The Korea Sailing Federation is the national governing body for the sport of sailing in South Korea, recognised by the International Sailing Federation.

Famous Sailors

See :South Korean sailors Sang Hyun Cho first South Korean to race in Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 2014. He is also the first Korean to race Rolex Fastnet yacht race in 2015. He also completed in the 2013-2014 Clipper Round the World Race. Currently hold the M32 World Match Racing tour licence. Kim Dong Young (young) is the main man whom set up Team Korea. Team competed in the 34th Americas Cup series in San Francisco Bay & Extreme World racing tour. Han KIM and Andrew (Kwangmin) Rho were the Second South Korean sailors to compete in Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 2015. Han participated as part of the 2015-16 Clipper Round the World Race and Andrew with a sailing training program. The two of them took the first Korean team, SONIC, to the 2016 RSHYR, Andrew as the Skipper and Han as the Sailing Master.

Olympic sailing

See :Olympic sailors of South Korea

Yacht clubs

See :Yacht clubs in South Korea

References

External links

Official website

ISAF MNA Microsite

Official Website to encourage Sailing & Boating in Korea

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

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 chosen cou ...

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