Sailed in over 110 countries by over 150,000 people, the Optimist is the only dinghy approved by the ISAF exclusively for sailors under 16 years of age. At the Athens Olympics in 2004, over 60% of the skippers and 70% of the medal winners were former Optimist sailors.

Fernando Sallent, a sail designer for 27 years at the Quantum Loft in Barcelona, Spain is a worldwide leader in sail development for the Optimist class. Fernando developed the dinghy department for the Barcelona loft where he created and continues to refine the original and highly regarded Opti sail. Quantum’s Opti sails are winning major World Championships and local regattas everywhere. Try one and see what the buzz is all about!

The picture to the left is our team rider Axel Sly winning the 2009 International Caribbean (Scotia Bank) Regatta sailing with a Radial Heavy sail. Congratulations again Axel! Looks like the hard work and training is really paying off!

Congratulations to Axel for winning the windy US Nationals in San Francisco, California in July!

Team China win the 2009 Optimist Team Race World Championhsips in Brazil with all Quantum Opti sails !!!

Sails from Quantum Sail Design Group powered the winning boats for both the Cadet and Junior divisions of the Lake Garda Optimist Meeting held April 1-4, 2010 in Lake Garda, Italy. This event attracted 943 young sailors from around the world. Albert Gelpí of Spain earned first overall at the Cadet level, placing first in four races and second in one race with a discard of 32 points. Gelpí sailed with a Quantum Radial Light. Capturing the top spot in the Junior division with a six-point lead was Frederik Rask of Denmark who sailed with a Quantum Radial X-Heavy. Congratulations to these young sailors who put Quantum Sails at the top of this event for the first time ever.