CRUISING SAILS
Cruising sails
Cruising sails for coastal weekends and long passages alike. Built for comfort, ease of handling, and years of dependable shape — in Dacron, hybrid wovens, laminates, or X-Drive® and Titanium constructions — so the sail matches your boat, your waters, and your budget.
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BUILD YOUR INVENTORY
A smaller, more versatile inventory.
Unlike racing, where you build a full sail inventory for every wind angle and strength, cruising sailors typically prioritize ease of handling and a smaller, more versatile inventory. Your local loft will help you select the right sails for your boat, your typical conditions, and your crew.
Cruising Mainsails
Your mainsail is the most tireless worker on your boat — flying every day you leave the harbor, from glass calms to 30 knots reefed down. Built five ways, from premium Dacron to Titanium membranes.
Explore cruising mains →Genoas & Jibs
On modern designs, cruising headsails are non-overlapping jibs; on older boats, overlapping genoas. Both come with roller reefing and furling features — UV covers, foam luffs, and reefing reinforcements.
Explore headsails →Spinnakers & Code Zeros
Asymmetrical spinnakers are easier to set, trim, and douse — especially with a sock or top-down furler — while symmetrical spinnakers offer unmatched deep downwind performance for longer offshore passages.
Explore spinnakers →Multihull
Two hulls heel less, so the same puff is felt in full — multihull sails must be built relatively much stronger than monohull sails. Square Top mains, headsails, Code Zeros, and downwind sails for catamarans and trimarans.
Explore multihull sails →Production Boats
Sails designed for standard production boats deliver proven, consistent performance. Built to order for popular cruising classes with the same craftsmanship as our racing sails — optimized for comfort and ease of handling.
Find your builder →Storm Sails
Heavy weather jib, storm jib, and storm trysail — all three essential for boats heading offshore. Small, bulletproof, and built to keep you sailing when everything else is down.
Explore storm sails →WHY CRUISING SAILS ARE DIFFERENT
Comfort, ease of handling, and shape that lasts.
Performance cruising sails hold their shape — which makes them good for club racing and comfortable, fast cruising. A stretched-out furling headsail makes sailing less comfortable; a well-built one furls smoothly for years. Shape-holding counts double on a furling rig: as a sail stretches it gets fuller and the draft moves aft, and a baggy sail is the most common cause of jams when rolling in and out.
Furling mainsails: in-mast and in-boom →Durability
Taffeta on one or both sides for chafe resistance and a cruising-friendly feel. Even our most economical Dacron sails get proper-sized corner and reef patches and premium hardware.
Furling, done properly
UV covers applied last — over corner webbings and stitching — plus foam luffs and reefing reinforcements sized for your furler. In-mast and in-boom mains are custom fit to your spar.
Ease of handling
With a dousing sock, a cruising spinnaker can be set, trimmed, and lowered by two people, or by one person and an autopilot. Furling headsails and mainsails let you set, reef, and stow without leaving the cockpit.
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Find your loftSail care and how-to
Reefing, trim, spinnaker handling, measuring your rig — guides written by the sailmakers who build the sails. Free to every sailor, whether you buy from us or not.
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