SailScan
Race telemetry for your sails

Faster By Numbers with SailScan

Point a phone at your sail. Camber, draft, entry, exit and twist — scored before the next mark.

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

Take a photo

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

SailScan camera screen capturing a mainsail with draft stripes

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 metric readouts

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 reviewing two saved scans side by side

Results board

“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

Start the clock.

Download SailScan and take your first scan before the warning signal.

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.

SailScan branded scan report SailScan session history dashboard

Built by a racer. Proven on the circuit.

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