's Cup
• Class40 sailboats
• The Beaufort scale
• The glossary of nautical terms

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