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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 a one meter wide strip of taffeta over the mainsail leech for…

DEFIANCE WINS SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP

View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize UK Sailmakers appreciates that racing sails are a major investment; therefore, we create sails that will help you win season-after-season, not just one or two years. Dal Smirl’s Judel-Vrolijk 66 DEFIANCE (photo) won the…

SAIL ANALYSIS

View fullsize Here is a terrific top-of-the-rig shot showing a “Blown Out” dacron mainsail. Look at the draft stripes showing the aerodynamic shape of the sail; they look like backwards airfoils. The contrasting color of the draft stripes makes it…