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The Mistral One Design Class (MOD) is a one-design windsurfing class chosen by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) for use at the Olympic regatta in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. [2][3] Starting with the 2008 Summer Olympics it was replaced by the RS:X class, which was replaced by the iQFoil class for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
RS:X is a windsurfing class selected by the ISAF [1] to replace the Mistral One Design Class for the 2008 Summer Olympics.The discipline has similarities to Formula Windsurfing - mainly in that the equipment used was designed to allow windsurfing in low and moderate wind conditions with good performance.
College team. St. Mary's College of Maryland. Medal record. Men's sailing. Representing the United States. Olympic Games. 1984 Los Angeles. Windglider. Randall Scott Steele (born February 26, 1958) is an American competitive sailor, World Champion (Windsurfer) and Olympic Silver Medalist (Yachting/Sailing/ Windglider )
Windsurfing has been one of the Olympic sailing events at the Summer Olympics since 1984 for men and 1992 for women. All sailors use the same One Design boards, daggerboards, fins and sails. The equipment is chosen to allow racing in a wide range of sailing conditions, as during the Olympic Games events must take place as scheduled.
Pages in category "Mistral One Design". This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes . Mistral One Design. Categories: Classes of World Sailing. Olympic sailing classes. Windsurfing by class.
The Women's Sailboard (Mistral One Design Class) Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 23 July to 29 July 1996, in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled. Nine races were sailed. Each sailor had two discards.
The Windglider used a 6.5 m 2 (70 sq ft) sail but the use of a harness was not permitted. The daggerboard weighed around 4 kilograms (8.8 lb) and was carried over the sailor's shoulder during the downwind legs. The 1984 Olympic course of nine nautical miles put a premium on the competitors strength and fitness.
Sails. Mainsail area. 7.3 m 2 (79 sq ft) Former Olympic class. ← Division II. Mistral One Design →. [ edit on Wikidata] The Lechner A-390 was an Olympic Class windsurf board for the 1992 Olympics. [1] It was only raced at the Games that year.