DIVERSITY

Over his 30 years in the business Ken has made sails for a myriad of yachts.

Some people like to go further afield. Ken's sails get you there and back!


Durable cruising inventory for heavy displacement cruiser.
Typical quality dacron cruising inventory with boom bag, lazy jacks, foam genoa luff and UV cover. Fully battened main and fan cut genoa.
  • Dinghies
  • One Design dinghy classes
  • Holdfast Trainers
  • Sabres
  • Arrow catamarans
  • Arafura cadet catamarans
  • Mosquito Catamarans
  • Pacers plus many more, both racing and recreational
  • Trailer Sailers
  • Farr range
  • TS 16s
  • Australs
  • Lidgard 8m
  • Plus many others

Quality dacron inventory as an alternative for exotics for sports boat club racing.

Preferred alternative to pocket luff Wharram main. Similar area and cost. Typical boom bag and lazy jack system. Foam luff in genoa flattens sail while roller reefing
   

As well as more contempory design cruising and racing yachts, Ken has an experience in the Traditional and alternative type yacht designs including:

  • James Warrham Design catamarans
  • Kelsal Designer Catamarans
  • Norwalk Island Sharpies (copies of Laser sails)
  • Iain Outred Designs (full range)
  • “Wooden Boat” magazine design range
  • Joel White
  • Ted Brewer
He is experienced in Gaff rigs, Lug and Gunter rigs. He will do as fully traditional as required or can advise on how to optimise the designs with newer technologies.


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