News from the Texas 200 mile event – mast broken, fixed, boat continues
We made a Expedition sail for Chuck Pierce. Chuck is a Texas 200 mile event veteran – sailed 5 days in enormous isolation. We made a tough balance lugsail for him.
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Sailmaking for some cool Boats April 2018 – lugs, mizzens, cutters
Custom sails and sailmaking from Really Simple Sails Sailmakers. This months sails are beautiful and a wide range of Lug, Gaff, Cutter, Yawl and other traditional sails. Even some modern full batten laminate sails.
Main and Mizzen Sails for Jim Michalak’s Haps Cut ketch
Photos and short review of Mainsail and Mizzen for perhaps the most famous of Jim Michalak’s Hapscut cruising scows. Tested in an extremely blowy Texas 200 event.
Sail setting info for the Saturday Night Special – Boat design by John Welsford
A sail for the Saturday Night Special designed by John Welsford. And some setup tips from John Goodman.
We are now making custom sails and standard sails in custom materials
RSS is now getting sails laser cut by a third party to our designs. We can now make affordable custom sails and have access to a much larger selection of materials and fabrics.