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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…
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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…
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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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The Swiss challenger in pursuit of the World Sailing Speed Record helms its first prototype
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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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?
read more
SP80 becoming a case study for EPFL lessons
The team’s enthusiasm for chasing and breaking the world’s speed record has started to spread among EPFL’s student community as well. SP80’s strong willed and determined spirit has inspired three Masters students in Mechanical Engineering…
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From cars to boats, a journey through complex systems design
Being able to work remotely and efficiently has become a prior challenge for every company, especially while facing the current situation we are all living in. Dassault Systèmes has made this objective a reality…
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SP80’s partnership with Orca3D and Simerics: a step towards hull’s optimization
While the world is tearing apart due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, our team is still working as hard as before to keep the three years SP80 project objectives…
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SP80: Award-winning design
Yesterday, 20th of February, the SP80 project was presented with the 2019 Design Foiling Award at the prize giving ceremony held in Milan, Italy…
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SP80 at the Yacht Racing Forum 2019
Held in Bilbao on the 25th and 26th of November 2019, the Yacht Racing Forum gathered a variety of personalities from the sailing world to discuss business and the future of yacht racing…
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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…
read more
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…
read more
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…
read more
The Swiss challenger in pursuit of the World Sailing Speed Record helms its first prototype
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
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,…
read more
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?
read more
SP80 becoming a case study for EPFL lessons
The team’s enthusiasm for chasing and breaking the world’s speed record has started to spread among EPFL’s student community as well. SP80’s strong willed and determined spirit has inspired three Masters students in Mechanical Engineering…
read more
From cars to boats, a journey through complex systems design
Being able to work remotely and efficiently has become a prior challenge for every company, especially while facing the current situation we are all living in. Dassault Systèmes has made this objective a reality…
read more
SP80’s partnership with Orca3D and Simerics: a step towards hull’s optimization
While the world is tearing apart due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, our team is still working as hard as before to keep the three years SP80 project objectives…
read more
SP80: Award-winning design
Yesterday, 20th of February, the SP80 project was presented with the 2019 Design Foiling Award at the prize giving ceremony held in Milan, Italy…
read more
SP80 at the Yacht Racing Forum 2019
Held in Bilbao on the 25th and 26th of November 2019, the Yacht Racing Forum gathered a variety of personalities from the sailing world to discuss business and the future of yacht racing…
read more
Thanks to P&TS, SP80 is sailing faster than ever!
All our efforts and work are supported from now on by the Swiss consulting cabinet P&TS, whose slogan “You invent the future, we protect it” fits perfectly our team’s mentality…
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