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Glenn and Gaby Isaacson have a new boat: a 40' daysailor the color of butter, designed by Carl Schumacher and built by Ian Franklin Boat Builders of New Zealand. She is the ultimate dual purpose boat: Glenn and Gaby cruising double-handed with a self-tacking jib, or Glenn, Bill, Carl, Joe, Lance, Bob, Carl, Andy, and Kame racing last month's Lipton Cup.
"Q" was entered in the Lipton Cup before she even arrived. She was launched just hours before the start of the first race - and went on to win the series.
"Q" is new. And all indications are she's a winner.
The Isaacsons have relied on Pineapple Sails for fast sails and thoughtful service since 1986.
The new boat's carefully crafted Kevlar/carbon main and jibs and Airx spinnaker reflect our commitment to improve performance and quality, and advance sail design.
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More than a hundred-and-twenty boats sailed last month's Delta Ditch Run from Richmond to Stockton on the San Joaquin River. Tom Sanborn's Santa Cruz 52, City Lights, entered at the urging of friends Dave Faulkner of San Diego and Bob King of Seattle, was the first monohull to finish, correcting to first in class and fifth overall.
After blasting through Suisun Bay under the red/white/green spinnaker, built of the colors of the Mexican flag for the 1997 Baha Haha, City Lights sailed the final beat (usually a run!) up the narrow river to cross the line at the Stockton Sailing Club in just 7 hours, 36 minutes from Richmond Yacht Club's start.
The Delta Ditch Run is a fun race, as all sailboat races should be!
It's not all that different from a cruise to the Delta, except for the scorecard.
So whether you are competing to get there first or hoping to get there uneventfully, trusting your equipment is essential. A strong Pineapple main, a fast Pineapple spinnaker, a versatile Pineapple jib - all were key to City Lights' success
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Dana Smith's Columbia Challenger Libertine is a classic - a "plastic classic." At thirty-five years old, she won prettiest boat at the Plastic Classic competition. And you'd think she was built yesterday.
But Dana didn't restore Libertine to win beauty pageants. Dana is bent on winning sailboat races in his Stockton Sailing Club series. Last year he finished in fifth place . This year, with a full set of new Pineapple Sails, he's in first place. He describes the main and jib as "fabulous" and the new spinnaker as "awesome."
In the first race of the season he beat the second place boat by 29 minutes.
And Libertine can now skip the last two races of the spring series and still finish first.
According to Dana, the boat belongs to his daughter, twelve-year-old Tara, an up-and-coming racer in her own right. But the power behind Libertine is Pineapple Power - power that has put "that old boat" in front.
Give us a call. Whether your boat is old or brand spanking new, we'll build you fabulous sails, provide awesome service and make sure you are just as happy as Dana Smith.
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In 1995 we featured Pteron on this very same page. Chris Maas, who builds rowing shells, had just built a modified Wylie 34 and, with his wife Monique, had sailed to the Sea of Cortez. They then sailed, and we mean sailed, the boat through the Panama Canal and on to Florida. (There's the outboard motor when needed, but it's an outboard on a 34-footer, after all. Sailing is faster. So they sail and sail and sail.) They then trucked the boat to their new home in the San Juan Islands, where Pteron (Greek for wing) continues to log mile after mile after mile.
Chris built Pteron with a wishbone boom, a small jib, and asymmetric spinnakers to make double-handing easy. He relied on his sailmaker to make it even easier. The boat's Pineapple main, jib and spinnakers have done just that. And six years later they continue to do just that.
Give us a call. Especially if you like to sail and sail and sail. We'll make it easier - and better!
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More often than not, races are won – and lost – upwind. So when Mike Mannix began replacing sails for Harp, his Catalina 38, he began with a 125% genoa from Pineapple Sails, and then added a new mainsail.
Mike has been racing Harp on San Francisco Bay for over 15 years. The boat is well maintained and well prepared - his crew is competent and steady. And the importance of fast sails understood completely.
Harp placed first in division J in the 2000 YRA/HDA season.
And to face the lighter breezes of winter racing head on, Mike added a new Pineapple #1 genoa last fall- a Kevlar sail for maximum performance.
Not to harp on the subject, but... Pineapple Sails are fast!
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Bill Perrin’s boats have been powered by Pineapple Sails since the early 80’s, beginning with his Hawkfarm, Osprey.
When Bill and his family moved to England, he chartered a Lightwave 395 and again insisted on Pineapple Sails.
In 1997 he bought an Express 27, shipped her to England, renamed her Santana in honor of Humphrey Bogart’s classic yacht and had her racing just two days after she arrived. This year Santana placed first in class in races with such wonderful names as the Hamble Scramble and the Yarmouth Cup.
And corrected first overall in the 65 mile double-handed Round the Island – the island being the Isle of Wight – crossing the line third behind an Open 60 and a J125 in a fleet of 156 boats.
Obviously, Bill Perrin believes we make world caliber sails. We’d be delighted to make some world caliber sails for you, wherever you sail.
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Liz Baylis and Todd Hedin did not name E.T. - their Antrim 27 - after a homesick extra terrestrial. Nor does E.T. stand for Elizabeth and Todd. E.T. is a display of a parent's appreciation: it is short for Eric's Tuition.
Skillfully sailed by just Liz, Todd and Jim Antrim, the boat's designer, E.T. won division D in this year's Pacific Cup race from San Francisco to Kaneohe, Hawaii.
Racing a 27-foot sport boat with a crew of three across 2000 mile of open ocean presents some special demands – of the people, the boat and the sails – and provides some extra thrills. The asymmetric spinnakers especially must be fast, but also easily trimmed and well behaved.
It was the full-sized Pineapple sail that sped the Antrim over the most miles per day. And the smaller, flatter Pineapple reacher that was the sail of choice when the wind came up, allowing two crew to sleep with only a driver on deck.
Liz and Todd understand the importance of quality sails. Sails that are Extra Terrific! Pineapple Sails!
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There are lots of ways to win a sailboat race. But Bill Riess and his crew prefer to win with Èlan - style, flair, verve.
Èlan is Bill's Express 37, and she was first to finish and first on corrected time in Division C of this year's Pacific Cup.
On the Bay, Bill's Express is powered by a new Pineapple main, Kevlar genoa and Airx class spinnaker. A Kevlar #3 will be ready in time for Big Boat Series. But with the PacCup in focus, the class spinnaker with its knack for reaching high was complemented by a powerful running spinnaker: a special sail for a specialized purpose.
Èlan’s navigator, Paul Kamen, won Pacific Cup's Navigator's Trophy.
His decision to dive south early gave them a jump on the fleet. But he's the first to point out that they never could have held on to their early lead without the speed of the downwind runner.
Every sail from Pineapple Sails is a special sail with a specialized purpose: custom designed and skillfully constructed with you and your boat in mind. You too can sail with èlan.
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Cascade is Steve Rienhart’s Antrim 27. Named after the Southern Pacific train that traveled the western corridor through the Cascade Mountains, Cascade made tracks in the 1999-2000 Berkeley/MYCO midwinters Sunday series.
Importantly, in this series it was decided on a few of the boats that the "girls" were to drive. So Steve's "girl," Laraine McKinnon, invited Jim Antrim as tactician and put Steve in charge of the crew - and Laraine finished first in the "sport boat" fleet.
Cascade is fully "powered by Pineapples." Steve and Laraine both appreciate the time spent by Pineapple developing fast sails for the Antrim. And the service and support they've received in optimizing those sails.
Let us help you derail your competition. Give us a call.
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Jack Szilasi’s Tanton 43 is an unusual boat. “Toucan” is a cat ketch, with a pair of mainsails on freestanding masts and no jibs or spinnakers.
Jack spent several years restoring the boat and outfitting her for cruising. He and his partner, Judy Tillson, kept the name, since “two can” sail the boat so easily. And because ”Toucan” flies like a bird when the sails are set wing-and-wing.
Jack chose Pineapple Sails for our expertise in designing and building his sails to match the boat’s unique rig and to meet his and Judy’s cruising requirements.
That same expert attention can be yours. Give us a call and let’s talk about matching sails to your boat.
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