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9th Asian Sailing Championship Date of Issue (September 28, 1999) The Asian Sailing Championship launched in 1981, is held every alternate year. Pakistan has the privilege to host the 9th Asian sailing champion shipn from September 24-30 this year. Five major international classes are extensively sailed in Pakistan. A brief detail is enumerated below: |
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Enterprise It is a British design boat which is famous for having Blue sails. Two persons are required to sail the boat. It is a national class. |
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470 A French boat which is 470 CM long. It has three sails and require two persons to sail. It is an Olympic class |
| Laser Laser is a single handed British boat. It is an Olympic class. |
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Mistral
An extremely difficult to handle Olympic class, the boat comes under the category of surfing boards. |
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Optimist
An international boat being the most popular class amongst children. The class was started in 1988 by Pakistan Sailing Federation. This is a boat for children under 15 years of age. |
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