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05.11.08
Upgrade your sailing kit and also your boat’s instruments with UK-Halsey Sailmakers!
It’s been a good year for UK-Halsey™. We’ve enjoyed notable racing success and gained great satisfaction from seeing our cruising customers enjoying their time on the water. But it’s getting cold! And as our thoughts turn to the new sailing season we very much look forward to talking to you about your sail requirements.
We’ve been thinking about how we can add more value to you as your sail supplier and to this end we’ve entered into an agreement with two leading Brands to bring you advantageous terms on their products. This offer applies when you order a new UK-Halsey sail, or have your current sails serviced or repaired with us.
We are very pleased to be able to offer you a 15% discount on the Henri-Lloyd™ Coastal/Inshore and Ocean/Offshore range of technical sailing wear and also trade terms on the complete range of Tacktick ™ wireless instruments. Visit www.henrilloyd.com or www.tacktick.com for more information on their products.
We hope this arrangement will help you upgrade your crew’s sailing kit and your boats instrumentation cost effectively, and we’ll tell you how to take advantage of this offer when you place your order.
29.10.08
New look website for UK Halsey Sailmakers
The UK Halsey Sailmakers' website has had an overhaul and an update. The new look site now has a specialised page containing tactical information on some of their most successful boats such as the J80. More useful knowledge and tips are expected on other fleets such as Sigma 38.
The site has also seen a revise and addition to some of the services offered by UK Halsey Sailmakers. Customers are now able to book their sails in online for their annual winter valet. This can be done through the contact page. Sailors can also provide dimensions and enquire about UK Halsey’s new custom made sail or boom covers. Alongside the valeting service, the group hope to offer a comprehensive service to help their customers look after their boats over the winter months.
The new website will to continue to diversify to keep up with its customers’ demands and maintain its outstanding level of service. It will also be regularly updated with news of deals, results and discounts.
28.10.08
Farr 45 “Fraxious” is to use UK Halsey Sails for UK Grand Prix circuit in 2009.
Owner Jack Pringle has sought the knowledge and talent of UK Halsey sailmakers to build his new set of sails. The Farr 45 fleet is going from strength to strength with some of the UK’s most competitive one-design big boat racing. To keep the Fraxious team competitive, Jack chose UK Halsey. The sailmakers have shown their skills in developing fast sails as seen on other Farr 45s such as Freddie Freeloader which narrowly missed pole position in the Level Rated Farr 45 Series based out of Hamble.
Three of the new sails being made will be made using Carbon Matrix unique to the UK Halsey group. The result is a string sail, customised to each individual and designed for its intended use to give each customer the performance edge desired.
27.10.08
UK Halsey wins the J80 Garmin Hamble Autumn Championships and leads the Winter Series
UK Halsey’s Joystick (Rob Larke) did very well to come from being over at the start to win the race. Many boats overstood the windward mark because of the strong tide in the North Channel , Savage Sailing Team especially being hard done by on one beat by the sudden appearance of a tanker in the channel. Second was Jevan (Rob Fox) showing a return to form, did having his brother John back on board make the difference? Third was Boats.com with Ian Atkins back on the helm.
If Rob Larke thought that he was going to walk away with the weekend, Neil Martin in Jenga 4 had other ideas winning the second race from Joystick and Savage Sailing team. As the wind settled into the Southwest and built there was more fun to be had down wind and Rose and Thistle (Marcus Stone) showed some great speed upwind. The third race was again won by Joystick from Savage Sailing Team and Boats.com. This race was won by Jenga 4 from Savage and Just Do It( Terry Palmer).
After a 2 hour postponement to allow the front to go through, a good call as the wind dropped from force 6 to a force 2 with 13 boats having two good races. In the first race Joystick and Jenga 4 battled it out at the front with Savage Sailing Team third.
Overall the winner of the Autumn Championships was Rob Larke and Vic Gregory in Joystick with Savage Sailing Team Chris and Liz Savage second and Neil Martin in Jenga 4 third. With half the Sunday Winter series over Joystick has a good lead but Jevan sailed by Rob Fox in second from Boats.com (Ian Atkins ) in third.
Full report www.j-80.co.uk/news/ and www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=143995
13.10.08
UK Halsey leads in the J80 class.
After the first weekend of the winter series was blown off everyone was looking forward to the second Sunday 12th October. The breeze started off from the North East which was somewhat of a surprise as the coastal forecast was for a westerly. The first race got off with the mist clearing and the debate was either to go inshore to get out of the tide or protect the right if the wind went round to the south. New boat Joystick with Rob Larke helming sporting very smart new UK Halsey sails showed his intentions early and led by the first mark, but on the second beat all the leaders went inshore but as the wind was going right Boats.com and Just Chilling made the best gains as the wind died a bit inshore. Just Chilling took the lead at the second windward mark and held it to the finish with Boats.com second and Joystick 3rd. The wind started to settle down to a steady force 3 from the east. In these beautiful conditions Rob Larke showed fanastic speed and led both races by a large margin. Boats.com showed great consistency with a 3rd and a second and Liz savage in Savage Sailing team got a second in the second race and Rob Fox took third in the last race of the day. Close racing in the fleet was again evident but we will all have to take notice of what we can learn from Rob Larke and his team.
Full report www.j-80.co.uk/news/
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