Equipment
Fortaleza will stage the Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing, Men’s and Women’s Kite, and Men’s and Women’s Dinghy events.
Men’s Windsurfing
The iQFOiL foil is an upgraded version of the Starboard Race Plus. Like the Race Plus, it uses patented High-Efficiency Foil Geometry, which means that the front wing is positioned further forward to allow the tail wing to run at a much more streamlined angle. Having both wings more aligned with each other gives the rider more speed and a lot more control in high winds.
For light winds, there’s a tail wing angle adjustment system that allows you to increase tail wing angle, giving you extra power when you need it. It is also supplied with our new iQFOiL 95cm mast, which is an extra-stiff version of the standard 95cm mast. It’s built from a fusion of 44 layers of ultra-high modulus carbon. It gives the highest level of control.
The iQFOiL foil set is available in both Carbon and Aluminium versions, where the aluminium version is recommended for the Youth division.
Women’s Windsurfing
The iQFOiL foil is an upgraded version of the Starboard Race Plus. Like the Race Plus, it uses patented High-Efficiency Foil Geometry, which means that the front wing is positioned further forward to allow the tail wing to run at a much more streamlined angle. Having both wings more aligned with each other gives the rider more speed and a lot more control in high winds.
For light winds, there’s a tail wing angle adjustment system that allows you to increase tail wing angle, giving you extra power when you need it. It is also supplied with our new iQFOiL 95cm mast, which is an extra-stiff version of the standard 95cm mast. It’s built from a fusion of 44 layers of ultra-high modulus carbon. It gives the highest level of control.
The iQFOiL foil set is available in both Carbon and Aluminium versions, where the aluminium version is recommended for the Youth division.
Men’s Kite
The Formula Kite is a high performance hydro foiling kite-racing class. The class features a foil kite and a board with a hydrofoil. The equipment is not one-design, but instead competitors use their choice of approved production equipment.
Women’s Kite
The Formula Kite is a high performance hydro foiling kite-racing class. The class features a foil kite and a board with a hydrofoil. The equipment is not one-design, but instead competitors use their choice of approved production equipment.
Men’s Dinghy
A small single-handed dinghy, the ILCA 7 is one of the most popular boats in the world, due to its broad accessibility and simplicity to set up and sail.
The ILCA 7 is the original rig, with the largest sail area of all variations, and has been used at the Olympic Games since 1996. As a one design class, all athletes in the ILCA 7 will compete at the Olympic Games with equipment built and supplied by the same manufacturer.
Designed by Bruce Kirby (CAN) & Ian Bruce (CAN) in 1969, the ILCA 7 has a single mainsail, meaning it is lightweight and fast to sail.
Women’s Dinghy
The ILCA 6 uses a more flexible and slightly shorter lower mast, with a sail area 18% smaller than the ILCA 7. It was first introduced as an Olympic discipline at Beijing 2008. Visually, the ILCA 6 class is distinguishable from the ILCA 7 via the red rhombus carried on the mainsail of the boats used in the Women’s event.
As a one design class, all athletes in the ILCA 6 will compete at the Olympic Games with equipment built and supplied by the same manufacturer.