Division II (windsurf board)

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.

Lechner Division II

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 →

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).