sails

No longer sails only for racers, modern membrane, laminated sails will make your cruising boat sail a lot better and will hold their shape longer than […]

How to coax out more speed and miles when the wind goes light  (published June/July 2017) Waves of rising heat seem to distort visions of the […]

Technical and design developments have created sail handling systems that make sailing safer, easier and more fun  (published April 2017) In the last few decades, sail […]

(published April 2017) It’s time for our semi-annual review of sail construction and material options. While most of this is well documented, an overview is handy […]

There are a number of options for comfortably running downwind  (published March 2017) There is nothing quite so awesome as a warm breeze at your back, […]

Before heading offshore, take some time to know how your boat responds in various conditions  (published October 2016) While sailors often think first of checking the […]

There is nothing quite so awesome as a warm breeze at your back, your biggest spinnaker pulling strong and the horizon ahead in a wide arc […]

As yacht design and engineering becomes more refined with the use of exotic materials in the hull and rig, sometimes disguised to look traditional such as […]

For many years the only choice sailors had for fabric and engineering for their sails was cross-cut Dacron sails and for many years cross-cut Dacron sails […]

There is a plethora of choices when it comes to sails for offshore passagemaking but as always there is the struggle between how many sails to […]