The Yacht Racing Design & Technology Symposium is pleased to announce a new partnership with North Sails, which joins the second edition of the Symposium as Gold Partner.
North Sails was founded in 1957, in San Diego, by Lowell North. Lowell was the first to apply a purely scientific approach to sail design. As a result, innovation and technology have been the company’s driving force in their commitment to performance excellence for 53 years. One of the most recent superyachts North Sails provided the sails inventory for is sailing yacht Zefira by Fitzroy Yachts and Dubois Naval Architects.
Sailing yacht Zefira by Fitzroy Yachts and Dubois Naval Architects with the sails inventory provided by North Sails
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The Yacht Design and Technology Symposium (YRDTS) brings together over 100 senior yacht designers, engineers, and technology experts from the world of performance yacht racing for two days of intense debate and discussions. This leading-edge conference provides a wealth of practical information, solutions and case studies across a range of key areas including composites, rigging, sail technology, coatings, CFD and hydrodynamics, all delivered by leading industry experts.
This year’s Conference programme includes topics and debates on the latest challenges and trends in the industry. It brings innovative thinking and exclusive insight to the major issues and opportunities facing the dynamic performance yacht racing technology and design industry.
North sails will be represented at the Symposium by Tom Whidden, President and CEO of North Technology Group, Ussing Andersen, President and CEO of North Sails Europe, Jens Christensen, Vice President of North Sails Europe, Bruno Dubois, Managing Director of North Sails France and John Welch, Managing Director of North Sails UK.
North Sails will make two presentations during the YRDTS with Bill Pearsson – the head of R&D of new products for North Sails – introducing both the new 3DI technology and the Thin Ply Technology (TPT).
The Yacht Racing Design and Technology Symposium will take place alongside the World Yacht Racing Forum on 14-15 December in Estoril, Portugal.
Yacht Racing Design & Technology Symposium 2009
The Yacht Racing Design an Technology Symposium:
Now in its second year, the Yacht Racing Design & Technology Symposium brings together over 150 senior designers, engineers, and technology experts from the world of performance yacht racing for two-days of intense debate and discussions. This leading-edge conference provides a wealth of practical information, insights, solutions and case studies across a range of key topics including composites, rigging, sail technology, coatings, CFD, and hydrodynamics.
YRDTS brings innovative thinking and exclusive insight to the major issues and opportunities facing the dynamic performance yacht racing technology and design industry. The Symposium is co-located with the popular World Yacht Racing Forum (WYRF) which brings together over 400 delegates from the world leading sailing teams, event organisers, sailors, sailing venues and sponsors. This provides participants of the YRDTS the opportunity to network not only with their peers from the design and technology side of the yacht racing industry but also with key stakeholders and influencers from the yacht racing world.
The World Yacht Racing Forum
Launched in 2008, the World Yacht Racing Forum has become the leading annual conference for the business of sailing and yacht racing. Currently the only conference of its kind in the sport, the WYRF has established itself firmly on the international yachting calendar and attracts sponsors, exhibitors and delegates from around the world. Held each December, at the end of the international sailing season, the Forum attracts the world’s leading event organisers, pro sailors, sponsors, suppliers, yacht clubs, agents and many others to meet, network, discuss and debate the key issues in the yachting industry over two information packed conference days. Social events and workshop sessions allow delegates to maximise their networking opportunity at the Forum.
The International Superyacht Coatings Conference
The International Superyacht Coatings Conference is organised in association with ICOMIA (International Council of Marine Industry Associations) to address the current important issues facing the manufacture and application of coatings for luxury yachts, changes in environmental regulation as well as the significant changes in legislation with which the industry is having to adapt over the next few years.
Attended by some of the biggest shipyards in the Superyacht industry, as well as legislators, builders, surveyors, coatings manufacturers and other suppliers, ISCC is an essential conference featuring presentations and debates from an international speaker faculty to help determine and decide the future of the Superyacht coatings industry.
