In
an effort to promote safe sailing, UK-Halsey will be running
a number of streaming video clips and instructional text
on safety at sea techniques on our web site. Click on the
below link
to see the first episode that shows the perfect technique
for doing a Quick Stop man overboard recovery while the spinnaker
is flying.
August 24, 2025 FEATURED LOFT OF THE MONTH: UK-HALSEY CALVERT Dave Calvert''s sail loft in Islamorada, Florida, is one of the pre-eminent manufacturers of multihull sails in the world. His sails have set records, won national championships and won the respect of competitors everywhere. Now that his loft is part of the UK-Halsey group with over 50 lofts, sailors get Dave Calvert''s sails with the added benefit of local service. Dave got his more
August 24, 2025 Shipman 63 Pictured above is the Shipman 63 on her maiden sail. The Shipman line of boats is built by Seaway of Bled, Slovenia, which specializes in fast, modern cruising boats. Already the 63 has been compared favorably in speed to an Open 60, yet she is a luxury cruiser. The company�s philosophy is to build light, high-tech, fast cruising boats because lighter boats are easier to handle. more
August 24, 2025 UK-HALSEY SAILS WINS THE AMATEUR CATEGORY IN 2005 TOUR DE FRANCE As a result of UK-Halsey Sailmakers consistent involvement in the Mumm 30 class, six of the 30 teams in the 2005 Tour de France Voile chose UK-Halsey sails. ALPES-MARITIMES-MANDELIEU- THEOULE finished fifth overall. ESPOIR ILE-DE-FRANCE won the Amateur category and finished ninth overall � an outstanding performance by this young crew. - ALFA LAVAL, the English team finished second in more
August 24, 2025 CIRCUMNAVIGATOR�S BOOK REVIEWEDCHASING SUNSETS is a terrific account of one family�s circumnavigation on a Mason 53 outfitted with UK-Halsey sails. The book about a six-year voyage is written by Laurie Pane with running commentary from his wife Carole and son Ryan. With self-deprecating humor that is not over-bearing, Pane writes about his family�s sail around the world along the tradewinds route. This is a story about the peop more
August 24, 2025 Oyster 66 Above is the Oyster 66 MATELOT, which UK-Halsey Hamble made the sails for. The sails are built to our Tape-Drive Blue Water construction standard, which is a spectra base with Kevlar tapes. The sails were delivered two months ago and are impressing a lot of people. The boat�s skipper Angus Fuller said, �The sails look superb. All the guests are well impressed with them -- even skippers of superyac more
August 24, 2025 FAMILY TEAM WINS BENETEAU FIRST 47.7 CLASS AT COWES WEEK MOANA, a Belgian Beneteau First 47.7 owned by Fran�ois Goubau enjoyed a good week of sailing and took 2nd place in IRC 2 at Cowes Week this summer and 1st place in the B�n�teau 47.7 fleet. The closest competitor was KIRRIBILLI, another First 47.7 also suited with a full UK-Halsey inventory. Commenting about the race helmsman Mathieu Goubau said, "I was particularly pleased with more
August 24, 2025 COLT 45 GOES OUT ON TOP Allan Flether�s Santa Cruz 70, COLT 45, won the GL70 class in the 2005 Chicago Mackinac and Bayview Mackinac races. In the Bayview race she was first overall in IRC. COLT 45 carries a 100% UK-Halsey inventory. In the last four Bayview races COLT 45 has finished 2,1,2,1. Her main is a 2003 carbon sail and it still looks beautiful. The jib top (PICTURED), which is very fast, is a 2004 kevlar/ca more
August 24, 2025 CRAZY HORSE SPOILS COLT 45�S TRIPLE CROWN BY WINNNG TRANS SUPERIOR RACE Bud Siudara�s Frers 50 CRAZY HORSE scored two huge victories this year, and in the process kept the Santa Cruz 70 COLT 45 from winning the third jewel in the Great Lakes� triple crown of yacht racing.
Siudara and his son Andy are the fourth owners of the Frers-designed 50-footer CRAZY HORSE
For the last 10 years, the 390-mile Trans Superior Race has been won by two more
August 24, 2025 TRANSPAC STORIES: UK-HALSEY CUSTOMERS WIN TWO CLASSES CORUBA FINISHES THIRD OVERALL AND WINS THE SLED CLASS CORUBA racing in the Seattle Grand Prix
Rob and Suzanne Fleming�s 1988 Nelson/Marek 68 CORUBA won the Sled Class in the 2005 Transpac and finished third overall in fleet -- a terrific showing in their first major ocean race. Doug Christie of UK-Halsey Seattle worked very closely with the Flemings to the se more
August 24, 2025 Sou�wester 34 Wanting a woody, racing sailor Dick Felter spent two years restoring a classic 34-footer that he sails on Lake Carlye in southern Illinois. Instead of touring around the lake on a classic Chris Craft, Felter chose to bring back a 1949 Hinckley Sou�wester 34. Dick is ecstatic about the look, craftsmanship and performance of the sails. �The boat is a real joy to sail, and the new sails make a huge d more
In
an effort to promote safe sailing, UK-Halsey will be running
a number of streaming video clips and instructional text
on safety at sea techniques on our web site. Click on the
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