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Solo Sails Kite still going strong

by Andrew Wood | 24/07/2017 | Cruising News, Loft News, Racing News | 0 Comments

Fantastic photo from local photographer Robin Chiffers of a three year old Solo Sails Spinnaker still looking good during the annual Penzance sailing club regatta in Mounts Bay.

Ian Boston – Pogo 1250 – Full Set of Racing Sails

by Andrew Wood | 04/06/2017 | Customer Testimonials, Loft News, Racing News | 0 Comments

Dear Andrew, "All the sails fit perfectly, and the shape of the main now looks fantastic. I've shared some photos in [1], the modified sails start after the shot of the unmodified main head with the tape measure. The main now really responds to halyard tension with...

Lizzy Foreman interview – No-Frills-Sailing.com

by Andrew Wood | 07/12/2015 | Loft News, Racing News | 0 Comments

An interview by Lars Reisberg with Lizzy Foreman from http://no-frills-sailing.com/ Lars Reisberg : Lizzy, first of all, my congratulations for the completion of this year´s MiniTransat! Some 2.500 to 2.800 miles of solo-sailing all across the Atlantic Ocean – what is...

Sail Design Software Downloads Page

by Andrew Wood | 04/12/2014 | Cruising News, Loft News, Racing News | 0 Comments

We have just made a page with some free software available for download. The page includes a free analysis program from the Sail Design software leaders BSG Sailpack. SailPack vision allows you to analyse your sails flying shape from photographs taken whilst sailing....

Toby Isles’ Mini Transat Qualifier Video

by Andrew Wood | 10/11/2014 | Customer Testimonials, Loft News, Racing News | 0 Comments

Toby Isles has just released this fantastic video of his single handed Mini Transat qualifying passage that he completed earlier this year on his RG650 'Mintaka'. Every Mini Transat competitor has to complete a 1000 mile, non-stop single-handed route in order to prove...

Lizzy Foreman makes her new sails

by Andrew Wood | 20/10/2014 | Loft News, Racing News | 0 Comments

This week at the loft, we're lucky enough to have the pleasure of a visit from Lizzy, she is down to help design and build her next batch of sails for her single-handed Mini Transat campaign. So far, we have designed and cut a radial mainsail to be constructed out of...

Lizzy Foreman’s ‘Log Blog’ – Les Sables – Les Acores

by Andrew Wood | 22/08/2014 | Racing News | 0 Comments

Alone in the Atlantic: 2,540 nautical miles of solo racing complete Taken from Lizzy's Blog http://www.lizzyracing.com/blog/alone-in-the-atlantic-2540-nautical-miles-of-solo-racing-complete Racing my little 21 foot boat, 'Hudson Wight' (633) someway across the...

Lizzy Foreman completes Leg 1 Les Sables – Les Acores

by Andrew Wood | 01/08/2014 | Racing News | 3 Comments

Big congratulations to Lizzy for completing the first leg of the single-handed mini Transat race from Les Sables to the Azores! This mammoth race is the best qualifying race for the Mini sailors who want to compete in the Mini Transat race as it prepares the skippers...

Amazing Aerial Video Footage of Lizzy and Nikki’s Mini’s under sail

by Andrew Wood | 20/05/2014 | Loft News, Racing News | 0 Comments

Mini 6.50 from LPB Aerial Imagery on Vimeo. A group of Mini 6.50 race from Hamble to La Trinite. Nikki Curwen and Lizzy Foreman sail solo. This is fantastic aerial video footage of Lizzy and Nikki sailing single-handed in the 2014 Solent 650 race.

Lizzy Foreman Sets off on her 1000 mile non-stop Solo Qualifier …

by Andrew Wood | 13/05/2014 | Racing News | 2 Comments

'Bon Voyage' to Lizzy Foreman who has just set off on her thousand mile, single-handed qualifying passage for the 2015 Mini Transat. For safety reasons, every mini sailor who wants to enter the main Mini Transat Event (a single-handed race across the Atlantic), must...

Great first race results for Toby on his Solo Sails powered RG650

by Andrew Wood | 06/05/2014 | Racing News | 0 Comments

Big congratulations to Toby Isles on finishing 2nd in his first race of the season aboard his new fully Solo Sails powered RG650 Mini Transat!! The 2014 'Solent 650' was a small fleet with three British entrants, one German and one French and was a great race to watch...

Lizzy Foreman’s Solo Sails are now branded and looking great!

by Andrew Wood | 05/05/2014 | Loft News, Racing News | 0 Comments

Lizzy Foreman's new Mini Transat campaign just upped a gear last week as she officially launched her Mini campaign on the Isle of Wight with fully branded Solo Sails and hull by Grapefruit Graphics under the name of Hudson Wight, her tittle Sponsor. After the official...

Solo Sails Sponsor Lizzy Foreman’s Mini Transat Campaign

by Andrew Wood | 21/04/2014 | Loft News, Racing News | 0 Comments

We're very proud to be helping young British solo sailor Lizzy Foreman power her solo racing project by providing sails during her two year Mini Transat campaign. In partnership with Dimension Polyant who will be supplying the highest quality performance sailcloth,...

Top Down Spinnaker Furlers

by Andrew Wood | 26/02/2014 | Cruising News, Loft News, Racing News | 0 Comments

We are now supplying the full range of Karver KSF Top Down Spinnaker furlers which make the deployment and retrieval of spinnakers, code zeros and cruising chutes pretty much child's play. Unlike traditional code sail furling, the spinnaker furler starts from the top...

Twisted Flow CFD simulator software

by Andrew Wood | 11/02/2014 | Loft News, Racing News | 0 Comments

We are very excited to announce the latest development of our In-House CFD R&D program in collaboration with ODS Engineering http://www.ods-engineering.com/ enabling us to recreate fully modifiable 'Twisted Flow' studies in our CFD analysis software. Wind tunnels...

Mr Harding : Sigma 38 : Hydranet Radial Mainsail

by Andrew Wood | 23/09/2013 | Customer Testimonials, Racing News | 0 Comments

Andrew a pic of our very nice mainsail... "Sailed to Poole and back with the new main , I really like it , and I find it incredible that you can make such a nice looking sail having not made any other sigma [38] sails before..." Hydranet Radial durable Race Mainsail...

Geoff Duniam : Mini Transat : Pentex Solent

by Andrew Wood | 26/06/2013 | Customer Testimonials, Racing News | 0 Comments

Hey Woody, I really liked the sail - great shape, good power, very forgiving (important when you're dog tired, as we know!) and I thought very durable.

R & J Barton : Furling Genoa : Hunter Horizon 30

by Andrew Wood | 29/04/2013 | Customer Testimonials, Racing News | 0 Comments

'Morning Andrew, Just to say our first race with Katisha went very well. With winds up to 18kts she was slightly overpowered at times but nothing we couldn't handle, (we didn't reef). The overall performance was much improved than with the self tacker We did win the...

Mini Transat 659 Leads UK Mini Fastnet start

by Andrew Wood | 17/02/2013 | Racing News | 0 Comments

Mini Transat AUS 659 Leading the start of the 2012 UK Mini Fastnet fleet with a Solo Sails headsail. Geoff on Mini 659 (second Mini Transat off the start line) during the start of the 2012 UK Mini Fastnet from Plymouth, sporting his new Solo Sails double reefed Solent...

M Russchen : VQ 32 : Durable Performance Reefing #2

by Andrew Wood | 30/01/2013 | Customer Testimonials, Racing News | 0 Comments

Hey Woody !! Hope you and your family are well ! The jib is great, absolutely. Pointing very high and good speeds, so I am a happy customer. Maarten

Steve : Racing Storm Jib

by Andrew Wood | 22/11/2012 | Cruising News, Customer Testimonials, Racing News | 0 Comments

Hi Andrew, spitfire jib brilliant and plenty big enough, she was able to do five knots on a close reach. sorry pictures not better. Steve Taken off Falmouth on a test sail in 40 Knots plus.

Paul W: Hunter Delta : Radial cut performance Laminate Jib with internal Taffeta

by Andrew Wood | 02/05/2012 | Customer Testimonials, Racing News | 0 Comments

Andrew So your mind is at rest sail fits A okay. Will need to put a small protection patch on each side to stop chaffing on cross-trees and the tell tales I will change. Might also look at a small protection patch where it goes over top of forward stanchion, have...

Susanne Beyer : Mini Transat : Large kite

by Andrew Wood | 16/02/2012 | Customer Testimonials, Racing News | 0 Comments

Dear Andrew, I have now realized with immense sorrow that my mail of answer was never sent! I am so sorry.... I am not very "technological" and with the iphone .... excuse-me!! My Transat has been some an adventure in the adventure, since on October 23, passed Cabo...

AZAB Record slashed – powered by Solo Sails

by Andrew Wood | 25/07/2011 | Racing News | 0 Comments

Sam beats AZAB 'solo' record by over 50 hrs! Congratulations to Sam White sailing solo aboard 'Comedy of Errors' in the 2011 AZAB race who just slashed the long standing current solo record by over 50 hours on his return leg from San Miguel. Speaking to us in Falmouth...

Blade Runner – Lifelong Ambition – AZAB race

by Andrew Wood | 19/07/2011 | Racing News | 0 Comments

Steve Watson and Allen Spencer Smith have arrived safely in Falmouth aboard 'Blade Runner' which is Steve's Dehler 37, having finally completed their long term mission of entering the 2011 AZAB race (AZores And Back). Steve and Allen have been meaning to enter the...