We all know computer design capabilities have changed all aspects of yacht and sail design, but the process of designing a sail inventory for a new one-design is hardly plug-and-play. North Sails ...

The shape of a rotating electric solar wind sail under the centrifugal force and solar wind dynamic pressure is modeled to address the sail attitude maintenance and thrust vectoring. The sail rig ...

A new study examines structural buckling as a control method for solar sails, detailing kirigami cuts, simulations, and experiments to adjust spacecraft orientation efficiently.

The recent article in Sailing World Magazine on sail battens, battens for full batten sails, did not get into the technology of these battens. It is a deep and complex subject. The battens in a ...

Kāholo stretches its legs on Puget Sound, powered by a new set of offshore-ready sails. Tor Johnson If sails are the engines of the sailboat, my engines were sputtering. After 13 years of use, ...

Background: Lewis, 36, has a degree in mathmatics from the University of Chicago. He grew up in La Grange, learned to sail with his family as a child and began racing during his last year of college.