Future Fibres explores business in sailing yachts

Through the Caterham Challenge, Future Fibres’ objective is to transfer what they are learning in the offshore sailing arena into practical benefits for their clients across a range of sailing sectors. For example, they believe that much can be done to improve performance and reliability in the super yacht world, and by using the Caterham Challenge as a test bed, Future Fibres will be in a position to develop the monitoring systems and data analysis tools to achieve this end.

Future Fibres is aiming to package up marine specific monitoring systems for their clients and to offer a complete service of on-going data management. They are working towards being able to offer a full turn-key solution, from simple live-load monitoring to full data analysis and feedback to yacht crews and race teams, with the additional capacity of being able to feed into the design process, thus driving continuous improvement and performance optimisation.

Our CEO says of the Caterham project: “We are constantly challenging ourselves to deliver new levels of performance by partnering with the world’s best in a variety of industries, including in the highly competitive arena of Formula One.”

Data collection has always been the driving force behind Formula One design and engineering. A more precise understanding of loads and the life of parts is essential to the design process and now, with the Caterham Challenge partnership, Future Fibres and the wider marine industry can benefit from the same technology.

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