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 […]
DELTA CABLELESS onboard a Beale 33
For Brent Jeffries, the current owner of a Beale 33, and a Doyle Sails Cableless technology advocate, his lifetime of experience as a cruiser/racer and keen double-handed sailor has given him an appreciation for both innovation and affordability in a sail inventory. Brent has been sailing for more than four decades continuously in search of […]
Introducing the new Doyle Sails Newport team
Newport, Rhode Island is a global sailing city where many America’s Cup Challenges and world championships have contributed to the growth of yachting and the sport’s storied past. Given Newport’s picturesque landscape and maritime history, sailors are inevitably offered a charming experience. With a large number of significant regattas and yachts calling Newport home, coupled […]
A catch up with Stu Bannatyne
Originally published on 21st April 2020 Vitorlázás magazine Photo credit: Martin Keruzoré / Volvo Ocean Race Hungarian sailing magazine Vitorlázás caught up with Doyle Sails sailing legend Stu Bannatyne over lockdown to talk about his experiences of sailing for Hungarian race team Wild Joe and how sailing might evolve in a post Covid world. How are your days in […]
DSS goes Cableless
The creative talents of Infiniti Yachts and Doyle Sails – between them responsible for two of the biggest breakthroughs in modern performance yachting – have joined forces to produce something more than special. The Infiniti 52 is the first modern racing boat to be designed and engineered to take full advantage of Doyle Sails Cableless […]
Team Maverick: Pushing the boundaries.
Quentin Stewart, who, after sailing in the 2013 Rolex Sydney Hobart decided that he wanted a fast boat and rather than buying a TP52 or a Cookson 50 and adding modifications, Stewart was convinced that building a project from scratch would ensure that it performed exactly as designed without compromise. And just like that, Stewart […]
DOYLE SAILS: The new Conquistadors
Powering 100-foot supermaxis and giant superyachts, winning the Maxi72 worlds, equipping the Vendée Globe favourite and infiltrating the fastest giant French multihulls… Doyle Sails is on a mission to win everything. 2019 ended on a strong note for Doyle Sails with yachts carrying its inventory winning a hard-fought line honours and second place in the […]
LOFT SPOTLIGHT: Doyle Sails Solent
Just over a year ago, British sailing legends Peter Greenhalgh, Adrian Stead and Brian Thompson became part of the team at Doyle Sails Solent. As the home to one of the biggest sail lofts in the UK, the ultra-modern, 1000 sqm facility in Universal Marina on the River Hamble is about the size of four […]
Mike Sanderson: Three decades of racing Maxi’s (Part II)
Courtesy of the International Maxi Association. After a disappointing end to the 2000s, as Team Director of Keith Mills’ Team Origin, unsuccessfully attempting to challenge for the 33rd America’s Cup (ultimately a Deed of Gift match solely between BMW Oracle Racing and Alinghi), the 2010s have been good to Sanderson both as a sailor and as a businessman. For […]
Mike Sanderson: Three decades of racing Maxi’s
Courtesy of the International Maxi Association. From New Zealand Endeavour to Bella Mente: Mike Sanderson on his three decades maxi racing. In yacht racing circles he is best known for skippering ABN AMRO One to victory in the 2005-06 Volvo Ocean Race, and more recently in the industry as the new owner of Doyle Sails, but, as […]
Going with the Flow: Robbie Doyle
Story courtesy of The Salem Magazine, Will Broaddus. Sailing is a science as well as a sport. Robbie Doyle, a longtime resident of Marblehead who grew up in Salem, Massachusetts has been proving that point throughout his career, both in the business world and on the water. That fact was acknowledged when Doyle was recently inducted into […]
A-YACHTS: THE NEXT GENERATION OF DAYSAILERS
A-Yachts are setting the trend for the next generation of day sailing, designed and built-in Austria. Not only are these luxury yachts designed for cruising, they are fast enough to win local regatta’s thanks to excellent handling and exceptional design – the perfect solution for local or coastal waters. The a27, a33, and a39 all […]
LOFT SPOTLIGHT: Doyle Sails Sydney
People are at the heart of Doyle Sails, the passion and skill of our loft network continue to be part of the driving force behind the success of our customers. With over 40 loft locations world-wide Sydney, Australia is home to some of the best sailing in the world and one of Doyle Sails most experienced […]
THE NEXT GENERATION IN YOUTH SAILING: F8 FOILER
The next phase in youth sailing is here with the imminent launch of the F8 Foiler. The idea behind the F8 was to create a simple kids foiling boat that can be used as the initial stepping stone on a young sailors journey as they learn to foil and as they move towards sailing in […]
DOYLE LIVE – watch all REPLAYS here
Like all of you, we can’t wait to get back out on the water again, so while we are all in lockdown we will be reaching out to some of our resident sailing legends here at Doyle Sails to deliver you regular doses of the sport we love. Tune in to our FACEBOOK LIVE sessions as we talk to some […]
RORC talks to Brian Thompson
The RORC Lockdown LIVE Series: Time Over Distance is available online and Facebook via the Royal Ocean Racing Club. Video courtesy of the RORC. Part One of the LIVE Series spoke to Doyle expert Brian Thompson on his career as one of the most successful ocean racers. Brian Thompson is a well recognised British yachtsman making it into the […]
LOFT SPOTLIGHT: Doyle Boston Ontario
From the time Howard Boston opened a sail loft in 1937 in Clemons, Michigan, sailmaking, and sailing has been a family pursuit. In 1968, son Spike Boston moved to bustling Sarnia, Ontario and the Michigan family became a US/Canada sailmaking brand. The family had originally specialised in small one-design and ice boat sails that served […]
CRUISING CODE SAILS
A Cruising Code Sail can often be the missing link between a genoa and a gennaker for cruising yachts. Gaining power in light air and the ability to use one sail in a wider range of angles, both reaching or running. A Cruising Code Sail is lightweight and easy to handle, providing greater efficiency to your […]