Cross Cut cruising mains 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.
Genuine air rudder, the large sail will be the heart of the plan of aerofoil. Accuracy of design and precision of realization will depend its good complementarity with the sail on front, the balance of the boat and the effectiveness of its use. A single mainsail born from the race with the broad one! Our great experiment of the competition on high level made it possible to design a large sail DELTA Cruising high performance.
FX Sails has created two lines of mainsails, Inshore and Offshore, so you can find the right solution for your needs. All FX tri-radial and cross-cut mainsails are built using premium sail cloth from the industry's most respected manufacturers - Challenge, Contender, Bainbridge and Dimension Polyant. Whether you're looking for a rugged sail suitable for an ocean crossing or the perfect sail for cruising bays, rivers and the coastline, FX delivers value, integrity and performance %u2014 and you have the assurance of working with a sail designer with more than 30 years experience.
The mainsail is your most important sail, used every time you leave the mooring; it needs to be easily handled and reduced efficiently in area as the wind increases. Hood%u2019s Fully-Battened Mainsail dispenses with the need for that extra pair of hands!
A number of todays cruising sailors are looking for more than just reliability in their reef furl genoa. Performance through superior design, a radial panel configuration which precisely aligns boat panels to the loadings, or our more economic cross cut panel configuration allied with manufacturing technology that has been developed over thirty years in the sailmaking business. Combine this with the finest quality polyester/pentex fabrics that have been developed in conjunction with our cloth manufacturer in the U.S.A and you have a sail that is FAST, DURABLE, and is SUPERIOR VALUE
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Bill's cruiser sails are designed to achieve the same performance as our racing sails. Each sail is durable, easy to handle and designed for maximum performance over a wide wind range. Whether your goal is to lengthen your daily mileage or to sail around the world, Bill designs quality sails to achieve your goal.
The Vertical Batten Mainsail offers additional sail area for in mast for boats furling and Vektron™ offers the very best of woven sail cloth stability through the use of liquid crystal Vectranâ fibres.
The Vertical Batten Mainsail system and Hood patented Vektron™ sailcloth puts high performance back into the furling mainsail. The additional sail area on the roach makes the mainsail up to 20% larger than a hollow leech in-mast furling mainsail, thereby optimising the overall aerodynamics. Another key feature are its round vertical linked carbon and vinylester resin full length battens, which are linked together with varying stiffness, designed especially for the furling function. The benefit extends to the maintained boat speed through improved aerodynamics and more controllable sail shape through reefing. This unique furling mainsail will point higher and perform with increased boat speed off wind and provide an improved reefing technique.
To obtain our best offert please let us know :
Boat model ( or boat lenghth ) - type of requested sails ( Main , genoa , etc. )
Use of the sails ( cruising - cruising/racing - racing )
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Cruising sails : Mainsails
