MatriX Titanium® for Racing
UK Sailmakers’s Top of the Line Sails
MatriX
Titanium® is UK Sailmakers’s highest performance sail construction method
and it is now available from any one of UK Sailmakers’s 50 lofts and service
centers. These sails are the result of a five-year development program
undertaken by the UK Sailmakers loft in southern France. MatriX Titanium
sails are the ultimate load path sails. They are a refinement of the
original load path sails introduced by UK Sailmakers more than 25 years
ago: those sails were (and still are) known as Tape-Drive®. MatriX
Titanium® sails are unique among the membrane genre for a number of
reasons:
- The load bearing members in a Tape-Drive® sail are tapes
made with bundles of high-strength yarns. In MatriX Titanium® sails,
the yarns are unbundled and spread more evenly across the sail.
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Whereas membrane sails’ load bearing yarns are not continuous, only
running the width of the individual panel, Titanium load bearing yarns
run from head to clew, head to tack, tack to clew with no breaks or
interruptions.
- Seams in the film shape the membrane, nothing more.
- Aerodynamic loads are passed from corner to corner by the continuous yarns.
- No seam distortion, wrinkles or seam failure.
- See our selection of Titanium Racing Sails
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| MatriX Titanium® for Cruisers
Optimum Performance For Non-Racers UK Sailmakers
recognizes that many cruising sailors are interested in high tech sails
to enhance the performance of their boats. They also like the ease of
handling that comes with these light, soft membranes. However, no one
has yet to offer a membrane product with a life span acceptable to
cruisers. MatriX Titanium® is changing all that! Taffeta covered films
(traditional white and a light gray) are available to further enhance
the abrasion and UV resistance of MatriX Titanium® sails adding years to
their useful lives.
For a small premium, cruising sailors can now enjoy grand prix performance from their sails.
See our selection of Titanium Cruising Sails
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