The Italian Sailing Federation (, FIV) is the

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 ...

member national authority for Italy.

Classes

The following class organisations are affiliated to the Italian Sailing Federation: * 10 Rater,

International A Class The International Radio A Class (RA) is a class of radio controlled sailing yacht used for competitive racing. It is a measurement controlled classes administered by the International Radio Sailing Association. The class is a designated IRSA Inter ...

International Marblehead The International Marblehead is a class of radio controlled sailing yacht used for competitive racing. It is a measurement controlled class administered by the International Radio Sailing Association. As a designated International IRSA class it ...

, One Metre *

12 foot dinghy The Twelve Foot Dinghy was designed by George Cockshott, an amateur boat designer from Southport, England in response to a 1912 design contest. It became the first one-design racing dinghy to achieve international recognition. The class was gra ...

12 Metre The 12 Metre class is a rating class for racing sailboats that are designed to the International rule. It enables fair competition between boats that rate in the class whilst retaining the freedom to experiment with the details of their designs. ...

* * 2.4 Metre * 29er, 49er,

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, and Nacra ( 15 and 17) *

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* * 69F * Asso 4000 * * Asso Bug * Blusail 24 * Byte CII * Classic A-catamaran class * Contender * D-One * Dart 18 * Dolphin 81 *

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* Ego 333 * Este 24 *

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* Finn * Fireball * First 8 *

Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' () is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever. The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India C ...

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 ...

Formula Windsurfing Formula Windsurfing is the high-performance, competitive course-racing format of the windsurfing world. This type of sailing boards enjoy a massive wind range that enables racing in winds from 7 to 35 knots, and are capable of reaching speeds o ...

, International Funboard, Raceboard * * H 22 * Half ton * Hansa 303 * Hobie ( 16, 16 Spi,

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, and

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) * ILCA ( 4, 6, and 7) *

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 ...

International FJ The International FJ is a Dutch sailboat that was designed by Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher as a trainer and one design racer, first built in 1956. The boat was initially called the Flying Dutchman Junior (after the Flying Dutchman one ...

J/24 The J/24 is an international One-Design trailerable keelboat class built by J/Boats and defined by World Sailing. The J/24 was created to fulfill the diverse needs of recreational sailors such as cruising, one design racing, day sailing, and ...

* J/70 *

J/80 The J/80 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Rod Johnstone as a one design racer and first built in 1992. The design is a recognized International Sailing Federation world class with a crew of three sailors. Production ...

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 ...

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Laser 2 The Laser 2, or Laser II, is a sailboat that was designed by New Zealander Frank Bethwaite and Canadian Ian Bruce (sailor), Ian Bruce as a one-design Sailing (sport), racer and first built in 1978. Production The design was built by Bruce's co ...

* Lega Italiana Vela *

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* Mattia Esse * Melges 24 * * * Mini Transat 6.50 *

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O'pen Skiff The O'PEN Skiff, or O'pen Skiff, is a sailing dinghy that was designed by Vitali Design of Italy for children's sail training and as a one design racer. It was first built in 2006. The design is a World Sailing international class. The boat ...

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* Platu 25 * Protagonist 7.50 * RS 21 *

RS Aero The RS Aero is a British sailing dinghy that was designed by Jo Richards as a one-design racer and first built in 2014. Production The design is marketed and distributed by RS Sailing of Romsey, United Kingdom. Design The RS Aero is a singl ...

RS Feva The RS Feva is a two-person sailing dinghy designed by Paul Handley in 2002. It is manufactured and distributed by RS Sailing. The RS Feva is an International Sailing Federation (ISAF) International Class, a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Sup ...

* RS:X * RS500 * S Monotipo *

SB20 The SB20 is a one-design class of sailboat commonly used for racing. Marketed and distributed by Sportsboat World the boat was designed by Tony Castro and launched in 2002. The SB20 was originally called the Laser SB3, and was marketed and dist ...

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Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Olympics until the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics as "Sa ...

Sonar Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, measure distances ( ranging), communicate with or detect objects o ...

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* Sunfish *

Surprise 25 The Surprise 25, often just called the Surprise, is a French trailerable sailboat. First built in 1977, it was designed by Michel Joubert of Joubert Nivelt Design as a one-design racer. The Surprise 25 was followed in production by the larg ...

Techno 293 The Techno 293 is a development of the Aloha class and is primarily for the youth windsurfing class. The class is recognised by the International Sailing Federation. The design was chosen to be the windsurfer for the Youth Olympic Games. Events ...

and Techno 293+ *

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* Tridente ( 14 and 16) * Tyka * UFO 22 * UFO 28 OD *

Vaurien The Vaurien is a dinghy designed by Jean-Jacques Herbulot in 1951, and presented in the Boat show in Paris in 1952. It was meant as a reasonable alternative for a boat with a crew of two, as much for its low cost, as for its simplicity to sail. T ...

* Vela d'altura * Vela latina * Vela tradizionale * Vele d'epoca *

Waszp The Waszp () is an Australian, single-handed, hydrofoiling sailboat that was designed by Andrew McDougall as a one-design racer for youth and adults, and first built in 2016. The design was named 2017 ''Best One-Design'' in ''Sailing World' ...

Windsurfer 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 ...

* X-35 * X-41

Notable sailors

See :Italian sailors

Olympic sailing

See :Olympic sailors for Italy

Offshore sailing

See :Italian sailors (sport)

Yacht clubs

See :Yacht clubs in Italy

References

External links

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Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

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 ...

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