Mistral One Design

Mistral One Design Class
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Development
Designer	Ernstfried Prade
Year	1989
Design	One Design
Name	Mistral One Design Class
Crew	1
Boat
Crew	1
Hull
Type	Sailboard
Hull weight	15 kg (33 lb); Volume 235 l (52 imp gal; 62 US gal)
LOA	3.72 m (12.2 ft)
Beam	0.63 m (2 ft 1 in)
Sails
Mainsail area	7.4 m2 (80 sq ft)
Former Olympic class
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The Mistral One Design Class (MOD) was a windsurfing class chosen by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) for use at the Olympic Regatta in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.^[1] Since the 2008 Summer Olympics, the RS:X class is used for the Olympic competitions.

Description[]

A windsurfer in action.

The MOD was first produced in 1989. Worldwide, there are more than 30,000 build since. They are light and tough. In the right hands, they can be sailed in windspeeds of between 5 to 35 kn (3 to 18 m/s) depending on sea conditions.

The International Class Organization IMCO^[2] have established over 50 National Class Organisations.

Events[]

Olympics[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta Women's details	Hong Kong (HKG) Lee Lai Shan	New Zealand (NZL) Barbara Kendall	Italy (ITA) Alessandra Sensini
1996 Atlanta Men's details	Greece (GRE) Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	Argentina (ARG) Carlos Espinola	Israel (ISR) Gal Fridman
2000 Sydney Women's details	Italy (ITA) Alessandra Sensini	Germany (GER) Amelie Lux	New Zealand (NZL) Barbara Kendall
2000 Sydney Men's details	Austria (AUT) Christoph Sieber	Argentina (ARG) Carlos Espinola	New Zealand (NZL) Aaron McIntosh
2004 Athens Women's details	France (FRA) Faustine Merret	China (CHN) Yin Jian	Italy (ITA) Alessandra Sensini
2004 Athens Men's details	Israel (ISR) Gal Fridman	Greece (GRE) Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	Great Britain (GBR) Nick Dempsey

Men's World Championship[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1986	(GBR) (NOR)
1987	Francesco Wirz (ITA) (AUS)	Thomas Foyen (NOR) D. Woods (AUS)	H. Nissen-Lie (NOR) M. Pedersen (AUS)
1988	L. de Pedrini (ITA) H. Piegelin (FRA)	Francesco Wirz (ITA) M. Quintin (FRA)	(FRA) Robert Nagy (FRA)
1989 Corpus Christi	(GBR) (AUS)	Riccardo Giordano (ITA) Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE)	H. Mann (SWE) J. Callahan (USA)
1990	J. Hutchcroft (GBR) (AUS)	A. Dale (RSA) Ted Huang (USA)	J. Blinnikka (FIN) H. Plumb (GBR)
1991 San Francisco	(GBR) Riccardo Giordano (ITA) Mike Gebhardt (USA)	A. Morell (ISV) (NED) S. Borncroft (GBR)	H. Mann (SWE) (USA) K. Schumacher (USA)
1992 Mondello	Riccardo Giordano (ITA) P. van Schie (NED)	T. Lentall (AUS) Aaron McIntosh (NZL)	A. Dale (RSA) Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE)
1993 Kashiwazaki	Bruce Kendall (NZL)	Aaron McIntosh (NZL)	Mike Gebhardt (USA)
1994 Gimli	Aaron McIntosh (NZL)	Bruce Kendall (NZL)	Andrea Zinali (ITA)
1995 Port Elizabeth	João Rodrigues (POR)	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE)	Aaron McIntosh (NZL)
1996 Haifa	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE)	Gal Fridman (ISR)	(ARG)
1997 Fremantle	Aaron McIntosh (NZL)	Amit Inbar (ISR)	(ARG)
1998 Brest	Aaron McIntosh (NZL)	Amit Inbar (ISR)	João Rodrigues (POR)
1999 Nouméa	Lars Kleppich (AUS)	Tony Philp (FIJ)	(ARG)
2000 Mar del Plata	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE)	Aaron McIntosh (NZL)	Carlos Espinola (ARG)
2001 Varkiza	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE)	Przemysław Miarczyński (POL)	(FRA)
2002 Pattaya	Gal Fridman (ISR)	Ricardo Santos (BRA)	Julien Bontemps (FRA)
2003 Cádiz details	Przemysław Miarczyński (POL)	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE)	Gal Fridman (ISR)
2004 Cezme	Julien Bontemps (FRA)	Przemysław Miarczyński (POL)	(FRA)
2005 Palermo	(FRA)	Ricardo Santos (BRA)	Andreas Cariolou (CYP)
2006 Shenzhen	(HKG)	Chan King Yin (HKG)	(CHN)

Women's World Championship[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1986	(AUS)
1987	(AUS)	Jessica Crisp (AUS)	Barbara Kendall (NZL)
1988	V. Capart (FRA)	(FRA)	Gignoux (FRA)
1991 San Francisco	(USA)	S. Rondelez (BEL)	E. Giolai (ITA)
1993 Kashiwazaki	(HKG)	Lanee Butler (USA)	Maud Herbert (FRA)
1994 Gimli	Maud Herbert (FRA)	Ke Li (CHN)	Natasha Sturges (AUS)
1995 Port Elizabeth	Maud Herbert (FRA)	(FRA)	(HKG)
1996 Haifa	Maud Herbert (FRA)	(HKG)	(USA)
1997 Fremantle	(HKG)	Alessandra Sensini (ITA)	Barbara Kendall (NZL)
1998 Brest	Barbara Kendall (NZL)	(HKG)	Faustine Merret (FRA)
1999 Nouméa	Barbara Kendall (NZL)	Faustine Merret (FRA)	Lise Vidal (FRA)
2000 Mar del Plata	Alessandra Sensini (ITA)	(HKG)	Faustine Merret (FRA)
2001 Varkiza	(HKG)	Faustine Merret (FRA)	(FRA)
2002 Pattaya	Barbara Kendall (NZL)	Alessandra Sensini (ITA)	Faustine Merret (FRA)
2003 Cadiz	Lee Korzits (ISR)	Barbara Kendall (NZL)	Faustine Merret (FRA)
2004 Cezme	Alessandra Sensini (ITA)	Barbara Kendall (NZL)	Faustine Merret (FRA)
2005 Palermo	Blanca Manchon (ESP)	Amelie Lux (GER)	Flavia Tartaglini (ITA)
2006 Shenzhen	(CHN)	(CHN)	(CHN)

References[]

^ http://www.sailing.org/olympics/history-part-5.php Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine Olympic sailing report ISAF
^ http://www.imco.org/ Mistral One Design Class Organization

v t Olympic sailing classes
Current classes	470 49er 49erFX Finn Laser Laser Radial Nacra 17 RS:X
Former classes (In order of first use)	Ton classes (0–½, ½–1, 1–2, 2–3, 3–10, 10–20, 20⁺ & Open) 6 Metre 7 Metre 8 Metre 12 Metre 10 Metre 12 foot dinghy 18 foot dinghy 6.5 Metre 8.5 Metre 9 Metre 15 Metre Skerry cruiser 30 m² Skerry cruiser 40 m² French National Monotype 1924 Snowbird Star O-Jolle Firefly Swallow Dragon 5.5 Metre 12 m² Sharpie Flying Dutchman Tempest Soling Tornado Windglider Division II Lechner A-390 Europe Mistral One Design Yngling Elliott 6m
Youth classes	Nacra 15 Techno 293
Former youth classes	Byte

v t Classes of World Sailing
Current Olympic classes	470 49er 49er FX Finn Laser Standard Laser Radial RS:X Nacra 17
World Sailing centreboard classes	29er 420 505 B14 Byte Cadet Contender Enterprise Europe Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Junior GP14 Int. 14 Laser 2 Laser 4.7 Lightning Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff O'pen BIC OK Dinghy Optimist RS Feva RS Tera RS100 RS500 Snipe Splash Sunfish Tasar Topper Vaurien Zoom 8
World Sailing keelboat classes	12 mR 2.4 mR 5.5 m 6 mR 8 mR Dragon Etchells Flying Fifteen Hansa 2.3 Hansa 303 Hansa Liberty H-boat International One Design J/22 J/24 J/70 J/80 Melges 20 Melges 24 Melges 32 Platu 25 RC44 SB20 Shark 24 Soling Sonar Star Tempest Viper 640 Yngling
World Sailing yacht classes	Class40 Farr 40 IMOCA 60 J/111 International Maxi Association Soto 40 Swan 45 Swan 60 TP 52 X-35 X-41
World Sailing multihull classes	A-Class Dart 18 Formula 16 Formula 18 Hobie 14 Hobie 16 Hobie 17 Hobie Dragoon Hobie Tiger Hobie Wildcat Nacra 15 Nacra 17 Nacra F18 Infusion Nacra 20 Carbon M32 SL 16 Topcat K1 Tornado Viper F16
World Sailing windsurfer classes	Formula Windsurfing Mistral Speed Windsurfing Techno 293 IQFoil
World Sailing kiteboarding classes
IRSA remote-control classes	10 rater A Class Marblehead One Metre
Former World Sailing classes	11:Metre One Design 29erXX Buzz C-Class Division II Elliott 6m Farr 30 (Mumm 30) Farr 45 Farr Maxi One Design Hobie 17 Hobie 18 IOD ISO Laser Vago Lechner A-390 Mumm 36 Open 50 ORMA 60 Sydney 40 Ultimate 20 Windglider X-99