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.
July 8, 2025 5 UK-Halsey Free Screen Savers Posted UK-Halsey has just re-posted all five screen savers, which are perfect for sharing the sport you love with other sailors as well as with non-sailors - to say nothing about giving you a few moments on the water during your work day. Now you can reload your favorite group of pictures if yours timed out. If you have never used one of the UK-Halsey screen savers, go to our web site and choose one. Eac more
June 20, 2025 FRENCH CONNECTION FRENCH CONNECTION racing in the 2005 Bol d''Or on lake Geneva. The boat is 45 feet long and carries a crew of 12. Shown here are 10 guys hanging out on trapezes. There were 557 boats entered in this year�s Bol d�Or; FRENCH CONNECTION with an inventory of Tape-Drive finished 18th overall (multi and monohulls) and was the 1st French boat at the finishing line amongst a vast Swiss fleet. more
June 20, 2025 J/44 HONAHLEE WINS HER CLASS IN ANNAPOLIS-NEWPORT RACE HONAHLEE, a J/44 owned by H.L. Devore of Larchmont Yacht Club, won her class and was second in the IRC fleet in the 450-mile Annapolis to Newport Race. "HL" as he is known around Larchmont Yacht Club, was both navigator and skipper while his father-in-law, Past Commodore Howie McMichael, acted as helmsman and cook. Commenting about the race H.L. said, �I was particularly pleased with my new Tape-D more
June 20, 2025 Mexican J/24 Nationals won by UK-Halsey CustomerSails designed and built by UK-Halsey powered the first-place winner in the Mexican J/24 Nationals. Fifteen very competitive boats came to Acapulco for the three-day seven-race shoot out. The winds were light to medium -- 4 to 10 knots. Crews delt with an ocean swell and very hot, tropical weather, that is typical.
Yokin Belausteguigoitia sailed GOOD VIBE to the podium, finishing with 17 p more
June 20, 2025 21 YEAR RELATIONSHIP KEEPS BOOTS IN THE RUNNINGGeorge Shaw�s Cavalier 37, BOOTS has been cleaning up in southeast Australia for the last 21 years. Over the last two decades, she has logged over 160,000 nautical miles. BOOTS sails in club races on Port Phillip Bay three days a week, competes in all the ocean races as well as being cruised socially and has been available to take disadvantaged community members for sailing experiences.
June 20, 2025 J/120 East Coast ChampionshipStamford, Connecticut, USA � Bob Monro and his crew on BYE BYE BLUES won the J/120 East Coast Championship following up their win at the J/120 North Americans last year. On the light-air first day, Monro had three thirds in the eight-boat fleet. But when the wind picked up to 8-12 for the final day, BYE BYE BLUES with her UK inventory dominated the fleet and took both races. Even though the fleet more
June 20, 2025 LAST CHANCE FOR UK HATS UK Sailmaker�s baseball caps have set the standard on how a cap for sailing should be made. These well shaped hats fit your head well, have a bill that is not too long or too short and comes with a built in clip on retainer to keep your hat from blowing away. They are made of comfortable cotton and this new batch is designed not to fade as quickly. The hats cost $10 and are available at the UK-Hal more
May 16, 2025 UK Sailmakers and Halsey-Lidgard Sailmakers jointly announce the formation of UK-Halsey Sailmakers The merger of two of the premiere sail brands has formed one of, if not the, most comprehensive sailmaking organization in the world. UK Sailmakers and Halsey-Lidgard Sailmakers jointly announce the formation of UK-Halsey Sailmakers, an organization with 51 lofts and service centers in 20 countries and an extraordinarily versatile and experienced staff. Although this ranks UK Halsey as one of the more
May 10, 2025 LEGACY CREW WINS DIVISION AT ANTIGUA SAILING WEEK In memory of Doug Myers, a mainstay of Caribbean racing, a bunch of his former crew members got together to race the Henderson 35 ENZYME in Racing Class 4 at Antigua Sailing Week 2005. Myers was a fixture at Sailing Week, having participated in more ASWs than anyone else � most of them in his Soverel 43 LEGACY.
Schooled by Myers, who passed away last year, ENZYME carried the #1 flag on her more
May 10, 2025 SUPER YACHTS AND MAXIS GO FOR TRANSATLANTIC RECORD Twenty-one Super Yachts will be racing from New York Harbor across the Atlantic in hope of breaking the schooner ATLANTIC''s 1905 record of 12 days, four hours and one minute. Many boats have sailed this course faster than ATLANTIC, but no boat has broken the record as part of a race; all the modern transatlantic records were set by boats that chose their starting times based on favorable weather 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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