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UK ASYMMETRICALS: RUN FASTER RUN DEEPER
View fullsize Here is a great shot of the A2 on the King 40 CHECKMATE sailing downwind. Notice how well the sail projects to windward. According to Geoff Bishop, owner of UK Sailmakers…
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HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY BUTCH ULMER
View fullsize The top-10 things you need to know about Charles “Butch” Ulmer. Butch Ulmer turned 80 today. Along with that major birthday comes the realization that his legacy of sailing…
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UK SAILMAKERS EXPERTISE NOW AVAILABLE IN HUNGARY
Tamas Bakos UK Sailmakers has expanded its worldwide group of lofts by adding a new sales office in Budapest, Hungary. Tamas Bakos, who has more than 20 years of experience as a sailmaker,…
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10 THINGS TO DO WHEN PUTTING AWAY YOUR BOAT FOR THE WINTER
View fullsize Howard McMichael Photo courtesy McMichaels Yacht Yard. Even if your boat is out of the water, it may not be ready for the long cold winter. Make sure your boat will be in good…
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BETTER ROLLER FURLING MAINSAILS
Cruising sailors with roller furling booms or roller furling masts who want their furling systems to be more reliable and easier to handle should replace their worn-out mainsails with a UK…
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KING 40 CHECKMATE CROWNED WA IRC STATE CHAMP
View fullsize Congratulations to Geoff Bishop and his crew on his King 40 CHECKMATE for being crowned the 2019 Western Australian IRC State Champ. After sailing the first year mostly with…
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LETTERBOX TAKEDOWN VIDEO UPDATED
A while ago, we posted an instructional video on the letterbox spinnaker takedown, which is the safest and most controllable way to douse a spinnaker at sea. In the original video, you saw…
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HYDRA NET® RADIAL: THE PREMIUM WOVEN CLOTH FOR CRUISING
With the boat show season upon us, now is the time to talk to your local UK Sailmakers loft about new sails for 2020. For owners of cruising multihulls and large cruising monohulls who…
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THE LIFESLING: THE SAFEST MOB RECOVERY METHOD
After multiple, well-reported incidents of failed man overboard recovery attempts, the thought leaders within the world of safety at sea are evolving their thinking regarding the best way…
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A PIECE OF 2019 HISTORY IS FOR SALE
View fullsize When racing in Europe this year it is impossible not to have come across Erik van Vuuren’s winning yellow monster Waarschip 36 HUBO. As of day one, Team UK Sailmakers was part…
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SECRETS OF THE LATE MAIN GYBE
The “Late Main Gybe” method is the key to the fastest possible asymmetrical spinnaker gybe. Delaying the boom’s crossing avoids the main blanketing the spinnaker as it is trying to re-fill.…
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X-DRIVE: SOLVING THE SPEED, DURABILITY AND PRICE EQUATION
View fullsize X-Drive Carbon Black main and genoa. Carbon reinforcing yarns run continuously between the corners of the sails and the cross cut laminate panels are made with black aramid…
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A STARTING LINE TRICK
By Adam Loory Here is a recount of a good start I pulled off at the Governor’s Cup of Western Long Island Sound. The starting line was heavily skewed with the starboard end very favored.…
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THE CIRCLE OF LIFE -- NOT THE LION KING -- SAILING
View fullsize Ken Horne’s J/105 FINAL FINAL racing upwind with her UK Titanium class jib and dacron class main. There is a circle of life for sailing that we’ve all unconsciously…
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FASTNET FLEET APPROACHING FINISH
View fullsize Perhaps it is because people are becoming increasingly time-poor, or because it neatly side-steps the problem of keeping a large crew together, but one area of offshore racing…
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TURNING A DOUBLE PLAY
By Buttons Padin In baseball, players get traded today and are starting with a new team the next day. At first you wonder how they can integrate that quickly into a new team; however, if…
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ISLAND GIRL FAMILY STORY
View fullsize ISLAND GIRL before her refit that included new topsides. If the family that sails together stays together, the Burkhart family are clearly staying together. When Frank…
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X-YACHTS 46-FOOTER AND X-DRIVE CRUISING SAILS
Shown above is a video of a new X4.6, a 46-footer by X-Yachts with a new set roller/furling X-Drive Carbon cruising sails. X-Drive® performance cruising sails are perfect for cruising…
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AVOID COSTLY GYBES BY SAILING WING-ON-WING
View fullsize Here’s a simple solution to a complex tactical leeward mark situation. We’ve all been there and done that: approaching a leeward mark but your line is too high to do a desired…
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UK Sailmakers Customers Finish First in Four of Eight Classes
View fullsize UK Sailmakers customers stood out at the 2019 Sovereigns Cup sailed out of Kinsale Yacht Club in southern Ireland. Of the eight classes, UK customers finished first in four. •…
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EASY FURL CODE D CRUISING SPINNAKER
One of the biggest challenges cruising sailors face is how best to sail downwind with only your white up-wind sails set. The jib bangs against the mast and gets beat up and doesn’t provide…
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WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
You win some, you lose some, but when the right opportunity knocks, you have to be ready to pull the trigger and go! Here’s a couple of minutes of video shot by Stuart Lindow from Texas'…
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MAST ABEAM — A BLAST FROM THE PAST
Sitting around the UK Sailmakers water cooler (technically a scuttlebutt) the other day, a bunch of us got talking about the Racing Rules of Sailing and some of the rules that were deleted…
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STAY IN YOUR BOX - By Buttons Padin
In 2013, I was fortunate enough to be on the crew of Larchmont Yacht Club’s entry in the New York Yacht Club’s Invitational Cup. We were the “young” team (OK, my age was the outlier);…
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