Cross Cut cruising genoas are built for the sailor who is looking for a durable sail that will last for many years. The sail will be built using only the finest made dacrons.
Take a close look at FX headsails and you'll discover a wide range of standard features that are cost-added options at many sailmakers. Choose the sail type that best meets your needs - inshore or offshore - cross-cut or tri-radial and available as hank-on or roller furling. All FX headsails are built using premium cloth from the industry's most respected manufacturers, including Challenge, Bainbridge, Dimension Polyant and Contender.
This directed cut, which is particularized by its radial point of tack, is controlled perfectly on our last programs C.A.O/F.A.O. 4 zones of orientation of the panels adapt to the diagram of the efforts and the constraints which the sails of front undergo. She is more particularly recommended for the boats of less than 45 '.
This cut offers a radial point of tack to avoid the deformations authorizing a better control of front volume in the low parts. The Z4T brings a very great stability of form thanks to its horizontal splittings. This design allows, the use of roving grammages decreasing standard Sandwich Polyester cd. or Spectra.
This horizontal width cut is highly reliable. She is proposed since many years and always gave satisfaction.
The use of fabrics with wire high standard tenacity Dacron makes it possible to ensure a better longevity and a better control of the veil thanks to its mechanical stability.
In cruising, the genoa sail, sail of before essential, bring balance and speed to your boat. Used judiciously on furler in a general-purpose way, it enables you to reach the best effectiveness of your plan of aerofoil, and this in any safety. A single genoa sail born from the race with the broad one: Our great experiment of high level navigation enabled us to conceive a range of genoa sail Cruising DELTA of great performance.
Z1CUV is for ELVSTROM the "reference" concerning the génois winding with intensive use and very exposed to rays UV.
This génois out of horizontal cut allows the use of best Polyester. It is used besides by the large companies charter.
Band UV is out of acrylic resin (imputrescible Dralon) in Offshore completion, and Polyester for the Cruising completion.
Z1CUV is for ELVSTROM the "reference" concerning the génois winding to intensive use and very exposed to rays UV. This génois out of horizontal cut allows the use of best Polyester. It is used besides by the large companies charter. Band UV is out of acrylic resin (imputrescible Dralon) in Offshore completion, and Polyester for the Cruising completion.
When conditions on the water deteriorate with the wind howling and the seas swelling, safety dictates the use of heavy duty storm sails. FX Sails now offers a line of rugged storm jibs that will give you peace of mind in the worst of conditions.
This 35-square-foot storm jib includes stainless pressed rings at head and tack, reinforcement gussets, double luff, leech and foot tapes and more.
As a good sailor, you wonder about the provisions to take vis-a-vis the heavy weather. Formerly, the tourmentin on snap hooks brought an effective answer to make roads. Today, the traditional stay left room to the furlers and the traditional tourmentin became unusable.
