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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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SAIL ANALYSIS
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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."…
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