GA Sails 2022 IQ HD / IQ ME - Interview with the designer

With the IQ-HD the unique feeling of a neutral wave sail is combined with control and power, which leads to superior wave riding performance in different conditions. Slight changes to the profile and the leech further lighten up the feeling of the sail and add a quicker release of power during top turns and landings. Two newly introduced continuous luff panels ensure strong and extremely efficient load distribution, which leads to smoothly generating power and drive. These traits get you on waves easily and that’s where the IQ-HD unfolds its inimitably light feeling. When you set the sail neutral, you almost forget that there’s a sail in your hands and you can fully focus on your turns and the next section on the wave.

Combining the next level range of use, neutral feeling and controllability of the IQ with the most premium construction available – the IQ-ME does not cut down on anything! Adding a membrane construction to our impressively performing IQ meant, we needed to come up with a special design to stand out. Our development team integrated a continuous panel construction with no interruption of the fibres through shaping seams. Continuous panels for the foot, centre, luff and leech of the sail prevent interruptions of the Technora fibers for a perfect flow of the load across the sail’s profile, which leads to an inimitably smooth feeling and unmatched lightness of the IQ-ME. The result is radical wave riding and superb agility.