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  • Quality Inshore, Offshore and Club Racing mainsails, headsails and spinnakers using premium sailcloth and with 3- and 5-year warranties.
  • Instant online sail prices for thousands of boats and you can add the specific options you need—reefs, battens, sail numbers & more.
  • Expert assistance—we'll help you find the correct sail for your boat, sailing style and conditions.
  • Sails designed by Sandy Goodall—former technical director and head of design for Elvstrom, Denmark.

From A Customer

"Thought I'd include your sail [gennaker]in a photo of us racing Saga. We call the sail Junior to leave space for a bigger one. We'll name it Tiny."

Kris - Saga

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Article
Loose Foot vs. Attached — What's Best?
by Dan Dickison

"Racing sailors in particular are keenly aware that once the breeze pipes up, you need to make certain adjustments to keep your sail shape optimized. With a mainsail, that begins with tweaking the halyard to achieve a luff tension that's in the ballpark for the given conditions. Then—if your boat has a standard Marconi rig—you'll begin making adjustments to the backstay, outhaul, and cunningham to fine-tune the sail's overall shape. Of course, the most frequent adjustments are made using the traveler and the mainsheet, and on board the most aggressively raced sailboats, the latter is rarely cleated."

"Of all these controls, perhaps the one most overlooked by non-racing sailors is the outhaul. Most boat owners follow the 'set it and forget it' approach with this control line. But a properly attended outhaul can afford you surprising control over the lower portion of most mainsails. I say most mainsails because there are different design approaches to the foot section of these sails. On the vast majority of mainsails, you either have a foot that's attached to the boom via slides or a bolt rope, or you have what is known as a loose-footed arrangement wherein just the tack and some portion of the clew are attached."

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Off Season Sail Care
by Dan Dickison

"Most boat owners know to winterize their engines, send messenger lines up the rig to keep their halyards out of the elements, and generally batten things down for the off season. But fewer are aware of the important steps required for properly storing sails. Too often, mainsails are left on the boom, and roller-furling headsails left wrapped around the headstay for the duration of the winter. This kind of exposure to mother nature will ultimately lessen the lifespan of those sails."

"Most sailors know the damage that continuous exposure to ultra-violet radiation can do to sails. But keep in mind that the heat from the sun can also be damaging, and it's difficult to gauge. The ambient temperature might be 95 degrees in the boatyard, but it's not uncommon for the surface temperature on an object — say a mainsail under its cover on a boom—to be 115 degrees. The cumulative effect of days spent in that kind of heat will be structural damage."

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Recent Testimonials

Jan. 22nd, 2024

Hello FX, Thank you again for the great set of sails. The boat sails like a new boat again! Keep up the great work!

air winds,
J. Harrison,.
Catalina 30.


August. 28th, 2023

Hi FX, A quick note to let you know the FX Sails are looking and performing great!

Chris Wood,
Morgan 41, Mayaquez,
Puerto Rico .


July. 12th, 2023

I cannot thank you enough for the time you put into my sails, and how much better my boat sails, how beautiful it looks. and how you got them to me on time before we went on vacation. it is so enjoyable to sail my boat. I just can't thank you people enough. if you ever need a great reference just let me know.

thank you so much
sincerely
John Keville,Worcester, Mass.


July. 3rd, 2023

Received and hoisted the new storm sail. Perfect! Thanks for getting done in time. I leave for the Halifax race tomorrow .

Frank Flores, Essex, Ct.
NEO 430


June. 19th, 2023

Well, we finally had some decent wind on a weekend with the wind speed 10-15 gusting to 20 mph on Lake Carlyle and the sails were really great- the boat flew! The guys with me commented how well the sails looked and preformed!
Thanks again, FX!

Charles Brown
O'Day 30


May. 20th, 2023

we love the new sail! Good performance and quality
Tom Colisimo.
Colisimo Hunter 23.5


May. 18th, 2023

I am emailing to tell you how pleased I am with the sail purchased from The Sail Store. Your telephone assistance was extremely helpful. The sail arrived when you promised. It was nicely-packaged in a great sail bag. The sail itself is perfect -- correct fit, matching UV cover, great quality.

Keith Bucklin, Catalina 27 TR goes with the above testimonial and the date is May 18th
Keith Bucklin.
Catalina 27 TR



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