Archive for February, 2011
Come See Us at the 2011 New England Boat Show!
Come visit Doyle Sailmakers at the New England Boat Show February 26 through March 6, 2011. Be sure to stop by the Doyle Sailmakers Booth, #430.
Ever used a StackPack?
Come to the Doyle booth and see for yourself why the Doyle StackPack is the simplest, easiest way to handle your mainsail.
Lower the sail and see how the StackPack’s integral sail cover allows the main to put itself away, enabling quick and easy covering of the sail without the need for sail ties.
Hope to see you at the show!
55th New England Boat Show
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
415 Summer St.
Boston, MA 02210
February 26 – March 6, 2011
Saturday February 26: 10 am to 8 pm
Sunday February 27: 11 am to 6 pm
Monday February 28 – Friday March 1: Noon – 8 pm
Saturday March 5: 10 am to 8 pm
Sunday March 6: 11 am – 5:30 pm
Ticket Information
Adults (16 and older) $14
Youth (15 and under) free
Advance tickets can be purchased at NewEnglandBoatShow.com. Included with a ticket purchase is a 1-year subscription to Yachting, Cruising World, Motor Boating or Ski magazine (value $10).
Information
800-225-1577 or NewEnglandBoatShow.com
What is the World’s Largest Main Made Of?
Doyle Stratis.
If you want the strongest, most reliable sails, choose Doyle Stratis. Mirabella V had her new Doyle Stratis mainsail fitted and trialed in St. Martin yesterday. Mirabella V is the largest sloop in the world: the single-masted vessel is 75-meters long (247 feet), and that mast also happens to be the world’s tallest, with the world’s largest main attached to it.
The scale of Mirabella V’s sails required novel engineering, taking full advantage of Doyle’s extensive superyacht experience, from material development to novel construction techniques.
Mirabella V’s mainsail measures 1,200 square meters (12,900 square feet). Building and designing Stratis membranes for this sized boat facilitated the need for a new view on the engineering and safety margins. Tyler Doyle modeled the loads using Doyle’s combined CFD-FEA program and designed the structural load paths to best address the enormous loads that this boat will generate. The Stratis main was built in Doyle’s custom built 32,000 square foot superyacht manufacuring facilty in Salem, MA.
In 2004, when Mirabella was first launched, Doyle invented the “Segmented Mainsail” and “Compression Spring Battens” to allow a sail of Mirabella’s size and complexity to be manufactured, handled and serviced efficiently. With the "Segmented Mainsail" design, the new Stratis mainsail is composed of three separate, yet interdependent, sections. Two full-length battens join the segments at the top and bottom edges to form the complete sail. Building the sail in these segments makes construction, transport and service significantly easier.
The batten development for Mirabella V was largely a question of optimization: at the required batten stiffness, what is the maximum toughness that could be achieved while minimizing weight aloft? The "Compression Spring Battens" clearly demonstrate Doyle Sailmakers’ commitment to durability and toughness.
Just a year ago Kokomo III was outfitted with 3,038 square meters (32,700 square feet) of Doyle Stratis. Her Gennaker at 2,227 square meters (23,971 square feet) is the largest sail ever constructed. To read more about Kokomo, click here.
Kokomo Sets Sail with 3,038 Square Meters of Doyle Stratis
Doyle Expands into Netherlands and Denmark
Doyle Sailmakers is pleased to announce the addition of Daniell Diekema / DOYLE NETHERLANDS and Johnny Jorgensen and Jacob Olsen / DOYLE DENMARK. The experienced local sailmakers bring extensive racing and cruising experience to Doyle.
Daniell Diekema brings 11 years of sailmaking experience to Doyle, 6 years with Gaastra Sails and 5 years with UK-Halsey. Over the years, he evolved from working on the sailmaking floor to ultimately being responsible for a team of sailmakers and the entire sailmaking process from sale to delivery. Daniell joined Doyle Sailmakers to have access to Doyle Sailmakers designers, R&D and manufacturing.
Since 1975 Jorgensen and Olsen operated as EuroSails in Skovshoved Harbour, north of Copenhagen. Due to the continuously modernization of design and production, Jorgensen and Olsen determined it was time to join a worldwide sailmaking company. Jacob Olsen says "By joining Doyle Sailmakers, we will strengthen our ability to exploit new technologies and the latest designs, as we can tap into Doyle Sailmakers highly developed technology and designs, including Doyle’s proprietary inlaid fiber sails, Stratis."
With the addition of Doyle lofts in the Netherlands and Denmark, Doyle continues to expand its unparalleled, comprehensive service worldwide. To contact your local Doyle loft, click here.
