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INNOV’SAIL 2026 : call for abstracts

audrey, June 27 2025June 27 2025

INNOV’SAIL returns in 2026, heading for Sweden ! Over 3 days, the conference will provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest scientific and technological research and its application in the complex field of sailing. The applications may be related to yacht racing, wind-assisted ships and high-performance sailing. 1st step : the call for abstracts.

The conference

On behalf of the organizing and scientific committee, it is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in INNOV’SAIL 2026, the 7th conference in the series. INNOV’SAIL is travelling from France to Sweden, and it will be held in Gothenburg on the 3rd-5th of June 2026. 
 
The conference venue is in Långedrag, with central Gothenburg just around the corner, and the ocean so close you can touch it, Långedrag provides the perfect venue for sailing and boating enthusiasts. Långedrag is home of many yachting and competitive sailing industries as well as racing teams including many international sailors with Olympic medals, America’s Cup trophy and Match Racing championships to their names. Coupling high performance sailing and competitions, the Gothenburg region provides also a link to the past with a range of tall ships that are used for school, training and racing as well as voyages, including the world’s largest wooden sailing ship, Götheborg of Sweden. 

Over 3 days, the conference will provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest scientific and technological research and its application in the complex field of sailing. The applications may be related to yacht racing, wind-assisted ships and high-performance sailing.
 
INNOV’SAIL 2026 will offer a unique opportunity to scientists, naval architects, engineers, sailors, ship owners, sail makers, ship and yacht builders, rig specialists and others involved in this fascinating and challenging field to come together to share skills and know-how. Particular emphasis will be on technological and knowledge transfer between both racing and wind-assisted ships, as well as between academia and industry. The event will also facilitate meetings and the discovery of local or international partners companies.

Topics

Papers are invited on the following topics (list not exhaustive). Note that the topics apply to yacht racing as well as wind-assisted ships:

  • Aerodynamics
  • Design of sails, masts, rigging, wings, other wind propulsion systems
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Design of hulls, appendages, foils, rudders propellers
  • Structural analysis and materials
  • Fluid structure interaction
  • Computational methods and model validation
  • New experimental results and techniques
  • Towing tank, wind tunnel and full-scale measurements
  • Performance enhancement in general
  • Performance prediction
  • Weather routing, fuel savings
  • Racing tactics and strategy, micro-meteorology and sites investigation
  • Optimization, data science, artificial intelligence for sailing and wind propulsion
  • Data analysis and integration with sailing and routing strategies

Abstracts

Abstracts of no more than 400 words and 2 pages should be sent to editor.innovsail@citevoile-tabarly.com by the 1st of October 2025. Notification of acceptance will be given by the 1st of December 2025.

Full papers of accepted abstracts will be due by the 1st of March 2026. Papers will be submitted through the ScholarOne Manuscripts website. The conference is partnering with the Journal of Sailing Technology, edited by SNAME, and a selection of high scientific quality contributions will be offered the opportunity to submit a paper to this journal. Please note that Journal of Sailing Technology is now indexed by Scopus 

More information

Further information will be available from the INNOV’SAIL website at the end of 2025. Registration for the conference will be done on the web site.  

Please circulate this announcement to colleagues who may be interested in this conference. They can subscribe to the mailing list by emailing the above-mentioned address.

Looking forward to meeting you for yet another exciting conference in June 2026 – the best time of the year to visit Sweden!

Organizers

Laura Marimon Giovannetti, Conference chair / RISE

Patrick Bot, Conference co-chair / ECOLE NAVALE

Arash Eslamdoost, Christian Finnsgård, Jonas Ringsberg, Huadong Yao, Conference organizers / UNIVERSITY OF CHALMERS

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