Hi everyone, looking at getting some second hand iqfoil gear and see that there is a V1 and V2 of the sails and masts. Does anyone know the difference? I can't find anything on this online.
Many thanks!
Probably not? There are a couple of new things on the way, but nothing remotely close to hitting the second hand market.
maybe you're thinking of the foil glide (youth hgo)?
I'm only aware of any marked differences in the v2 on the 8.0. I think both had some durability tweaks and the 8.0 had a lowered boom cut out. The v1 (which I apparently have) cut out is high enough that I, at 170 cm, pretty much has to put the boom at the bottom of the cut out even with a nose high boom. With the 8.0 being the men's sail as of 2025, it will be interesting to see where the cut out goes even though the sail is supposed to be unchanged.
After digging forever on the 'net found this. AGM 38,39-22
www.iqfoilclassofficial.org/_files/ugd/297cf0_dcee33ef94a749d287b35bb8136ef55f.pdf
Interesting to see that a proposal to beef up the masts was rejected since it didn't get the 2/3 majority required. I'm sure more than a few people since have scratched their head over that one.
The main difference between the v1 and 2 is that the v2 has little drain holes in the luff sleeve all the way up. So when your luff sleeve is full of water and really hard to uphaul the water will drain out along the luff sleeve. There are basically just some gaps in the stitching of the luff pocket where it joins to the main part of the sail. Whereas with the v1 you have to get the tip of the sail out of the water before any water in the luff sleeve will start draining out.
its a great mod, but does nothing to change the performance etc of the sail. It has to be kept the same so racers can use v1 or v2 and still being a level playing field. If they were the same price I would definitely buy the v2. But not worth it if you can get a discount/ second hand v1 for a good price.
Cheers Maddlad for the encouragement! I'm pretty positive still, working to keep it that way!
also - to come back on the masts, it seems that v2 masts have reinforced boom areas - so some good news there :).
Also if anyone is interested, the 9.0 stuff is going at half price some places in Europe since that's being discontinued.