North Sails Ireland
The North Sails family congratulates Emirates Team New Zealand for breaking the wind-powered world land speed record. Clocking in at 222.4km/h in 22 knots of windspeed, land speed pilot Glenn Ashby sailed the craft 'Horonuku' to its highest high-speed run…
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North Sails Powers New Water-Ballasted JPK 1030 "Coquine" in Bangor
30th January 2023 North Sails Ireland
Alan Hannon's beautiful North Sails-powered "Coquine" has just taken to the seas in Bangor. She is a brand new JPK 1030 design from the JPK yard in France - a not-so-little sister to Paul O'Higgins' Dun Laoghaire-based all-conquering JPK 1080…
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Behind the Scenes Video at North Sails Gosport, Europe's Largest Sail Loft
5th December 2022 North Sails Ireland
North Sails Ireland is in the very fortunate position to be working directly with Europe's Largest Sail Loft, North Sails in Gosport. This loft really is something special in the variety of work handled here and the sheer volume of…
How to Optimise Your Boat for IRC Rating: Panel Discussion with North Sails and RORC
2nd December 2022 North Sails Ireland
Greetings IRC racers here in Ireland! On Tuesday 6th, December, the RORC will host a panel discussion about 'How to optimize your boat under IRC’. This is a "must-see". North Sails' own double Olympic medallist (and skipper of "Green Dragon"…
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"We Worked with Shane Hughes from North Sails from the Outset" - North Sails Ireland Congratulates ICRA Boat Of the Year "Snapshot"
14th November 2022 North Sails Ireland
Mike & Richie Evans have had a stunning two seasons aboard their 100% North Sails-powered "Snapshot". Their very first inshore regatta in 2021 was the hotly contested Sovereign's Cup in Kinsale in June 2021 - which they blitzed the fleet,…
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North Sails One Design clients have had a stunning 2022 with our fantastic customers recording victories in so many World, European, National and Regional championships here in Ireland. For the month of October, we are running our 15% off season…
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'We Love the Sails & the Support' - North Sails Powers 2022 ISORA Winner, 'Mojito'
12th September 2022 North Sails Ireland
Huge congratulations to Peter Dunlop, Vicky Cox, and their wonderful team on "Mojito". They had an awesome season culminating in them winning the Wolf's Head Trophy for being the overall winner of the 2022 ISORA series. TREMENDOUS job, guys! The…
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"How Fast We Were!" - North Sails Powers 1 x European and 2 x National Championship Titles
5th September 2022 North Sails Ireland
What a week that was for North Sails Ireland! Dragon Nationals HUGE congratulations to the "Little Fella" team of Cameron Good, Henry Kingston and Matias Helstern from Kinsale YC, who brought the Dragon Nationals back to Kinsale for the first…
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Tis all happening here in North Sails Ireland! We had our first outing on the new Cape 31 "BLAST" here in Dublin Bay. This is the second Cape 31 in Ireland to be kitted out in a full North Sails…
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North Sails Ireland's On-Site Sail Repair Service for Next Week's Cork Week - Save These Numbers!
5th July 2022 North Sails Ireland
As has become our custom and practice over the past 15 years at most of the major events, North Sails Ireland will be providing overnight sail repair services for next week's Cork Week in Crosshaven. Our Service Manager Shane Hughes…
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It's great to be back! Huge congratulations to the team at Howth Yacht Club, led by the mighty Brian Turvey delivering the first major inshore event in Ireland since 2019. The competition was awesome, the race management excellent, the craic…
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I was talking to Martin Lee this morning from North Sails UK. Martin has been in charge of the sail production floor for NSUK since 1994 and is one of the world's most experienced sailmakers. We were discussing manufacturing in…
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Greeting sailors from us all here at North Sails Ireland! Things are getting moving now - the Axiom Private Clients April League is in full swing in Kinsale, they just finished their Frank Godsell March Series and AIB DBSC Spring…
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Greetings everyone from us here at North Sails Ireland. I was fortunate enough to get in a little "warm weather training" when I spent three days working with Irish Sailing’s performance squad at their winter training base in Lanzarote a…
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Loft 57 Podcast No 2: Why the North Sails Design Team is a Force to be Reckoned With
1st February 2022 North Sails Ireland
Design is at the heart of every sail we build at North Sails, here in Ireland we take design seriously. From the initial consultation with our clients right through to the sail trial is all about the design. We are…
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Happy new year everyone! North Sails Ireland is continuing to further push the boundaries of sail design and construction using our Helix load sharing technology. Helix is being continuously developed and refined by our designers at the very highest levels…
