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The 38-year-old Express 37 LORA ANN is holding her own in a 14-boat fleet at Block Island Race Week. With two races to go, she is two points out of first sailing against much faster rated J/121s, a J/122, big modern performance cruisers and others. Owner Richard du Moulin has constantly updated his Carl Schumacher designed classic, which he has owned since 1993. New this year were two X-Drive upwind sails and a reaching spinnaker. In yesterday's race, she came back from being closed-out at the starting line to finishing only 42 seconds out of first. Congrats to Rich and his crew and good luck in the rest of the series.

In the midst of a heat wave, the 2021 Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race started in fog and wind on Saturday, June 19. The over 2000-mile race goes from San Francisco to Hanalei Bay on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Shown here is UK Sailmakers Los Angeles’ Brendan Huffman’s Santa Cruz 33 SIREN sailing under the Golden Gate bridge just after the start. He is looking forward to when he can crack sheets and get a spinnaker flying on this predominantly downwin...d race. Huffman has sailed over 30k miles and has done numerous Hawaii and offshore races in and around CA. His upwind sails are all X-Drive Silver. As of today’s tracker is in near the front of the 11-boat pack. The race had been postponed a year due to the difficulty of travel during the pandemic last year. Many adjustments due to COVID continued this year. For instance, the skippers from British Columbia were unable to go. The initial list of entries whittled down from 23 to the final count of 11, all Americans, all men, and almost all monohulls. Pacific Northwest Shorthanded Sailing Society #transpac Single-Handed Transatlantic Race Latitude 38 Magazine San Diego Yacht Club California Yacht Club Del Rey Yacht Club Pacific Yachting 48 North Sailing Magazine Facebook Yacht Club Royal Cork Yacht Club Seahorse Sailing Magazine Search Magazine Segling US Sailing Offshore Doubles SpinSheet Magazine WindCheck Magazine Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC)

Better Furling | Tips on Starting | Easier Spinnaker Handling and More - https://mailchi.mp/uksailmakers/may-newsletter-2147760

The Power of the Port Tack Start In last night's Thursday night race, the smallest boat in the fleet read the wind on the starting line correctly and was the only boat at the favored end of the starting and and as a result was able to cross the whole fleet and sail off in clear wind. All the other boats were pinching, going slow and giving each other bad air. Emmett Dickheiser sailing the Beneteau Platu 25 RIPPLE went on to win first in fleet on corrected time. Remember, chec...k the starting line for the favored end and don't just assume you need to start on Starboard at the right side of the line. Sailing World SAIL Magazine Seahorse Sailing Magazine SAILING Magazine SpinSheet Magazine WindCheck Magazine Latitude 38 Magazine Pacific Yachting 48 North Sailing Magazine American Sailing Association US Sailing World Sailing Yachting World Yachts and Yachting Magazine Afloat Magazine Royal Cork Yacht Club Search Magazine Segling segeln Segeln Yacht-Recht.de Båtnytt Praktiskt Båtägande Båtmagasinet Båtliv SEILmagasinet Kongelig Norsk Seilforening KDY - Royal Danish Yacht Club Sailing club Split Pro Sail Magazine | prosail.fi ClubRacerRoyal Yacht Club België - RYCB Bruxelles Royal Yacht Club Zeilen Cosas De Barcos iNautia Giornale della Vela Sailing Yacht TV Secret Sailing Sailing and dreams St. Francis Yacht Club - Racing San Diego Yacht Club Encinal Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Race To Mackinac Fremantle Sailing Club Royal Perth Yacht Club The Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound

Here is a terrific looking X-Drive Silver roller-furling mainsail on an Island Packet 485. Notice how good the aerodynamic shape looks even though the sail has no battens. Also notice the extra row of reefing fibers parallel to the mast that start behind the tack patch. This extra row of fibers will help the sail hold its great shape when roller-reefed. This sail is made with UK Sailmakers’ X-Drive construction system, that has loadpath fibers that run continuously, corner t...o corner, across the sail. BETTER ROLLER FURLING MAINSAILS Cruising sailors with roller furling masts or roller furling booms who want to make their boats more lively and easier to handle should replace their worn out Dacron mains with an X-Drive sail. X-Drive sails hold their aerodynamic shape well and they roll up easier because they don’t get deeper when rolled. Dacron sails get deeper with age on their way to being blown out. A sure sign that a roller furling main is past its prime is when the sail that used to roll up well, jams constantly. The sail jams because there is extra shape in the sail that creates folds in the roll, which makes the roll too fat. X-Drive sails are reinforced with continuous high-strength, low-stretch fibers that run continuously between the three corners of the sail. These continuous fibers that run along the sails primary load paths perform the same function as the steel I-beam skeleton does in supporting a tall building. UK Sailmakers has the option of using carbon, Endumax or S-Glass fibers, depending on your performance, price and esthetic needs. The sail shown is the picture is reinforced with S-Glass yarns, allowing the sail to have a traditional all white appearance. For more information, contact your local UK Sailmaker by clicking here: https://www.uksailmakers.com/contact-us Cruising World Magazine SAIL Magazine SAILING Magazine Latitude 38 Magazine Pacific Yachting 48 North Sailing Magazine WindCheck Magazine SpinSheet Magazine US Sailing American Sailing Association #cruisingsails Yachting World Yachts and Yachting Magazine Yachting Monthly Afloat Magazine Search Magazine Segling Hallberg-Rassy Najad - Yachts of Sweden Arcona Yachts BENETEAU Jeanneau Catalina Yachts SEILmagasinet Bådmagasinet Kongelig Norsk Seilforening Afloat Magazine Sailing club Split Pro Sail Magazine | prosail.fi ClubRacer Zeilen segeln Segeln Náutica y Yates Magazine Cosas De Barcos iNautia Giornale della Vela Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC) Royal Cork Yacht Club Sailing Yacht TV Secret Sailing Sailing Addicts

It has been a busy spring and early summer with a lot of unveilings of some great looking new UK Sailmakers sails! Here are some photos of UK Chicago's Titanium Carbon Liteskin sails on the Grand Soleil 44 EAGLES WINGS and J/V 66 DEFIANCE. Our Titanium racing sail technology has evolved to the next level. Titanium is engineered for sailors who are looking for the lightest racing sails with exceptional shape retention. Titanium is custom designed and engineered using the worl...d's leading design software adapted by our sail designers for superb performance. Durable Liteskin options and yarn blends ensure easy to handling sails that use continuous yarns to eliminate load-bearing seams, which produces unrivalled performance through the wind range. Sailing World SAIL Magazine SAILING Magazine Latitude 38 Magazine 48 North Sailing Magazine Pacific Yachting WindCheck Magazine Seahorse Sailing Magazine Yachting World Yachts and Yachting Magazine Afloat Magazine Search Magazine Segling Royal Cork Yacht Club Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC) RCYC - The Royal Canadian Yacht Club GKSS - Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club Segeln segeln Båtnytt Båtmagasinet Båtliv SEILmagasinet Kongelig Norsk Seilforening KDY - Royal Danish Yacht Club ClubRacer Zeilen Náutica y Yates Magazine Cosas De Barcos iNautia Giornale della Vela American Sailing Association Sailing Yacht TV Secret Sailing Sail Republic Sailing Addicts Fremantle Sailing Club Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia San Diego Yacht Club Southwestern Yacht Club

All UK Sailmakers’ X-Drive sails made for cruising and performance cruising are made with laminates that have one side covered with a lightweight taffeta for extra durability. To save weight, racing sails do not have the full taffeta layer. The loadpath low-stretch fibers are bonded to the mylar side of the laminate. We can add protection to those yarns just in high damage areas to put protection where it is needed. The leech of all sails benefits from having extra taffeta pr...otection because when a sail luffs, the leech is the area most exposed to flogging, abrasion, and potential damage. Sailing Yacht TV Sailing and dreams Sail Republic Sailing Addicts Sailing Secret Sailing sailcasey Sailingstyle Sailing to the max SailingLife.online Sail Universe sailorsnyachts SAILING Magazine Cruising World Magazine 48 North Sailing Magazine San Diego Yacht Club Harbor Island Yacht Club California Yacht Club Oakland Yacht Club Encinal Yacht Club Houston Yacht Club Larchmont Yacht Club American Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Ashbridge's Bay Yacht Club (ABYC) #royalperthyachtclub Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia Fremantle Sailing Club Yachting World Afloat Magazine

CHECKING OUT SANTA'S VIEW Merry Chistmas from the top of Soulmates' mast (75ft or 23m up). I went up this morning to bring down my wind instruments, which I forgot to do after our last sail 26 days ago. Going up the rig when a boat is on land is not recommended and I would not have gone up if the boat was on jack-stands, but Soulmates is well-supported in a custom cradle. Once again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. To borrow a line from the CBS Television news anchor Norah O'Donnell, "Stay positive and test negative." Facebook Yacht Club Sailing World SAILING Magazine Cruising World Magazine American Sailing Association World Sailing US Sailing Offshore Racing Congress Latitude 38 Magazine WindCheck Magazine SpinSheet Magazine Southwinds Magazine Seven Seas Cruising Association SSCA 48 North Sailing Magazine

SEASON"S GREETINGS AND SAILING NEWS FROM UK SAILMAKERS - https://mailchi.mp/uksailmakers/may-newsletter-2147540

Season's Greetings, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Here is hoping the 2021 will be much better for all. Even with all the missed sailing events and sickness in 2020, there were plenty of bright memories, let’s keep thinking about them as we go forward. Everyone at UK Sailmakers hopes that all sailors and their families will stay safe and stay well until the wonders of science and sensible citizenship defeats the Covid 19 plague. #sailing #seasonsgreetings #santasailing ...#spinnakersailing SAIL Magazine Sailing World Seahorse Sailing Magazine Latitude 38 Magazine SpinSheet Magazine WindCheck Magazine Yacht-Recht.de segeln YACHT BLAUWASSER.DE SegelnBlogs palstek GKSS - Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club Båtnytt Praktiskt Båtägande Båtliv maringuiden.se Najad - Yachts of Sweden Arcona Yachts C-Yacht LA-Yacht- & Bootsbau GmbH Yachting World Yachts and Yachting Magazine Seahorse Sailing Magazine SEILmagasinet Bådmagasinet Kongelig Norsk Seilforening Sailing Aarhus Os Seilforening KDY - Royal Danish Yacht Club Sailing club Split Pro Sail Magazine | prosail.fi Purje 48 North Sailing Magazine Afloat Magazine Irish Sailing Irish Offshore Sailing Irish Cruiser Racing Association zeilen_magazine Náutica y Yates Magazine Cosas De Barcos iNautia Giornale della Vela Minbaad World Sailing US Sailing Offshore Racing Congress J/Boats, Newport, RI American Sailing Association RORC Rating Office See more

It's (always) a beautiful day in the neighborhood...if you own a boat. https://www.youtube.com/watch Here's a video of Californian Sailor Chris Williams visiting the "neighborhood" of his boat. On a calm, sunny day, Chris brings us along on his "maintenance and required" voyage as he fusses with that, twiddles with that, replaces the other thing, and generally messes around with his boat. What a great way to spend nine-and-one-half minutes on a wintery day. BTW, Chris wrote the 1981 biography of Ted Turner "Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way." He also wrote for the Washington Post and the TV show "Hill Street Blues." Now he is retired in SoCal, and writes about sailing. Enjoy this and maybe send us a video of you visiting your "neighborhood."

Fantastic boat with fantastic sails! UK