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The Wondolleck family is legend: Hal and Helen, seven sons, one daughter and now several of the thirteen grandchildren have sailed Thistles, Snipes, El Toros, International 14's, 505's... and Tempest, the family's Santana 22.
Since 1965, Hal and his family have raced Tempest in countless one-design events and club races. In 1985, the first year the boat had a new suit of Pineapple Sails, Tempest became "really competitive," finishing 4th in the nationals. Over the years the boat has accumulated 21 "bags" of sails. But as Hal puts it, "the Pineapple sails are the fast ones."
This past fall, Tempest, powered by Pineapple Sails and sailed by Wondollecks Tom, Bob, Kathy and their friend Chris, won Encinal Yacht Club's Estuary Cup. A race around the Bay that ends in the Oakland Estuary in front of the club, Tempest won the Cup two years in a row.
Sailing Tempest is a real family affair.
Pineapple Sails is proud to have been adopted by the Wondolleck family.
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Stockton Sailing Club's 1993 championship series is over. And the first-place finishers in four of the six divisions were "Powered by Pineapples."
Italia, Ni Orsi and Tom Miglioni's Columbia 5.5, finished first in a fleet of thirteen boats. Italia went into the last race only a fraction of a point from two other 5.5's and, after changing leads several times with her competition, pulled ahead and stayed ahead on the last downwind leg. Ni cites their "PINEAPPLE SPINNAKER SPEED" as the deciding factor.
Wreckless, Ralph Felton's Capo 26, won Division A with a kevlar 155% genoa added last year to a Pineapple main and working jib. Wreckless won Stockton's champion of champions race as well.
Windpacer, Bob Winter's beautifully maintained Vanguard, placed first in Division B, powered by a main and jib from Pineapple Sails.
And the MacGregor 26 Off the Wall, owned by Gary Wall, won Division C with a year-old Pineapple self-tacking jib.
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The racing season never really ends on San Francisco Bay. But several regattas in the early spring signal the start of a new year. The One-Design Invitational, sponsored by the St. Francis Yacht Club, is one of them. And this year it offered both light winds and heavy in a challenging City Front series.
Finishing first in the ten-boat Newport 30 class was Dick and Pam Aronoff's Harry. Outfitted with a new main and two new headsails from Pineapple Sails, Harry is off to a good start.
Dick, with his former partner, Thom, took delivery of Harry in1974 and the boat has been "powered by Pineapples" ever since. Another good start!
The best races begin with good starts. And they end with great finishes!
Pineapple Sails provide the staying power to get ahead and stay ahead.
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"Farmers," Richard von Ehrenkrook's Cal 20, has a way of cultivating victory.
Winner of this year's (and last's) Berkeley/Metropolitan Midwinters and current champion of SFYC's Midnight Moonlight Marathon, "Farmers" has put her sails to the test. A four year old jib from Pineapple Sails plows through the fleet, sailing higher and faster than anything the competition has to offer. A two year old mainsail and a one-year-old spinnaker are clearly the cream of the crop.
Richard is a builder of fine furniture up in Petaluma and, with his wife, Ali, raises two lovely children and a whole herd of sheep on their ranch in Sebastopol. His crew consists of two next-door neighbors who learned their sailing skills on the Cal.
Year around, "Farmers" just keeps on trucking. --And their Pineapple Sails are always in season!
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Aldebaran is the star that marks the eye of the bull in the constellation Taurus. And Hayden Brown's beautifully handcrafted 70' schooner "Aldebaran," is a star indeed.
What began twenty years ago as a dream is now a reality. And Hayden's commitment to perfection in building his own boat is evident in every detail, from the box section wooden masts
to the sculptured wood blocks to the inlays in the davits and 12 foot long tiller.
He demanded the same level of perfection from his sailmaker and chose Pineapple Sails to design and construct his complete inventory.
We too have spent twenty years making a dream a reality: to build a reputation for making sails that outlast and outperform the rest, concentrating on precision in design and construction and using the finest materials available.
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The Cal 2-27 fleet has qualified 10 or more boats in one-design racing on the Bay for 15 consecutive years!! According to Steve Seal and Larry Riley, owners of this years class champion Ex Indigo, "It's a friendly, supportive group right up to the second the gun goes off! Then watch out!"
Pineapple Sails has been developing fast, efficient sails for 20 years! And their value is obvious long after the gun goes off!
To quote Steve, Ex Indigo's Pineapple Sails gave them the "boat speed and pointing ability everyone dreams about."
So, if your sails are leaving you in a Mood Indigo, call us, or stop by, to discuss sails for your boat. Take advantage of our years of experience and success.
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Woodwind is a special boat. This beautiful wooden trimaran, certified to carry thirty passengers, tours lovely Lake Tahoe from April through October.
Last fall, shortly before the season ended, Woodwind was outfitted with a new mainsail from Pineapple Sails. Suddenly, Steve and Joel, Woodwind's owners and licensed skippers, found themselves back at the dock a little too soon at the end of each cruise! Tours were lengthened to take advantage of the boat's added speed, providing more miles of scenic sailing.
Pineapple Sails has spent nearly twenty years getting sailboats to their destinations a bit early.
What if they had a race and just about everybody came?
The Singlehanded Sailing Society's "Three Bridge Fiasco" is just such a race. With 123 single-and double-handers in eight divisions, the competition is intense. Start times are based on handicaps, with the smaller boats starting well ahead of the bigger ones. And the three marks of the course, Blackaller bouy at the Golden Gate Bridge, Red Rock near the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge and Treasure Island under the Bay Bridge, are rounded in any order and in any direction.
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Peter Hogg's Pineapple powered trimaran, "Aotea," started last and finished first, for the second year running. And Pineapple powered boats were first in four of the eight divisions!
Sailing shorthanded, you're really on your own. And it's important to know you can count on your sails. Call us today to discover what Pineapple sails can do for you.
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Novia, John Webb's Cal 39, has been making tracks in the local ocean!
Racing in the IMS2 division in the Ocean Racing Association's Drake's Bay race, Novia placed first for the weekend. And in the 50th Annual Windjammer race to Santa Cruz on Labor Day weekend, she again came in first in her IMS division.
your boat, call Pineapple Sails for a quote today.
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"Heart of Gold," Jim and Sue Corenman's Schumacher 50 took off on November's Cabo San Lucas race in search of victory and landed first place honors in their IMS class and fleet, and second in PHRF.
The 870 mile race to Cabo presented days of patience testing light-air sailing.
As it turned out only four headsails were needed, the light genoa, the half ounce and three quarter ounce spinnakers, and a special kevlar staysail/slatter.
In spite of what some may call adverse conditions, there wasn't a circumstance where "Heart of Gold" did not have the perfect sail for the conditions. The sail inventory made possible some "Great Escapes," which make light-air sailing fun!
Winter sailing on San Francisco Bay offers us some patience testing opportunities of our own. Pineapple Sails can give you the tools you need to make some "Great Escapes" of your own! Call us for information and a quote.
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your boat, call Pineapple Sails for a quote today.
