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| The owner of the X302 DUX uses a photographer to check his bottom before paying the diver! |
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| Introducing FST: UK-Halsey’s Next Generation String Sails |
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When performance is the priority, choose FST because they are FAST! |
FST Sails are the next generation of high performance membrane sails being produced by UK-Halsey. Previously we made string sails called UK-Ultra; however, the new product is so improved that we’ve named the result FST for “Fiber Sail Technology.” FST accurately describes the product and builds on the five years experience of producing the UK-Ultra membrane sails.
Membrane sails offer the best performance advantage due to their exceptionally low weight, high strength, and consistent, uniform shape. FST Sails are constructed of carbon and aramid fibers (either separately or together depending on specification and end use) laid down between Mylar film and laminated together to produce a homogeneous membrane that is light, durable and highly functional.
FST Sails are positioned at the top end of the Grand Prix and Racer/Cruiser markets. FST sails provide the best overall performance for your dollar. From a technical perspective there are many advantages to using an FST sail.
Design & Manufacture Technical Features
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FST sails are produced using fully computerized CAD design and automated manufacturing. |
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FST sails have very low – miniscule - crimp and no low-load elongation. Crimp is essentially the flex or expansion when the sail fills. Against other leading competitors, FST sails showed significantly less crimp. |
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FST sails have full reproducibility and adherence to mold design. They are consistently reproducible; if you order one and then replace it from the same design the sail will be exactly the same shape. |
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FST sails have three-dimensional shape fully built into them. Our design process and software produces the optimal 3-D shape for your sail. |
Quality Assurance and Quality Control Features
FST ensures the highest quality standards to ensure that the sails perform to the highest level.
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Each FST material supplier is validated to ensure material set components are supplied to specification. |
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All FST materials and finished sails are functionally tested. |
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FST uses Relax 2 sail simulation software for structural yarn analysis to ensure optimum production of sails. |
Whether you are looking to win your club championship or the Americas’ Cup, FST sails will give you that performance advantage you have been looking for. Treat yourself to an unfair advantage! Ask your local UK-Halsey loft about the FST Sail that is right for you.
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| HAVE YOU EVER SET A STORM TRYSAIL? WATCH OUR HOW TO VIDEO |
 Any boat that goes offshore needs to carry storm sails, but more importantly, the crew needs to have practiced using them ahead of time. With the wind howling, you don’t want to be looking at the storm trysail for the very first time. You want to know that the tack line was pre-marked and you need to know that there is at least one sheet permanently attached to the clew. The same with the storm jib, you want to know that sheets are attached and you know where the leads go.
Our latest Safety at Sea video shows you how to use storm sails and encourages you to go out and sail with them in moderate conditions so that you’ll be ready for the blow that will cross your course one day. This is the fifth Safety at Sea Video posted on the UK-Halsey web site – all can be viewed for free. The first three videos are about the Quick Stop Man Overboard Recovery and the fourth video shows the correct way to deploy and right a life raft. Our next video will cover how to service an inflatable PDF. Click here to be safe.
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| RULES CD UPDATE POSTED |
 Last month UK-Halsey posted our latest online Rules Quiz, which poses three different questions about gaining overlaps. This quiz is the 22nd in our series. For those who have purchased 2005-2008 Rules Quiz CD, you can now update your disk to get the latest quizzes.
To update your CD click here.
There are separate updates for Macintosh and PC computers. Make sure you choose the right one.
If you are an update behind, you must install the updates in order. So if you have a PC and you don’t have Quiz 21 on your disk, install update 3.4.1 first and then install Update 3.4.2.
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| 2007 J/24 Worlds: UK-Halsey Battling Back Into the Class |
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| Yon Belausteguigoitia's Metiche was the top Mexican finisher. |
By Luis Gianotti, UK-Halsey San Diego’s J/24 Sail Designer and Coach
NUEVO VALLARTA, MEXICO – March 4-9: Seventy boats from around the world traveled to Banderas Bay for a perfect 10-race regatta. Winds blew 8-20 knots during the regatta giving the fleet plenty of different conditions to test their mettle. UK-Halsey had 10 boats with complete inventories in the regatta – 9 on Mexican boats and one on an Italian entry.
Our best result was METICHE, sailed by Yon Belausteguigoitia, which ended up 13th overall and was the top Mexican finisher. Three points behind was the 2007 Mexican J/24 National champion Kenneth Porter.
UK-Halsey boats were able to have several top ten finishes.
Yon had scores of 7,8,8 and 9th, Julian Fernandez (29th
overall) got a third.
Our sails had the speed to contest with all the best teams, which reflects all the hard work and testing that started in June 2004. We are on our fifth generation of the sails.
Starting well was critical in the big fleet where there were a lot of black flags and penalties. The racing was very close, especially on the windy days when the boats took 17 minutes to sail the 1.2-mile beats and only 12 minutes to sail the runs. In the second half of the fleet there were a lot of interesting maneuvers at the corners with some spectacular collisions and yelling.
The Regatta was hosted by the Paradise Village Marina a resort in Nuevo Vallarta — a superb spot with all the facilities. The parties were intense and the ambiance of the event was second to none. Adding to the warm climate and perfect wind conditions of Bahia Banderas, this championship will be difficult to forget. With the memories fresh, we are starting to prepare for 2008 Worlds to be sailed in Porto Rotondo, Italy. See you guys next year.
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| FRANK PONG’S JELIK SQUEAKS OUT A VICTORY AT THE PRESIDENT’S CUP |
By Claire Morgan
Sailing in ideal conditions off the Philippines resort island of Boracay, Frank Pong’s 75-foot JELIK won the President’s Cup. The series was close until the end of the five-race series; JELIK had to fight off a handful of well-sailed smaller boats to protect her first-to-finish results.
JELIK gave notice to the fleet in the first race by winning by over six minutes on corrected time. The 30-mile, mostly reaching, race allowed the big boat to stretch her legs. After the three windward-leeward courses in 20 knots of wind on the second day, JELIK hung in and was in a tie for first after two days of racing. She shared the top spot with the Sydney 46 CENTENNIAL.
Day Three brought another distance race that was a figure-eight rounding Carabao and Boracay islands in 20 knots of wind. The boats faced tough conditions in the passage between the two islands as they fought the tidal chop – but the big boys took this all in stride and pounded through. JELIK favoring the long races managed to streak out ahead and once again took victory by an impressive margin.
The final day loomed and everything was still in play. The top spot was being battled for by CENTENNIAL and JELIK, with JELIK needing just one win to ensure victory. The final races were two windward-leewards. Race 5 was set and unfortunately it didn’t look good for JELIK. The race had short legs and JELIK was unable to stretch her legs and get into full swing – eventually placing fourth. Ray Robert’s DK46 QUANTUM RACING had a superb race and won followed by Neil Pryde’s HI-FI and CENTENNIAL. With the results still not giving a clear winner of the regatta, the final race was to be the decider. The course was re-set longer, which ultimately allowed JELIK to get up to full speed and pull out a victory to secure the President’s Cup Regatta. And what a regatta it was, perfect wind, idyllic conditions and hard fought racing – who could ask for more?
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| UK-Halsey Hammering J/80 Fleets Across the Country |
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HAMMERTIME’s chute projects well allowing great speed
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The 2007 J/80 Southern Circuit kicked off March 17 - 18 at the Houston Yacht Club.
Ten boats sailed seven races. Steve Hammerman’s HAMMERTIME won the regatta after beating Bruno Pasquinelli’s TIAMO in the last race. The following are Dr. Hammerman’s comments on winning the regatta.
This was HAMMERTIME's first real event since the Worlds in Corpus Christi last July. I was rusty on the helm but was fortunate enough to have two of my crew from the Worlds-- Pedro Gianotti and Alex Crowell. Casey Lambert was out of town sailing a J/22 circuit regatta; however, Lakewood Yacht Club junior sailor Alex Scanlon filled in without missing a beat.
Having not competed in eight months, my concentration was not where it should have been and we had some “not-so-stellar starts”. We found out quickly, though, that we had what it takes to be competitive. When I put us behind (and sometimes really behind) coming off the starting line, we were able to climb into the top four by the first leeward mark. Even in the first race when we chose the left (spelled w-r-o-n-g) side up the first beat and were nearly DFL at the first mark we were able to dig back to take third place. We won the races in which we started well.
Early on it was apparent that we had two very big things going in our favor. Simply put, we were HIGHER and FASTER. Downwind we were at least as fast and as low as the competition. This was a repeat of what we observed when sailing against the likes of Glenn Darden, John Kolius, and Jay Lutz at the 2006 Worlds. Upwind we were able to climb away from the competition or to press and go bow-forward as the situation dictated. Downwind, in a clear lane, we could make big gains.
In the end it's all about performance. My thanks to the HAMMERTIME crew for a stellar performance. During this circuit regatta I didn't pay attention to crew maneuvers, and when I don't have to, which is a sign that they were on their game. Midway through Saturday's racing we discussed strategy and decided that we didn't need to try to be tactical heroes. We realized that all we had to do was stay close to our competition; we knew that we could beat them head-to-head. Pedro Gianotti and our UK-Halsey sails gave us the confidence to take on the best and win.
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| Rusty Nelson holding more than a drink at the San Diego NOOD regatta awards ceremony.
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Editor’s Note. On the same weekend, Rusty Nelson won the J/80 class at the San Diego NOOD regatta. This was his first big win, and it happened after switching to UK-Halsey Sailmakers. Rusty didn’t just win, he dominated with four firsts and a fourth. Another J/80 win for UK-Halsey happened in mid February at the St. Petersburg NOOD where John Storck won sailing RUMOR. That victory followed up RUMOR's second at Key West in January.
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| UK-Halsey Dominates Geographe Bay Race Week |
 The C&C 115 "Crews Control" not only won the IRC division at Geographe Bay Race Week, but was also crowned Western Australia IRC Champion. The other good news was that in 2nd place in IRC at Geographe Bay RW went to the Beneteau 34.7 "Minds Eye".
In fact UK-Halsey customers were the dominate sailors at the regatta. Sailors using our sails finished:
1st Premier Cruising Aida Richard McFarlane
3rd Premier Cruising Tosca Maryn Bosma
5th Premier Cruising Jaqui Mac Dennis Neil
1st Jib and Main (JAM) Vaninna Brendon Hubble
1st Trailor/ Keelboats Oliver Twist Ken Waller
1st IRC Racing Crews Control Graham Bishop
2nd IRC Racing Minds Eye Brad Skeggs
3rd YAH Racing Mr Bojangles Lyn Powell
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ATTENTION RACE COMMITTEES
ANNOUNCING THE UK-HALSEY RACE COMMITTEE FLAGBAG |
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UK-Halsey Sailmakers now offer a set of code flags made especially for Race Committees. These flags are large enough to be easily seen, light enough to fly in light air, and durable enough to stand up to Race Committee use. They are sewn flags not printed.
This special flag bag includes the following:
Numeral pennants 0 thru 9 (18” x 48” )
Code Flags A, C, H, I, L, M, N, P, S, X, Y, Z (24” x36”)
Flag AP and First Substitute
Blue Flag and Black Flag
26 flags in all delivered in a tough, compact flag holder (with extra pouches for extra flags) for just $400.00. Extra flags or pennants are available at $15 each. Please allow four weeks for delivery.
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J-109
There have been more than 335 of these racer/cruisers built so far with roughly a 50/50 distribution between the European and North American markets.
J/109 Specifications |
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35.25 ft |
100% Sail Area: |
644 sqft |
LWL: |
30.50 ft |
I: |
46.50 ft |
Beam: |
11.50 ft |
ISP: |
49.00 ft |
Deep Draft: |
7.00 ft |
J: |
13.30 ft |
Shoal Draft: |
5.50 ft |
P: |
43.25 ft |
Lead Ballast: |
3,900 lbs |
E: |
15.50 ft |
Displacement: |
10,900 lbs |
SPL or Sprit: |
5.50 ft |
Fuel Capacity: |
25 gal |
Engine: |
27 hp |
Water Capacity: |
75 gal |
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The J-109 has a fast growing, very active one-design class. The largest fleet (60 boats) is found in the UK followed closely by the northeastern US with 55 boats.
The 109 is comfortable, fast and stable. It has a roomy cockpit which is comfortable for cruising and well laid out for racing.
For more information, go to www.jboats.com. |
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