racing sector
Forged in the America’s Cup, our expertise brings race-level performance thinking to commercial and advanced marine projects.
At racing pace, small instabilities become big losses. We design foils and appendages for predictable lift, controllability, and safe margins across manoeuvres and sea states, reducing “knife-edge” behaviour so performance is usable, not theoretical.
Speed multiplies loads. Whether it’s wing/sail structures, foil arms, or highly loaded interfaces, we ensure the platform can survive peak events and fatigue accumulation, so you can push harder with confidence.
Foiling has made aerodynamics and hydrodynamics inseparable. We solve the full problem, rig/wing + hull + foils, so your design decisions are based on coupled physics, not isolated assumptions
We treat the yacht/boat as a coupled machine: rig/wing aerodynamics, foil hydrodynamics, and platform balance of forces. This systems view is what enables consistent gains when speed amplifies every interaction.
Racing success comes from fast, aligned decision-making. We integrate with your design team to define the objective, validate options quickly, and deliver solutions that fit the campaign rhythm, from concept to on-water feedback.
We use advanced CFD workflows to refine shapes for lift/drag, stability, and efficiency. The goal is not “more data”, it’s better trade-offs, delivered fast enough to matter in competition.
We combine CFD, FEM and (when needed) FSI to validate strength and fatigue under realistic load cases, then close the loop with measured/observed performance so each iteration improves the next.
During the 33rd America’s Cup cycle, Mario Caponnetto contributed to hydrodynamic assessment workstreams aligned with the BMW Oracle wing-sail platform, the configuration that ultimately won the Match. This milestone marked the shift toward aero-hydrodynamic integration in Cup design culture.
BMW Oracle Racing
America’s Cup / Aero-Hydro Integration / Performance Engineering
In 2021, Caponnetto Hueber led the CFD, foil design, and hydrodynamic engineering for the AC75 of Luna Rossa Challenge, the eventual Prada Cup winner. We deployed multiscale CFD and aero-hydro coupling to ensure optimum lift and control. Rapid iteration delivered performance gains under tight competition timelines.
Luna Rossa Challenge
Racing Concept / CFD / Foil Design