Loft Spotlight: New York City
New York City’s Mark Ploch and team power Cruising World’s 2020 Boat of the Year – Catalina 545 Catalina Yachts has received the 2020 Boat of the Year from Cruising World Magazine for its innovative offshore sailing boat, the Catalina 545. “We are very pleased with the recognition this boat has received” said Catalina Yachts […]
Wrap Up: CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week
It was a great week of racing in the far North of New Zealand for the CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week 2020. A couple of days started a little late waiting for the sea breeze to fill in – and when it arrived, it was ‘glamour’ conditions, according to several of the boats hoisting […]
Doyle’s Willem Van Waay shortlisted for 2019 Rolex Yachtsman of the year
Doyle Sails’ very own sales representative Willem Van Waay has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2019 Rolex Yachtsman & Yachtswoman of the year US Sailing annually honours the highest performing sailors in this prestigious annual roll call of outstanding on water performances. Willem Van Waay hails from Coronado, California and is an invaluable asset to […]
Doyle Sails powered yachts reach Hobart first.
The annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race consistently brings the best yachts and sailors to Sydney where they all begin their journey south to Hobart on Boxing Day hoping to win arguably two of the world’s most recognisable sailing trophies in the world – the Tattersall Cup for the overall IRC winner and the John […]
Doyle Sails One Design Partner with University on new LARK dinghies
Doyle One Design is thrilled to have teamed up with Salve Regina University in their maiden launch of new LARK dinghies in Newport, Rhode Island. The high-performance dinghy fleet was built by White Cap Composites in Peabody, Massachusetts and equipped with new square top mains and deck sweeper jibs by Doyle One Design in Salem, […]
Interview with Star World Champion Mateusz Kuszneirewicz
Doyle Sails One Design Consultant and Star Class sailor Tomas Hornos caught up with Star World Champion Mateusz Kuszneirewicz for an exclusive interview on his recent victory and the launch of the Star Sailors League Gold Cup. You had a great performance at the SSL Breeze Grand Slam, did you feel like you were well prepared […]
JUD SMITH: THE LONG ROAD TO THE TOP
The Star Class has immense history as an organization, with its members among the who’s who of yachting’s elite competitors. With Doyle Sails helping to claim its first victory at the 2019 Star World Championship, we checked in with Jud Smith of Doyle Sails One Design Salem to learn how they climbed to the top. It has been […]
PAUL CAYARD REPORTS FROM STAR EUROPEAN CHAMPS
After five days of racing with 12 races, 4 of which were yesterday, Arthur “Tutu” Lopes (BRA) and I got the Bronze in the European Championship. Robert Scheidt (BRA) showed once again why he is the athlete of our era. With his crew Henry Boening, Robert came from behind on the final run of the […]
TOP SPOTS AT J70 NATIONALS IN MEXICO
J70 Nationals in Mexico wrapped up this past weekend. The event was held in Puerto Vallarta over 3 days of racing in virtually perfect conditions. Willem van Waay led a couple of training days before the event. Our customers placed 1st* and 2nd overall and 1st and 3rd Corinthian. Of the four sailmakers powering boats in the top […]
TOP SPOTS FOR DOYLE J70’S IN CHARLESTON
Doyle One Design is thrilled to have its customers bring on the 1,2 punch again in the J70 Class at Charleston Race Week. Pamela Rose and her team on Rosebud truly blossomed this past weekend, placing 2nd with all but one race in the top 5. Joel Ronning and his team on Catapult placed 1st with a total […]
DOYLE MAKING A HABIT OF 1,2 PUNCH IN J70 CLASS
Photo: Catapult wins the Bacardi Cup in J70 Class © Martina Orsini/ Bacardi Invitational Regatta The 92nd Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta completed on Saturday March 9th with most classes completing 3 days of racing. Each day brought 10-18 knots of breeze, short chop, and insane shifts from 075-130 degrees. In the J70, Catapult was very consistent, rounding out the […]
JUD SMITH NAMED ROLEX YACHTSMAN OF THE YEAR
Doyle’s One Design Chief and J/70 World Champion Jud Smith of Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA has been named the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. The slate of finalists, nominated by members of US Sailing and determined by US Sailing, was presented to a panel of 28 accomplished sailing media professionals and past winners of the awards, who analyzed […]
INSTALLING A STACKING MAINSAIL SYSTEM
INSTALLING A STACKING MAINSAIL SYSTEM Published on Sailing Magazine by Bob Pingel on 1st January 2019 I like mainsail stacking systems and have used one for years. A lot of people know these by one sailmaker’s product name Stack Pack, but generally these are open-top mainsail covers that are supported by lazy jacks. The covers have pros […]
From Zero to Hero: Doyle’s Up-and-Coming
For those that aspire to be a professional sailor an apprenticeship in sailmaking is one of the best points of entry to consider and there are more opportunities than ever at Doyle Sails. For Doyle’s CEO, Mike Sanderson, a sailmaking apprenticeship was the obvious route to reaching his career goals. “My aim in life was […]
Richard Bouzaid on America’s Cup
Written for Seahorse Magazine: Predictably, the return of soft sails to the America’s Cup under the new New Zealand-led regime has sailmakers rubbing their hands – not so much for the commercial prospects as for the potential design and technology leaps that will probably ensue. Having been forced to the sidelines by the hard-wing technology of […]
Product Feature: Cable-less Code Zero
CABLE-LESS CODE ZERO On the heels of delivering many of the world’s largest sails out of their revolutionary Stratis membrane technology, including the highly-loaded mainsails on Sailing Yacht A, Doyle has introduced another groundbreaking product to bring higher strength and lower weight to the racing market. The Doyle team have launched a product known as the Cable-less […]