International Sailing Federation
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the world governing body for the sport of sailing.
Sailing is a very diverse sport primarily because there it is an equipment based sport. Competitive sailing takes place in or with many different types of boats including dinghies, windsurfers, multihulls, yachts, kitesurfing and radio controlled sailing boats. There are then the further disciplines of fleet racing, match racing and team racing together with speed records managed by World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) an independent body recognised by ISAF.
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