Doyle Racing Spaysail

A Spaysail is a combination of a spinnaker and a staysail. Spaysails fly with slight luff projection and are considerably more effective at broader angles than a standard staysail. The Spaysail, developed and named by Doyle. The Spaysail is a legal sail under the current IRC rules as a jib.

Hi Fi Dominates 2009 Singapore Straits Using Doyle Spaysail

Neil Pryde and crew on Hi Fi dominated the Racing Class in the 2009 Singapore Straits Regatta, winning 7 out of 7 races, beating out stiff competition including Quantum Racing. Richard Bouzaid explains, "the new generation of Doyle Downwind sails and Spaysail give the boat a big edge downwind." The Spaysail, developed and named by Doyle, was designed by Richard Bouzaid with assistance from Kevin Costin, Hi Fi's tactician. Neil and Hi Fi also won the Sir Thomas Lipton Perpetual Trophy.