AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAILING SPORT IN ARMENIA
The sailing sport in Armenia was on relatively high level and Armenian sailors had enough high rating in the former USSR.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the general crisis of economics the sailing sport step by step degraded, as one of the sports, which need a big financial investment. Yachtsmen are doing everything to preserve something, keeping in exploit condition become-old boats, equipment, fittings.
In absence of investments sailing sport in Armenia may stop it’s existence very soon.
The suggested project is a foreseen sailing sport reanimation in Armenia with minimal financial investments.
The Idea
There isn’t even a single traditional sailing fishing boat on the Lake Sevan preserved today.
‘AYAS’ Nautical Research Club has restored the old ‘Sevanian’ sailing boat by the last preserved hull (which has not ‘survived’ till nowdays), old pictures and photographs.
Taking into account the high interest towards traditional sailing boats all around the World, we suggest the building of such 10 boats and organizing an Annual International Regatta, which, in our opinion, will become traditional. With that we, firstly, will give a new life to old Sevan boats and preserve them as a type, secondary, we’ll give a possibility to yachtsmen (and not only to them) to train and take part in regattas, thirdly, taking into account that the crew of one boat consists of 7 persons, we attract new people and particularly young people, to sailing: in case of 10 boats 70 people may take part in the regatta simultaneously! Sailing will be taught to everyone who wants.
Armenian disabled sailors’ crew has been in the World’s top 10 teams since 1994. But the absence of yachts and necessary pears for them arouse many difficulties for the training process. The suggested project will solve this problem: this boats don’t need pears and debark on the shore directly. It makes the boarding easier for those, who didn’t have the possibility to sail because of this reason and attracts new people to sailng.
In case of good managing, organizing and advertising, we will have a possibility to attract potential investors to the sailing sport.
The development of the sailing sport will bring to a rising of attention to the problems of the ecology of the Lake Sevan.
