Emma Hendy, Author at Doyle Sails

Callisto Racing wins first leg of California Offshore Race Week and The Spinnaker Cup

The 2021 California Offshore Race Week is a highlight in North American sailing calendars, and this year even more so. With the San Diego Yacht Club and Santa Barbara Yacht Club co-hosting their signature offshore races of the summer, beginning with The Spinnaker Cup (from San Francisco to Monterey), followed by the Coastal Cup (from […]

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The New England Beetle Cat celebrates 100 years of sailing

One Design

The year 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the Beetle Cat sailboat. This will make the “Beetle Cat” the oldest one design that has been continuously produced out of wood and continues to be competitively raced for the past 100 years. The boat is a big part of New England history, sailing, wooden boats, and

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Will Alloway is taking the 5.5m class to a new level with Doyle Sails

One Design

Northern Italy in the spring, and in particular Lake Garda, is famous for attracting sailors from all over the world to sail in Italy’s largest lake where the breeze is steady, and the climate is mild. This spring, it has provided picturesque training grounds for Doyle Sails Solent expert and high-performance sailor Will Alloway and

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Top Four at Mexican J70 National Championship

One Design, Racing

The Mexican J70 National Championship wrapped up this past weekend, held over three days and hosted by Vallarta Yacht Club, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit for the second year. Doyle Sails customers placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th overall and 1st Corinthian, with the new Structured Luff jibs proving their place on the podium again. Black Mamba

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Doyle Sails success at the 68th ORCV Melbourne to Apollo Bay Race

Racing

“The 68th ORCV Melbourne to Apollo Bay race was off after a delayed start of 10 mins on a chilly morning in 10-12 knots of breeze from the North, with 40 boats and some 280 crew onboard about to commence what turned out to be a glorious days sailing” commented the Race Director. Out of those

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New Zealand sailmaker and Grand Prix sailor Justin Ferris brings knowledge and experience to Doyle Sails.

Grand Prix, Loft Network

Justin began his sail-making career in the Bay of Island New Zealand in 1991 under the guidance of Simon Willis, and completed his sailmaking apprenticeship before heading off to work in the US. On his return in 1999 Justin started what has led to a long relationship with Doyle Sails working as service manager before heading off

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Breaking boundaries with the environmentally focused Baltic 68 Café Racer and Doyle Sails

Grand Prix, Superyacht, Sustainability

Designed to deliver an electrifying performance in more ways than one, this easy to handle day sail yacht is boosted by green power. The un-plug and go electric propulsion and generation system is super eco-friendly and finished to a luxurious standard on deck and below. Doyle Sails and Baltic Yachts have seen many successful collaborations

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First and second for Doyle Sails at the 2021 J/70 North American Championships

One Design

Fifty-nine teams battled each other and the elements at the 2021 J/70 North American Championship hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club (Maryland USA). Congratulations to all sailors especially Peter Duncan and his crew on Relative Obscurity and Ryan McKillen onboard Surge. Despite breezy conditions during the registration days, mother nature then turned off the winds, allowing

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Matador sweeps TP52 Gold Cup Act II

Grand Prix

The Sydney TP52 scene’s most recent addition, Matador, has claimed both the IRC and TPR handicaps at the TP52 Gold Cup Act II regatta held during the first weekend of May 2021. The grand prix racer owned by David Doherty was competing in just its second official regatta after posting a promising fourth on IRC and

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Stu Bannatyne – King of the Southern Ocean

Grand Prix, Racing

Article courtesy of Michael Brown, Yachting New Zealand – Dated 28th June 2018. Stu Bannatyne is known as a few things, including king of the Southern Ocean, but can now add the title as the most successful sailor in Volvo Ocean Race history. Not that he’s likely to go around crowing about that because he’s one

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