Mapping our journey to a better future
Since 1982, Doyle Sails has delivered outstanding quality and innovation to our loyal customers across the globe. As a global company, we recognize that all our business activities have an impact. Impacts include our people, products, our community, and the environment. The ocean’s health is key to the sustainability of our business, and we endeavor […]
Southern Wind 96 “Nyumba” is launched
The fourth unit of the successful SW96 project has been christened in Cape Town: welcome SW96#04 Nyumbaᴳᵀ
Cyan Moon heads to Hobart
Not all boats heading for Hobart come with a triple digit waterline length or a shore crew team as large as the sailing team, for Cyan Moon and her owner Wayne Seaward, this years race is about getting their new team to Hobart and enjoying the ride. Blake Anderson of Doyle Sails Melbourne has been […]
Andoo Comanche and Willow win 2022 SOLAS Big Boat Challenge
Republished from Cursing Yacht Club. of Australia website // 06/12/2022 The John Winning Jr-skippered maxi yacht, Andoo Comanche, produced a masterclass of high-speed sailing to win Line Honours in the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour today. Meanwhile, the Jim Cooney-skippered and owned Volvo 70 Willow was declared the overall winner. Under glorious sun and in southerly 15 […]
DOYLE SAILS X SAILGP LEAGUE | A Circular Luggage collection
DOYLE SAILS and SAILGP share a passion for sustainability, striving to make the best environmental, social, and economic decisions throughout our journey, and as global leaders using the ocean as both a workplace and a place of leisure, we have an innate awareness of the need for its protection.
The human factor
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…
Doyle Sails Internship opens pathways for Robbie McCutcheon
I have been fortunate enough to spend nine weeks full-time, working at Doyle Sails as a business intern completing my three-year Bachelor of Business degree studying at the Auckland University of Technology. First and foremost, I am a high-performance sailor and I have been since I started when I was seven years old. Sailing has […]
Doyle powered Lazy Dog takes the win in the MC38 Australian Championships
Shaun Lane and Quentin Stewart’s Lazy Dog is both 2022 MC38 season champion and three-time back-to-back Australian champion after sealing the national series on Sydney Harbour Article by Lisa Radcliff of the MC38 Association. “We had good teamwork by the end of what is our fifth class nationals,” Lane said. “There was a good mix […]
Doyle Sails partners with Fair Food
Doyle Sails is proud to partner with several significant charities and foundations that share the same philosophies for leadership, sustainability, and education. This week that list of significant partnerships grew to include Fair Food. Fair Food is Auckland’s original food rescue charity and is on a mission to feed people, not landfills! The charity rescues […]
Wild Joe takes third overall in the Rolex Middle Sea Race
While Eric de Turckheim’s HMYD 54 Teasing Machine claimed the Rolex Middle Sea Race’s main overall prize under IRC corrected time, with Jean-Pierre Barjon’s Botin Partners 65 Spirit of Lorina in second, it was Márton Józsa’s DSS-equipped Reichel/Pugh 60 Wild Joe that completed the podium after a tough race. The snakes and ladders continued throughout […]
Doyle-powered yachts slay Rolex Middle Sea Race.
Doyle-powered yachts dominate the podium in the 2022 Rolex Middle Sea Race. Far 100, Leopard 3, skippered by Chris Sherlock, crossed the finished line on Tuesday 25th October to take Monohull Line Honours in an elapsed time of 70 hours, 34 minutes and 29 seconds. In blazing sunshine, the massive spinnaker bearing the unmistakable logo […]
The iconic Rolex Middle Sea Race is about to begin!
The profile and reputation of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, organized by the Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC), has risen continuously since it was first held in 1968. Today, it habitually draws a diverse fleet of more than 100 yachts from close to 30 countries, including cutting-edge multihulls and maxi monohulls. For sailors around the […]
Doyle Sails continues to support Youth Sailing
The New Zealand School Holidays have arrived, welcoming a surge of sailors into the Royal Akarana Sailing Academy, proudly supported by Doyle Sails, ready for the fast-approaching summer season. Week One of the Academy School Holiday Program saw more than 50 eager young sailors through our doors., ready to take their sailing to the next level; in […]
Doyle-powered yachts win three out of four divisions at the 2022 Les Voiles de St Tropez
Doyle-powered yachts win three out of four divisions at the 2022 Les Voiles de St Tropez | The final day of the 34th Les Voiles de St Tropez ended slightly earlier than expected after the race committee called off racing due to the lack of wind. After four days of racing in one of the […]
Doyle Sails apprenticeships providing a pathway to sailing success
For those that aspire to be professional sailors 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 Sails International CEO, Mike Sanderson, a sailmaking apprenticeship was the obvious route to reaching his career goals. “My aim in life […]
Janet Doyle: The lady behind the legend.
This year as Doyle Sails celebrates forty years of sailmaking excellence; we look back to the humble Massachusetts beginnings. When Robbie Doyle founded Doyle Sails in 1982 – he couldn’t have done it without his leading lady, Janet. Robbie and Janet met as teenagers, racing in their local junior sailing program in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA […]
Doyle Sails clean sweep of podium at Swedish Moth Championships
The final day of the Doyle Sails Swedish Moth Nationals got off to a slow start with a postponement ashore whilst the race committee waited for the breeze to build. With 4 races scheduled the sailors were eventually sent out. After 30 minutes of low riding the breeze built nicely to 8-12 knots from the north. Race […]
Doyle-powered Lazy Dog wins MC38 2022 Season Act 6
Event: MC38 2022 Season Act 6, September 17-18 hosted by Middle Harbour Yacht Club with racing on Sydney Harbour. A third place to Christian Beck and his Infotrack GO team is as good as the MC38’s Act 6 overall victory given he beat two family members, the grinning skipper reckons. “I’m very happy with that […]
Doyle Sails Swedish Moth National Championships
The Doyle Sails Swedish Moth National Championships got underway today with twenty-two international Moth sailors representing seven nations gathered in Gothenburg for the Doyle Sails Swedish Moth Championships hosted by GKSS. Friday’s racing consisted of four tune-up races, which saw the fleet sailing a SailGP style racecourse in a cold northerly wind of 15-18 knots. […]
Doyle Sails New Zealand implements soft plastic recycling programme
The ocean’s health is key to the sustainability of our business, and we endeavour to continuously improve our actions to ensure our playground is there for many more years to come. We are on a journey to do our part, starting with changes around our Auckland based loft. Every surface arrives to our Stratis plant […]