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Sail22 Tips & Tricks: A Way to Lighten Your Boat
Posted on June 29, 2010 under Product Review, Products, Rigging, Tips & Tricks
Sail22 Tip & Trick: Using aluminum ferrules is a great way to lighten up the purchase on vangs, backstays and other systems. You can buy ferrules or sometimes even just use sailmakers thimbles. The breaking strength on a ferrule is much higher than a wire block and they are less expensive and much lighter.
Sailmakers Thimble [...]
Sail22 Tips & Tricks: Melges 24 Custom Parts
Posted on June 22, 2010 under Products, Sail22 News
Sail22 is in Newport, RI this week for the 2010 Melges 24 Nationals and thought we’d feature some of the custom parts we have available for the Melges 24. All three make life on the Melges 24 easier!e
Sail22 Tack Deflector: Another piece of bling for your boat! The Sail22 Tack Deflector prevents the tack of [...]
Sail22 Tips & Tricks: McLube Hullkote
Posted on June 15, 2010 under Products, Sponsors, Tips & Tricks
We’re off to the C-Scow Nationals this weekend at Chautauqua Lake and figured we share a favorite Sail22 Scow Spa trick. Did you know that McLube’s Hullkote is not only great for go fast bottoms, but also works as an amazing degreaser and cleaner?
The great thing about Hullkote is that it is citrus based [...]
Chicago Strictly Sail
Posted on January 31, 2010 under Blog, Product Review, Products, Sponsors, Travel
I had never been to the Chicago Strictly Sail show before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Chicago is a water loving community and the city has done a very nice job of making the waterfront accessible to everyone. The show in Chicago is held in Navy Pier, which is quite unlike the show [...]
Sail22’s Gear Must Haves for the Melges 24 Worlds
Posted on October 16, 2009 under Product Review, Products, Regattas, Sail22 News
Do you have everything you need for the Melges 24 Worlds October 23-31, 2009 in Annapolis, MD? After living in Annapolis for 5 years, it can be pretty hit or miss on the weather. It’s currently raining, cold (in the 40’s) and there’s that bone chilling dampness present in the air. I don’t even think [...]
Henri Lloyd Teams up for Tuning Regatta
Posted on August 17, 2009 under Products, Regattas
Sail22 and Henri Lloyd have teamed up to help support the Sail22 Melges 24 Worlds Tuning Regatta in Annapolis, MD. We have some pretty big things lined up so stay tuned here as we start a relationship that plans to grow in the future.
Morning Light DVD is on Sale Today
Posted on June 16, 2009 under Products
For those of you that loved the movie or wanted to see it but it never came to your area, here it is. I pre-ordered mine and it showed up today. Order yours today by clicking on the link below for DVD or Blue Ray Disk.
Sail22 Amazon Store!
Posted on June 12, 2009 under Products
Check out our new Sail22 Amazon Store for recommendations about some of Sail22’s favorite products. We’ll be adding a Sail22 Store soon as well with other products, such as our custom Melges 24 parts, geared to our clients. Let us know if there is anything you think we should add or you would like to [...]
Detroit NOOD Day 1
Posted on May 30, 2009 under Products, Regattas
We were able to get in 3 races in light air yesterday at the Detroit NOOD. Michael’s team started off the regatta strong with a 6th in the first race. They are currently in 12th. Becky’s team struggled yesterday and was 160 pounds light, which made things tough. The team will have more weight today, [...]
Sail22 is now a Velocitek Dealer
Posted on March 27, 2009 under Products
If you are in need of improving your sailing game by knowing how fast you are going or being able to go full speed all of the time then maybe a Velocitek is the right tool for you. Sail22 is now a Velocitek dealer. We will have the SC-1 and new Speedpuck’s in Charleston and [...]
