Doyle Sails expert Andrew Brown sat down and has given away some of his top tips for dinghy regatta preparation. “Brownie” is New Zealand Olympian: 885, attending the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens in the 470. “Brownie” is a One Design expert with many years hands on experience sailing and coaching top athletes from Optimist …
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Team Relative Obscurity won the J70 2021 World Championship in Marina del Rey. We got a chance to catch up with their tactician, Victor Diaz de Leon, about their victory. Relative Obscurity’s team is comprised of skipper Peter Duncan, tactician Victor Diaz de Leon, trimmer Willem van Waay, and bow Morgan (Truby) Trubovich. In regards …
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With one week until the Moth World Championships the fleet of Moth sailors from around the globe are set to descend on Lake Garda. Doyle Sails has a strong team of riders, including Phil Robertson, Kyle Langford, Tom Johnson and Nina Curtis who will be travelling straight from the SailGP Denmark event to Malcesine. Newcomer …
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Doyle Sails powered teams took the top two positions again at J70 World Championships this week at the California Yacht Club, Marina del Rey with light summer breeze which saw 62 teams sail in 8 races. RELATIVE OBSCURITY came out on top with 42 points through the series, four points ahead of MIDLIFE CRISIS in …
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J70 Worlds Jud Smith on Doyle Structured Luff jibs | The J70 World Championships are set for action, with racing starting on Wednesday local time in California. The world championship are hosted this year by the California Yacht Club and will be sailed on the waters of Santa Monica Bay. 62 crews will be out …
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Forty-four teams tuned up at the Pre-World Championship over the weekend with breeze in the high teens on day one and slightly softer conditions on day two. Bruce Golison won with his crew of Steve Hunt, Erik Shampain and Jeff Reynolds on board “Midlife Crisis” representing the San Diego Yacht Club. The crew managed to …
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Ryan McKillen’s entry into yachting was slightly less traditional than that of his fellow sailors – four years ago, he was based out of San Francisco as a software engineer and had never sailed before. Fast forward to present, where Ryan and his wife, Maggie, now run one of the most competitive two-boat J/70 programs …
Will Alloway wins with new Doyle Sails Structured luff 5.5m sails at the Yacht Club Spiez in Switzerland Will Alloway from Doyle Sails Solent has been working closely with Richard Bouzaid, head of design for Doyle Sails, to produce world class 5.5m Strutrued Luff sails along with new downwind sails designed by Andrew Lechte. Straight …
While still in high school in Marblehead, Massachusetts, Lindsay Smith started her sail making career, pounding snaps, cutting numbers, and sweeping floors at the Doyle Curtis loft in Marblehead. Fast forward 15 years, and Lindsay Smith is now the Loft Manager of Doyle Sailmakers Partners in Salem, MA. Lindsay works closely with her father, the …
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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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