摘要：A vela e um esporte que exige do atleta diferentes demandas, tais como: interpretacao das acoes do vento e do mar, tomada de decisoes rapidas, concentracao e equilibrio emocional. O humor e um estado emocional ou afetivo com duracao variavel e nao permanente, sendo uma reacao aos acontecimentos e sentimentos vivenciados pelas pessoas. Composto pelos fatores tensao, depressao, raiva, vigor, fadiga e confusao, o humor e uma variavel importante para o rendimento de velejadores, pois as caracteristicas da modalidade estao relacionadas a cada um dos seus fatores. E discutida a relevancia dos fatores do humor na pratica da vela, bem como as possibilidades de intervencao de tecnicos e especialistas em psicologia do esporte que buscam o melhor rendimento de velejadores, seja em treinamento, seja em competicao. Destaca.se ainda que situacoes de treinamento e competicao podem exigir dos velejadores que buscam o alto rendimento diferentes perfis de humor.
其他摘要：The sail is a sport that requires different demands of the athlete as: interpretation of wind and sea actions, to take quick decisions, concentration and emotional balance. The mood is an emotional or affective state with a variable and not permanent duration of time, being a reaction of the happenings and feelings lived by the people. Composed by the factors tension, depression, anger, vigor, fatigue and confusion, the mood is an important variable for sailors' efficiency, cause the characteristics of the modality are related to each one of your factors. It's discussed the relevance of the mood factors of sail's practice, as well the possibilities of an intervention of coach and specialists in Sport Psychology that look for the best efficiency of the sailors, be it during training or competition. Is important to emphasize that training and competition situation can require of the sailors that look for a high efficiency different profiles of mood.
