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From March 4th to 8th of 2015, Kobe University Offshore Sailing Club participated in the “All-Japan Student Open Sea Yachting Championships” held off the Hayama Coast in Kanagawa, Japan, and performed marvelously to take home the title. This has earned them the right to represent Japan at the “Student Yachting World Cup” held in Le Pouliguen, France from October 13th to 20th, 2015. Student teams representing countries all over the world, particularly from North America and Europe, come together at this event to pit their cruising yacht skills and tactics against each other using the J/80. The Kobe University team has appeared in this event 3 times in the past, and hopes to put its experience to good use at this year’s event.
Event Name | : | Student Yachting World Cup 2015 (SYWoC 2015) |
Host | : | French law school École Polytechnique |
Location | : | Le Pouliguen in western France |
Dates | : | October 13th through 20th, 2015 |
Model Used | : | J/80 (approx. 8 meters) |
Crew Size | : | 5 members (including at least one female and one male) |
Race Overview | : | Teams from each country pit their crew work against each other on various types of racing courses including an Olympic Course, a Leeward/Windward Course, and a Night Course, and while competing for the prize are also able to build deep relationships through interactions that transcend national borders. |
Link | : | Video from the last race participated in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzWWT9CjYBY |
This club is part of the Kobe University Physical Education Association. It was originally established when Kobe University of Mercantile Marine launched large-size yacht “Kleiner Berg” to sea in 2001, and thanks to integration with Kobe University in 2002 is now powered by participants from all faculties of Kobe University. Currently there are 85 members registered, the highest number coming from the Faculty of Maritime Sciences, but also coming from the Faculties of Agriculture, Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, and Human Development. Cruising yachts are relatively unknown within Japan, but are considered a major sport in other countries in which crews in various positions come together and move as one to steer their ship forward. By helping students learn the techniques of yacht sailing, the Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Fukae Campus in Kobe hopes to nurture students of sound mind and body, fierce creativity and boundless individuality by helping them experience the thrill of racing and cruising out on the open sea, and letting them feel the awesomeness of nature and the camaraderie of working together in a crew.
Kobe University Offshore Sailing Club SYWoc2015, Team Japan Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Sywoc2013TeamJapan |