Welcome

 

Wiebel Sailing offers the fastest sailboats in the world.

Introduction

The race for the official speed record for sailing craft captures the minds of many. Fascinating projects have been developed such as Hydroptere, Monofoil, Sailrocket, Dared, Trampofoil, Macquarie Innovation and others

Wiebel sailing enters the race. Wiebel sailing is based on windsurfing technology and results in a very large windsurfboard. The boat mimicks the behaviour of a windsurfboard. Thus, Wiebel combines the best of both windsurfing and sailing. A full merger of windsurfing and sailing is achieved. The high speed, great manoeuvering, jumping capability and planing behaviour of windsurfing is combined with the size, the teamsport and the seaworthiness of sailing. On top of that, people who are not athletic enough for windsurfing now can join in the fun.

History

The Wiebel project started in 1996 and initially was a theoretical project which gradually developed on the drawing boards.  In 2007 construction began on the first test boat. This boat was successfully tested in April 2008 on the Ijsselmeer in The Netherlands. Currently, a second test boat is being developed which is due to make its maiden voyage in 2009.

The Wiebel vessel is a symmetrical vessel, designed to not only break the world speed record on the 500 meter track, but to break all other records as well, i.e. the 1km record, the 1-mile record, the 24 world record, the Transatlantic record and the record for a non stop voyage around the world.

Racing

Apart from breaking records, the Wiebel vessel is designed as a race boat to compete on a track against other boats. The Wiebel vessel is a highly manoeuverable vessel, being able to gibe very quickly. Further, and this makes the Wiebel vessel unique in the world, it is able to jump in the same way as a windsurfboard.

Simple and affordable

The Wiebel vessel in its two seater version is 4,50 m wide and 6,5 meter long. It weighs approximately 150 kg. This size makes it practicable for racing. The Wiebel vessel thus is a lot smaller than most of its competitors. This also ensures that the Wiebel vessel falls within a price range which makes high-speed racing accessible to many sailing enthousiasts !!

Think. You may be able to afford yourself the world record speed sailing.

Furthermore, the Wiebel vessel can be taken apart very easily and thus transported by a normal car with a trailer. The mast and boards can be dismounted from the frame. The curved mast consists of two parts which also can be simply taken apart. This allows racing in various locations. Is the wind great in the south of France? Take a long weekend off, hook up your trailer on Friday, drive south, race on Saturday and Sunday, drive back on Monday, and have a great story in the office on Tuesday !!

Or race on the North sea, the Atlantic, lake Garda, the Adriatic, or anywhere else. If you have a car, you can take Wiebel anywhere.

Wiebel uses simple and reliable technology which has proven it's value in the windsurfing industry for several decades.

Some of the competing projects are asymmetrical vessels which are not very manoeuverable and basically are one way vessels. Although suitable for the 500 meter track record, Wiebel aims to provide racing machines with which dogfights at close range can be held. Highly spectacular, adrenalin driven racing.

Interested?

Wiebel is inviting interested parties to participate in the project. We have possibilities for engineers, enthousiasts, sponsors, investors, advisors, test sailors, suppliers, etc.. Send an e-mail to find out if you can participate.