UK Sailmakers Archives

Setting the record straight on inhaulers

October 14th, 2021

Maximizing the performance of our boats requires a utilization of the sail trim adjustments, and an understanding of the impact

October 11th, 2021

Founded in 1946 in City Island, New York by Charles “Buster” Ulmer as Charles Ulmer, Inc., UK Sailmakers is one

October 3rd, 2021

Barry Hayes, Director of UK Sailmakers Ireland, takes aim at one of the hardest sail adjustments to do correctly: Setting

September 1st, 2021

by Adam Loory, General Manager, UK Sailmakers International Every race win has a good story about how the boat got

July 14th, 2021

Making sails for boats is a sailmaker’s passion, but those skills have other applications as detailed in this report by

April 10th, 2021

Barry Hayes, Director of UK Sails Ireland, delivers an education of the spinnaker and gennaker handling systems: There are times

November 17th, 2020

by Adam Loory, General Manager, UK Sailmakers International Thanks to COVID-19’s requirement to sail socially distanced, I discovered the fun

October 14th, 2020

Racing is just starting up again in Australia, and with the season opener sailed in heavy air, UK Sailmakers Fremantle’s

September 10th, 2020

Adam Loory’s 40-foot Soulmates is an active entry during a typical Long Island Sound season, but 2020 hasn’t been typical,

August 22nd, 2020

UK Sailmakers provides a Racing Rules Quiz Program to help competitors improve their knowledge and enjoyment of the sport. In