Quantum Sails Spain

When Fernando Sallent was 10 years old, a friend of his father bought him an Optimist dinghy. From then on Fernando was hooked. As an adult, his first business venture was Technik Boats, a small Optimist shipyard, but it was the physics of sailing that really intrigued him. “I always had a passion for finding a way to make boats go faster,” he said.

That passion led him to La Industrial Velera Marsal, a local sailmaker who made all of his sails by hand. Fernando worked there learning the basics of sailmaking while also running Technick Boats. After taking a year off to serve in the military, he decided to leave Technick and joined Toni Tio Sail Loft. Toni Tio was only designing cruising sails at the time, so Fernando came on board to lead the One Design section of the company.

In 1996, Toni and Fernando visited the Quantum Annapolis loft, and in 2000 they joined the Quantum Sails team. Fernando continues to design One Design sails as he works to help his clients improve on the water. “I love seeing how sailors do better when the product is improved,” he said. “I love the fine tuning of boats and sails on the water.”

An accomplished sailor, Fernando also works as a coach for many teams. He coached the 470 women’s world, Olympic, and European champions in 1992 and the 470 women’s world champions in 1995. Since 2000, he has advised the Norwegian, Swedish, Swiss, and Spanish Olympic teams.

When Carlos Rodriguez was four years old, his mother worked for a One Design boat company. She started taking him to races on the weekends, and it didn’t take long before Carlos started racing. When he was just 17 years old, the Catalonian Sailing Federation offered him a job, and he’s been sailing ever since.

Carlos started working at a Quantum Sails loft in 1996. After learning how to make sails on the floor, service sails, and design sails, he became a salesman. Carlos not only spends almost every weekend racing in local and national events with Quantum customers, serving as a skipper, tactician, and jib-spinnaker-mainsail trimmer, he also trims masts, finds crew members, provides certificate optimization in ORC, and even services sails during races. Carlos now serves as the Spain Regional Manager and works hard to make Quantum Sails Spain a full-service, one-stop loft for all sailing needs.

A professional racing crew member since 1995, Carlos has an extensive resume, including experience on Mega Yachts, ORC boats, IRC boats, One Design, etc. He has also won several races like Copa del Rey in Palma, Maxi Yacht Cup, Swan Cup, and many important races in the Spanish ORC circuit.

Victor began sailing when he was nine years old in his home town of Vigo, Spain. As his love for the sport grew, he started competing in the Cadet class and placed well in many regattas in Spain. In 1991, he won both the Vaurien Spanish National Championship and World Championship. After conquering the Vaurien, Victor moved into the 470 class, where he participated in several Olympic trials. He competed as both a 470 helmsman and crew, and later coached the Europe and 470 classes.

In 1998, Victor started sailing professionally. He has competed everywhere and on many different platforms including J/70, Farr 40, Soto 40, Melges 32, Melges 40, Club Swan 36, Club Swan 50, Maxi 72, TP 52, and America's Cup. He is a World Champion in the TP52 class with Platoon (2019) and Maxi 72 class with Cannonball (2019) and Momo (2018). In addition to his impressive sailing resume, Victor also earned a degree in physical activity and sports. He has served as a trainer to many successful sailing athletes. "I am really excited to join Quantum and support all Quantum customers around the world to achieve their best performance on the water."