Breaking through is not easy
Not in the music business, and not in sailmaking at the top level, either.
Star Sailors’ League 2014 finals
”This is like an old marriage” Freddy Lööf and Anders Ekström re-united in Star Sailors League after 6,5 years. They finished second in the final, winner-take-all race, after convincingly winning the 9 races qualifier. In the qualifier, they were 20 boats, the final was between 4 top boats from semi-finals only. Olympic Champion Fredrik Lööf…
DetailsResults through R&D
The X Sail Racing Team’s boats AUDI e-tron and AUDI Ultra scored a double victory at the X-35 World championships in Denmark: e-tron won Gold, and Ultra Silver. A sizable R&D work preceded the design of the World Champion sails. The computer was used to design and simulate 24 different configurations. The main focus was…
DetailsSail development for the Olympics
The four year Olympic cycle is turning towards its end: Rio is only two months away.
Development work for Rio
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.