Building on Experience, Growing as a Team
Over the past year, the team has embarked on a profound journey of growth, shaped by challenges, experimentation, and awareness gained day by day. The experience accumulated during the previous season did not remain a simple memory, but became a solid foundation on which to build something new, more ambitious, and more conscious. Every mistake turned into a lesson, every success into an incentive to look further ahead.
At the same time, the team began to broaden its horizons. Within the university environment, we have become an increasingly recognized reality, capable of attracting new students driven by the same curiosity and passion. The arrival of numerous new members brought fresh energy, diverse ideas, and a fundamental contribution to the design of the new boat, which today represents the result of a truly collective effort.
To give shape to this growing vision, the organizational structure has also evolved. The team is now divided into sub-teams dedicated to the main components of the boat — wings, hull, foils, mechatronics, rigging and communication — allowing each group to deepen its own field without losing sight of the overall project. It is an organization that reflects the way we envision the project: many different paths converging toward a single direction.
Iteration After Iteration
“There is no two without three.”
This will be our third time at the SuMoth Challenge, and each participation has marked a clear step forward in our journey. The first year was a true race against time: in just five months we designed, built, and launched our very first prototype, proving to ourselves that passion, commitment, and teamwork can turn an idea into a sailing boat.
The second year, with experience on our side, we refined our vision by renewing and optimizing Mariposa, learning how performance, reliability, and engineering maturity are built iteration after iteration.
For this third participation, our motivation goes even further. We want to push beyond refinement and aim for innovation: a new prototype conceived to challenge our limits as engineers and sailors, while embedding sustainability as a core design driver. We see the SuMoth Challenge not only as a competition, but as a unique environment where bold ideas, eco-conscious engineering, and human growth converge. Coming back means raising the bar once again — for our boat, our team, and our vision of what student-led innovation can achieve.
A Fully Renewed Platform for 2026
For the 2026 SuMoth Challenge, we plan to compete across all stages — S1, S2, and S3 — introducing a fully renewed platform. Our vision is ambitious: a new hull, new wings, new foils, new rigging, and a new integrated mechatronic flight control system, all conceived as parts of a single, coherent design philosophy.
Compared to Mariposa, the new project will follow a more advanced and refined design direction, with a strong focus on aerodynamic and hydrodynamic efficiency, structural optimization, and system integration.
During Stage 2, sustainability will play a central role in our development process. We aim to significantly reduce our environmental impact by minimizing material waste, improving production efficiency, and actively promoting upcycling strategies throughout manufacturing.
Our objective is not only to enhance performance, but to demonstrate that innovation can be responsible, conscious, and forward-looking. The 2026 prototype represents our most ambitious step yet — blending engineering maturity, environmental awareness, and a clear long-term vision.
