A group of FSI members helped CNN’s Mainsail programme presenter Shirley Robertson (double GB Sailing Gold medal winner) present a piece on the physics of foiling craft using Southampton Solent’s towing tank.  The episode can be found via the on-line link below. There are three parts with our contribution featured in the second. There are some really nice shots of our new building and Gabe Weymouth and Joe Banks provide convincing commentaries. As with all TV there was a significant amount of background preparation (and hanging around) to get the right shots! Many thanks to all concerned and especially James Blake who helped pull it all together following an initial discussion after Shirley’s inspiring lecture last year as part of our University of Southampton – RNLI joint Technology Partnership programme.
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/03/11/spc-mainsail-design-special-b.cnn/video/playlists/intl-mainsail/