Faster By Numbers with SailScan

Camber · Depth
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Draft · Position
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Twist · vs Boom
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On the water

SailScan reads your sail shape in the field and in real time.

Reads any sail from an optimist to a super maxi - Mainsails and headsails - Port or starboard tack. Use your mobile phone to analyze draft stripes for accurate camber, draft, entry, exit and twist data.

How it works

01

Take a photo

Take a photo with your phone and our computer vision model gets to work.

SailScan camera screen framing a mainsail
02

Read and measure

SailScan finds each draft stripe and traces the curve from luff to leach to compute sail shape parameters such as Camber (depth), Draft (position of max depth), and Twist (angle relative to the boom).

SailScan results screen with traced draft stripes and metrics
03

Adjust and record

Make adjustments in real time. Save scans for later debrief, comparison, or reuse the same settings to increase sail speed and efficiency.

SailScan compare screen with two saved scans side by side

From the fleet

“We trimmed the main off SailScan numbers all weekend and found half a knot upwind.”
Tom R. — J/111 tactician, San Francisco
“The draft stripes read in seconds. What used to be an evening of photo markup is done before we hit the dock.”
Sofia M. — Sailmaker, Newport RI
“Camber and twist on every tack, logged. It's part of our debrief like the GPS track.”
Henrik L. — Coach, Aarhus DK
“I'm a weekend racer, not an engineer. SailScan tells me what to ease and when.”
Dana K. — Santa Cruz 27, Seattle

Enterprise

Welcome computer vision aboard

The SailScan VLM platform can be customized for your company, team, or coaching needs. Embed a powerful sail scanning and recommendation engine with outputs for sail design, team coaching, and recording into your workflow.

About

SailScan LLC was founded by veteran racing professional Alex Higby to compute key aerodynamic metrics and make recommendations to optimize sail performance in the field. SailScan is built and maintained in San Francisco, CA by Seamaphore.

34th America's Cup
52 Super Series
Extreme Sailing Series