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Vintage sail research

Sail aerodynamics, Sail designBy wbsails#!30Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:34:17 +0300p1730#30Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:34:17 +0300p-9Europe/Helsinki3030Europe/Helsinkix30 24am30am-30Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:34:17 +0300p9Europe/Helsinki3030Europe/Helsinkix302019Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:34:17 +0300349349amTuesday=8089#!30Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:34:17 +0300pEurope/Helsinki9#24 September 2019#!30Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:34:17 +0300p1730#/30Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:34:17 +0300p-9Europe/Helsinki3030Europe/Helsinkix30#!30Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:34:17 +0300pEurope/Helsinki9#Leave a comment

We were asked about research on an old web site of ours… there’s material that could be of interest still today. This is from wind tunnel tests we did some 25 years ago.

Development work for Rio

470, Finn, Olympic sailing, Sail aerodynamics, Sail designBy wbsails#!31Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:16:57 +0300p5731#31Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:16:57 +0300p-1Europe/Helsinki3131Europe/Helsinkix31 09pm31pm-31Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:16:57 +0300p1Europe/Helsinki3131Europe/Helsinkix312016Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:16:57 +0300161168pmTuesday=8089#!31Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:16:57 +0300pEurope/Helsinki8#9 August 2016#!31Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:16:57 +0300p5731#/31Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:16:57 +0300p-1Europe/Helsinki3131Europe/Helsinkix31#!31Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:16:57 +0300pEurope/Helsinki8#Leave a comment

For London 2012, WB-Sails made a big research & development effort, mostly centered on Star sails. With the Star out of the Olympics, our R&D focus between 2012-2016 has been much on the Finn, but also on the 470. These two are the only Olympic classes left for which independent sailmakers are still allowed to design sails.

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