SailScan · homepage direction studies · 2026-11-06

Twenty directions

Two independent sets of ten homepage mocks built from the same creative brief. Set F and Set A were designed without seeing each other. Every page is a full working mock — real copy, real app screens, a signature animation, reduced-motion safe. Click any card for the live page.

Blind top 3 — across all twenty

  1. A-01 · Black Box. The measured stripe traces drawn over the hero sail say "we read sail shape" before a single word is read — no other page makes the product this self-evident this fast. The carbon-panel restraint and the metrics strip below give it flagship-launch credibility.
  2. F-01 · Instrument Night. It speaks the racer's native language: a B&G-style display at night, live numerals that settle like real instruments, and a streaming data strip under the nav. It is also the most complete against the brief — pyramid headline, Sign In, full sitemap, quotes, platform block all present.
  3. F-08 · Draft Stripe. The single most memorable idea on the board: the page itself is a sail whose draft stripes flatten as you scroll, with the camber read out live in the margin. It teaches what SailScan measures through the act of scrolling, which no amount of copy can do.

Set F

F-01 hero

F-01Instrument Night

A racing instrument display at night — live HUD numerals settle and tick, a data strip streams under the nav.

Wins racers & instrument nerds
F-02 hero

F-02Sail Loft

A sailmaker's loft — stitched details, pinned photos, one batten curve threading the whole page as you scroll.

Wins sailmakers & craft buyers
F-03 hero

F-03Meridian

Ultraminimal white with one fixed horizon line; the app flow is the lone centerpiece, swapped by scroll in a sticky phone.

Wins enterprise first impressions
F-04 hero

F-04Ships Log

A broadsheet journal of record — masthead, plates, drop caps, columned text, pull quotes.

Wins heritage clubs & editorial minds
F-05 hero

F-05Signal Flags

Brutalist-nautical: international signal-flag geometry as the design system, headline words hoisting in like flags.

Wins the design-forward young race crowd
F-06 hero

F-06Telltale

A living wind field — laminar particle streamlines flow around the headline at 60fps.

Wins aero engineers & tech enthusiasts
F-07 hero

F-07Regatta Poster

America's Cup poster energy — diagonal cuts, race bibs, speed streaks, everything 3° off-axis and fast.

Wins speed freaks & sponsors
F-08 hero

F-08Draft Stripe

The page is a sail — three draft stripes flatten as you scroll and the camber reads out live in the margin.

Wins anyone who needs the product in one scroll
F-09 hero

F-09Chart Room

A nautical chart — graticule, compass rose, soundings, and a course line drawn waypoint to waypoint down the page.

Wins navigators & traditional buyers
F-10 hero

F-10Superyacht Mono

Monochrome brochure restraint at superyacht scale; the only color on screen is the ask.

Wins wealthy owners & programs

Set A