Cruising Sails
Some cruising sailors enjoy relaxing days on the water, some seek offshore adventure, and others like to mix in racing. Whatever your goals, UK Sailmakers can help you find the right sail for your needs—whether custom-built or one-design. From performance cruising sails designed for reliability and speed, to specialized racing sails that maximize every knot, our options include UK Sailmakers’ Titanium membranes, X-Drive® load-path reinforced laminates, and premium Dacron styles.
Cruising Mainsails
Your cruising mainsail is the most tireless worker on your boat. Every day you leave the harbor, it’s flying. Whether motoring through a glass calm or reefed down in 30 knots, the same mainsail gets the call to action. To meet these demands, UK Sailmakers has developed many different mainsail options for cruising sailors. We offer materials from woven Dacron® to affordable performance cruising X-Drive® sails to the most advanced light-weight performance Titanium sails, as well as a wide choice of batten configurations.
Cruising Genoas
On more modern designs, cruising headsails are non-overlapping jibs, while on older boats, headsails are overlapping genoas. Both come with roller reefing and roller furling features such as UV covers, foam luffs, and reefing reinforcements. Both are made from a range of materials and construction methods. Talk to your local UK Sailmakers representative so that they can customize the right headsail for your boat, sailing area, and predominant cruising grounds.
Cruising Spinnakers
Cruising sailors often carry cruising spinnakers, cruising Code Zeros, or both. Learn the differences between these sails and explore your options, including specialty stabilizing sails.
Storm Sails
There are three sails classified as storm sails: the heavy weather jib, the storm jib, and the storm trysail. All three are essential for boats heading offshore.
Cruising One-Design Sails
UK Sailmakers’ one-design cruising sails are designed for popular cruising classes, they offer reliable performance, durability, and straightforward handling so you can focus on the sail, not the trim.
Cruising Sails Accessories
While all these accessories and options, can be found on the sail detail pages, this page lists some of the most requested accessories/options cruising sailors request.
Why buy from UK Sailmakers?
With more than 75 years of sailmaking experience, we offer sailing and design knowledge of our worldwide group from local experts who ensure top service after the sale. We provide genuine craftsmanship, and backed up by our lofts.
Where to buy your Cruising Sails
You can reach out to your local UK Sailmakers Loft here or simply submit the Get a Quote form to get the process started. Someone from your nearest UK Sailmakers loft will be back to you shortly to discuss what sail works best for your boat, your sailing conditions, and your budget.