Seahorse News Around the World
Seahorse Magazine // News Around the World New Zealand’s premier offshore race, the annual 120-mile Coastal Classic from Auckland to the Bay of Islands, this year suffered the first fatality in its 41-year history, the death of 69-year-old Simon Smith, a well-loved schoolmaster and experienced sailor, casting a pall over the popular event. A lifelong […]
Sydney Loft add talented sailmaker Matt Pearce to the mix
Matt Pearce has been in the sailmaking industry for close to four decades working for lofts and professional racing teams, beginning his sailmaking career with Ian Short Sails in 1984, and moving through his apprenticeship and gaining the skill set to run the loft floor. Matt then continued to upskill taking his wealth of knowledge to One […]
ALIVE confirmed as overall IRC winners IN ROLEX SYDNEY TO HOBART
Article below courtesy of Suellen Hurling // Live Sail Die. Doyle-powered Alive, skippered by Duncan Hine, has been declared the overall winner of the 78th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, securing the Tasmanian boat its second victory in five years. The win is also Tasmania’s fifth in the 628 nautical mile Cruising Yacht Club of […]
72 Race starts for father and Son duo on Boxing Day
Published by the CYCA // 18th Dec 2023 Collectively, Bruce and his son Drew Taylor have spent the best part of a lifetime sailing in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Sailing on Bruce Taylor’s Reichel/Pugh 40, Chutzpah, this year’s race will be their 30th together from a total of 72 starts between them. It will mark a […]
NEW ZEALAND CLAIMS VICTORY IN CLOSEST FINAL IN SAILGP HISTORY
SUNDAY 10 DEC 2023, DUBAI, UAE New Zealand has claimed victory on the Persian Gulf after the closest three-boat final of the season. With all three teams coming together at the final mark, a last-minute penalty denied Canada the win while New Zealand crossed the finish inches ahead of Australia. New Zealand has jumped from […]
the Doyle experience
No company illustrates the power of unboxing like Apple. Opening the box of a new Apple product draws you in and creates a sensory experience. The box’s design and the process of unboxing speak to a deep level of human psychology, creating feelings of emotive attachment. Now there is the Doyle Experience. The size of […]
Next generation of ocean champions
Doyle Sails are a proud partner of Live Ocean Foundation, this great fundraising initiative from a group of young New Zealand sailors to support Live Ocean is pretty impressive, read all about their challenge below. Six ambitious young kiwi sailors from Queen Charlotte Yacht Club in Marlborough are planning to attempt a Cook Strait crossing […]
TAKE TWO
Republished from TIDE MAGAZINE Baltic Yachts created quite a stir when it launched its 68 Café Racer, Pink Gin Verde. Now hull number two, Open Season, is on the water and the devil is in the difference. Every now and again a yacht comes along that makes waves: case in point – the 68’ Café Racer. Hull […]
Case proved
Seahorse Magazine // written by Ivor Wilkins. Dec 2023 The value of the Doyle Sails expert goes far beyond the role of sailmaker Success, according to the prolific 19th century American inventor Thomas Edison, is 10 per cent inspiration and 90 per cent perspiration. It is also a formula Justin Ferris applies to grand prix […]
Clarisse Crémer and Alan Roberts (L’Occitane en Provence) finish 9th in IMOCA
Published by Transat Jacques Vabre – November 22nd, 2023 France’s Clarisse Crémer and British co-skipper Alan Roberts completed the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre this morning at 06:20:00 hrs local time (1020 hrs UTC) off Fort de France, taking ninth place in the IMOCA class on the two handed race from Le Havre to Martinique […]
DOYLE-POWERED M5 Commissions new sails
At 78m, M5 is the world’s largest single-masted sailing yacht, with its mast reaching 86m in height. It is a sailing yacht owned by an aviator with a need for speed and a project that combines pragmatism and ambition in perfect measure. The yacht recently took delivery of a new Doyle Sails inventory featuring a […]
Doyle Sails Palma welcomes Graeme Sutherland
Doyle Sails Palma welcomes Graeme Sutherland to their already experienced sales team, led by Chris Sherlock, Luke Molloy and Scott Zebny. With decades of experience working onboard and alongside yacht owners and captains the Doyle Sails Palma team offer unparalleled service and passion to the Superyacht industry. Sutherland’s skill set and experience perfectly align with […]
Doyle Sails signs monumental partnership with major New Zealand Yacht Club.
The Royal Akarana Yacht Club sits in the rich natural and cultural waters of Okahu Bay, boasts the country’s most significant youth sailing academy, is the home of blue water sailing, and is now a major partner of New Zealand owned and operated sailmaker Doyle Sails. For more than four decades, Doyle Sails has been […]
LEOPARD DODGES THE BULLITT IN MONOHULL LINE HONOURS
Press Release from ROLEX Middle Sea Media Team: 24 October, 2023 If yesterday’s story of the 44th Rolex Middle Sea Race was the first multihull to finish, today’s is definitely monohull line honours. At 0152 CEST this morning, the fascinating race-long duel between the Farr 100 Leopard 3 and the Wally 93 Bullitt concluded. It was the […]
Back on the scene : The Shaw 35 Rehab
Published by Coastal Classic | 18/10/23 This Shaw-35 previously based in Noumea has a second wind thanks to Mike Sanderson and his kids. Mike Sanderson has been busy since winning the 2005-06 Volvo Ocean Race as Skipper of ABN Amro I and being named ISAF World Sailor of the Year. He’s now Chief Executive of […]
FSI Software Game Changed for One Design Sails
By Live Sail Die | July 10th, 2019 SailPack is the typical tool Doyle Sails designers use for daily sail design. The software is very capable, allowing designers to create the sail profile, curvature, panel layouts and fibre layouts for each project. More impressively, these tools can set up the rig geometry to see how the […]
ROLEX MIDDLE SEA RACE
Created as the result of a sporting rivalry between two British yachtsmen residing in Malta, Alan Green and Jimmy White, and two Maltese sailors, Paul and John Ripard. The group proposed a racecourse that was longer than typical in the region, and one designed to offer an exciting competition in windier autumn conditions. The Rolex […]
J CLASS TO HOLD 2024 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BARCELONA IN 2024
No history of the America’s Cup is complete without mention of the J Class, the magnificent sloops that competed for the trophy in three editions between 1930 and 1937. Their grace and beauty reflected a time when a booming global economy brought some of the most colourful tycoons to compete for the oldest international sports […]
SailGP and Doyle Sails extend innovative partnership for an additional two seasons
Doyle Sails remains SailGP’s Official Sailmaker, continuing the journey toward a more high performance and sustainable future for Seasons 4 and 5. LONDON, England – September 14, 2023 – SailGP, the world’s most exciting race on water, has extended its partnership with world-leading sailmaker, Doyle Sails. The New Zealand-owned and operated company entered a three year […]
3rd place for Momo at 6m World Championship
The 2023 Six Metre Class World Championships drew to a close on the The Royal Yacht Squadron’s famous lawn, the sailors were in the presence of His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain to celebrate their champions and enjoy one final evening together in a elegant prize giving reception at sunset. Doyle-powered Momo claiming the […]