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30th April 2024

Make the most of your sail inventory

How do I get the best out of my sails is the most common question we get asked and it’s the best way to start a conversation with your sailmaker. How can I optimise my sails for manoeuvres and for shorthanded sailing? Can my sails be designed to cover a wide range of conditions, so I don’t have to keep performing sail changes? How can I optimis... Read more

 


30th April 2024

Make sails a priority.

There’s plenty to think about when it comes to your boat. One of the most important considerations which is often overlooked is what to do with your sails?. How do you best preserve them over the winter, or is it time to review your sail wardrobe in light of your sailing plans for next season?. ... Read more

 


30th April 2024

Talking Sails with Kevin Sproul

Kevin Sproul was interviewed by Toby Heppell from Yachts and Yachting Magazine about sails, understanding the options available how they are combined with good sail trim to gain maximum performance on the water.   One of the great things about sailing is that it offers ‘sailors’ so many different possi... Read more

 


6th March 2023

In the Mind of the Main trimmer

So you want to be the Mainsail trimmerSailing is an incredibly complicated sport with a huge number of variables but when it gets to race day we want to simplify our thought processes so we can make good decisions. This applies equally to our trimming or steering decisions as it does to tactics and strategy. ... Read more

 


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