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IQFoil
iQFoil is a windsurfing class selected by World Sailing to replace the RS:X for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The discipline has similarities to Formula Windsurfing, however a notable difference is that sailors only use one sail. The sail size was originally 9 m2 for the men and 8 m2 for the women. The rider has a choice between using a Sailing hydrofoil, hydrofoil or a conventional 68 cm fin. Equipment Evolution Starting in January 2025 there are equipment changes: * Men will switch from the 9 m2 sail to an 8 m2 (previous Female and Youth design) sail. * Female and Female Youth change from the 8 m2 sail to a new design 7.3 m2 sail. * Both categories adopt the existing 4.90 m mast to align with the revised sail sizes. Events World Championships * iQFoil World Championships * iQFoil Youth World Championships * Youth Sailing World Championships Olympics * Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's iQFoil * Sailing at the 2024 Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IQFoil World Championships
The iQFoil World Championships is an international sailing competition organized by the World Sailing, International Sailing Federation, held since 2021. Seniors Men Women Under 21 Men Women References {{Authority control Windsurfing World Championships, Windsurfing competitions, World Championships World championships in sailing Recurring sporting events established in 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing Hydrofoil
A sailing hydrofoil, hydrofoil sailboat, or hydrosail is a sailboat with wing-like hydrofoil, foils mounted under the hull (watercraft), hull. As the craft increases its speed the hydrofoils Lift (force), lift the hull up and out of the water, greatly reducing wetted area, resulting in decreased Drag (physics), drag and increased speed. A sailing hydrofoil can achieve speeds exceeding double and in some cases triple the wind speed. Both monohull and multihull sailboats can be retrofitted with hydrofoils, although greater stability can be achieved by using the wider planform of a catamaran or trimaran. Typical configurations Some multihulls use three foils; two main forward foils provide lift so that the boat "flies" while a horizontal foil on the rudder is trimmed to drive and control altitude. On catamarans, a single main foil can be attached between the hulls just in front of the center of gravity and at 2 degrees of incidence, spanning the tunnel with supporting struts. Hydrof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Sailing World Championships
The ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships was first held in Sweden in 1971 and it has been held every year since. It is one of the key events of the federation to help promote top-level youth participation. Editions Equipment Gender Guide O (Open) (2) (Open) in two age bands B (Boys) G (Girls) Mx (Mixed) Male and Female Pair BM (Boys/Mixed) Male/Male Pair or a Male/Female Pair Results 29er Open Boys Boys/Mixed Girls 420 Open Boys Boys & Mixed Girls 470 Byte Europe Fireball Flipper Formula Kite Boys Girls Hobie 16 IQFoil Boys Girls Laser Laser Radial (ILCA 6) Boys Girls Laser 2 Mistral Nacra 15 RS:X Boys Girls SL 16 Techno 293 Boys Girls References External links * {{World championships in sailing World Sailing Youth sailing World youth sports competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windfoiling
Windfoiling (or foil windsurfing) is a surface water sport that is the hydrofoiling evolution of windsurfing, as well as typical sailing boats and sailing hydrofoils. It uses similar equipment to windsurfing with a normal or slightly evolved rig on a normal or specialist foil board. Mechanics The board has a hydrofoil mounted in the fin box. The hydrofoil lifts the board off the water and enables the rider to achieve improved speeds in light winds due to the reduced drag. The foil transmits a hydrodynamic lift force to the board, capable of lifting it out of the water. The goal is to reduce drag and increase performance. Olympic event debut Windfoiling debuted as an Olympic event in 2024. They used the Starboard IQFoil gear. Events involving foiling See also * Land windsurfing — on large skateboard, propelled by sail * Hydrofoil board — surfboard with a hydrofoil *Wing foiling Wing foiling or wing surfing or winging is a wind propelled water sport that develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's IQFoil
The men's iQFoil competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the men's windsurfer event and was held in Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ..., France, from 29 July to 2 August 2024. It is the first men's windsurfing competition to use the iQFoil craft, which replaces the RS:X vessels that had been used in the previous four Olympics. 24 sailors from 24 nations competed in 13 opening series races. The boat finishing first will compete directly in the final, while the second and third-ranked boats will appear in the semi-finals. Boats ranked fourth to 10th will feature in the quarter-finals, from which the top two will make it to the semi-finals. The top two boats in the semi-finals will join the first-ranked team from the opening series in the final race. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's IQFoil
The women's iQFoil competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the women's windsurfer event and was held in Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ..., France, from 29 July to 2 August 2024. It was the first women's windsurfing competition at the Olympics to use the iQFoil board, which replaced the RS:X boards that had been used in the previous four Olympics. 24 sailors from 24 nations competed in 14 opening series races. The board finishing first was eligible to compete directly in the final, while the second and third-ranked boats appeared in the semi-finals. Boards ranked fourth to 10th featured in the quarter-finals, from which the top two made it to the semi-finals. The top two boards in the semi-finals joined the first-ranked team from the opening series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Sailing Classes
The Olympic sailing classes have been used in the sport of Sailing/Yachting during the Olympic Summer Games since 1896. Since then, 46 different classes have been used. History Over a period of more than 112 years, in a sport that uses complex technical equipment, classes will be discontinued for use at the Olympics. Reasons for discontinuation of a class varied from economical, logistical and technological to emotional and even political. Some of the discontinued classes remain very strong International - or National classes. Others filled a niche in a specific area like sailing schools or local club racing. Some faded away. The "Former Olympic Sailing Classes", together with their crews form an important and significant part of the history of sailing in general and Olympic Sailing in particular. These tables give an overview of the classes and when they were used for Olympic sailing. Current Olympic Classes Discontinued Olympic Classes Pre-WWII games (1900–1936) Post-W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsurfing
Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the Californian aerospace and surf culture. Windsurfing gained a popular following across Europe and North America by the late 1970s and had achieved significant global popularity by the 1980s. Windsurfing became an Olympic sport in 1984. History Newman Darby of Pennsylvania created a rudderless "sailboard" in 1964 that incorporated a pivoting square rigged, "square rigged" or "kite rigged" sail which allowed the rider to steer a rectangular board by tilting the sail forward and back. Darby's design however had notable performance limitations. Unlike the modern windsurfer design, Darby's sailboard was operated "back winded", with the sailor's back to the lee side of a kite-shaped sail. This much less efficient and less desirable sailing position is opposite of how a modern windsurfer is operated. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Sailing
World Sailing is the international sports governing body for sailing (sport), sailing; it is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). History The creation of the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) began in 1904, when Major Brooke Heckstall-Smith AINA, then Secretary of the Yacht Racing Association (now the Royal Yachting Association) wrote to the Yacht Club de France, pointing out the desirability of holding a conference for the purpose of devising an International Rule of Measurement for Racing Yachts acceptable to all European countries. As a result, an International Conference of Yacht Measurement was held in London in January and June 1906, at which the Metre Rule was developed. This group went on to adopt a formal Constitution after a meeting at the Yacht Club de France in Paris on 14 October 1907 which is seen as the formation date of the International Yacht Racing Union. On 5 August 1996, the IYRU chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. Paris was the host city, with events (mainly Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics, football) held in 16 additional cities in metropolitan France, including the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, sailing centre in the second-largest city of France, Marseille, on the Mediterranean Sea, as well as one subsite for Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, surfing in Tahiti, French Polynesia. Paris was awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on 13 September 2017. After multiple withdrawals that left only Paris bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris and Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles in contention, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a process to concurrently award the 2024 and 2028 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside The Games
''Inside the Games'' (also known as insidethegames and insidethegames.biz) is an Olympic news website formerly edited by the British sports journalist Duncan Mackay. In 2023 it was sold to Vox Europe Investment Holding Ltd, with editorial work overseen by a new team based in Spain. In May 2024, control of the site was transferred to Itg Media Dmcc in Dubai. History Mackay launched the site in 2005, originally as insidethegames.com, following the announcement that London has been chosen to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. The name of the site was changed to insidethegames.biz in 2009. ''Inside the Games'' was based in Bletchley, near Bletchley Park. Mackay was a winner of the 2009 Internet writer of the year award at the British Sports Journalism Awards by the Sports Journalists' Association for his work on insidethegames. The insidethegames site was involved in a court litigation in 2010 with Zulu Creative, a web design company previously used by insidethegames. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formula Windsurfing
Formula Windsurfing is the high-performance, competitive course-racing format of the windsurfing world. This type of sailing boards enjoy a massive wind range that enables racing in winds from 7 to 35 knots, and are capable of reaching speeds of over 30 knots. History and beginnings This class of windsurfing was born in the late 1990s as an upgrade from funboard-type course-racing boards looking to lower wind limits, broaden wind strengths and reduce racing costs with a limited quiver. Historically, board designers used to increase the length and volume of the boards in order to allow for sailing in lighter winds, but during the late 1990s, some brands like AHD, Berky, Drops, ML, Pro-Tech, Roberts and Starboard started to work on alternative solutions. They came up with designs that widened and shortened the board length whilst retaining high volume, and used larger fins to get into planing earlier. They also moved the fins further back, which prompted newer concepts with diff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
