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Bye Bye Roller Furling…Back to Hanks
View fullsize Doublehanded racing has been growing in popularity for over a decade. With the interruption to big boat racing caused by the worldwide pandemic, doublehanded racing has taken…
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WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER
Congratulations to the winners in our Christmas time raffle. For the 12 days of Christmas, we raffled off three UK Sailmakers duffel bags and nine UK Sailmakers caps. The winners were a…
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UK Sailmakers 12 Gifts for Christmas Giveaway for 12 Lucky Winners!
Congratulations to the 12 lucky winners: davideccles… palmer781… olleape… dbjleath… frankdesmond… bay… fgl… originally… karlolofedl… jginn… tdaley12… gbla… All the winners will be contacted…
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WIDER HEAD MAINSAILS: A NEW TREND
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Small fathead mainsails, where the roach of the sail is increased due to a considerably wider head of the sail are becoming a new trend on the race…
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CODE ZERO CRUISING AND DAYSAILING
By Adam Loory General Manager of UK Sailmakers International In mid November, I got to enjoy the warm fall day with a late season daysail on New York’s Long Island Sound. While the code…
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UPDATING THE VENERABLE J/109
View fullsize The J/109 WHISKEY JACK sailing fast and deep with her A2, which is slightly bigger than the class’s one-design asymmetrical spinnaker. All photos by Guy Nowell. The J/109…
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ALL SQUALLS PASS
View fullsize Andy Green's entry in the 2019 Mirabaud Yacht Racing photo contest. About the image he wrote, "This was a cool shot of the J/125 JACK KNIFE from the IRC Regatta in Pwlhrli…
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RECENT RACE RESULTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
St. James's Place China Coast Regatta : Nick Southward’s J/109 WHISKEY JACK won IRC Class 3 with four firsts and two seconds. Her upwind sails are Titanium. Guy Nowell photo. View fullsize…
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HEAVY AIR RACING — PRACTICE MADE IT PERFECT
View fullsize Geoff Bishop’s King 40 CHECKMATE sailing wing-on-wing with her No. 4 genoa and reefed main. Photos by Lindsay Preece, Ironbark Photos. Racing is just starting up again in…
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UK SAILS TAKE FIRST AND THIRD AT PLATU 25 UKRAINIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Rodin Luka’s Platu 25 BLACK SEA PIRATES. ODESSA, Ukraine, Sept 24-27. The Ukrainian National Championship for the Platu 25 one-design class drew 21 boats to the Odessa Racing Yacht Club on…
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THE VINEYARD RACE – STEPPING UP OUR DOUBLEHANDED PROGRAM
View fullsize SOULMATES shortly after the start of the 2020 Vineyard Race. Photoboat.com photo. As told by Gerard Girstl Over the years, my racing experience has largely been on fully…
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TWO GUYS, A BOAT, AND A SLEW OF VINTAGE UK SAILS
Mike McLaughlin and Will Beery are a pair of Connecticut sailors who sailed with each other for years. Importantly, as you chat with them, you quickly learn that in addition to being…
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THE TALE OF TWO STARTS
View fullsize There’s old saying, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Basically, it means you should have situational awareness. In a recent Thursday night beer can…
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LESSON LEARNED: STAY IN THE WIND
View fullsize When racing in light winds, make sure to stay in the wind. Last Thursday, we took the lead in a race by taking a few extra tacks sailing beyond the layline in order to stay in…
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X-DRIVE DELIVERS IT ALL: PERFORMANCE, DURABILITY, VALUE
The Oyster 575 Lisanne with X-Drive double taffeta sails. She is currently cruising around the world and this picture was taken at the Oyster Regatta in Spain, where she won her class. UK…
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UK SAILMAKERS SAILS DOMINATE IN TEXAS
View fullsize Kevin Dirksmeyer photo Congratulations to Doug Weakly and Ken Horn for winning big at last weekend’s Surfings’ Safari Regatta at Corpus Christi Yacht Club. Weakly dominated…
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ONE TOO MANY TAKES FIRST IN FLEET IN SOCIAL DISTANCING DISTANCE RACE
View fullsize Andrew Weiss and Lawrence Cutler’sJ/88 ONE TOO MANY sailing before the start. Click on any image to enlarge. View fullsize With organized racing on New York’s Long Island…
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PAYING IT BACK — NOT FORWARD
View fullsize By Buttons Padin, Co-chair of the Robie Pierce Regattas and UK Sailmakers’ marketing advisor We like to think that volunteers who organize and run regattas for sailors with…
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SWAN RIVER PSYCHO SAILING
We all know that fast is fun. Here's a video of sailors having a ton of fun on the Swan River off Perth, Western Australia. Photographer Lindsay Preece captured this great downwind action…
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REACHING THROUGH LIFE AT 10 KNOTS
Shown here is my custom designed 40-foot racer/cruiser Soulmates. To get your frozen blood flowing in the midst of the northern hemisphere winter, here are a few clips of Soulmates jib…
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MEETING THE DEMANDS FOR DURABILITY
View fullsize Sail durability is on the minds of most cruisers and club racers. They use their boats 3-4 times a month and their sails last 6-10 years and UK Sailmakers more than satisfies…
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DON'T FORGET YOUR SPINNAKER POLE
View fullsize Joe Mele’s Swan 44 TRIPLE LINDY sailing dead downwind in the 2017 Middle Sea Race. The instruments are reading: Heading: 152° Boatspeed: 12.4 knots Apparent Wind Angle: 169°…
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SURVIVAL MODE OR DISTANCE RACE ZONE OUT
View fullsize View fullsize You’re on a distance race. The mark is somewhere over the horizon and hours of sailing away. The wind strength and direction are steady so the sails don’t need…
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J/44 KENAI BASHES BEST TO NASSAU
View fullsize Tom Leutwiler’s famous 1976 photo of the 38-foot One-Tonner LOVE MACHINE in the Miami-Nassau Race. Congratulations to Chris and Karen Lewis and the crew of their J/44 KENAI…
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