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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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