UK-Halsey Newsletter
UK-Halsey International
September,2006

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The Beneteau 31.7 THIRTY SOMETHING in the middle of a jibe broach during the 2006 Scottish Series. Once she shook off and got straightened out, she came back to finish fourth in the race and first in her division. John Hall and Sue McDonnell's THIRTY SOMETHING was the star of the show this year in Ireland where she won the Irish Beneteau 31.7 Championship and many other events. In fact she knocked off the previous year’s winner, the Cassidy Brother’s TIGGER, which also races with UK-Halsey sails.
PHOTO CONTEST

Knowing that everyone enjoys spending time on the water and that to help remember those good times sailors bring their cameras, UK-Halsey is sponsoring a photo contest. Send us your best sailing shots showing UK-Halsey sails and we will display the winning images in a gallery on the web site. If we display your picture, we will send you a free UK-Halsey baseball cap. And if we use you shot in a upcoming screen saver, the bounty raises to four-hats. So send in your images. The inspiration behind this contest is the wonderful photo above taken by Fred Mirbach during the 2004 Port Huron-Mackinac Race. E-mail images to: photocontest@ukhalsey.com
JACOBITE WINS AT SWAN WORLD CUP
     Congratulations to Stephen & Benedict James who sailed their Swan 48 to victory in the Classic Division of the 2006 Swan World Cup in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. The 1973-built sloop topped a 45-boat class of Swan designs that are no longer in production. The Classic Division sailed point-to-point races only instead of windward/leewards.
     John Brinkers of UK-Halsey Hamble wrote, “We used all of the group’s technologies. We have an Ultra main, a Millenium No.1 (very fast sail), Tape-Drive No.2 and No.3, and a Titanium jib top reaching genoa, which we used in 25 to 30 knots to great effect. Our scoreline was 1,1,2,4,3 which gave us a comfortable margin over the second and third place finishers.”
     JACOBITE is no stranger to the winner’s circle, the 33-year-old boat has won many major events including winning her 40-plus boat divisions at the IRC Nationals, Cowes Week and the Swan Europeans.

Seawind Cruising Catamaran called show stopper

     The Australian built 38-foot Seawind 1160 catamaran got the perfect start to the East Coast Tour of the USA last weekend by winning the 'Best Sailboat' at the 36th Annual Newport International Boat Show in Newport, R.I.
     As part of the Newport for New Products program, the Seawind 1160 was awarded the best Sailboat of the Newport Boat Show on the grounds that it had made 'the most significant contribution to the experience of recreational boating' which this year had been interpreted largely on innovation and a product that 'brings something that is both new and exciting to the boating market place'.
     A media statement from the Newport International Boat Show stated, “The Seawind 1160 was noted by the judges as a catamaran with unprecedented natural interior light and space with a unique layout that offers a deck saloon opening wide into the cockpit yet can be separated – without the loss of light and visibility – through the use of a drop-down, tri-fold door. Even the sleeping accommodations below deck offer incredible outside visibility with large windows all around.”
     The Seawind 1160 also won the Australian Sailboat of the Year in 2005. You can get more information on this award winning catamaran at: www.seawindcats.com
     UK-Halsey Sailmakers in Sydney, Australia, has been making sails for the Seawind 1000 for over five years. “When Seawind released the 1160, we built the first three sets of sails out of cruise laminate, one of which has now sailed many ocean miles around the Pacific Islands,” said UK-Halsey’s John Penfold. “We have upgraded many Seawind 1000's to cruise laminate for the better longevity and the ability to hold up larger roaches giving the boats much more power.”
     “Another sail we have been building for Seawind is a Code Zero that can be used going to weather as well as reaching. This sail out-performs the standard size jib while sailing at the same height in up to 14 knots of wind. It will reach in much stronger conditions and can even be used running,” continued Penfold. If you have any questions on the Seawind cat please let e-mail John Penfold at sydney@ukhalsey.com
FARR 45 NATIONALS: UK-HALSEY ON TOP IN THE UK
We are pleased to announce that EXABYTE 4 won the Farr 45 Nationals sailed in Dartmouth, England against hot competition. EXABYTE 4 has a full set of all Carbon Millenium sails. The ‘new’ Farr 45 is the ‘old’ Corel 45, of which about 20 were built from about 1996 onwards. There are 10 of these exciting one-designs actively racing on the Solent, and UK-Halsey makes sails for three of them. There are two more Farr 45’s coming to England, making it a fleet of 12 boats, giving excellent racing. Winning in a grand prix class like this is quite an achievement that is happening more and more with our customers. Two weeks ago the Melges 24 Worlds were won by UK-Halsey sails.
TEXAS NOOD REGATTA WON BY J/24 RED STRIPE
Doug Weakly's RED STRIPE won the boat of the Texas NOOD by posting eight straight first-place finishes in the eight-boat J/24 division. As a result, he and his crew will be heading to the British Virgin Islands in November to race against the overall winners of the other eight Lands' End NOOD regattas.
     "I have nothing but good things to say about our sails," said Weakly. “We could shape them for all wind conditions, including 30 knots. The small jib matched the shape of the main well. As a result, boatspeed was never any issue. The conditions were challenging and my crew sailed very well." Weakly's team included Tom Kane in the middle position, David Herschap trimming, Corey Harding on the bow, and Becca Holley, working the middle of the boat.
     "We were conservative downwind in the breeze by trimming the kite with the pole forward to reduce the boat’s tendency to rock and roll," said Weakly. "It seemed like we were the only ones doing this. We're from Corpus Christi, so we’re used to sailing in big breeze and chop. We never wiped out."
     Weakly sailed hard and smart. In several races he port tacked the fleet to take advantage of the skewed starting line. Each time he got a big jump on the fleet. Team RED STRIPE is tied for second in the Texas J/24 Circuit with two more regattas to go, but they will miss the last event since they’ll be in the BVI testing themselves against the other NOOD overall winners in Tortola.

For J/24 sail pricing and a tuning guide from UK-Halsey Sailmakers, click here.
Just a reminder that there are four safety at sea videos posted on the UK-Halsey web site now. Watch them to learn how handle a life raft as well as recover a man overboard. Click here to see the videos.