North Sails Archives

Building sails for the IMOCA

August 10th, 2020

The premier event in 2020 will be the Vendée Globe race, held every four years and providing solo sailors with

July 13th, 2020

Doublehanded sailing has gained momentum globally, as the gateway to getting back out on the water while remaining socially distant.

June 24th, 2020

by Holley Toppa It’s strange to think that the summer sailing of 2020 in Newport was kicked off with Wednesday

May 17th, 2020

by Tom Whidden, North Marine Group One of the goals for our book, The Art and Science of Sails, is

April 7th, 2020

The one-design VO65 fleet will race its third edition in the 2021-22 edition of The Ocean Race with an identical

March 30th, 2020

Bill Hardesty has been part of sailing’s winning history in the J/70, Etchells, Melges 20, Melges 24, Farr 40, winning

March 23rd, 2020

Casey Smith is a two-time Volvo Ocean Race veteran and was a key member onboard during all of Comanche’s record

March 16th, 2020

North Sails expert Tom Davis takes a close look at spinnaker sailcloth to explain how to use all your senses

March 9th, 2020

For Chad Atkins and Oliver Moore, winter means fast apparent wind sailing on their DN iceboats—whenever they can find ice

July 1st, 2019

The very first Transpac was run in 1906, had three entries, and took the winner twelve days to complete the