To better serve sailors in the Pacific Northwest, UK-Halsey Sailmakers in Sydney, B.C., and the Lidgard lofts in Seattle and Anacortes, have formed one company. This is great news for all sailors in the Seattle area who dealt long distance with the UK-Halsey loft on Vancouver Island. Now, with local service and support, UK-Halsey�s business in the Northwest will flourish.
In Seattle, the new team of sailmakers are:
Karl Funk, loft manager of the Seattle loft
Doug Christie, sail consultant and Sail Design Coordinator for the whole UK-Halsey group
Gary Stuntz, Sail Consultant
Matt Loft, service manager.
In Anacortes, the team is:
Gray Hawken staying on as a Sail Consultant and Margot as the Loft Manager (as she has been for the last 14 years). Congrtats to Gray for being top performing Sails Consultant of all three Northwest lofts in the month of December.
The loft in Sidney, B.C., will focus on building its Canadian client base by redirecting efforts into supporting our many Canadian Dealers and service lofts. Loft Owner and General Manager Tim Knight said, �I�m extremely pleased that Karl, Doug, Gray and Margot are going to be working with our team. I�ve held these great people in high esteem for a long time because they are sailmakers who share the same values in customer service and are dedicated to building the best sails they can.
�It is with great pleasure that I embark on this new phase of sailmaking in the UK-Halsey group. I want to personally thank all the people in the group who helped this combination happen and especially to Gray Hawken whose patience and understanding went a long way to making this come together.�
Watch our website and the UK-Halsey newsletter for more news form this great group of sailmakers.
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