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BUNBURY AND RETURN RACE: A RACE FOR SECOND
This year’s 170-mile Bunbury and Return Race on the west coast of Australia turned out to be a race for second after the TP52 CRUSH lived up to its name and set a new course record. This year was the…
NATHALIE CRIOU: SHE SAILS WITH CONFIDENCE
Nathalie Criou is one of the top shorthanded sailors on the west coast of North America with a shorthanded race record in California going back 15 years. In 2014, she was second her division in the Single Handed Transpac sailing…
LESSONS LEARNED PODCAST: ADAM & JENNI’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
This is the fourth episode in UK Sailmakers Lessons Learned podcast series. Tune in to hear UK Sailmakers’ General Manager Adam Loory discuss plans and preparations made for his retirement cruise from the Long Island Sound in the Northeastern United…
X-DRIVE SAILS POWER SAILING ACADEMY FARR 65
59º NORTH SAILING is an offshore sailing academy with a fleet of four boats ranging in size from 34 feet to 65 feet. Their largest boat, FALKEN, is a Farr 65 which was newly purchased and refit. Part of getting her…
Two Companies Dedicated to Quality Boats and Sails
Cut from the same bolt of cloth. While the global market for recreational marine products may seem pretty large…sometimes it really isn’t. Here’s a story about two companies that have been working together for over 50 years to bring their…
IT’S ALWAYS SNOWY ON MT. BAKER
UK SAILMAKERS ADDS NEW LOFT IN ENGLAND
Meet Kevin Sproul, Owner of New UK Sailmakers in England Kevin Sproul is one of the newest additions to the UK Sailmakers world-wide group of sailmakers with his loft in Hamble, England. Ultimate Sails, his independent loft, has a long…
TWO MIDWEST LOFTS JOIN UK SAILMAKERS
UK Sailmakers, a global network of over 50 sail lofts and service centers, is pleased to announce that two mid-west U.S. sailmakers are now part of the UK Chicago group of lofts in the Midwest. Effective immediately, Sailcrafters, a 10-year-old…
REDUCING HEADSAIL AREA TO IMPROVE YOUR IRC RATING
When it comes to reducing the area of your headsail (HSA) as a way to improve your IRC rating, Barry Hayes from UK Sailmakers Ireland has the low down. You’ll learn how the process is both complicated and. Here’s what…
NEW LESSONS LEARNED PODCAST POSTED
In the latest edition of the UK Sailmakers podcast series Lessons Learned, Butch Ulmer discusses four short distance races that east coast sailors can use to get ready for the Bermuda and our Halifax races. He stresses getting your crew…
VISIT UK MIAMI AT THE MIAMI BOAT SHOW
This year UK SAILMAKERS MIAMI will be at Miami International Boat Show February 15-19, 2023. Visit us at booth MPM-45. This is just north of the Miami Heat Arena at the sailboat exhibits. You will enjoy the unique opportunity to…
AROUND SKAGEN RACE 2022
This video was shot on Stefan Voss’ Archambault 35 OM ripping along into the darkest night on the Around Skagen Race 2022. That night they sped through the fleet keeping up with 50 and 55-footers. The finish of the 510-mile…
TORONTO BOAT SHOW: FIND UK SAILMAKERS AT BOOTH 1783
The live, in-person Toronto International Boat Show is back at the Encare Centre. The show starts Friday, Jan. 20 and runs through Sunday, January 29. Because of Covid, the show was a virtual event, but now everyone is invited back…
MEET TOM SPEES: UK SAILMAKERS WESTERN MICHIGAN REP
Tom has over 40 years of sailing experience that includes 27 Mac’s, 15 Tri-States, 6 Queens Cups and 10 North American Championships for T-10s and J In the late 1990s he was part of the indominable US T-10 team. In…
UK PODCASTS NOW ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE
The UK Sailmakers podcast series LESSONS LEARNED is now available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The UK podcasts have been created to help sailors around the world up their games. For over a decade, our website’s How To section has…