Sailing of another era on Lake Geneva

9:31 PM Mon 3 Jan 2011 GMT

'First outing of La Demoiselle for 2011, here sailing out of her river mooring' Jean Philippe Job? Click Here to view large photo

Now that the racing boats are ashore for the winter, it gives me the opportunity to talk about the old sailing barges that were used on the lake in the 18th and 19th centuries. Some of those still exist and a group of enthusiastic sailors have built a replica called La Demoiselle which is now one of the biggest sailing crafts in Switzerland, soon to be the first sailing training ship in the country. These sailing barges are an evolution of older designs and appeared on the lake around 1785 and are characterized by two latin sails, ...

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