The Danish Sailing Association () is the national governing body for the sport of sailing in Denmark, recognised by

World Sailing World Sailing is the international sports governing body for sailing (sport), sailing; it is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). History The creation of the International Yac ...

Classes

The following class organisations are affiliated to the Danish Sailing Association: * 29er *

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* Albin Express * * BB 10 * * Contender *

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Formula 18 The Formula 18 (F18) class is a non-foiling, restricted development, formula-design sport catamaran class. It was started in the early 1990s and quickly grew getting class recognition by World Sailing, with large racing fleets all over the globe ...

* H-boat * Hobie Cat * ILCA ( 4, 6, and 7) * International 806 *

International A-class catamaran The A-Class Catamaran, often abbreviated to A-Cat, is a development class sailing catamaran for singlehanded racing. Background The class was founded during the late 1950s and was part of the 4-tier IYRU (now World Sailing) approach to divide u ...

* J/70 * J/80 *

kiteboarding Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. It combines the aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snow ...

classes * L 23 * * Nordic Folkboat * OK * Optimist * RS Feva *

RS Tera The RS Tera is a one-man monohull dinghy in the RS Sailing range of sailing boats. It is recognised by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) as an international class, and is a popular boat for beginners and for children to race. Performan ...

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Spækhugger Spækhugger (lit. Killer Whale) is a sailboat class designed by Peter Bruun (yacht designer), Peter Bruun and built in about 500 copies. History The Spækhugger was designed in 1969 for cruising and racing and become the most popular boat in Den ...

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windsurfing Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the Californian aerospace and surf culture. Windsurfing gain ...

classes * X-99 *

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Notable sailors

See :Danish sailors

Olympic sailing

See :Olympic sailors for Denmark

Offshore sailing

See :Danish sailors (sport)

Yacht clubs

See :Yacht clubs in Denmark

References

External links

Official website

ISAF MNA Microsite

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Sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, Windsurfing, windsurfer, or Kitesurfing, kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (Land sa ...

1913 establishments in Denmark Sailing in Denmark Sports organizations established in 1913 {{Yachtracing-stub