Doyle Sails: Like a Moth to a flame
Doyle Moth sails are the light at the end of the tunnel for an international class that is home to some of the best foiling sailors in the world. These sailors know that when yachts are the same, sails are an opportunity to gain a performance advantage, and this is it. Don’t get left behind. […]
SHOCKWAVE: The 63-foot Multihull proving a fierce competitor on the race circuit
Shockwave owner, Serge (Christiaan Durrant), a former fighter pilot in the Australian Air Force, is no stranger to operating in high-performance environments and getting teams to unite in their goals and performances on air, land and sea. Although Shockwave is still in the early days of a race program, the sensational 63-foot trimaran with her […]
How to use your spinnaker staysail to turbocharge your boat
As two-time Volvo Ocean Race winner, veteran of three America’s Cup campaigns and an ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year (2006), Mike Sanderson has some serious mileage behind him as a professional sailor. These days you’ll find Mike at the helm of Doyle Sails International, as CEO, and onboard Maxi 72 Bella Mente, as […]
Doyle Sails powered ‘JEEPSTER’ crowned J70 UK National Champions 2020
The Solent is a tricky place to sail, especially when the wind is all over the place. Uber wind shifts postponed the start of the second day of the J70 UK National Championships, but once the wind direction stabilized, three windward-leeward races were hard fought for the 22-strong fleet. Paul Ward’s Eat Sleep J Repeat […]
SUMMIT 35: For the love of racing sails
Newport, Rhode Island locals Vincent and Kristina McAteer love the game, the entire process of racing sailboats at a high level is something that they both obsess about. Shortly before graduation, Vincent bought his first keelboat, an Express 27 named Divided Sky, with a J29 of the same name following a couple of years later. The […]
SUNFAST 3300: Upgrading to State of the Art sails
Marinus van Onselen decided early on that when his state of the art Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300 2UP arrived into Melbourne, upgrading his sail package to state of the art sails was necessary. Seeing no point in having one without the other. Drawn to shorthanded sailing through his interest in the French fleet of single and double-handed […]
The pirates are coming…
For Black Pearl owner Stefan Jentzsch, the importance of friendship, mutual respect and comradery is echoed through his carefully curated and loyal crew. With the guidance of Stefan’s expert leadership, the Black Pearl crew balance their quest for Grand Prix success perfectly while ensuring they never forget to enjoy the journey along the way. Stefan […]
Tom Pilkington: eSailing Champion
At eleven-years-old, Tom Pilkington has just become the latest eSailor to have success on the virtual sailing scene. Father, Guy Pilkington, is one of the New Zealand based Doyle Sails experts, and continues to support Tom on his sailing journey. Debra Douglas from Breeze Magazine, the official publication of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, […]
NIKKI: Kids Foiling is changing the game!
Check out Royal Yachting Association‘s review of the NIKKI, the newest member of the Skeeta Foiling Craft family and the first purpose-built junior foiling yacht, proudly powered by Doyle Sails. Nikki is a brand new dinghy designed and built by big kids, for kids and lighter sailors. A boat we wished we had when we were younger and […]
SAILGP ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF NEW ZEALAND TEAM, LED BY OLYMPIC AND AMERICA’S CUP CHAMPIONS PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE
Announced today was the latest addition to the SailGP circuit, a New Zealand team, led by Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. Doyle Sails is the proud supplier to SailGP, and a supporter of Peter and Blair’s Live Ocean charity, so an exciting partnership we’re looking forward to seeing on the water next April. AUCKLAND, New […]
Unstoppable – the evolution of Doyle Sails Newport
Doyle Sails has become a global leader in sailmaking by working with some of the most successful sailors in the industry. So when CEO Mike Sanderson was deciding what the next phase might be with Doyle Sails’ US presence, he called Tony Rey. For most of his career, Tony had been “agnostic” about sailmaking brands, […]
Melges IC37 Jerome, making waves.
Father and son team, Fred and Ward Detwiler are causing a stir, not only in Detroit but throughout the Midwest in their new Melges IC37, Jerome. Jerome is an innovative one design yacht that is built to perform, but achieves the ultimate balance remaining as a class that continues to develop keen sailors seeking the opportunity to […]
Number One – The story of Ichi Ban
Published with permission by Seahorse Magazine. For more information, please visit seahorsemagazine.com Ichi Ban has a partial Doyle Sails inventory, with ongoing development in the Cableless and Structured Luff sails. If you race offshore in Australia there is one boat that you will (always) have to get past to have any chance of winning. Rob Kothe talks […]
The secret to Geoff Boettcher’s success is Secret Mens Business.
Geoff Boettcher is a legend, not only to those that know him personally but amongst the South Australian yachting community, dedicating a large part of his time to the sport he loves. He’s a Foundation Member, ex Commodore and Board member of the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia, with a sailing obsession spanning close […]
Doyle Sails Solent continues to strengthen
World-class sailors join the ranks at Doyle Sails Solent. Doyle Sails Solent is no stranger to legendary sailors joining their team and 2020 shows no sign of slowing down with Will Alloway and Nicholas ‘Nin’ O’Leary strengthening the UK based team. People are at the core of what makes Doyle Sails tick, and while Doyle […]
SEA EAGLE II STARTS MAIDEN VOYAGE
Sea Eagle II is a truly breathtaking contemporary three-masted schooner proudly powered by Doyle Sails. Designing and building sails to fulfill and exceed the requirements of a vessel of this calibre is an art form, one of which Richard Bouzaid and the Doyle Sails design team is proud to have mastered. Over the course of the […]
Stratis Extension and Pushing Boundaries
Doyle Sails International is excited to announce that after 12 months in development, the new extension to our state of the art Stratis facility in Auckland, New Zealand is now operational. Doyle Sails New Zealand opened in 1999 with the Stratis facility launching in 2001, to serve a growing demand for high-performance sails that were lighter, […]
The quest to save the Antipodean Albatross
To celebrate World Albatross Day on 19 June, Live Ocean collaborated with a very important team including Science Alive Mātauranga, Taylormade Media and a host of others to connect New Zealanders to the story of the incredible Antipodean albatross and the dangers it faces at sea. The Albatross is an iconic species of bird that has a strong […]
LOFT SPOTLIGHT: Doyle Sails Italy
The Italian city of Palermo on the island of Sicily has been the home to Doyle Sails Italy for over 20 years – a city steeped in culture and history offering one of the most picturesque sailing destinations on the Mediterranean Sea. With so many Superyachts, racers and cruisers calling the Mediterranean home, Salvo D’Amico, […]
2019/2020 Suncoast Boat of the Year results
The West Florida Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (WFPHRF) 2019 / 2020 Suncoast Boat of the Year (BOTY) series wrapped last month with two events being scrubbed due to Covid -19. The final big event of the season for local Tampa Bay sails was the Davis Island Yacht Club’s Not Ft. Myers Race on 23 May, with Doyle powered […]