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The Mistral One Design Class (MOD) is a
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class chosen by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) for use at the Olympic Regatta in Atlanta 1996,
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and Athens 2004. Starting with the 2008 Summer Olympics it was replaced by the RS:X class, which will be replaced by the
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class for the
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Description

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 depending on sea conditions. The International Class Organization IMCOhttp://www.imco.org/ Mistral One Design Class Organization have established over 50 National Class Organisations.


Events


Olympics


Men's World Championship


Women's World Championship


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See also

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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 aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...
* RS:X (sailboard) * Formula Windsurfing *
Sailing at the Summer Olympics Sailing (also known as yachting until 2000) has been one of the Olympic sports since the Games of the I Olympiad, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Despite being scheduled in the first Olympic program, the races were canceled due to severe weathe ...
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Windsurfing World Championships The Windsurfing World Championships is an international sailing competition organized by World Sailing held since 1980, now annually. Men Mistral Class RS:X Class Women Mistral Class RS:X Class See also *Sailing World Championships The ...
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