Ian Howlett

Naval architect and designer, he has designed a number of dinghies like the Blaze, Boss, Buzz, ISO, Spice, Sport14 and also he has been a member of the design team of several Americas Cup boats with PRADA being the latest.

Reg White

Several times World Champion on Tornado and other classes, he was the Tornado Olympic Gold Medallist at Montreal in 1976. His experience in catamaran production started back in 1965, being a member of the team who conceived the first Tornado, stiil the Olympic catamaran. He was the main builder of the Tornado until 1984 and it is with one of his Tornado that Yves won the Tornado Olympic Class in 1992. Since then, he has produced a series of exceptional catamarans: Hurricane 5.9, Dart Hawk, Dart 16, Laser EPS, Funboat as well as many of the Topper dinghies. Reg White produces of the Shadow, Spitfire, Storm, StormF20 and the Dart Hawk with his son Robert (also Tornado World Champion) at the White Formula Factory.

Yves Loday

Νicknamed "Mister Catamaran", was the Tornado Olympic Gold Medallist at Barcelona in 1992 and is an innovative designer. Since 1986, he has designed many catamarans and dinghies, including the KL17, KL15.5 (Youth national Class in France), Hawk F18, Dart 16, Laser EPS, the "schooner" mercator, the Funboat as well as some twenty or so other models. Passionate both about his sailing and the continued development of catamaran sailing, Yves sails the Spitfire, Hawk F18 and large multihulls, like "Innovation Explorer" with Loïck Peyron in The Race. His most extreme design is the catamaran Extreme 40.