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HUBO WINS DUTCH IRC CHAMPIONSHIP
View fullsize Congratulations to Erik Van Vurren and his crew on the bright yellow Waarschip 36 HUBO for winning Class 2 of the Dutch IRC Championship and for being crowned the overall…
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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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VICTORIES IN THE NORTH SEA
UK Sailmakers Norway’s customers won two of the three fully crewed divisions in the first half to the 2018 Pantanius Shetland Race. Leg one was 194-miles from Bergen, Norway, across the…
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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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J/70 Kiel Week Podium Finish
Congratulations to BSC-Team Segel-Bundesliga for finishing third in the 45-boat fleet. After nine races, they had they had the second lowest score, but after the throwout, they fell to…
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Should I Stay or Should I Go: A Sailboat Racing Lesson Learned
UK Sailmakers International's Adam Loory actively races his own custom 40 foot sailboat. After racing he writes about lessons he's learned or relearned. Here is his latest installment.…
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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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TRIPLE LINDY SHARES SOME TIPS ON HER MIDDLE SEA RACE WIN
View fullsize Photo of TRIPLE LINDY finishing the 2017 Rolex Middle Sea Race courtesy of Rolex/Kurt Arrigo. Normal.dotm 0 0 1 554 3162 UK-Halsey International 26 6 3883 12.0 0 false 18 pt…
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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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DEFIANCE WINS SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Normal.dotm 0 0 1 49 280 UK-Halsey International 2 1 343 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false UK Sailmakers appreciates that racing sails…
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SAIL ANALYSIS
View fullsize Normal.dotm 0 0 1 107 612 UK-Halsey International 5 1 751 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Normal.dotm 0 0 1 104 598 UK-Halsey International 4 1 734 12.0 0 false…
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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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Fast Exit
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 45 258 UK-Halsey International 2 1 316 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Finally, for those who have a need for speed, take a look at these two videos. The…
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HEJIRA WON IT ALL
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 110 631 UK-Halsey International 5 1 774 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false John Bailey and the crew of the S97 HEJIRA are celebrating their best season ever.…
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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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X-DRIVE SHINES ON THE SALISH SEA
View fullsize Overall winner on the medium course of the Southern Straits Race was Eldin Miller-Stead's BEATS PER MINUTE, shown above with her X-Drive No. 1 that is light enough for light…
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FARR 40 WINNERS
View fullsize Three Farr 40s racing in Acapulco, Mexico: FRENCH KISS, NITEMARE and AKELARRE. Congratulations to Antonio Luttmann and his family crew on FRENCH KISS for winning two of the…
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SEASON CHAMPION
GIDDY UP with her UK Sailmakers Titanium upwind sails. Congratulations to the Rob Halvorsen and the crew of his Farr 395 GIDDY UP for winning the 2017 Siska Trophy, which is Western…
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IMPROVE YOUR RESULTS BY KNOWING THE RULES
Click the image to see the features of the Rules Quiz program. UK Sailmakers' rules guru Butch always says that a good working knowledge of the rules will earn you places at major regattas.…
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