Tiwal is a French sailboat manufacturer that manufactures inflatable sailing dinghies used for sport and leisure. It is headquartered in Plescop, France and also has a subsidiary in the USA.[1][2][3]
History
Founder Marion Excoffon developed the design for Tiwal’s inflatable dinghies when her father refused to lend her his houseboat in 2008.[4][5] Using her design, she founded Tiwal with her partner Emmanuel Bertrand in Theix-Noyalo in August 2012 before the company eventually moved operations into a warehouse in Plescop.[1][4] Tiwal unveiled its first sailboat at the 2012 Paris Boat Show.[6][7][8][9] It was also exhibited at the Annapolis Boat Show.[7][8]
Tiwal established a subsidiary in the United States in 2014.[10] It also exhibited the Tiwal 3.2 at the 2014 London Boatshow.[11]
Tiwal participated in the 2018 Annapolis Boat Show.[8] The company also presented the Tiwal 2 at the Boot Düsseldorf boat show in 2018.[12] A Tiwal sailboat was also exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in the same year.[13]
Since 2015, Tiwal has also hosted the Tiwal Cup, a regatta using Tiwal inflatable dinghies, in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany.[14][7] Tiwal has also held Tiwal Cups in New Zealand.[15]
