Yesterday we went for a shake down sail with the new sails and they look great, we had perfect conditions for testing the staysail with a couple of 20 knot gusts. The only sail we did not try out was the new spinnaker as we decided to wait for lighter winds to try that for the first time. Everything fits perfectly, the sail shapes look fantastic. The sails are excellent, the mainsail particularly is a work of art and has a beautiful shape, so much better than the old one! Please can you pass on our heartfelt thanks to your team at the loft, they have made us some wonderful sails. Thank you very much. See us at YouTube
Great price – super value – quality sails – A very happy customer :-) Test sailed today in circa 20kts to 28kts of wind in Southampton water. On a reach we achieved 9.3 to 9.5 kts max SOG with tide and 7 to 7.3 kts SOG against – Boat was flying along with her new sails. It was WINDY :-) Seriously pleased – Thanks Annabel – Great service and all so simple.
We have ordered a Performance Tape Carbon (PTS) jib made in the Rolly Tasker Factory in Phuket and it proved to be an excellent choice. Sails came really good and we have won 5 degrees upwind, the sail is really stiff and light and easy to trim. I reckon it is a very good sail for racing with a very reasonable price tag. The factory has been very responsive to my request, we have decided to build a 68 sqm2 mainsail using the same technology which will be used in the Royal Langkawi Regatta in January and we will feed you with pictures.
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In a modern sloop or cutter type rig, your headsails make all the difference between pointing high and sailing smooth and swift, or not. There is a wide range of headsails, depending on your individual type of rig. Common to all these sails is that they should always be reliable and dependable.
On modern production yachts, the most common type of headsail is a Genoa on a furling system. For leisurely family and coastal sailing, this is indeed a close to ideal setup. The sail can easily be furled and unfurled from the cockpit and can also be “reefed” as the wind pipes up, by partially furling the sail. However, having just one sail for all conditions, from light winds to heavy weather, will inevitably create compromises that you must be willing to accept for the sake of easy handling without the need to change headsails underway on the foredeck. A good choice for an all-round furling headsail would not be a large, light-weather Genoa, but a more moderate sized and heavier headsail made for medium to fresh conditions. The final choice will also depend on your local sailing area – is it maybe an inland lake with predominantly light winds, or maybe a blustery coastal area?
The range of headsails is from extremely far overlapping, very large Genoas made from light cloth for more or less drifting conditions right up to small, tough working jibs for tacking into a stiff blow.
The cutter rig is a favourite for many cruisers, especially those that are sailing offshore. It will however be more of a handful when close-tacking in confined waters. And a large Genoa will always be more efficient upwind.
The split headsail configuration of the cutter, on the other hand, offers more flexibility when adapting your sails to changing conditions. The cutter will typically have an inner staysail and a much larger “Yankee”, which is like a very high-cut Genoa, on the forestay. With increasing wind, it is possible on most cutters to simply take down or furl away the large “Yankee” and sail on with the much smaller staysail only.
A sail has only a certain life-span after which it becomes unsafe and ineffective to use. As your mainsail is the main source of power and drive for your boat it should always be in top condition. Investing in a new headsail may feel like a big financial commitment, but compared to the overall value of your boat it is actually not that much. But it will make all the difference to the enjoyment and satisfaction that you can gain from your sailing.
A new headsail will solve all the problems mentioned above, and more. You have the chance to fine-tune your headsail setup. Do you really need that huge, light-wind Genoa on a furler as your “standard” headsail? Or would you rather opt for a more moderate all-round sail? Or even choose an even smaller working or self-tacking jib for upwind work and maybe a downwind sail like our Code C on a furler for fast reaching?
In any case, you will be proud and happy when your boat slips through the water at optimum speed with minimum heel, driven by a beautiful new sail that also simply looks great!
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