Top Ten Tips for Doing The Bow
View fullsize The bowman at work on the bow of the Reichel/Pugh 76 JELIK. Barry Hayes of UK Sailmakers Ireland gives his top tips on how to be the best bow crew . Any bow crew worth his or her salt is fast on…
uksailmakers
HOW TO DO the Stretch-and-Blow Spinnaker Douse
In past posts, we’ve discussed two well-used spinnaker retrieval methods: the letterbox, which is highly recommended in the ocean or when the sea state is up, and the string drop, where you blow the lines controlling the three corners of…
SWAN RIVER PSYCHO SAILING
We all know that fast is fun. Here’s a video of sailors having a ton of fun on the Swan River off Perth, Western Australia. Photographer Lindsay Preece captured this great downwind action the Rumble in the Reach race sailed…
How to Sail Fast: Top 10 Sail Trim Tips
View fullsize Barry Hayes from UK Sailmakers Ireland gives his top ten sail trim tips for the coming season 1. Know your sails, know your settingsMany boats sailing inshore with a non-overlapping headsail setup regularly have an inventory of two-three…
3-D SAIL DESIGN PRODUCES VIRTUAL WIND TUNNEL
UK Sailmakers uses very powerful 3-D CAD/CAM software for sail design, which create virtual 3-D molds that can be digitally sliced into two-dimensional panels that when joined back together re-create a full-size version of the designed mold. Thanks to powerful…