The French Word For Sailing Is "Voile".
Naviguer
naviguer
It was a large sailing vessel of the 15th to 17th Century. There is an old French word 'galion' a Spanish word 'galeon' and referred to an armed merchant ship
sailing = Segeln/Segelsport.
la voile. I like sailing > J'aime faire de la voile.
the bowsprit on a sailing ship
la voile means sail/sailing in French.
Circumnavigate.
Sailing
godessship
Yes the word sailing can be a noun. It is also a verb where it is the present participle of the verb to sail.
"J'aime faire de la voile" would be the commonest translation.