Tags: Activity, Sport.
This article is about recreational sailing. For the general activity of propelling a vessel using sails see Sailing. For other uses see Sailing (disambiguation).Sailing refers to using sailboats for sporting purposes. It can be recreational or competitive. Sailing is the main variety of yachting and competitive sailing the main variety of yacht racing. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing from large yacht to dinghy racing.