1. Riding in a sailboat.
2. The departure of a vessel from a port.
Pleasure cruising or racing a small and light vessel, whether sailing or power-driven. At the Olympic Games, seven categories exist: Soling, Flying Dutchman, Star, Finn, Tornado, 470, and Windglider or windsurfing (boardsailing), which was introduced at the 1984 Los Angeles games. All these Olympic categories are sail-driven. The Finn and Windglider are solos events; the Soling class is for three-person crews; all other classes are for crews of two.

(Homonym: sore).
The act of rising upward into the air; SYN. zoom.

Sailing for pleasure in a yacht.
Pleasure cruising or racing a small and light vessel, whether sailing or power-driven. At the Olympic Games, seven sail-driven categories exist: Soling, Flying Dutchman, Star, Finn, Tornado, 470, and Windglider or windsurfing (boardsailing). The Finn and Windglider are solo events; the Soling class is for three-person crews; all other classes are for crews of two.

Another name for windsurfing, a watersport combining elements of surfing and sailing, also called sailboarding.

Or boardsailing or sailboarding; Water sport combining elements of surfing and sailing, first developed in the US 1968. The windsurfer stands on a board that is propelled and steered by means of a sail attached to a mast that is articulated at the foot. Since 1984 the sport has been included in the Olympic Games as part of the yachting events. From 1992 men and women have to compete in separate categories. There are also annual boardsailing world championships.
Using the Lechner board, speeds in excess of 40 knots have been achieved. The 1990 winners of the Lechner class world championship were (men) Michel Quinten (France) and (women) Penny Way (UK).