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This is a great question. Sailing is not the oldest American Sport. In fact, there are several "sports" or "competitive games" that Native Americans still regularly participate in today (e.g. Lacrosse) that are far older than competitive sailing. Early European sports imported by the first settlers would include Fencing and target shooting as well as Wrestling and boxing.
However, the Americas Cup Trophy is the oldest Trophy in sailing (1851), and many resources claim that it could quite possibly be the oldest perpetual trophy in any sport to date. Competitive sailing is a sport with a long history in the Americas. With any luck, it will last for hundreds perhaps thousands of years to come.
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What is the basic outline of the sport of sailing?
As with any other sport, if it is competitive sailing then to beat your opponents, in pleasure sailing then to enjoy yourself
In which sport do countries compete for the American cup?
sailing
In which sport do countries compete to win the American Cup?
Sailing
Oldest American sport that is still played today?
Baseball is the oldest of the major American teamsports
What is the oldest true American sport not derived from another sport?
basketball
What is the oldest American sport?
Midget Tossing
What American sport have puerto ricans failed to adopt?
Lacrosse (oldest American Sport), Hockey (not really American, though)
What is the oldest torphy in international sport?
America's Cup The America's Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta in the sport of sailing, and the oldest active trophy in international sport, pre-dating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics by 45 years.
What is lacrosse a cross of?
La Cross is not a cross of any sport its the oldest North American sport ...
How did sailing become an Olympics sport?
sailing isn't an olympic sport its a regular stupid sport like football
What water sport combines sailing and surfing?
The sport of windsurfing combines both sailing and surfing.
What sport is involved in America's Cup?
The sport of sailing.
