Interview with Don Montague
Kitesurfing pioneer and born inventor, Don Montague held a discussion with SP80 team, sharing his experience and learned about our project to break the world speed sailing record: a stirring and instructive exchange!
Optimization of ventilated hydrofoils thanks to ANSYS Fluent, CADFEM and artificial intelligence
SP80 aims to reach 80 knots (93 mph) and thus break the World Sailing Speed Record, only powered by the wind. To achieve this goal, the usual sailing codes have to be rethought, especially the hydrodynamic part of the appendages…
Over a year’s partnership with P&TS! Review of an invaluable collaboration for SP80
In October 2019, the SP80 project was revealed to the public at the Théâtre du Passage in Neuchâtel at the occasion of the P&TS company’s 20th anniversary. Today, the partnership…
Interview with Martin Fischer
We had the privilege of meeting with a figure widely regarded as a point person for the sailing world, and a leading authority on flying boats: Martin Fischer. . He offered his point of view on the progression of foils today and his thoughts on SP80…
Inside the mind of Xavier #1 | What if making boats fly is a dead end ?
From concept to mature technology, the development of foils and foiling boats spans 139 years. The French engineer Emmanuel Denis Farcot was the first, in 1869, to imagine boats able to lift off the water. The first successful foiling…
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