{"id":5868,"date":"2021-04-06T17:55:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wb-sails.fi\/?page_id=5868"},"modified":"2021-04-12T13:05:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T10:05:22","slug":"wb-sails-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wb-sails.fi\/en\/wb-sails-2\/wb-sails-story\/","title":{"rendered":"WB-Sails story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The short history of WB-Sails<\/h2>

Since founding WB-Sails in 1975, we have relied on technology, research and development to become one of the very few sailmakers in the world present at the Olympic level.<\/p>

When it comes to the racing sailor, we have many firsts: we were among the first design our sails with a computer in 1979, the first to install a laser cutter in Europe in 1988, the first to implement a scientific approach and CFD in our design process, the first to develop a multi-axial Maxx-fabric for laminated sails, in co-operation with Contender.<\/p>

At the same time, the cruising sailor has not been forgotten: we have developed products like the spinnaker socks, lazypack-sail covers and\u00a0 radial-cut Dacron sails that outlast any other type of sails.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Hello, I’m WB-Sails…<\/h4>

The first 3D sail design program for PCs in the world was coded\u00a0by Mikko Brummer\u00a0in Applesoft Basic \u00a0in 1981.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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WB-Sails firsts<\/h2>
1979\u00a0<\/td>One of the first sail lofts to\u00a0use computers<\/em>\u00a0for design<\/td><\/tr>
1980<\/td>First\u00a0Mylar sails<\/em>\u00a0in Finland<\/td><\/tr>
1983<\/td>First\u00a0Kevlar sails<\/em>\u00a0in Finland<\/td><\/tr>
1985<\/td>A fullfledged\u00a03D design software<\/em>\u00a0in Apple Mac<\/td><\/tr>
1986<\/td>First\u00a0string reinforced load-path sails<\/em>\u00a0in Half-tonners<\/td><\/tr>
1988<\/td>First\u00a0Laser cutter<\/em>\u00a0specifically for sailmaking in Europe\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
1989<\/td>In-house\u00a0VLM flow analysis software<\/em>\u00a0MacSail<\/td><\/tr>
1990<\/td>In-house\u00a0VPP for performance evaluation<\/em>, 5 years before IMS<\/td><\/tr>
1993\u00a0<\/td>ShapePlot software<\/em>\u00a0for analysing MastCam video of sails, 3 years before anyone else<\/td><\/tr>
1994<\/td>First all\u00a0Ultrabond-glued sails<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
1995\u00a0<\/td>First\u00a0windtunnel tests<\/em>\u00a0at Helsinki University of Technology to validate our flow codes<\/td><\/tr>
1995\u00a0<\/td>First\u00a0Carbon fibre Finn mast<\/em>\u00a0design in the world<\/td><\/tr>
1998<\/td>First\u00a0CubenFiber sails<\/em>\u00a0in Europe<\/td><\/tr>
1999<\/td>CFD upgrade to\u00a0panel codes<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
2003<\/td>The multi-axial\u00a0Maxx-fabric\u00a0<\/em>with Contender<\/td><\/tr>
2005<\/td>CFD upgrade to\u00a0Navier Stokes<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
2006<\/td>Ultrasonic bonding<\/em>\u00a0machine, no sewing<\/td><\/tr>
2007<\/td>DynaSim<\/em>, dynamic simulation of sails<\/td><\/tr>
2011<\/td>CFD upgrade to LES,\u00a0large eddy simulation<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
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