October 2010 Newsletter

It has been nearly three months now since Doyle Sails Australia's Sydney operations were expanded with financial and technical support from Doyle Sails New Zealand. The development provides all of the Australian lofts with access to Doyle NZ's resources including the state of the art Stratis plant, one of the leading sail design teams in the world and a team of high performance sailors. For Sydney the expansion resulted in a move back into the Rushcutters Bay loft and a push on the marketing side.

We are pleased to report that the expansion has been a success enabling us to provide better service to our existing customers and getting more Doyle sails out on the harbour. We are continuing with this expansion, and on the lookout for more staff that will enable us to give you even more support on and off the water.

Does your sailmaker cut fabric from a generic roll of cloth and stitch it together to make your sail in the time honoured way that sailmakers have been doing for thousands of years; or is your sail custom designed with each yarn carefully laid out in the precise place it needs to be to address the loads on the sail, and then laminated under heat and extreme pressure to produce a state of the art laminated membrane? 
 
While there is still a place for panel structured sails built in the traditional way, for the last decade Doyle Sails has been at the forefront in the development of advanced sail manufacturing techniques. We have invested heavily in the research and development of materials and techniques as well as investing in our state of the art manufacturing facility in Auckland.
 
The benefits of this development can now be shared by sailors on all types of sailing yachts from sports boats to dhows, grand prix racers to superyachts and leisurely cruising boats to club racers.

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HUGO BOSS DRESSED FOR SUCCESS: WARDROBE BY DOYLE SAILS

Alex Thomson has selected Doyle Sails for his Hugo Boss Open 60 campaign which will culminate in the Barcelona Round the World Race starting 1st January 2011. Doyle Sails head designer Richard Bouzaid had been heavily involved in the project working with Alex to produce a wardrobe of sails that will see him around the world on the pace.

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DOYLE SAILS SYDNEY AND THE PERFECT SALE 


As part of our expansion we offered our “Perfect Sale” 20% discount at the Sydney International Boat Show. We had a large uptake at the show, and because of the scale of interest, a lot of the quotes went out after the show and were subsequently turned into sails (excuse the pun). As well as discounts on sails, we were also offering discounts on our other products: Bamar furlers and Leisure Furl in-boom furling systems.

 

HOLD THE SUSHI

Doyle Sails Sydney’s John Hearne was recently in China to compete in the Mayor's Cup as part of Qingdao International Sailing Week. Teams from Australia, France, Japan, Russia and China competed in identical Beneteau First 40's, all equipped with a complete wardrobe of Doyle sails. 

Conditions at the regatta were described as tricky at best with periods of light and flukey winds and multiple obstacles in the water included fishing nets and fish farms. We hear that one team, which included a certain Sydney sail cloth manufacturer, by no fault of their own were caught up in submerged fishing nets and winched almost on to the deck of a fishing trawler. Fortunately they did not have to use the lifejackets that they had donned, but it did ruin their day. 

HEAD DESIGNER RICHARD BOUZAID TURNS HIS HAND TO WRITING

Look out for Richard Bouzaid’s regular column in Sails Magazine, the recently launched publication from Ocean Media covering the sailing scene in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

In the column Doyle Sails’ head of design looks at what is happening on the international racing scene and discusses his involvement and experiences as a crew member and coach with various top flight teams around the world.

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PETER MCNEILL WINS IRISH ETCHELLS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congratulations to Doyle Sails Lake Macquarie's Peter McNeill for winning the 2010 Irish National Etchells Championships in August.

LOCAL LEGEND COL ANDERSON REPORTS FROM DOYLE SAILS MELBOURNE...

We had the first sail on David Ellis’s new Archambault 31 at the weekend. David has again chosen a complete wardrobe of Doyle Stratis working sails combined with Doyle downwind sails. Richard Bouzaid from our Doyle New Zealand loft has done extensive 3D modelling for this project and all the sails looked great straight out of the bag. The A31 is a great boat, and combined with David's sailing talent, should be hard to beat in IRC Division 2.
 
We also hoisted the new larger Doyle Stratis Mainsail on the Beneteau 45 Reverie on the weekend and achieved some very encouraging numbers. Owner Alan Woodward is focused on regaining his  Number 1 spot in the Club Marine Series IRC Division 1 after finishing 2nd last season to the Doyle powered Adams 10 Executive Decision. Alan is also returning to Lincoln Race Week in the New Year after winning the IRC Division there 2 years ago. Not to be outdone, Executive decision owner Grant Botica is adding a new Doyle Stratis Number 1 and Number 3 for this season.
 
Swordfish Trombone owners Tim Olding and Martin Lavery have purchased a new Doyle Stratis Mainsail to go with their Doyle Stratis headsails and Masthead Spinnaker. Tim is hoping to improve on his 2nd in AMS Division 1, ORCV Winter Series.
 
Farr 1020, Wavelength owner Brendan Kruger recently fitted his new Doyle Stratis Mainsail, number 1 and 3 and is very pleased with the results so far, including one race with a line honours,1st AMS and 1st PHD.
 
Last year we made a new inshore Doyle Stratis Mainsail for the DK 46 Extesea which they used in the recent ORCV winter series to win IRC Division 1. Congratulations to Paul Buchholz and crew.
 
 
 

Doyle Sails' commitment to continual innovation and the production of highest quality sails will help you to enjoy your sailing experience. Whether you want to be first around the track or safely anchored behind the reef before dark, with Doyle sails onboard you can be confident that you will get the results you expect.

Thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter, if you have any feedback please do not hesitate to contact us at one of the loft addresses or phone numbers on the website or by email to info@doyleaustralia.com

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