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Mainsails

Enhance your boats responsiveness, stability, and speed while reducing weather helm

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Our Mainsails

Mainsails come in many varieties including slab reefed, flat top, in mast and in boom furling sails. Our designers will help tailor the sail to your boat taking into account factors such as roach, tack set backs, reefing points, mast tracks, and bimini height. We have a range of quality luff hardware from all major suppliers to suit your mast sections, if you have invested in a car system we can also set up the sails to reuse your existing hardware.

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Slab Reef

Comes with 2 reefs, mast slugs, cunningham, 2 full and 2 partial battens as standard

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Square Top

Flat top full roach mainsails with upgraded hardware to handle the increased stresses

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Mast Furling

Clew block and UV protection as standard with optional full or partial vertical battens. 

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Boom Furling

Designed to work seamlessly with your boom furling mechanism including luff cloth

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Mizzen Sails

Clew block and UV protection as standard with optional full or partial vertical battens. 

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Trysails

Trysails are an essential part of any sail wardrobe for safety and peace of mind. 

Main Options

Our standard mainsail setup is 2 full battens at the top to give great shape where it matter most and 2 partial battens lower to allow for dynamic and responsive trimming, We also provide 2 reefs and a cunninghum as standard as well as providing a few upgrade options

Main Options

We are committed to providing high quality sails, outstanding value, a seamless ordering process and industry leading after sales service

Full Batten Upgrade

The choice of full or partial battens will depend on the type of sailing you are doing, Full battens provide more stability for the mainsail in waves, when reefing and allow easier stowage whereas partial battens allow for a more dynamic trim and easier hoisting. If you are unsure our experienced team will guide you the best configuration for you.

Adjustable batten systems

We offer a range of leech closure options to enable batten adjustment free of charge. We can also upgrade the luff box to adjustable batten receptacles for increased batten tension control at a reasonable additional charge.

Additional Reefs

Our Sails come with 2 reefs as standard which should be sufficient for most coastal and leisure cruising. For offshore sailing or racing we would recommend for a third reef for security. It is also not uncommon to have a 4th reef which can be used an emergency reef to use in very high winds.

Sail Number & Insignia

We offer sail number and boat insignia free of charge for all your racing and cosmetic needs. We can also produce custom graphics for your boat which can be printed or placed on the sail insignia cloth for a reasonable additional charge

Crosscut Vs Radial

Both cross cut and radial designs with appropriate sailcloths may be used in the construction of mainsails. In general, radial designs will help the boat point higher and improve tacking angles they also work particularly well with furling mainsails as this type of cut and sailcloth stretches less over time heading off any potential furling issues caused by cloth stretch and fatigue as well as optimising the relatively lower roach profile of these sails. Cross cut designs and sailcloths offer a robust construction and more budget friendly alternative whilst still offering great durability and long term performance.

Our experienced team will help guide you through the advantages and disadvantages of each depending on your rig, sailing needs and budget. In general radial designs work well with furling mainsails as this type of cut and sailcloth stretches less over time heading of any potential furling issues caused by cloth stretch and fatigue as well as optimising the relatively lower roach profile of these sails.

Both cross cut and radial designs with appropriate sailcloths may be used in the construction of mainsails. In general, radial designs will help the boat point higher and improve tacking angles they also work particularly well with furling mainsails as this type of cut and sailcloth stretches less over time heading off any potential furling issues caused by cloth stretch and fatigue as well as optimising the relatively lower roach profile of these sails. Cross cut designs and sailcloths offer a robust construction and more budget friendly alternative whilst still offering great durability and long term performance. Our experienced team will help guide you through the advantages and disadvantages of each depending on your rig, sailing needs and budget. In general radial designs work well with furling mainsails as this type of cut and sailcloth stretches less over time heading of any potential furling issues caused by cloth stretch and fatigue as well as optimising the relatively lower roach profile of these sails.

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Luff Hardware

Our sails come with standard slider options included in the quoted price, featuring a range of types such as round slugs, flat slides, and external sliders all attached with dyneema webbing. We also offer upgraded slides for a reasonable price including allslip low friction sliders and Rutgerson pressure absorbing wheeled sliders. If you need to fit your sail to existing custom hardware or mast cars, just let us know—we likely have experience with your specific track and can guide you on the best attachment method and can ensure the sail is set up ready for you to simply reinstall your hardware.

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What else?

  • Upgrades available upon request.

    Let us know and we'll add it to our quote.

    • on tack, and clew, Dyneema loops on furling sails

    • at reefs with optional grommeted belt

  • All sails come with their batten boxes

  • All mainsails come with leech and draft tell tales

  • All mainsails come with foot and leech lines

  • All mainsails include draft stripes

  • All sails come with their high quality storage bags.

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Headboard

All of our headboards are made from anodized aluminium or stainless steel headboards designed to suit the crane of your rig. We can also source or produce custom headboard for use with any common track system.

Our Sailcloth Suppliers

We only source our sailcloth and hardware from the most trusted names in sailing

2 Years Warranty

If for whatever reason the sail does not meet your fit or performance expectations we will remake the sail free of charge. Along with our 2 years manufacturers warranty we have you covered!

If you have any concerns about fit, furling mechanisms, mast track systems or general questions, our experienced team will be happy to answer ay questions and guide you through the process.

Loose vs Fixed Foot

Normally we will use a modern and more dynamic loose footed mainsail design, which gives you significantly more control over the sail shape! The sail will be fixed at the tack and by way of slug on the clew ring of the sail, we also include a velcro strap in the bag which can be used to snug the clew to the boom. If you prefer a more traditional fixed foot we can of course also accommodate this at no additional charge

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Engineered For Racing Excellence

Elevate your performance on the water with our expertly crafted racing sails, designed for Speed, Precision, and Unmatched Durability!

✓ Superior carbon, aramid and dyneema sailcloths

✓ Custom loadpath membranes

✓ Race winning design experience

✓ Enhanced build specs to optimise for performance

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