Winning formula

Faster from the start, that was the general opinion of the Alinghi ACC yachts during the last America's Cup cycle. Premier among the skills of Alinghi's management was effective sourcing and application of technical resources. Nowhere was this more apparent than in Alinghi's fruitful collaboration with the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) continues to enjoy rapid growth in its application across a whole range of industries. Its use is ubiquitous in the aerospace and automotive industries, and is becoming so in numerous other areas. In yacht racing, as elsewhere, CFD is being increasingly widely employed to help gain a critical competitive edge.

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