Taking Care of Symmetric Spinnakers
Take care of your sails, and your sails will take care of you. Here’s what you need to know to keep your symmetrical spinnaker in top shape.
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Take care of your sails, and your sails will take care of you. Here’s what you need to know to keep your symmetrical spinnaker in top shape.
How fast was your headsail change? Likely, not fast enough. Andrew Kerr’s tips will make your next one rapid.
A jib inhauler will help narrow your sheeting angles and squeeze more height, but make sure you consider the cause and effect elsewhere in your sail plan.
A decade of top-end sailcloth development makes its way into the hands of sailing’s rank and file.
Because of its diminutive size, the jib gets no respect. in fact, its trim is usually more important to get right.
Better sails, Pro handlers and captive winches make it easier to get these big machines around the track.
Jib trim can make or break sailing performance. Kerry Klingler demystifies the keys of proper trim to help get the ultimate performance from your headsails.
North Sails takes you to the 2016 Vendée Globe, sailing’s greatest test of technology and endurance.
For many folks, another sailing season has come and gone, but the preparation for next season should start now.
Each solo sailor is allowed to carry 9 sails around the world. Here’s what they’ll take and how they decide on what to carry in their quiver.
For the experts at North Sails, when it comes to designing new cloth, data is king.
Sail inventory choices for the Vendee Globe sailors and their boats are a game of give-and-take.
Take care of your sails, and your sails will take care of you. Here’s what you need to know to keep your symmetrical spinnaker in top shape.
How fast was your headsail change? Likely, not fast enough. Andrew Kerr’s tips will make your next one rapid.
A jib inhauler will help narrow your sheeting angles and squeeze more height, but make sure you consider the cause and effect elsewhere in your sail plan.
A decade of top-end sailcloth development makes its way into the hands of sailing’s rank and file.
Because of its diminutive size, the jib gets no respect. in fact, its trim is usually more important to get right.
Better sails, Pro handlers and captive winches make it easier to get these big machines around the track.
Jib trim can make or break sailing performance. Kerry Klingler demystifies the keys of proper trim to help get the ultimate performance from your headsails.
North Sails takes you to the 2016 Vendée Globe, sailing’s greatest test of technology and endurance.
For many folks, another sailing season has come and gone, but the preparation for next season should start now.
Each solo sailor is allowed to carry 9 sails around the world. Here’s what they’ll take and how they decide on what to carry in their quiver.
For the experts at North Sails, when it comes to designing new cloth, data is king.
Sail inventory choices for the Vendee Globe sailors and their boats are a game of give-and-take.
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