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Regatta wins, championship reports and podium finishes from boats flying UK Sailmakers sails.

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Two photos: white sloop 888 heeled hard and overpowered beside a light blue sloop sailing flatter under grey sails

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BIGGER IS BETTER! NOT SO FAST...

Here are two photos from the start of the 2019 Patos Island Classic race in Sydney, BC, on the east side of Vancouver Island. The winds were in the high-teens. On the left is a C&C 35 with…

April 21, 2019

Two smiling sailors on deck, one giving a thumbs up, beside a new white mainsail with a UK Sailmakers logo

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SAIL ENVY

View fullsize Texan Mark Belanger sails his Hunter 430 out of Houston’s Lakewood Yacht Club on Galveston Bay. Mark is a cruiser who single-hands his boat regularly and has been sailing for…

April 21, 2019

Long light blue racing sloop with grey sails and crew on the rail leads a black-sailed boat past a wooded shore

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PATOS ISLAND CLASSIC: A TALE OF THREE BOATS

View fullsize The Santa Cruz 70 WESTERLY coming off the starting line flying her Uni-Titanium No. 3 and X-Drive mainsail. The trimaran DRAGON is just to leeward. These two boats had a great…

April 12, 2019

Overhead view of an L30 one-design sailing upwind under grey X-Drive® mainsail and genoa with four crew

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L30 WITH UK SAILMAKERS SAILS CHOSEN FOR NEW OFFSHORE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

As the world of single- and double-handed sailing expands, World Sailing has created an Offshore World Championship. At first, you’d envision fully-crewed maxis or the like; but no... it’s…

April 2, 2019

Two photos: kids and adults sailing a small racing boat with a UK Sailmakers mainsail, and two children in a 420 dinghy

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LET KIDS LEARN TO LOVE SAILING FIRST

View fullsize Left picture courtesy John A Lever and 420 picture courtesy Canadian Forces Sailing Association. Junior sailing programs overflow with kids, but after they graduate the sport…

March 22, 2019

X-612 heeling upwind under grey mainsail and genoa with crew on the rail at the Heineken Regatta

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X-612 WITH NINE-YEAR-OLD UK SAILS WINS CLASS HEINEKEN REGATTA

Congratulations to Nico Cortlever who won the Maxi Class 2 at the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta sailing is X-612 NIX powered by nine-year-old UK sails. NIX scored three firsts and a second…

March 11, 2019

Pogo 12.5 CAN 1213 racing under a black X-Drive® mainsail with yellow wing graphics beside a yellow-hulled boat, hills astern

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X-DRIVE POWERS POGO 12.5 OCEAN RACING ACADEMY

Ocean Racers’ Pogo 12.5 HERMES racing at the St. Marten Heineken Cup. Laurens Morel/saltycolours.com The Pogo 12.5 HERMES is a performance sailboat used for teaching offshore racing and…

March 4, 2019

Summit 40 CHECKMATE reaching under a blue asymmetric spinnaker, white mainsail and jib along a low sandy coastline

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GOOD SMART SAILING DOWN UNDER

View fullsize UK Sailmakers-powered boats won both IRC classes 1 and 2 and finished first overall in IRC in the 170-mile Bunbury and Return Ocean Race on Australia's southwest coast. The…

March 4, 2019

SUMMER STORM crashing upwind through a wave, spray over the bow, crew in foul-weather gear on the rail, white headsail set

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THE CODE ZERO REALLY DEFIED THE CROSSOVER CHART

View fullsize Andrew Berdon pushing his Marten 49 SUMMER STORM through the Caribbean’s azure waters to second place in IRC 1 in the 2019 RORC Caribbean 600. Congratulations to the crew of…

March 2, 2019

Santa Cruz 52 SIN DUDA!, USA 28252, finishing off Montego Bay under a black mainsail and blue-banded white spinnaker

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AND THEY USED EVERY SAIL IN THE INVENTORY!

View fullsize SIN DUDA! crossing the finish line off Montego Bay, Jamaica. Photo courtesy The Pineapple Cup. Congratulations to Lindsey Duda's Santa Cruz 52 SIN DUDA! taking PHRF line…

February 8, 2019

Santa Cruz 70 WESTERLY sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge with grey sails, crew on the rail, start of the 2018 Pacific Cup

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PACIFIC CUP SLEIGHRIDE

View fullsize Stuart and Joy Dahlgren’s Santa Cruz 70 WESTERLY leaving San Francisco Bay at the start of the 2018 Pacific Cup. Stuart Dahlgren, owner of UK Sailmakers Northwest, in Canada,…

January 18, 2019

Ten people posing indoors with a Tartan 10 half-hull trophy plaque lined with engraved brass plates

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BRIAN KACZOR'S TARTAN 10 "ERICA"

View fullsize NUMBER 1 OFFSHORE, NUMBER 1 INSHORE, NUMBER 1 OVERALL ONE-DESIGN, ONE BOAT, ONE SAILMAKER Congratulations to Brian Kaczor and his team on the Tartan Ten ERICA for their…

January 18, 2019

Two Sun Fast 32s racing side by side in a grey chop, crews in red on deck, low coastline behind

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SIBLING RIVALRY IN BIG BREEZE

In the Indian Ocean of Fremantle, Western Australia, sailors are used to a “bit of breeze.” In this group of photos you can see a close finish in the Ron Warren Trophy Race sailed Dec.…

December 31, 2018

Arcona 465 FLYT under black Uni-Titanium sails with Högberga Gård lettering, sail number SWE 10, among rocky islands

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A LESSON LEARNED WITH A BIT OF LUCK

The 2018 event that stood out for UK Sweden’s Mikael Olesen was the 350-mile AF Offshore Race also known as the Around Gotland Race. Olesen sailed this iconic race aboard the brand new…

December 31, 2018

IMX 38 BRAVEHEART, NOR 12502, sailing upwind with a grey X-Drive® genoa and Tape-Drive mainsail, crew waving from the rail

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BRAVEHEART" THE GIANT SLAYER

View fullsize The 1995 IMX 38 BRAVEHEART sailing with an X-Drive No. 1 genoa and older Tape-Drive main. During every sailing season it seems like there was always one regatta or race that…

December 31, 2018

Europe dinghy planing on a mountain lake, sailor hiking hard, UK Sailmakers logo on the sail, fleet and snowy peaks behind

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A FAMILY AFFAIR

View fullsize Morten Ullmann, owner of UK Sailmakers Denmark has been specializing in one-design sails for years. When his son Jonas became active in the Optimist Dinghy, Morten not only…

December 31, 2018

Four crew of SUMMER STORM on deck at sunset in light air, the helmsman standing at the wheel, 2018 Newport Bermuda Race

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A LITTLE BLACK MAGIC

View fullsize Light winds dominated the 2018 Newport to Bermuda Race. Shown here is the starboard watch on the Marten 49 SUMMER STORM. From the wheel forward: Andrew Berdon, Alden Winder,…

December 31, 2018

J/24 MISS CONDUCT, USA 3734, running under a white spinnaker with a Coastal Bend Distilling Co. logo, crew of five

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MISS CONDUCT WINS 2018 TEXAS CIRCUIT

View fullsize James Freedman and his crew sailing MISS CONDUCT won the 2018 seven-regatta J/24 Texas Circuit that is sailed throughout huge state of Texas. His team was dominant, winning…

December 1, 2018

MC Scow sailor in a lime-green shirt hiking past inflatable marks, white UK Sailmakers mainsail, committee boat behind

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Winning In One-Designs: MC Scows

Chris Brooks celebrating after winning race 1 at the 2018 MC SER. Phot by Mari Costea Johnson Five years ago the first set of UK’s MC Scow sails made their incredible debut at the 2013…

November 30, 2018

Hanse 455 EDELWEISS from above, blue hull, sail number 455 on a dark X-Drive® main, white spinnaker with a big black eagle

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HARVEST MOON WINNER

Edelweiss, a Hanse 455 Ted Greak’s Hanse 455 EDELWEISS won the Overall Spinnaker award in the 150 mile Harvest Moon Regatta that sailed from Houston south to Port Aransas, Texas. EDELWEISS…

November 9, 2018

Beneteau First 40.7 MOJO, dark blue hull, seven crew on the rail, grey laminate sails, Chicago skyline hazy behind

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CHICAGO OFF SHORE AND ONE-DESIGN SEASON CHAMPIONS

MOJO crushed the competitive Ben. First 40.7 fleet on Lake Michigan this year. Photo by Sara Proctor. Congratulations to Gary Powell and Scott & Yvonne Ruhlander and their team of the…

November 9, 2018

Dufour 40E MILKY WAY upwind under grey X-Drive® sails, a darker taffeta band running down the mainsail leech

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Prolong Sail Life with Partial Taffeta

View fullsize MILKY WAY, a Dufour 40E, uses her X-Drive carbon sails for offshore races. To make the sails bullet proof, the leeches of the sails have a taffeta layer. The leeches of sails…

October 31, 2018

Vismara 50 LOTUS, black hull and black Uni-Titanium Liteskin mainsail and jib, crew aft, red suspension bridge on the horizon

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LOTUS, a Vismara 50 with Uni-Titanium Liteskin sails from UK Sailmakers

LOTUS, a Vismara 50, is a high tech, high performance cruiser racer built in Italy with a lifting keel and teak decks. Shown here she is racing for a good cause in the San Francisco…

October 26, 2018

Three crew in red foul-weather gear on a white racer-cruiser with a black mainsail, bowman on the pole, city towers behind

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FIRST PLUS ONE RACE IN THE BOOKS

A Safer and More Fun Shorthanded Racing Option By Adam Loory, General Manager, UK Sailmakers International Those of us at UK Sailmakers have been working with sailors and sailing…

October 25, 2018

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