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The construction of our reduced model: our partners’ valuable assistance during the pandemic
How do you build a prototype when the world has stopped turning and everyone has to stay at home? As the first confinement measures were being announced in March of 2020, nobody at SP80 really had an answer to this question…
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In the footsteps of the Hydroptère
SP80 being set up by engineers and students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), was not a chance happening. Back before our venture was even an idea, back when our team members considered themselves sailing novices at best,…
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In pursuit of the world sailing speed record
The objective of the SP80 project is clear: become the fastest wind-powered boat in the world by 2022 to go down as the speed-record holder of the discipline. But why does this title matter so much to us?
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The construction of our reduced model: our partners’ valuable assistance during the pandemic
How do you build a prototype when the world has stopped turning and everyone has to stay at home? As the first confinement measures were being announced in March of 2020, nobody at SP80 really had an answer to this question…
read more
In the footsteps of the Hydroptère
SP80 being set up by engineers and students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), was not a chance happening. Back before our venture was even an idea, back when our team members considered themselves sailing novices at best,…
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A strange vessel has breached the waters of the Léman. Included here is the first snapshot of what we have been up to these last few months.
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