Mainsails

The Heart of Your Yacht’s Performance

The mainsail is integral to your yacht’s overall performance.

At Dolphin Sails, we ensure your mainsail delivers optimal power, efficiency, and longevity.

We’ll work closely with you to understand your sailing criteria, providing expert advice to guide your material selection and design a sail tailored to your needs.

The mainsail is the only sail that is used is all wind speeds. Dolphin mainsails are designed to give adjustability and speed across the range. Each sail is designed to suit the boat characteristics, rig set-up and race crew requirements. The luff curve is carefully cut to suit the mast bend for each individual boat.

Standard Features

  • Highly refined designs
  • Superior pre-glued three step seam construction
  • Pre-glued step down patch construction
  • Epoxy battens with velcro closure pockets, or batten screw adjusters
  • Loose footed main shape control where applicable
  • Low stretch Dyneema leachline led over headboard down luff
  • Flow stripes for shape judgement and adjustment
  • Stainless rings
  • Sail numbers, insignia and spreader patches on mains where appropriate
  • Cunningham for draft positioning and tell tales
  • Sailbag
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Extra Features/Upgrades

  • Reefs
  • Glo flow stripes
  • Sail measurement (IHC certified)
  • Carbon battens

We’ll work closely with you to understand your sailing criteria, providing expert advice to guide your material selection and design a sail tailored to your needs.

Cruising Sails

At Dolphin our philosophy is to apply the same attention to detail no matter how large or small the boat, whether racing or cruising.

Where possible we will measure the boat’s rig, set-up characteristics, and discuss with you any personal preferences. Our experience with building racing sails enables us to bring a wide based knowledge to the design and construction of your cruising sails. This experience is invaluable for the production of sails with excellent shape holding, that help you to get to your destination as quickly as possible.

Sail Design & Build

For enhanced shape holding, weight saving and speed, a tri-radial construction utilising the warp orientated laminated fabrics is employed.

Greater performance will be achieved with a Pentex laminate whilst Spectra/Dyneema will produce the ultimate in shape holding capability.

All sails are finished to a high standard, using a wealth of experience, to ensure long lasting, durable sails.

Sails designed, cut and built in house.

Mizzens

A mizzen sail is a smaller triangular sail positioned on the aftermost mast of a boat.

It’s typically located behind the mainmast and can be used on various types of sailboats, including those with ketch or yawl rigs, and even three-masted schooners.

The mizzen sail provides an additional source of propulsion and can help with steering and balancing.

The mizzen mast and sail are located aft (behind) the mainmast.

Mizzen sails are typically triangular in shape, but they can also be gaff or other configurations depending on the boat’s rigging.

Racing Sails: Designed to Win

Dolphin racing sails are the result of years of innovation, refinement, and real-world success. We have a proven track record of winning at every level—from local one-design regattas to international championships. 

The sail is carefully measured and designed to reflect your exact boat setup and tuning preferences. We precision-cut the luff curve to match the mast bend, ensuring adjustability and speed across the wind ranges. 

Our racing sails are produced with one goal in mind: maximum speed and performance around the course to provide you with the most rewarding sailing. Dolphins Racing sails are designed to win. 

Whether cruising or racing our sail specialists will help you decide on some key options when ordering your sails. 

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