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Grey laminate jib seen along its foot from the deck, a small clear window set near the tack

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TESTING CONTINUES - PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTHS ARE

A test X-Drive Endure sail on the Reichel Pugh 77 JELIK. The Endumax filaments are white. New sails are expensive. A new experimental sail can be even more expensive if it fails to perform…

November 9, 2018

Cruising sloop with a Swedish courtesy flag sailing past a rocky coastline

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New White Performance Cruising Sails

UK Sailmakers is happy to unveil a new material for performance cruising sails that makes all-white sails that will not break the bank. After extensive testing around the world on boats…

October 26, 2018

J/88 BLONDIE, number 28, sailing downwind under a red, yellow, white and green asymmetric spinnaker and black mainsail

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WINTER SERVICE TIME

If you are thinking about ordering new sails that will be ready to use on the first day of the 2019 sailing season, now is the time to order. Most new sail delivery dates are delayed…

October 13, 2018

Hand holding the edge of a white sail to show chafe: worn cloth and frayed threads along a zigzag-stitched seam

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DISASTER AVERTED WITH ANNUAL INSPECTION AND SERVICE

UK Sailmakers Winter Service is designed to look for the wearing effects of UV sunlight, luffing and flogging, tacking and jibing on your sails. We seek out the small problems before they…

October 13, 2018

Santa Cruz 70 WESTERLY, 18997, upwind under a black X-Drive® carbon mainsail and grey Tape-Drive No. 2 genoa, crew on rail

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HUGE TEST PLATFORM

The Santa Cruz 70 WESTERLY going upwind with her X-Drive main and Tape-Drive No. 2 genoa. A big boat makes a great test platform for sails. Stuart and Joy Dahlgren are the owners of UK…

September 13, 2018

J/33 SIRIUS reaching under a green-and-white asymmetric spinnaker and black X-Drive® carbon mainsail, sail number 48

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Just Because It Has Three Corners Does Not Make It A Sail

View fullsize J/33 SIRIUS sailing with her new X-Drive Carbon main. Charles Taus bought an X-Drive genoa for his J/33 SIRIUS in 2017 from UK Sailmakers New York and noticed an immediate…

August 28, 2018

J/80 heeled hard upwind through spray, white mainsail and jib, crew in red hiking, shot through a water-spattered lens

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MENZNER ON GETTING GOOD STARTS

The online sailing magazine NO FRILLS SAILING ran a terrific interview with Martin Menzner on successful starting strategies last March. Menzner brings up a lot of good points about how to…

June 27, 2018

J/80 PIKE surfing down a wave in big breeze under a grey mainsail and white spinnaker, crew in red hiking aft

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EIGHT STRAIGHT FOR J/80 PIKE

Congratulations to Martin Menzner and his crew for winning the J/80 one-design class at Kiel Week for the eigth year in a row. This year the class drew 18…

June 25, 2018

Chicago Boat, RV & Sail Show banner, January 10–14, 2018, McCormick Place, above a Najad cruiser under a grey X-Drive® main

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VISIT UK SAILMAKERS AT THE SHOW: BOOTH # S2115

View fullsize Come ask us all your sail questions: new sails, Scow sails, sail construction, sail materials, sail design, sail trim, etc. Sailing is what we are passionate about and we love…

January 9, 2018

Boatyard buried in snow: rows of covered sailboats on stands under bare masts, a ploughed track winding through

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PROTECT YOUR SAIL INVESTMENT WITH UK WINTER SAIL SERVICE

View fullsize Winter in the Northern Hemisphere is coming. Best to get your sails to a UK loft for the winter. View fullsize Normal.dotm 0 0 1 372 2125 UK-Halsey International 17 4 2609…

November 10, 2017

Two sailors on deck below a light grey X-Drive® genoa, sail number GER 7398, tape grid showing against a blue sky

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DEPENDABLE AND AFFORDABLE: X-DRIVE®

View fullsize Carbon X-Drive on a polyester/mlyar base laminate that has a taffeta layer (light-weight finely-woven polyester cloth) on the side opposite the carbon tapes. This mainsail has…

November 10, 2017

Masthead view down onto a grey mainsail showing its camber and yellow draft stripe, crew in the cockpit below

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SAIL ANALYSIS

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November 10, 2017

Kristen Songe Moller smiling in a selfie on her boat's foredeck under a pink sunset sky at sea

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SINGLEHANDED SAILOR LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIP

Kirstin Songe-Møller sailing into the sunset. Normal.dotm 0 0 1 238 1360 UK-Halsey International 11 2 1670 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Kirstin Songe-Møller is one of the…

November 10, 2017

Yacht sailing with a black mainsail and a translucent flying jib set from the bowsprit in hazy sunlight

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THE FLYING JIB, ANOTHER REASON TO CONVERT TO A SPRIT

View fullsize The Sydney 43 CHRISTOPHER DRAGON sporting her Flying Jib, double-head rig. Set from the end of the sprit along with a regular jib, the Flying Jib makes the boat significantly…

May 3, 2017

Aerial view of the Southern Cross 52 BANDIDO heeling under black Uni-Titanium mainsail and jib on turquoise water

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CARBON FIBER: THE HIGHEST PERFORMING YARN

View fullsize The Reichel/Pugh Southern Cross 52 BANDIDO with Uni-Titanium sails made with 100% carbon fiber. Normal.dotm 0 0 1 308 1760 UK-Halsey International 14 3 2161 12.0 0 false 18 pt…

May 2, 2017

Title card with UK Sailmakers logo and YouTube play button: Racing Rules Seminar, new rule 18.2(d) by Butch Ulmer

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WATCH FREE NEW RULES LESSONS

View fullsize Catch up with the changes in the Racing Rules of Sailing by watching these free videos UK Sailmakers has been posting to its Facebook page. There are currently five videos,…

April 28, 2017

Students and mentors posing around a maroon sail lettered RTB in a sail loft, holding UK Sailmakers logo cards

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BUILDING BOATS AND LIFE SKILLS IN THE SOUTH BRONX

View fullsize Future sailmakers proudly posing with their finished product. Rocking the Boat is a non-profit educational program in the South Bronx that uses boat building as a way to…

April 28, 2017

Dalton Tebo in a red polo and Ken Tebo in a white UK Sailmakers polo standing beside a harbour at dusk

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NEW OWNERS BRING NEW ENERGY TO UK SARASOTA

Dalton Tebo (left) and Ken Tebo Normal.dotm 0 0 1 420 2398 UK-Halsey International 19 4 2944 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false UK Sailmakers raised the bar for sailmaking and…

April 24, 2017

UK Sailmakers Rules Quiz program screenshot with a YouTube play button over a windward-mark zone diagram

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RULES TRAINING

Click image to play video To help sailors learn the racing rules of sailing, which are not necessarily that easy to learn by simply reading the rule book, UK Sailmakers has created an…

March 28, 2017

Safety at Sea collage: orange storm sails, fire-extinguisher drill, life-jacket huddle in the water, flare, MOB recovery

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SAFETY TRAINING

View fullsize Scenes from the Storm Trysail Club's hands-on Safety at Sea seminar. Normal.dotm 0 0 1 152 872 UK-Halsey International 7 1 1070 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false…

March 28, 2017

Conrad Colman pointing at his jury-rig sail marked 'YES!' with Vendée Globe logos, solar panels on the deck

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CONRAD COLMAN MAKING PROGRESS UNDER JURY RIG

View fullsize After dismasting late Friday the 10th of February, Conrad is finally underway again. After dealing today with some more problems to secure the base of the boom, he's moving…

February 16, 2017

Title card for the UK Sailmakers video 'Leech and Foot Lines: Getting Rid of Leech and Foot Flutter' with the wizard mascot

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NEW INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO

View fullsize UK Sailmakers has just released it newest instructional video in our TRICKS OF THE TRADE series. It is a two-minute tutorial on how to use leech and foot lines to stop sail…

February 15, 2017

Video still of Gary Jobson in a red life jacket aboard a RIB in a harbour, Storm Trysail Club lower-third caption

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SAFETY AT SEA VIDEO LIBRARY ON SALE

View fullsize Normal.dotm 0 0 1 165 943 UK-Halsey International 7 1 1158 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Available for the first time for all sailors, this 10-video library…

February 15, 2017

Bare feet resting on a black UK Sailmakers Titanium J/105 jib laid flat, logo visible

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UK's NEW J/105 TITANIUM JIB FASHION FORWARD?

View fullsize Who knew that Titanium LiteSkin sails could be a fashion accessory. Wendy Oakes posted this picture on her FB pages saying, "The new jib matches my toe nails; we can keep it."…

February 15, 2017

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