The record behind the sails
Many of our innovations begin with our own Grand Prix sailors: Richard Bouzaid, Mike Sanderson, Justin Ferris, Stu Bannatyne, Victor Marino, David Duff, Jordi Calafat, Cameron Appleton, Will Alloway and more! They compete at the highest level constantly, and stay ahead of the development and innovation behind what makes a boat go faster.
Design and engineering
We prove the shape before we build it.
Before any fibre is laid, we analyse your boat, rig and hardware in detail. Our engineers and CFD analysts then determine the optimal characteristics for your sails through Fluid Structure Interaction modelling, so the flying shape is validated long before the sail is delivered to the yacht.
We are the single biggest user of SailPak, the world-leading sail design software, and we feed recommendations back into it. Wind tunnel testing and finite element analysis close the loop between the model and the racecourse.
By sailors, for sailors.
The design process
Built for Grand Prix
These are the constructions and applications we reserve for Grand Prix racing. Every build carries the support of our full design team.
Product range
The racing member of STRATIS, our membrane process across nearly thirty years. Surfaces and fibres are specified per sail, finished in ULX Taffeta or GPX Film. Available as membrane only or a finished sail, built in New Zealand. Three-year warranty.
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Hybrid Light. Structural fibres and unidirectional filaments on one side with a surface on the other, so delamination risk is reduced against double sided film. The lighter option to HYBRID 1600, and it suits every sail in the Grand Prix category.
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The most refined construction in the HYBRID range, built entirely from structural and unidirectional fibres with no exterior surfaces. Removing Mylar film eliminates the opportunity for delamination. Designed specifically for Grand Prix race yachts.
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Exclusive to us. Luff loads are mapped back into the sail through custom fibre layouts rather than held by the forestay or an internal cable, so the sail flies further forward and often to windward. Now engineered for downwind angles of 50 to 55 degrees.
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Tell us your boat, your rating and your targets, and we will engineer the inventory around them.
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