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The 1998 Santana 22 Nationals drew twenty boats to Corinthian Yacht Club for three days of breezy racing in July.
Mikey Murison, at nineteen literally the new kid on the block, finished first in four of the five races to make Mizzen this year's champion. While Mikey may be new to the fleet, his crew was not! His dad, Tim, had owned a Santana years ago. And Jim Wondolleck grew up sailing his dad's 1966 Santana, Tempest.
Mikey had just bought a new set of Pineapple Sails for his "new" boat. And our years of experience developing and building fast sails gave him the speed he needed to start in front and stay in front.
Mikey and Jim and the 20 boat nationals fleet, are testimony to the endurance of the Santana 22.
And the sails on Mizzen are a testimony to our commitment to quality and performance.
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Robert Nance, a Sacramento dentist, sailed his Newport 30 II, Water-pik, into first overall in this year's Pacific Cup race to Hawaii. Water-pik crossed the finish line at Kaneohe Bay in just twelve days and nine hours after leaving San Francisco, correcting out first among the sixty-two finishers!
This was Bob's third Pacific Cup, so he knows the drill. Water-Pik was well-prepared, with a stellar crew in John Dillow and Mel Morrison, an ample supply of crackers and peanut butter and Pop Tarts -- and a full set of Pineapple Sails, including three fast, well-behaved spinnakers.
Bob Nance chose Pineapple as much for the support of his sail-maker as for the performance of the sails. From sail selection to sail trim to sailing in general, you too can take advantage of the wisdom gained in our twenty-five years in sailmaking.
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Chuck and Anna Jones began their search for the perfect boat in 1995. Their plan was to cruise the Delta with their four children. They soon fell in love with a red-trimmed Catalina 30, named her Delta Ruby and joined Stockton Sailing Club. Their first day on the river they sailed alongside another sailboat -- and Delta Ruby has been a raceboat ever since.
But with competition came the demand for more boat speed. So Chuck and Anna called on Pineapple Sails for a new 155% genoa and the advice and support that went with it. The next year they placed 1st in division in the Club's fall series and also the Club's Jack and Jill race. The Club commodore dubbed the boat "Ruby Slippers" for the lucky shoes in the Wizard of Oz. (Their battle flag flaunts a sequined high-heeled red shoe.)
In 1997 the Joneses bought a new Pineapple spinnaker and this year we built them a new main.
They finished the 1998 spring series with a first in division and in the Overnight Race., and with a 2nd in the Club's Double-handed Long-distance race.
So click your heels three times...and give us a call.
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Lee Garami raced his very first race in 1986: The Konocti Cup on Clear Lake in his O’Day 2-22. This spring he raced the race again, in My Rubber Ducky, his Hobie 33. And he won it!
Lee sailed his first Windjammers Race, from San Francisco Bay to Santa Cruz, in 1990. Last fall, sailing My Rubber Ducky, he won it overall!
The races are as different as night and day -- literally. The Windjammers is a downwind ocean race. The waves were big. The wind went aft. The sun went down. And Lee’s new Pineapple "chicken chute" had him setting early and sailing fast, pulling ahead of bigger, faster boats. The Konocti Cup is lake sailing at it’s finest: the water was flat, the beginning was windy and the end was light. And the shape and stability of Lee’s new Kevlar main gave him the speed he needed to pull ahead of the fleet and stay there.
Wherever you sail, Pineapple Sails provides the speed and versatility. Give us a call and let’s make your sailing absolutely ducky, too!
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"BLITZ," George Neill's Express 37, 'blitzed' the competition to become the current champion of the Ocean yacht Racing Association's PHRO division.
Early in the season, George came to Pineapple to discuss adding sails to his class inventory to prepare "Blitz" for any conditions offshore sailing might present. A heavy weather jib and 'shy kite' were built to keep "Blitz" competitive in windy conditions.
Pineapple Sails is committed to building the right sail for the job, whatever that job may be - winning races or cruising comfortably and safely, crossing oceans or sprinting around the Bay.
Call us today and let's talk about the right sail for your boat - a Pineapple Sail!
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Last year Tim and Sharon Jacobsen of Bozeman, Montana, ordered a set of new Pineapple Sails for their Catalina 34.*
One sunny afternoon, during a lunchtime raftup out on Flathead Lake, Sharon mentioned that the new cruising spinnaker was below, and they were going to set it for the first time after lunch. One of the raftee’s said “I’ve never seen how you rig the sheets on the cruising spinnnaker...could you show me?” Soon all the lines were properly led. And then someone else said “Since the sail is in a sock, let’s just pull up the halyard so we can see what it looks like.” And up went the halyard with the sail still safely stowed inside.
Then, with everyone on the raft just standing around, looking at the sock and then at each other, the inevitable happened: “Let’s try it out!”
So up went the sock...the spinnaker filled and the whole raft sailed smoothly across the lake, pulled along nicely by the Jacobsens’ bright new spinnaker.
Get some Pineapple Sails and take your friends sailing!
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"Re-Quest," Glenn Isaacson's Express 37, has been powered by Pineapples for a more than a decade! This year we even "repowered" Glenn's birth-day flag, adding a ten-candle extension in time to celebrate his sixtieth.
But Glenn had more to celebrate than just an important birthday.
"Re-Quest" won the 1997 season in the highly competitive Express one-design fleet and went on to win the class in this fall's Big Boat Series. Then, to put the icing on the cake, Glenn's Lido 14 is the Lagoon Champ, racing on the Belvedere Lagoon. All of it powered by Pineapple Sails; sails that last a long, long time and with service to match.
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Over the years, scores of sailors have flocked to Cal Sailing Club in Berkeley where, for minimal dues and a few hours of volunteered time, members have access to the club's fleet of dinghies, keel boats and sailboards.
Huey, Duey and Louie, their three Pearson Ensigns, and Donald and Daisy, their Pearson Commanders, take more than their share of use and abuse. Club members practice docking under sail and crew-overboard drills and just go sailing - seven days a week!
This past summer, senior skipper Dan Acland entered Dewey in Berkeley Yacht Club's Friday night series. Billed as "Team Mallard," Dan and his crew locked up the 25-race series weeks before it was over.
Pineapple Sails has been making sails for Cal Sailing Club for over 20 years.
We pay close attention to their special needs and build them sails that last -- and perform! You deserve nothing less.
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Jack and Diane Bieda develop market research software. And every new revision is given a "trial run."
In 1987 they decided to give sailing a "trial run." They took sailing lessons in Sausalito, joined a charter group in Greece -- and bought "Trial Run," their Passport 40. Their first mainsail came from Pineapple, giving us a trial run as well. We passed the test, and soon replaced the furling jib.
In 1989 the Bieda's decided to give racing a "trial run." They entered Berkeley's Friday night series, sailed a windy double-handed Farallon's race, and then in 1996 did the Pacific Cup. Pineapple Sails built a genoa and three spinnakers, complete with dowsing socks. And when the boat returned, we built a new main -- 10 years after the first.
This summer, "Trial Run" raced the Coastal Cup, from San Francisco to Santa Barbara. Finishing first in her division, she completed the course in less than 48 hours!
Give Pineapple Sails a trial run for your next sail. Racing or cruising, you'll be the winner!
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M'Lady is a classic beauty. A 38-foot Ulstrup design, she was built in 1937 and is owned and lovingly maintained by Yasuko Tomizawa of Japan. Because Yosuko must travel such a long distance, she only sees and sails her boat a few times a year. She relies on her captain, Marvin Arshawsky, to sail and care for the boat.
Over the past several years, Yasuko and Marvin and a very committed crew have sailed M'Lady and each year entered the Master Mariner Race. But this year there was a difference. She won! Outfitted with a new coat of paint, layers of new varnish and a set of new Pineapple Sails, M'Lady placed first in the Marconi 2 division. She also won the Aloha Trophy: fastest elasped time of all the 30-to-40-foot Marconi rigged boats.
The grand old boats of the Master Mariners Benevolent Association were built in the tradition of quality work-manship and design.
With the benefit of today's tools and materials, Pineapple Sails is committed to that same time-tested tradition
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