by Ivor Wilkins for Seahorse Magazine, March 2023 There is no let up in the queue of top international sailing talent lining up to join the literally ‘fizzing’ performance team at Doyle Sails… America’s Cup, SailGP and Volvo veteran Kyle Langford is just the latest A brief exchange during a training session aboard the supermaxi Commanche ahead …
It is no longer enough for an ambitious sailmaker to fil its ranks with famous names – to rule the world these days they have to be current stars of the sport. Something Doyle Sails ‘recruiters’ are very aware of…
A month from the start of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, entries were closed, and the fleet numbers reached fifty. Now with only four days before the first race and sailors arriving in the idyllic Porto Cervo, final preparations are being made by the high-performance crews. The regatta, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda …
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The skills required of today’s finest sailmakers must now extend far beyond ‘just’ delivering the fastest and most durable product… While modern sailmaking is a product of highly sophisticated, computer-assisted science, it has long been acknowledged that part of the magic still resides with the sailmaker’s intuitive understanding of how to use those tools to …
Taking onboard another Olympic gold medallist never hurt anyone’s business Between the conceptual model of a new sail design and its real-life performance is a no-man’s land occupied by what Jordi Calafat refers to as noise. Sometimes this separation is wide; other times it is happily much narrower. Either way, it is in negotiating this …
With the Caribbean season in full swing, the island of St Barth’s is set to come alive when more than seventy yachts race against one of the most idyllic backdrops in the Les Voile de St Barth Regatta next week. The racing is a drawcard for some of the most high-performance yachts and crews. After …
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Doyle Sails is synonymous with high-performance Grand Prix campaigns and Superyachts, remaining at the forefront of innovation, design and technology, continually redefining sailing as we know it and today announced that they are joining forces with Spanish cable and rigging specialists Fabrica Workshop. Throughout the partnership, engineers and rigging specialists from Doyle Sails and Fabrica …
Doyle Sails and Fabrica Workshop join forces in a high-performance partnership. Read More »
Published by the RC44 Class Association on 13/02/2022 Going into the final day of the 44Cup Calero Marinas, Igor Lah’s Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860 held a strong 11 point lead and took it to the wire. Normally this would have seen them packing their bags early, having won with a race to spare. However, this …
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Jordi Calafat joins Doyle Sails as Grand Prix Designer. Doyle Sails announced today that Jordi Calafat is the latest powerhouse addition to join the ever-expanding Doyle Sails Grand Prix sailing and design team. Jordi is synonymous with the America’s Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, 52 Super Series, Club Swan classes and a significant number of one-design …
Thirty years of racking up ocean racing titles plus high-level engineering expertise gave Stu Bannatyne the perfect grounding to help create and refine two of the most important sailing innovations of the current era. Since 2016, Stu Bannatyne has been part of Doyle Sails International’s line-up of sailing superstars who bring their experience and expertise …
