Sail development for the Olympics
The four year Olympic cycle is turning towards its end: Rio is only two months away.
Results 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…
DetailsStar 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…
DetailsBreaking through is not easy
Not in the music business, and not in sailmaking at the top level, either.
Congratulations to our Star heroes Loof & Salminen!
It seems that the Royal House did in fact notice that Sweden won the Olympic Star gold not so long ago. Our both Star boat medallists, Fredrik Lööf and Max Salminen will receive an additional medal called “H.M. Konungens medalj”, which roughly is translated as “The Medal of His Royal Highness the King”. The ceremony…
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