When Mark Reynolds walked into the Opening Ceremonies at Sydney’s Olympic Games, he made U.S. Olympic yachting history as a four-time consecutive Olympic representative in the same event. Well-known as the “Star of the Star class," Mark has won two world championship titles ('00,'95) and three Olympic medals (1992 Gold,1988 Silver, 2000 Gold) in arguably the most competitive One Design class in the world.

Mark started sailing with his father (also a Star World Champion, sailing with Dennis Conner in 1971) when he was four. As a sophomore on the San Diego State University sailing team, he was an All American, leading the collegiate team to 2nd place finishes in 1974 and 1975 in the North American Dinghy Championships. A protégé of Dennis Conner, Mark started his first Olympic campaign in the Flying Dutchman class.

After the 1980 Olympic boycott, Mark started sailmaking at North Sails. Two years later, he left to start his own Sobstad loft, then joined Quantum Sails before the 2000 Olympics.

Alexandre Paradeda is co-owner and founder of Pro Nautic, a sailmaking business created with his brother Roberto in 2004. Alexandre is a professional sailor, actively engaged with the sailing industry since 1997.

He is currently the coach of the Brazilian 470 representative for the 2016 Olympic games. Alexandre also serves as the youth sailing technical director for the Brazilian Confederation and is vice commodore of Club dos Jangadeiros in Porto Alegre.

Alexandre is a professional sailor with expertise in several one design classes including Optimist, Snipe, 420, 470 and the 49er as well as off shore sailing.

Vittorio d’Albertas started his career designing sails in Italy and Denmark before returning to Italy in 2010 to open Quantum SDG Italy with Filippo Jannello and Francesco “Paco” Rebaudi. As a designer, Vittorio has created sails for boats of all sizes, from small One Designs to the largest and most beautiful yachts of the world. Whether he’s designing cruising or racing sails, his approach is always committed to improving performance and sailing pleasure by looking at the big picture, not only the sails. A self-proclaimed sailing maniac, Vittorio doesn’t just design sails, he uses them too. Owner of a Dinghy 12' and a Finn, when he’s not in the loft, you can usually find Vittorio on the water.