Women's Skiff

The equipment for the Women’s Skiff event is the 49erFX. The popularity of the 49er continued to grow after it became an Olympic class at Sydney 2000, and so the 49erFX was introduced as the Women’s Skiff from Rio 2016 onwards.

The 49erFX is a one-design class where athletes compete with identical equipment built by a limited number of manufacturers.

The hull is the same as the 49er, but the mast and sail plan were designed by Mackay Boats, with the aim of developing a skiff to provide the correct amount of power for the lighter crew target weight. This was achieved with a scaled-down rig, which can be adjusted for optimum performance in a variety of conditions.