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For almost two years Cape Horn Engineering has been the exclusive CFD provider of BAR Technologies, a marine design and engineering consultancy start-up. We have shared office space at the Ben Ainslie Racing headquarters in Old Portsmouth, UK, since February 2017, and together we look back on a number of successful superyacht projects. Early December thisRead more
Born in the Le Havre, "the gateway to France“ in 1992, Charles is a hydrodynamics specialist and a watersports enthusiast. Having graduated from the French engineering smithy ENSTA Bretagne (École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées) in 2016, he has persisted in forging a career in high-performance yacht and foil design both within Europe and abroad. He isRead more
A warm welcome to Jorge Lorenzo who has recently joined our company as CFD specialist. Born in Vigo, Spain, this name twin to a MotoGP champion has already proven to be a valuable addition to our small but dedicated team of computational fluid dynamics specialists. Jorge holds a master in numerical simulations from the University ofRead more
29 days until the America’s Cup starts! Land Rover BAR training on their America’s Cup Class catamaran ‘R1’, fast. The America’s Cup, an international yacht sailing competition, represents the world’s oldest sporting trophy, backed by 166 years of sailing tradition. The design of the America’s Cup boat is a complex process at the intersection ofRead more
Land Rover BAR’s America’s Cup race boat has been launched in Bermuda. Sir Ben Ainslie’s wife Georgie appropriately smashed a bottle of the English sparkling Nyetimber wine to christen the boat. Very exciting day! The America’s Cup racing begins at the end of May this year. At Cape Horn Engineering we are proud to workRead more
What an incredible weekend in Portsmouth for the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series!! As the Solent delivered some spectacular racing, Land Rover BAR managed to win the event and jumped up to first place in the overall standings for the "big" event in Bermuda. Reasonable smiles on the Cape Horn Engineering team during SundayRead more
Land Rover BAR take second place in Chicago! Now second overall going into Portsmouth in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series. Back home in the team base in Portsmouth we are continuing in the design team to increase yacht performance. Photo: Sailor team at podium. Photo credit Land Rover BAR.
At our client Land Rover BAR we have been very busy and just passed another milestone – the team launched their latest test boat ‘T3’ last week that brings us one step closer to the final race boat. At Cape Horn Engineering we are proud to work with Land Rover BAR on CFD analysis forRead more
Enfant Terrible Minoan Lines and Low Noise II are the new 2015 ORC World Champions in class A and C. Cape Horn Engineering is proud of the result, having been involved in the development of both boats. Enfant Terrible is a TP52 from 2008, the owner Alberto Rossi consulted us for CFD analysis, performance predictionRead more
Congratulations to Sir Keith Mills and his Invictus Team as well as to designer Jason Ker on their Round the Island Race win in their brand new Ker40+. We are very proud to see that the CFD simulations carried out by Cape Horn Engineering in combination with Ker’s innovative optimisation methods resulted in a winningRead more