The Living Wing

Skeletal Structure

The bones of the sail, the mast, the battens and the cams, now create more structural rigidity increasing foil stability.

Enigma

The whole philosophy relies upon the lightest, most reliable, most accurately matched hardware to work in unison with the foil. The Enigma mast and boom series are developed for cohesion with the sail to flex and twist at precise intervals whilst maintaining the structural integrity necessary to hold the sail still whilst at full speed.

XL Cam

Further increasing the foil stability at the leading edge of the sail required the designers think about 3 dimensional flight. The XL Cam creates a new foil entry profile which the whole sleeve philosophy is built around. It encourages smooth rotation and spreads the higher skin tension out over a larger surface area increasing the stability on the mast and reducing any cam wear.

Reflex Batten Tensioner

In the past, twist has always been confined to the upper leech; this dated ideology has been taken apart and rebuilt for a more active exhaust. By studying the way the trim feathers adjust the trailing edge of a bird wing, we have now increased reflex further down the leech. This has been achieved using the new Reflex batten tensioning system which isolates where the sail demands depth and encourages a unique twist and flex pattern where the sail breathes as one cohesive foil in a variety of conditions. This idea is unique in concept and is undergoing patent processing.