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Boater's LIFE provides articles and educational information and news on sailing on the top sailing companies in boat building, boat designers, sailmakers, and manufacturer resources by monohulls, multihulls, motorsailors, dinghy, cruising and race boats.
Regatta results for America's Cup, major regattas, charity events, sailing olympics, americap, IRC and PHRF, Plus a searchable sailing calendar for boat show, racing and other events.
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Doyle Sailmakers' reputation for impeccable attention to engineering detail, quality of construction and application of the latest technology to cruising sails, has made Doyle the choice of some of the world's most spectacular yachts. Doyle has successfully integrated old-world craftsmanship with fully computerized design and laser cutting. Doyle has built sails for large yachts from traditional tall ships to America's Cup boats.
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ElvströmSobstad Sailmakers is a worldwide firm with a representative near you. ElvströmSobstad has made its mark on the sailing industry and top sailors around the world. With Genesis Lightwave and Genesis Platinum sails, ElvströmSobstad leads the way around the race course. The XVS dacron and nylon sails emphasize durability primarily for the cruising sailor. ElvströmSobstad Class boat sails are refined and optimized for the one design racer.
Elvström and Sobstad have merged
Sobstad has merged with the Danish sail manufacturer, Elvström Sails. The combination of technological know-how and strong brand recognition creates very strong market presence for the new Company.
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High quality sails begin with high quality sailcloth. Hood, throughout their history, have pioneered the way in introducing the newest and very best sailcloth. Here are a few Hood landmarks: The early 1950's saw Dacron®, a polyester yarn in woven sailcloth. This was the beginning of Hood cloth.
Cloth innovations continued with Kevlar® sailcloth in 1972.1977 saw the introduction of Mylar® laminated film.Hood was the first to introduce and effectively use Spectra in 1983.
In the last 40 years, no other sailmaker has contributed as much to the design and direction of sails and sailcloth as Hood Sailmakers.
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UK continues to develop leading-edge load-path technology Tape-Drive(R) sail construction system. Tape-Drive is a patented construction method that enables UK to build sails that last longer, hold their shape better and weigh less. Tape-Drive is a reinforcing system of high-strength, low-stretch tapes that are glued to a sail. The tapes are laid along the computer predicted load paths that run between the corners of the sail. With the tapes carrying the major loads, sailcloth and shaping seams don't distort. Tape-Drive gives the strength of a two-ply sail at a fraction of the weight.
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