Labor Day weekend’s Vineyard Race is a classic American yachting event. This 238-mile course stretches from Shippan Point to the light tower at the entrance to Buzzard’s Bay, and then a return to the finish in Stamford Harbor. The Vineyard Race 2021 saw Doyle Sails amongst the winners. The race began in 1932, it has attracted the […]
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Published with permission from Seahorse Magazine, featuring in August edition titled ‘A most robust pedigree’ by Ivor Wilkins. “It began with laying down one Kevlar thread at a time using a converted ballpoint pen… today things are a little different”. – Richard Bouzaid Twenty years ago, in an old-school Auckland sail loft, Doyle Sails’ Richard
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Today was the best sailing day yet in the Alexela ORC World Championship 2021, with the fleet sailing two final windward/leeward courses where HALBTROCKEN 4.5 secured first place in both races, ensuring they were crowned the overall 2021 ORC World Champions. The final day of racing was where the 2021 ORC World Champions were decided
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“He drew sails before he could write” is what Tammo Baldszun’s mother loves to tell when asked about her sons’ unique choice of work. In any case, growing up in the southern German countryside far away from any ocean, none could expect that Tammo would become a Master Sailmaker, building sails for Volvo Ocean Races,
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Doyle Sails Ireland is no stranger to legendary sailors joining their team and 2021 shows no sign of slowing down with Nicholas ‘ Nin’ O’Leary continuing to strengthen the brand on Irish waters. People are at the core of what makes Doyle Sails tick, and while Doyle Sails has had a well-recognised presence in the
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Tony Rey grew up in Larchmont, New York racing dinghies from the young age of 8 years old as he grew older, his passion for sailing grew with him and he began crewing on keelboats in the area. Tony continued to sail right through his high school and college years, making the Collegiate All American
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This month on her podcast Shirley Robertson talks to one of the world’s leading offshore and Maxi yacht skippers, from New Zealand, Mike “Moose” Sanderson. With tales to tell from the America’s Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race and a host of successful Maxi yacht campaigns, Sanderson is a man who very obviously loves to talk
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Ben Saxton Olympic sailor with a wealth of experience across so many disciplines. To date, Ben’s expertise lies at the top end of One Design sailing, holding many European and World titles, and since coming on board with Doyle Sails, he has been able to pass some of this experience to UK sailors across the board.
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Article courtesy of Seahorse Magazine Sails for an 81-metre Panamax three-masted schooner, total sail area 3,500sqm… that won’t be a problem, sir Main picture: Doyle designed and built the sails for the 81m world cruising schooner Sea Eagle II, which sets 3,500sqm of canvas on a three-masted Rondal rig with carbon composite rigging. Easy sail handling was
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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
