la voile
| la voile sailing | le yacht yacht | la grand-voile mainsail |
| le mât mast | le gréement rigging | la bôme boom |
| l’arrière stern | le compas compass | l’ancre anchor |
| la voile d’avant headsail | naviguer to navigate |
le taquet cleat |
| le pont de côté sidedeck | l’avant bow | la barre tiller |
| la coque hull | le gilet de sauvetage life jacket |
le radeau de sauvetage life raft |
| la bouée de sauvetage lifebuoy | la fusée éclairante flare | les sports aquatiques watersports |
| la plance à voile windsurfing | la voile saile | la planche board |
| la bride footstrap | le planchiste windsurfer | la planche surfboard |
| le surf surfing | le ski nautique waterskiing | le rafting rafting |
| le motonautisme speed boating |
le jet-ski jet skiing |
le canoë canoeing |
| le kayak kayak | la pagaie paddle | ramer to row |
| le rameur rower | la rame row | le bateau à rame row boat |
| le vent wind | la vague wave | l’écume surf |
| les rapides rapids | l’équipage team | le surfeur surfer |
| le skieur natique waterskier |
l’écoute sheet | le gouvernail rudder |
| chavirer to capsize | la dérive centerboard |
On this page you will find a complete list of sailing vocabulary words and terms as well as water sports words in French. With thousands of miles of beautiful coast line and scores of inland lakes and rivers, France is one of the most popular destinations worldwide for boating sports. Also, if you’ve entered a sailing competition and will be sailing to a French-speaking country then you should find these sailing words very useful.
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