Intelligence and attention underlie learning, someone cannot learn if he is not smart, and even if smart can learn only if he is paying attention to what he is learning. In sailing from the beginner level to even the great performance subjects meets in permanent new situations created by the aquatic environment which is not the usual environment of man, by working with a device (boat) which is constantly influenced by environmental factors, and not least by the opponents actions in competition

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... r other craft in a traffic area in terms of recreational yachting. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of intelligence in learning the Ypton 22 boat handling. For this, the subjects were tested with the Raven Progressive Matrices test and with the test for Ypton 22 boat handling techniques on a trapezoidal course. The study conducted on students in Constanta Maritime University noted that the initiation of intelligence is correlated with the technical preparation recorded for trapeze sailing course. Intelligence level directly affects the sailing boats handling, higher level of intelligence will be determined higher level of sailing boats handling. This is also proved in the case of individual development on crew station.