OPTIMIST
We produce Optimist sails to win in every wind and sea state.
We base this success on our experience: to date, we have made more than 30,000 Optimist sails for customers throughout the world.
Our strong point is a combination of constant research and the consistently high quality of our product.
Continuous tests at sea undertaken with the close co-operation of the best sailors in the world enable us constantly to improve our know-how and maintain our leading position in this class.
Results speak louder than technical descriptions. In the Optimist class, Olimpic Sails has been World Champion 15 times in the past 19 years: an incredible result that has never been matched by any other sail-loft in the world!
Models
| < 38 Kg |  |
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| 38 - 45 Kg |  |
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| > 45 Kg |  |
The RED model needs no presentation: it is the most well-known sail and easiest to utilize, winner of many world championships.
The WHITE and ALL BLACK models are new generation sails whose tweak has been recently completed thanks to tests and clinics carried out with the world best athletes and trainers who assured us of the technical perfection achieved.
The WHITE MODEL is reccomended to medium-light athletes while the ALL BLACK model is suitable for those who weigh more than 45 kg, still remaining a sail appropriate for lighter athletes in case of moderate breeze.
Both of them present more levelled entries the new geometry optimized for maximum exposure on downwind headings, the radial clew and the new sailcloth makes it a very fast and still easy sail in all conditions and bearings.
| 36 - 43 Kg |  |
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| > 43 Kg |  |
Our last radial versions present more powerful forward profiles, the maximum depth has been moved forward and the exit is shallower. All these elements enable easier adjustment and to a great extent simplifies the excessive sensibility on the sheet which penalized less expert crews using the earlier models. Now it is possible to make full use of the increased power and benefits of the radial cut.
| 30 - 60 Kg |  |
Since few years we’ve been producing low cost Optimist sails for Sailing School. They’re made in non-temperate Dacron, less delicate and longer lasting. Battens are included, whilst sails are supplied without Window, Sail-numbers and Sail-bag (could be supplied as optional). They have no Class Royalty nor Logo, therefore not usable in official class regattas. Available in packs of minimum 5 pieces.
Tuning guide
Here below you can download the Optimist Tuning Guide
