| New sail boat designs take high tech and blend it with | | | | One new concept dreamed up by a Water Craft |
| nature at an almost cellular level. And why not, it's all | | | | Think Tank believes it is now possible using new |
| "one" anyway; is that not what sailing is after all? | | | | materials to allow a sail boat hull to be made with dual |
| That's why we sail to be one with nature, using its | | | | wall construction where the outer wall re-shapes itself |
| strength and beauty to propel us. Sailing even in | | | | based on special haptic pressure sensors in real time |
| ancient times has always been an art and a science, | | | | based on the flow of the water around the hull, thus as |
| and perhaps that is what so intrigues us, as we | | | | the boat speeds up the hull design is set for the |
| harvest the forces of the wind and wave. | | | | optimum shape for that exact speed. |
| Now, with all this known, as any true sailor can attest, | | | | And when the boat is going slow, the hull again |
| we must work to constantly improve upon the | | | | reshapes itself to the most efficient form for that |
| equipment and design; making stronger, lighter materials | | | | speed. As the boat crosses swells or currents, one |
| that glide effortlessly through the water, not demanding | | | | side of the boat maybe a different shape than the |
| of the wind, but using all of it to propel the craft | | | | other side as needed. This is the concept we envision, |
| forward, faster, and under greater control, as if we are | | | | so please consider it. |
| ever truly in control of the wind. | | | | |