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Steve Seal and Larry Riley have just finished commissioning Silkye, their new Wyliecat 30.
Silkyes, according to the folklore of Irish and Scottish fisherman, are seals that can shift into human form and back again. They change their shape to befriend us and even save us from the perils of the sea. Steve and Larry’s catboat, with its single sail, is the quintessential “shape-shifter,” easily changing from short-handed or fully crewed racing to cruising with family and friends.
The Wyliecat is rigged with a flexible carbon mast, allowing for “shape shifting” of the Wyliecat’s main to power the boat in light air and de-power in heavy, to point up and to reach off and to run. So the sail must be carefully designed to adjust to the changing conditions.
Larry and his crew, John Skinner, tested their Pineapple mainsail’s versatility in this year’s Doublehanded Farallons Race -- and finished first in their division and fifth overall in a fleet of 120 boats.
Pineapple Sails is legendary for quality and performance. Steve and Larry would have no other sailmaker build their “suit of sail.”
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Steve Hanson thoroughly enjoys sailing Saltshaker, his Contessa 39, in all the double-handed Bay and ocean races. So when this year's ocean series started off with a brand new tune-up race, the "OYRA Shorthanded Ocean Race," Steve and his regular crew, John Parisot, signed up.
Saltshaker came equipped with a full set of Pineapple Sails when Steve and Debbie Hanson bought her -- all of them 12 to 15 years old! But last year a brand new Kevlar #3 jib replaced the one built in 1983 and this year the old #1 mylar genoa, also 1983 vintage, was retired in favor of a new Kevlar one.
These new Pineapple sails had Saltshaker powered up and pointing high and she won her division in the double-handed OYRA-sponsored race.
Give us a call and let's talk about replacing your "seasoned" sails with fast, longlasting ones from Pineapple Sails.
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Heart of Gold, Jim and Sue Corenman's Schumacher 50, is half way around the world. After visiting and then revisiting some of their favorite South Pacific islands and tucking in to Aukland and then Sydney to sail in protected waters during hurricane season, Goldie has covered over twenty-five thousand miles since she left California in 1992. Making friends on remote islands, competing in local races against a crown prince or two, skipping a destination when the sailing is just too good - Jim and Sue really know how to cruise.
Whenever the wind is up, Heart of Gold's sails go up.
So when the .75 oz. spinnaker had sailed the last of its thousands of miles, Pineapple Sails was called upon to quickly build another and ship it to Langkawa, Malasia.
The Corenmans understand the value of fast, strong sails. They've enjoyed visiting exciting new places. But getting there has been half the fun.
And their Pineapple Sails have made the going great!
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The Oostman family is going cruising.
Cliff and Gerda left their jobs, sold their house, and have spent the past three months preparing Jenneke, their C&C Landfall 38. So this month they'll head out the Gate and turn right, sailing north along the coast of California and Canada and on to Alaska. They plan to stop along the way so 5-year-old Jenneke and her 4-year-old brother, Zander, can explore and enjoy new places.
In preparing their boat, the Oostmans have concentrated their efforts on their safety and comfort. They have paid attention to every detail.
Pineapple Sails is just one of those details, and not minor detail, providing an inventory that matches the Oostman's sailing needs. The sturdy main, furling jibs and cruising spinnaker, as well as storm sails, will carry them through the whole range of coastal conditions.
Consider us a detail. Consider us an important detail.
Give us a call today and let's talk about just where you're headed next.
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Re-Quest, Glenn and Gaby Isaacson's Express 37, has done it again. In a tough one-design fleet, Re-Quest has won the 1996 season, scoring five first-place finishes in the ten-race series.
Re-Quest also won last months 101-year-old San Francisco Perpetual Challenge Cup against Balboa Yacht Club of Southern California.
Glenn and Gaby's previous boat was Quest, an apt description of sailing at its finest: that challenging quest for optimizing your boat's perfor-mance, for understanding the winds and currents, for refining tactical strategies.
And for finding the right sailmaker - one who takes the time to study your boat and analyze, then service, your sailing needs.
Search no further. Pineapple Sails takes pride in building only the highest quality sails and providing reliable personal service.
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This year's Catalina 34 Nationals, sponsored by Corinthian Yacht Club, offered up a wide range of conditions in four races over a three day weekend. Friday's race especially gave the 18-boat fleet a wild and windy challenge.
Dave and Edie Davis's Wind Dragon finished first in the three days of racing, breathing fire down the decks of the any boats that managed to pull out in front.
The Davises bought and aptly named their Catalina in 1988, the Year of the Dragon, and the family has raced it regularly ever since. In addition to winning the Nationals, they have won three Jack Frost midwinter series!
Dave attributes his blazing speed to his dedicated crew (son Russell turned down a hefty bribe from an overbooked airline to make the first race of the Nationals) - and his set of six-year-old Pineapple Sails!
Let us get your boat fired up - with sails that start fast and stay fast!
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100 years ago, Joshua Slocum was sailing the world's first solo circumnavigation on Spray, his gaff rigged fishing yawl. Today, Bill and Mary Harpster sail Joshua, a replica of Spray, around the Bay, up to the Delta, and out into the local ocean.
Joshua was launched in April of 1982 and sails virtually every weekend. Although we built a new jib two years ago and replaced the mizzen in 1991, the Pineapple main and tops'l are all original equipment. And the mainsail has never been off the boat! Bill points out the sail does have three holes in. These were made by a "black powder cannon" on the 4th of July in a mock battle in Suisun Bay. But the are very small-- and heat sealed besides.
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Wylie Wabbits are demanding boats. They are long and narrow and light, and the crew is ex-pected to hang on a trapeze wire just to keep the boat on its feet. The thrill of sailing one of these high speed 24-footers is highly contagious.
Mark Harpainter's Wabbit, Tulewemia, named for a disease that afflicts only rabbits (sic), has shown a healthy propensity for winning races, placing first in the 4-race Berkeley-MYCO Midwin-ters and tying for first in this spring's SBRA season opener.
Mark's prescription for a successful series was a well-prepared boat, a consistent and talented crew - and a new Pineapple spinnaker to compliment the two-year-old Pineapple main and class jib.
Give yourself the full Pineapple treatment: excellent sails and unfalling service.
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Each winter the Singlehanded Sailing Society hosts one of San Francisco Bay's most unusual races: the Three Bridge Fiasco. Starting on San Francisco's city front, the competitors round marks at the Golden Gate Bridge, the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and the Bay Bridge - in any order and in either direction! Truly a fiasco! January's squally weather and shifty winds only added to the race's challenging format.
This year's winner was Erin, an Antrim 30+ trimaran, sailed by designer Jim Antrim and his crew. They flew downwind (the driving rain and the boat's spray were at times indistinguisable), then found the upwind leg, sailing at speeds often over 15 knots, almost "relaxing."
Days like that were just made for multihulls!
And Erin's Pineapple Sails were just made for a powerful multihull. The full-battened Kevlar main, the wide-head Kevlar jib and the asymmetric spinnaker are all carefully designed and strongly built.
For sails that are just made for you and your boat, give us a call. They are exactly what we do best!
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The Pitcairn family - Andrew and Alex, son Mark and daughter Emma - is a sailing family. They race and cruise Pegasus, their F-27 trimaran, every chance they get.
Andrew and Alex share duties as skipper, often racing double-handed. 12-year-old Mark gets the best starts, according to Dad, drawing on several years of dinghy experience in the Bay's best junior programs. And wheelchair-bound Emma, age 15, delights in spending an afternoon on the kind of stable platform only a multihull can provide.
The Pitcairns and Pegasus, current champion of the multihull division of the Yacht Racing Association, are an excellent test of the speed and durability of their equipment. So it comes as no surprise that they chose Pineapple Sails to give them their competitive edge. Their Kevlar main was new for 1995. The Kevlar furling jib has two seasons to its credit and "still looks like new."
Call us today and let's talk about putting Pineapple Sails on your boat.
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