2010 Student Yachting World Cup - North American teams in the chase

2:13 PM Thu 28 Oct 2010 GMT

'Student Yachting Cup, Day four - 2010' SYWoC

The Student Yachting World Cup started in 1979 when some students at the Ecole Polytechnique in France were participating in the first Tour de France ? la Voile, others decided to organize an European race for students. The 'Course de l'Europe' was born but only a few European countries participated. When other teams joined in, from Eastern Europe, Japan, the United States or Australia, the European race turned into a real World Cup. The race changed its name to 'Student Yachting World Cup' and became the only competition to deliver the ISAF title of 'Student Yachting World Champion'. Every year, ...

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by Guy Perrin