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Founded on April 3, 1973, by Barclay Harding Warburton III, the American Sail Training Association (ASTA) is currently the largest sail training association in the world and a founding member of Sail Training International.〔http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123698/index.htm〕〔http://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/06/obituaries/barclay-warburton-3d-dies-founder-of-tall-ships-group.html〕 From her humble beginnings with only a handful of vessels sailing the New England waters, ASTA has since grown into an international institution with more than 250 tall ships and sail training vessels representing 25 different countries and navigating all the world's oceans. ASTA was created by Barclay Harding Warburton III following his return from The Tall Ships' Races in Europe in 1972 where he joined the USCGC ''Eagle'' with his brigantine ''Black Pearl'' as the first US vessels to participate in the races. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, ASTA's mission is to encourage character building through sail training, promote sail training to the North American public and support education under sail. ASTA organizes the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE Series, a series of sail training races, rallies and maritime festivals that rotate every three years around the Atlantic, Pacific and Great Lakes Coasts of North America. ASTA maintains several blogs. (Tall Ships Today! ) and (TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE Series Official Blog ) ==See also== *Sail training *Seamanship *Tall ship 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Sail Training Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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