Customer Comments

Al -

I thought I'd drop you a line and let you know how the new sails have been working. Two weeks ago we took the boat to Cleveland Race week.

In PHRF E we scored 5 firsts & were able to "sail off" the course & load the boat on the trailer without sailing the last race. Very fun!

They do not score overalls because they split the racers onto two courses & even change mark locations between fleets on the windward/leeward courses. But, we could figure out a couple of times where we had a 2,3, and 5 in overalls. Not bad in a group of 50 boats.

The sails made a big difference in our results as I expected they would.

Not to jinx anything, but we've had 7 bullets in the last 7 races.

We're going fast and having fun.

Al Michaud

Dear Al and company,

I wanted to write and let you know how impressed I am with my new Doyle sails. They are nicer and lighter (as well as much less expensive) than my previous sails. The sailing season got off to a little bit of a slow start because of the cool weather and my motor problems. We're planning to do the overnight Port Huron race, club races and the Mackinaw race.

The main sail is the prettiest main that I have ever had and has a beautiful seamless appearance. It seems like everything has been well thought out with appropriate reinforcement in the appropriate areas. We put it up 2 weeks ago at the dock in 15-20 knot winds with the full length battens and it just stayed there without any flogging. It reminds me of the geometry of the Brooklyn Bridge. The jib works well and the screecher is very well cut flat for reaching.

The Tides Marine system is really impressive also. It went up the mast fine I just wish that I had known that it could go as low as the gate on the mast which is rather long because that would've allowed the sail to rest lower on the boom. Right now we are still rolling the main up on the boom. I was impressed with the battens systems. One time when we came in under sail because of motor trouble we released the halyard to slow the boat and the whole sail dropped on the helmsman in the time that it took to catch the halyard! It can be reefed much earlier.

Perhaps sometime it would be possible to get some Doyle logos for the sail covers.

Thanks again

Bill Weiner

Hi Al,

We took our new C&C 115 out racing for the first time yesterday in winds ranging from 5 knots to 25 knots. I have to tell you, the Kevlar/Mylar main and genoas are awesome! Beautiful shape, construction and they fit the boat perfectly. We missed finishing first by 50 seconds in a race over 20 miles, so it was a good beginning. We reefed the main also at one point and that worked great also.

Thanks for a super suit of sails!

Pat Waters

Dear Al,

Thank you for your Opti Sail donation to the Pontiac Sailing Education Foundation. Your support will help us to continue our purpose to foster educational programs for the training in the service of seamanship, navigation and related skills and other activities related to the purpose of sailing.

Esther Callahan
Auction Chairman
Pontiac Sailing Education Foundation

On behalf of the DRYA, I would like to thank you for contributing the new yellow marker for C-Course. This is another indication of your support for racing in the Detroit area. The sailors, the Race Committee and the clubs appreciate it.

Robert H. Schappe
Commodore DRYA 2007