Lechner A-390

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Lechner A-390 Olympic Board
Lechner A-390.svg
Development
DesignOne Design
Boat
Crew1
Hull
TypeSailboard
LOA 3.9 m (13 ft)
Beam 0.63 m (2 ft 1 in)
Sails
Mainsail  area7.3 m2 (79 sq ft)

The Lechner A-390 was an Olympic Class windsurf board for the 1992 Olympics. [1] It was only raced at the Games that year.

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Description

Lechner modified their Division II board to bring the centreboard and mast track further aft. The rig supplier, Neil Pryde, was decided 3 years before the Olympics.

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1992 Barcelona
Women's
details
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Barbara Kendall
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Zhang Xiaodong
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Dorien de Vries
1992 Barcelona
Men's
details
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Franck David
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Mike Gebhardt
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Lars Kleppich

The supplied equipment stayed with the sailor for the entire regatta as it was expected that each board needed special tuning to the daggerboard system.

World Championships

Men's

YearGoldSilverBronze
1989 Puerto PollencaFlag of France.svg  Eric Belot  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Alain Cadre  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Claude Muzellec  (FRA)
1990 Corpus ChristiFlag of France.svg  Michel Quentin  (FRA)Flag of Argentina.svg  Jorge García Velazco  (ARG)Flag of France.svg  Eric Belot  (FRA)
1991 San FranciscoFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Barry Edington  (GBR)Flag of France.svg  Michel Quentin  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Franck David  (FRA)
1992 CadixFlag of France.svg  Franck David  (FRA)Flag of Israel.svg  Amit Inbar  (ISR)Flag of France.svg  Claude Muzellec  (FRA)

Women's

YearGoldSilverBronze
1989 Puerto PollencaFlag of Norway.svg  Jorunn Horgen  (NOR)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Penny Way  (GBR)Flag of France.svg  Françoise Grasset  (FRA)
1990 Corpus ChristiFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Penny Way  (GBR)Flag of the United States.svg  Wendy Thomson  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Lanee Butler  (USA)
1991 San FranciscoFlag of France.svg  Maud Herbert  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Anne Herbert  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Nathalie Lelièvre  (FRA)
1992 CadixFlag of France.svg  Maud Herbert  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Nathalie Lelièvre  (FRA)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Dorien de Vries  (NED)

References

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