FRIGATE – The First Pocket Wing by F-ONE
Forget the paddle and the car: With the FRIGATE, you can turn into the wind in an instant and start long, free downwind rides. Perfect balance of stability, lightness, compactness, and controlled power.
Highlights:
- Exceptional Upwind Performance: Accelerate your upwind rides and enjoy longer downwind sessions.
- Stability & Comfort: Precise and consistent ride, even in variable wind conditions.
- Compact Design: Easy to store and transport.
- Dynamic Bridle System: Optimizes the wing’s shape and tension depending on trim (sheeted in/out), maximum control without additional systems.
- Wide Wind Range: One wing for all conditions, even in stronger winds.
- Light, Stiff & Durable: Premium Porcher fabric and LIROS bridles ensure strength, minimal stretch, and easy handling.
Technical Details:
- Mini-Ribs & D-Ribs: Better profile definition, fewer bridles, stiffer, faster, improved upwind performance.
- Dynamic Bridle: Automatic adjustment of tension, fewer wrinkles, better performance, and windward ability.
- Depower Handle: Small handle on the bridle reduces power and makes storage easy.
- Vertical Bar: Lightweight carbon bar for precise steering, intuitive power control, and easy transport; EVA foam for comfortable grip.
- Porcher Fabric: Hydrophobic, light, durable, stiff, easy to relaunch even after water landings.
Harness Use:
- Increases comfort, reduces arm effort, and improves control & performance.
- FRIGATE comes with a single-line harness attachment for a direct and precise bar feel.
- Optimized stiffness and minimalist design prevent line tangles.
- Adjustable position at the front of the bar between A and B lines:
- Front (near A): Reduces power → ideal in strong wind.
- Back (near B): Increases pull → ideal in light wind.