OVERVIEW
Nautical sport in which you compete with a boat powered only by the wind. Lima 2019 will concentrate 10 regattas events divided into masculine, feminine, open and mixed.
HISTORY
Recreational sailing or sailing as a sport was invented in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century and reached its peak thanks to evolution of materials (carbon fiber and aluminum). The Yacht Club was founded in the Isle of Wight in 1815, which later became the center of world sailing.