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Crew Chemistry — Transitioning To Your Dream Sailing Team

Paul Exner’s Pro Sailing Tips You’ve probably tried to imagine what it’s like to sail with people more experienced than you, on perfectly equipped boats, all handled by highly organized teams. As your experience matures with sailing, I’m sure you’ll…

Cresting a massive swell on day six of the Marriott Mirror Worlds, Jerome Vermaak and John-Alan Harding are pictured heading to the finish. Photo © Chris Clark.

2025 Mirror Worlds in Durban: Family Finish in the Top Five

Over six days in April 2025, 33 teams from South Africa, the UK, and Australia gathered at Durban’s Point Yacht Club for the Marriott Mirror World Championships. Among the standout performers were South African father-daughter duo Paul and Polly Changuion,…

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Shop Now! You Asked—We Delivered. The UK Sailmakers Online Store is now live! We’re excited to launch a fresh way for sailors to show their UK Sailmakers pride, with a collection of branded apparel and accessories made for life on…

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Hail and Farewell

On a ship in the Navy, Hail and Farewell parties blend the arrival of a new member of the wardroom with a send-off for a departing shipmate. In the Racing Rules of Sailng 2025-2028, an improper “hail” could result in…

Grand Surprise 31, O'BOEL’EAU with X-Drive Carbon sails from UK Sailmakers Netherlands. Photo © BATUR/BE. 

The Value of Rail Meat

A few years ago, I was invited to race on a fairly new, hot racing boat here in SoCal for a popular race. The invitation was exciting–this was a fast boat with a mostly younger crew of rising stars. That…

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When The Wind Shifts…

When the wind shifts, we must change course. My original plan was to set out on my retirement cruise to the South Pacific with my wife Jenni. I spent years getting the boat ready and we even moved out of…

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Back-to-Back Wins for OBSESSION

MAT 1245, OBSESSION, was powered to the podium this season by UK Sailmakers Titanium upwind sails and Matrix spinnakers by UK Sailmakers Fremantle. Photo Ⓒ TP72 Nautical Imagery. OBSESSION, a MAT 1245 designed by Mark Mills and owned by Paul…

LESSONS LEARNED ON THE SYDNEY HOBART

LESSONS LEARNED ON THE SYDNEY HOBART

Join us for the eighteenth episode of Lessons Learned, UK Sailmakers’ podcast series. Listen as host, Buttons Padin, talks with Bill Henson about his thrilling experiences aboard his JPK 45 SIRENE. From purchasing the boat in Lorient, France, to participating…

SILVER AND GOLD FOR UK SAILMAKERS AT J/105 INVITATIONAL

SILVER AND GOLD FOR UK SAILMAKERS AT J/105 INVITATIONAL

J/105 INFINITY, charging downwind with their new UK Sailmakers spinnaker at the 2025 J/105 Invitational Boqueron Cup. Photo © Jim Miller. The 2025 J/105 Invitational Boqueron Cup, hosted at Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook, Texas, on March 22-23, saw fierce…

Leaving the country

Leaving the Country

My first voyage that required clearing into a foreign country was the 24-hour sail from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to West End on Grand Bahama. I had been on many other boats that had gone through those clearing procedures, but I…

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: 2025 VOLVO LADIES HELM

GENERATIONS at the Volvo Ladies Helm 2025. Photo © RHKYC / Vivian Ngan. In celebration of International Women’s Day, female sailors took center stage at the Volvo Ladies Helm 2025 event, hosted by the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC).…

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CONTRAST COUNTS: MAKE YOUR SAIL NUMBERS SEEN

2025 L30 North American Championship. Photo © L30 International Class Association & Anastasia Kolesnichenko. Perhaps one of the more overlooked sections of the Racing Rules of Sailing is Appendix G1.2, which addresses the display of sail numbers. With the increasing…

The Perfect Day on the Water

The Perfect Day on the Water

For most of my sailing life, while I was racing, I always said, “Winning a sailboat race was the most fun you could have – with your clothes on.” There was performance sailing. There were all your friends. There were…

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