A veteran cruiser trades out tired Dacron for smart, modern sails—and gets a whole new sailing experience in return. By Tor Johnson, for Cruising World Magazine If sails are the engines of the sailboat, my engines were sputtering. After 13 years of use, including crossings of the Atlantic and Caribbean, my original Dacron factory sails […]
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Article from Tide Magazine, Issue THREEWORDS: JACK GIFFORD | IMAGES: SOUTHERN WIND Built in Cape Town for a Norwegian with a lifelong passion for sailing, 105ft Sørvind is the fifth unit of the successful SW105 mini-series – the result of a solid collaboration between Southern Wind, Nauta Design and Farr Yacht Design. The order came in early
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Doyle Sails is excited to announce that it has been selected as the sailmaker for the new MC75, a high performance multihull that offers spacious living and exceptional sailing performance at under 24 meters. Doyle Sails Solent team, has collaborated closely with the owner, Giles Redpath, to choose sails that offer unmatched durability and ease
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Full story from BOAT International here An experienced owner dialled up the race credentials of Oyster’s comfortable 27-metre to create the 885GT. Elaine Bunting discovers a winning combination After four years of work, this is the moment of truth for the new Oyster 885GT. It has been designed and built to thrill as the company’s quickest yacht, and is
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Written by Elaine Bunting for Yachting World // March 18th 2024 Things have changed in the bluewater cruising world, as Elaine Bunting discovered meeting crews who who just took on an Atlantic crossing in Saint Lucia. “The moon is waxing and rising later now, so there are magnificent star-spotting opportunities,” the crew of Adina blogged.
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Billy, Sierra and their beloved pup Jetty have recently taken delivery of Hull 1 of the latest performance multihull from Seawind Catamarans. The newest design from Seawind Catamarans is the Seawind 1170, a 39ft compact category A cruiser, designed for a couple or small family looking to take the next step into offshore cruising. Doyle
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Nick and Terysa meet while backpacking through India 15 years ago, they share a common love of travel and soon after they met Terysa moved from Australia to live with Nick in England. Nick made a promise then that 5 years down the track they would leave England and go sailing around the world. A
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When YouTuber’s Nikki and Jason Wynn were stranded in New Zealand onboard their Leopard 43, Curiosity, during the covid pandemic in 2021, and following a less-than-ideal experience with another sailmaker, Doyle Sails International extended an invitation to visit the New Zealand head office and explore the loft and for the Doyle team to meet the
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Republished from Yachting World Expert skipper Nikki Henderson reveals what you really need to know before going bluewater catamaran cruising It has become routine now for me to bookend the summer sailing season with a trip to the south of France for the biannual ‘Outremer Week’. This hugely popular event gathers 100-plus new Outremer catamaran
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Doyle Sails customers and sailing power couple Anna and Aaron sat down during Auckland’s lockdown to give us an insight into their sailing, boat and sailing goals. One of the coolest things about this sport we love, is being able to share the incredible moments and the spirit of adventure and discovery with one another.
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