SAILING WITH NO LIMITS,
UNDER ULTIMATE CONTROL!
WE ARE BRINGING MORE FUN AND PLEASURE TO YOU SAILING FASTER AND SAFER. THESE FLOWED FROM THE RACING EXPERIENCE OF SKAW FOUNDER BENOIT MARIE, WINNING RACES RANGING FROM MOTH TO ULTIMES MAXI TRIMARANS.
It always starts with physics. And an intuition that leads to innovative ideas that we test in our Lab. When the intuition is proven correct, we transfer it to the racing scene, where the boundaries of technology are pushed, and races are won.
At SKAW, we help you decide how your new boat should look like. We help you choose the best architect and engineers for it. We will design your foils, follow the build and help you sail it to find the safest, fastest, and easiest way to use it. We will ensure your boat looks good and works better than you ever dreamt of. Trust us, like a foil. We will lift you up and never let you down because customer happiness is at the top of our priority, and as we are racers, giving up is not an option.
Life's too short to sail a slow, boring boat. SKAW will help you find your paradise on the water!
Benoit Marie
Founder of SKAW Sailing
THE ULTIMATE SKAW WORLD
It always starts with physics. And an intuition that leads to innovative ideas that we test in our LAB, on and off the water. When the intuition is proven correct, we transfer it to the RACING scene, where the boundaries of technology are pushed, and races are won we will take you to PARADISE.
LAB
Offshore racing boats are fast, safe, protected, and racy. Scow hulls are big and beamy. Foils act like motion dampers, increasing stability and, thus, speed. Cruising must benefit from all the assets of racing boats…
RACING
Racing is the very core of our DNA. Our quest for efficiency is perpetual and unstoppable. We take nothing for granted and keep our minds open. SKAWs are: Radical design. Bringing together the best of aero/hydrodynamics…
PARADISE
At SKAW, we are serious about RnD. It always starts with understanding physics, then we follow our intuition and test our innovative ideas on the computer. We develop our in-house tailor-made tools to understand better and design…
At SKAW, we are serious about RnD. It always starts with understanding physics, then we follow our intuition and test our innovative ideas on the computer. We develop our in-house tailor-made tools to understand better and design. We often challenge and partner with our America's Cup friends and colleagues, asking CFD and structural experts when confirmation is needed.
Because we are makers, and nothing matches real-life testing, we designed and made Vini Lab, our eco-designed and built RnD test lab. We use it to test various design parameters, ranging from hull shapes to foil geometries, stiffnesses, positioning, and rigging balance. Testing it at a lower scale allows for drastically reduced cost and time design loops while gathering valuable real-life data, such as wave response.
And as our Planet is a finite world, we made this test lab out of aeronautical and sail racing wastes. Since we want to make a better world, we made it an ideal upcycled platform proving that it is possible to reduce the carbon footprint of our beloved industry.
SKAW LAB
SKAW racing
Racing is the very core of our DNA. Our quest for efficiency is perpetual and unstoppable.
We take nothing for granted and keep our minds open. SKAWs are:
Radical designS
Bringing together the best of aero/hydrodynamics
Short-handed offshore racing as well as dinghies
We designed race-winning rigs, foils, systems, and platforms.
And because our egos are normal-sized, we team up with the best of the bests.
Nicomatic 6.50
The now famous « Bill » mini 6.50 history started on a blank sheet of paper on Benoit’s desk, integrating 10 years of racing experience. The fully foiling mini, designed with aero in mind, with decksweeper mainsails, lowered roof, low drag scow hull and plunging foils designed for open sea wavy tracks was built in 2022, won it’s first race the same year and first flew on Dec. 9th. 2022. Performance of the boat happened to exceed expectations right from day one. All the double handed races this year will take place with the designer onboard. Caroline Boule, client and skipper, managed the project, Benoit coordinated the design in collaboration with the naval architecture legend Sam Manuard. « The foiling and offshore experience of Benoit, together with its ability to think out of the box, his willingness to partner with Sam - to both of us the most talented naval architect of the moment - made possible the birth of the most incredibly efficient mini ever made. Sailing has now entered a new era, what an amazing SKAW racing machine»
International Moth
Our radically fast Moth was designed with aero in mind: more driving force thanks to streamlined cambered wings, allowing for a strong plaque effect of the deck sweeper of the sail. The first well-working deck sweeper sail in the class was designed in 2016 by Benoit, working with a now famous Z boom made by Airbus at their RnD Technocampus factory in Nantes. It won races at European levels and placed 7th at Moth Worlds 2017.
Thinner, longer, and thus faster foils were made with the famous thin-ply carbon composite from NTPT at Foils and Co, which proved fast on the race course.
This little exhilarating machine has been the perfect testbench for gathering valuable data at the highest level to tune in to our tools and design methods.
