Division II (windsurf board)
Class symbol | |
Development | |
---|---|
Designer | George Lechner |
Design | One Design |
Name | Lechner Division II |
Boat | |
Crew | 1 |
Hull | |
Type | Sailboard |
LOA | 3.9 m (13 ft) |
Sails | |
Mainsail area | 6.7 m2 (72 sq ft) |
Former Olympic class | |
← Windglider Lechner A-390 → [edit on Wikidata] |
The 1988 Olympics,[1] saw the introduction of Lechner Division II boards. The Division II class used a 6.5 m sail and were round bottomed boards designed for upwind sailing in light to moderate winds.
Although they were difficult to sail downwind and a technical board to sail upwind, they are still the fastest 370 cm (12 ft) board upwind in up to 8 kn (4 m/s) of breeze. The contest for the Olympic board had been between the Davidson (a Swedish design) and the Lechner built in Austria. The final Olympic rig was available less than a year before the Olympics.
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1988 Seoul details | New Zealand (NZL) Bruce Kendall | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) Jan Boersma | United States (USA) Mike Gebhardt |
Like in 1984, the supplied equipment was rotated daily (except for the rigs).
References
- ^ "ISAF : Olympics Games : History : Olympic Sailing History - part 4". Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-05-05. Olympic sailing report ISAF
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