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During the Olympic regattas of the Exposition Universelle of 1900 there were more than 100 yachts racing from Paris, Rouen, Cannes, Nantes and Arcachon and yachts from England, Germany, the United States and Holland. The Bassin Olympique was the river Seine near the Cercle de la Voile de Paris that served as the Olympic harbor.
The One Ton Cup regattas were at the beginning of races between one-tonner sailing dinghies, according to the 1899 Godinet rule.This Coupe internationale du Cercle de la voile de Paris, its original name, was raced from 1907 until 1962 on boats that measured the International gaff-rigged 6 Metre rule, except for four years, from 1920 to 1923, where it was raced on 6.5m SI.
Joseph Augustin "Auguste" Donny (1 January 1851 — 22 September 1916) [1] was a French sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. [2]He was helmsman of the French boat Mignon 3, which won a bronze medal in the second race of the 2 to 3 ton class.
In 1891, a new club was founded, the Union des Yachts Français, Société d'Encouragement pour la Navigation de Plaisance. In 1907, the two clubs merged and were recognized by the International Yacht Racing Union (now the International Sailing Federation ).
The Musée national de la Marine (French pronunciation: [myze nɑsjɔnal də la maʁin]; "National Navy Museum") is a maritime museum located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It has annexes at Brest, Port-Louis, Rochefort (Musée National de la Marine de Rochefort), and Toulon.
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Ponant (officially, Compagnie du Ponant (CDP); "Ponant Company") is a French cruise ship operator. It was founded in April 1988 by Philippe Videau, Jean-Emmanuel Sauvé, and other officers of the French Merchant Navy and launched the first French cruise ship. [1]
Chetognathes provenant des campagnes des yachts Hirondelle et Princesse-Alice (1885-1910), 1916 - Chaetognatha from campaigns of the yachts Hirondelle and Princesse-Alice (1885-1910). La Biogéographie et les musées régionaux, Annales de Géographie, 1918 - Biogeography and regional museums. Contributions àla faune malacologique de Madagascar.