Cruising sails that go beyond expectations
Most sailors tend to both cruise and race. Therefore, we primarily offer “performance” cruising sails. Even those who never race want their boat to sail well and reliably. Our performance cruising sails are made with UK Sailmakers’ Titanium membranes, X-Drive load-path reinforced laminates, and premium dacron styles.
Cruising Mainsails
Your cruising mainsail is the most tireless worker on your boat. Every day you leave the harbor, it’s flying. Whether motoring through a glass calm or reefed down in 30 knots, the same mainsail gets the call to action. To meet these demands, UK Sailmakers has developed many different mainsail options for cruising sailors. We offer many performance materials as well as a wide choice of batten configurations.
Cruising Spinakers
Cruising sailors have two choices for downwind cruising sails. Cruising spinnakers and cruising code zeros. Code zeros are flatter reaching sails that roller furl well, and cruising spinnakers are running sails that can be controlled with a dousing sock. The Self Stabilizing spinnaker is a symmetrical cruising spinnaker with a unique slot and lift-generating wing that offshore cruising multihull sailors prefer.
Cruising Sails Accessories
Cruising Genoas
On more modern designs, cruising headsails are non-overlapping jibs, while on older boats, headsails are overlapping genoas. Both come with roller reefing and roller furling features such as UV covers, foam luffs, and reefing reinforcements. Both are made from a range of materials and construction methods. Talk to us so we can customize the right headsail for your boat, sailing area, and predominant cruising grounds.
Storm Sails
There are three sails classified as storm sails: a heavy weather jib, a storm jib, and a storm trysail. All three are a must for boats heading offshore.
At UK Sailmakers Northeast, we’re proud of our 75 years of making custom-made sails right here in the USA. Starting with the design, to milling the sailcloth, to constructing the sail and finishing the corners, we provide genuine craftsmanship – all done here in the continental United States.
While all these accessories and options, can be found on the sail detail pages, this page lists some of the most requested accessories/options cruising sailors request.