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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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Season’s Greetings, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
View fullsize Here is hoping that 2021 will be much better for all. Even with all the missed sailing events and sickness in 2020, there were plenty of bright memories, let’s keep thinking…
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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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THAT NEW BOAT LOOK AND SMELL
View fullsize Her full-batten X-Drive Carbon main with partial taffeta on the leech. A new boat, like a new car, has a great look, feel and, yes, smell. Here is a new Linjett 39 performance…
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THE LAZY CRADLE SIMPLIFIES SAILHANDLING
View fullsize UK Sailmakers' Lazy Cradle is a combination of a sail cover and lazy jacks. It simplifies sailhandling; just lower the halyard letting the sail settle between the lazy jacks…
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ULMER SAILS TO UK SAILMAKERS AND ALL THE LOGOS IN BETWEEN
Established in 1946 in New York City as Charles Ulmer, Inc., UK Sailmakers is one of the oldest groups of sail lofts in the world. While the company’s logo has changed over the last seven…
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FLOWER POWER: THE DAZY STAYSAIL
In the right conditions, a spinnaker staysail will increase your speed up to three quarters of a knot, without changing your rating one bit. Staysails are free sail area. The spinnaker…
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KNOW YOUR REACHING SAILS OPTIONS
Videographer Warner Nickerson got these terrific drone shots of a J/111 doing some testing with her Large Roach Headsail. A Large Roach Headsail (LRH), or “Tweener,” is defined as having a…
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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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X-DRIVE SAILS POWER OCEAN YOUTH SAILING'S CATAMARAN CLASSROOM
View fullsize View fullsize The goal of Switzerland-based Ocean Youth Sailing is to teach kids and young adults about the environment and sailing on the ocean. Their two-hulled floating…
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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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PROTECTED PERFORMANCE CRUISING SAILS
View fullsize View fullsize UK Sailmakers makes X-Drive performance cruising sails with at least one full side is protected by a layer of finely woven taffeta or a layer of…
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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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LEARNING THE SINGLEHANDED GYBE
By Adam Loory General Manager of UK Sailmakers International Thanks to Covid 19’s requirement to sail socially distanced, I discovered the fun of doublehanding and singlehanding my boat.…
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UPDATING A CLASSIC SPEEDSTER
View fullsize With the high cost of new boats, many boat owners are looking to update the boats they havel, or at low priced classics. Here is an example of Irish sailors Mel and Kieran…
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Scotland - A Wild Watery Expanse
View fullsize Darren and Amanda Sellzer set off to sail around the world on their 39-foot Amel Sharki PANDA just as the world went into the pandemic lock-down. Instead of going from the…
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UK Sailmakers Duffel Bag Giveaway
The UK Sailmakers Duffel Bag Giveaway has officially ended. The winner of the giveaway is E. Rieder. congratulations! We have contacted the winner by email. Stay tuned for the next UK…
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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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X-DRIVE SILVER SAILS: PERFORMANCE WITH A TRADITIONAL LOOK
View fullsize X-Drive Silver sails, made with continuous, corner-to-corner, S-Glass yarns are a good solution for sailors who want sails that look white, but need better shape-holding and…
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CROSSING THE ATLANTIC — THE VIKING WAY
View fullsize View fullsize Darren and Amanda Seltzer set off to sail around the world on their 39-foot Amel Sharki PANDA just as the world went into the pandemic lock-down. Instead of…
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NEW STUDY SHOWS THE DIFFERENCES IN DACRONS
It’s one of life’s truisms. You think you’re doing yourself a favor buying based on a low price...and you end-up disappointed when what you receive is low quality. This is particularly true…
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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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News From UK Sailmakers
The L30 One-Design is the lead contender to be the boat used in the 2024 Olympics for mixed offshore doublehanded event. Kassian Jürgens photo:…
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