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Italian Sailing Federation
The Italian Sailing Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Vela, FIV) is the International Sailing Federation Member National Authority for Italy.http://www.sailing.org/about-isaf/mna/italy.php Notable sailors See :Italian sailors Olympic sailing See :Olympic sailors of Italy Offshore sailing See :Italian sailors (sport) Yacht clubs See :Yacht clubs in Italy References External links * {{Authority control Italy 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, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' ( iceboat) or on ''land'' ( land yacht) over a chose ... Yachting associations 1927 establishments in Italy ...
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Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. From prehistory until the second half of the 19th century, sailing craft were the primary means of maritime trade and transportation; exploration across the seas and oceans was reliant on sail for anything other than the shortest distances. Naval power in this period used sail to varying degrees depending on the current technology, culminating in the gun-armed sailing warships of the Age of Sail. Sail was slowly replaced by steam as the method of propulsion for ships over the latter part of the 19th century – seeing a gradual improvement in the technology of steam through a number of stepwise developments. Steam allowed scheduled services that ran at higher average speeds than sailin ...
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