Hmmm…. Ah….Yes…But surely, there’s years of life left in that yet? At this time of year we occasionally have to have that difficult conversation with a customer who has brought their sails in for a winter overhaul. After another enjoyable season they look slightly dumbfounded when we look at the sails and suck air through […]
My boat doesn’t “go” in light airs
It’s a comment I hear quite often and while most competitive sailing events will not start a race under a certain wind strength, during club racing or long offshore races, boats are quite often sailing in less than five knots of true wind. Leaving some owners wondering how to get their boats around a race […]
Moatt sail win at International Canoe Nationals
Congratulations to Alistair Warren on winning the 2019 International Canoe UK national championships. The weather during the event was certainly a mixed bag but Saturday gave Champagne sailing conditions. Alistair was sailing his own design, “Dragonfly” powered by Moatt Sails. Meanwhile another Moatt sails customer, Chris Hampe (pictured below), sailed to victory in the week […]
Membrane sails – The future of sailmaking?
Moatt sails recently gained the ability to offer membrane sails to our racing customers, particularly those who are looking to get the strength to weight advantages that these sails offer. I was asked to look at a boat owners sail inventory and recommend a sail that would improve his boats light airs performance without impacting […]
Power house of a mainsail helps propel Peirs Strong and Phil Angrave
Having decided over last winter that it was time to put our trust in a new sailmaker, and following a really interesting chat with Adam, Richard and I started talking over things in more detail with a view to putting a full set of Moatt sails on our Mk IV Osprey in time for the […]
What a ride! – by 9 times National champion John Mursell
Pulling up a brand new suit of sails on Day One of a National Championships is normally a fairly anxious moment, but I was ‘reasonably’ relaxed in this instance bearing in mind the design was largely based on the championship winning sails Rick and Adam produced for me back in the glory days before both took a sabbatical from sail making. Hey, a suit of sails is […]
Bart’s Bash – Great Results…
Congratulations to Sam Barker and Cara Jones for finishing second in the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy leg of the 2017 Bart’s Bash using a full suit of Moatt Scorpion Sails. Posted by Debbie Wood on Saturday, 16 September 2017
Newsletter Autumn 2017
Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter. Autumn is upon us and Southampton Boat Show starts this week indicating that another sailing season is drawing to a close. If you are visiting the show with a view to getting quotes for new sails, please bear in mind that we would be very happy to quote […]
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