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Start with the job

Buy the sail your boat actually needs.

Choose a sail type, then adjust the specification for the boat, crew and sailing program. These guides translate buying terms into the decisions that belong in a written quote.

Interactive sail tools

Find the next sail worth buying.

Use your boat, sailing goal and current inventory to narrow the decision before asking lofts for prices.

Sail finder

Get a practical starting recommendation for the improvement you want most.

Inventory gap checker

Tick the sails you already have in serviceable condition.

Shop by sail type

What are you buying?

Each guide covers the role, dimensions, cloth, construction, hardware, handling and quote details that change the result.

Cruising yacht sailing with a white roller-furling genoaHEADSAIL

Buy a genoa

Choose overlap, clew height, furling shape and UV protection for cruising yachts, racers, catamarans and trailer sailers.

Genoa buying guide →
Cruising yacht sailing under a reefed white mainsailPRIMARY SAIL

Buy a mainsail

Compare slab reefing, furling systems, battens, roach, cloth and reef depth around the way your crew handles the boat.

Mainsail buying guide →
Yacht sailing downwind with a blue and orange asymmetric spinnakerDOWNWIND

Buy a spinnaker

Decide between asymmetric and symmetric shapes, then match the cut and handling system to the boat’s speed and crew.

Spinnaker buying guide →
Cruising catamaran reaching under a furling Code ZeroREACHING

Buy a Code Zero

Define the wind-angle gap first, then specify area, structure, torsion cable, furler and bowsprit loads.

Code Zero buying guide →
Shop by boat type

What kind of boat are you sailing?

The same sail name means something different on a heavy cruising monohull, a fast catamaran and a light trailer sailer.

SHORT-HANDED

Sails for cruising yachts

Build an inventory around safe reefing, broad wind-range coverage, repairability and real watch-crew capacity.

Cruising yacht guide →
PERFORMANCE

Sails for racing yachts

Define crossover points, rating constraints, repeatable shape and replacement-cycle economics.

Racing yacht guide →
MULTIHULL

Sails for catamarans

Account for high righting moment, apparent-wind sailing, wide sheeting geometry and light-air reaching gaps.

Catamaran sail guide →
TRAILERABLE

Sails for trailer sailers

Prioritise easy rigging, low crew loads, class fit, storage durability and value for mixed club and family use.

Trailer sailer guide →
Before requesting prices

One brief. Comparable quotes.

Record the existing rig and sail interfaces, then state what you want the new sail to improve. Ask every loft to quote against the same base specification.

  • Boat model, displacement, rig and modifications
  • Typical crew and real sailing program
  • Target wind range and apparent-wind angles
  • Measured dimensions and hardware interfaces
  • Material identity, construction and finished area
  • Included hardware, covers, freight and commissioning

Not sure which sail comes next?

Map the inventory before buying. Look for a real wind-angle or handling gap rather than adding another sail that overlaps one you already own.

Understand every sail type →

Build a quote-ready brief →