French Sailing Federation

Fédération Française de Voile FFV
IOC nation	FRA
National flag
Sport	Sailing
Official website	www.ffvoile.net
HISTORY
Year of formation	1946
AFFILIATIONS
International federation	International Sailing Federation (ISAF)
ISAF members page	www.sailing.org/about-isaf/mna/france.php
ELECTED
President	Jean Pierre CHAMPION
SECRETARIAT
Address	Paris
Secretary General	Jean Claude Meric

The French Sailing Federation (French: Fédération Française de Voile) (FFV) is recognised by the International Sailing Federation as the governing body for the sport of sailing in France.

History

The federation was originally called the Fédération de yachting à voile.

Clubs

See Category:Yacht clubs in France
There are over a 1000 recognised sailing clubs in France often run as by the local regional/city. Famous yacht club include the Yacht Club de Paris.

Notable sailors

See Category:French sailors

Olympic sailing

See Category:Olympic sailors of France

Offshore sailing

See Category:French sailors (sport)
Offshore round the world sailing is of great significance, with both the Vendee Globe and Jules Verne Trophy non-stop round-the-world races starting from France.

Marine industry

The marine industry is strong in France. The largest boat-building brands of the French marine industry are:

Other brands include Plastimo, NKE and Zodiac.

References

External links

National members of World Sailing

Equipment (World Sailing classes)

Africa (ASCON)	ALG ANG BOT EGY KEN LBA MAD MRI MAR MOZ NAM NIG SEN SEY RSA SUD TAN TUN ZIM

Asia (ASF)	AZE BRN CHN HKG IND INA IRI JPN KAZ KOR PRK KUW KGZ LIB MAS MYA OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN SRI THA UAE

Central and South America (SASC)	ARG BRA CHI COL ECU MEX PAN PAR PER URU VEN

Europe (EUROSAF)	AND ARM AUT BLR BEL BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA GER GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MKD MLT MDA MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SMR SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR

Oceania (OSAF)	ASA AUS COK FIJ GUM NZL PNG SAM SOL TAH VAN

North America and Caribbean	ANT ARU BAH BAR BER IVB CAN CAY CUB DOM SAL GRN GUA JAM AHO PUR LCA TTO ISV USA

World championships in sailing - Sailing at the Summer Olympics - Sailing at the Summer Paralympics

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