Sagola-Biotrading, powered by Doyle Sails, is the 2016 ORC Italian Champion! Congratulations to the Owner/Helmsman Peppe Fornich, to Marco Bruni (our Operations Manager) who took care of the sails development during the last year and was onboard for the races, and to the crew. Sagola gained the first place overall, including all the Professional Crews. This was…
Congratulations to Ohana and her excellent Crew for the great result at the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta. After a bad start of the first day caused by the break of the T-Bone of the gennaker, Ohana and her crew, entirely managed by Doyle Italy, did a wonderful job obtaining the winning overall of the second…
Great success of Sagola-Biotrading, with new mainsail and spinnaker by Doyle, in the last two months of races: 1st IRC and 3rd ORC at the Tre Golfi race (Naples) 1st at the National Championship – Tirrenian Area (Naples) 1st at the National Championship – Ionian and South Tirrenian Area (Cefalù – Palermo) Congratulation to the owner-Helmsman…
Richard Bouzaid, Head of Design at Doyle Sails New Zealand, has recently returned from a week of sail trials on board the newly repaired Hugo Boss, which is freshly out of the shed following the completion of repairs sustained in the capsize in the Transat Jacques Verbal Race in October 2015. Bouzaid joined skipper Alex Thomson to make up a…
Long time Doyle customer Proteus continues her winning form with yet another regatta win, taking out the Maxi 1 class at the Les Voiles de St Barth 2016, held off St Barths from 11-16 April 2016. Despite slightly challenging conditions with limited wind, battling it out with rival Momo made for some exciting racing. Stu Bannatyne, Grand Prix Race…
Doyle superyacht customers put on an impressive performance at the 2016 St Barths Bucket, held off St Barthelemy from 17-20 March 2016, with wins in three of the five pursuit classes that saw nearly 40 yachts compete. The overall results of Doyle Sails this year are a testament to the continuing focus on performance and…
Congratulations to Will Hadfield for a sterling performance at the 2016 Optimist South Island Championships, where he took first place. Based in Christchurch, Will has been a loyal long term Doyle supporter and we are proud to see his hard work and sportsmanship paying off on the podium. The Championships were hosted at the Ravensbourne…
A successful run for Doyle Stratis powered yachts continues with Proteus’ win at the 2016 RORC Caribbean 600 the latest in a long line of consistent podium wins. This is the third year running that the RORC Caribbean 600 race has been won by Doyle customers following Bella Mente’s win in 2015 and Shockwave’s win…
Doyle Sails is proud to announce that Stuart Bannatyne has joined their team as Grand Prix Race Sales & Projects rep. in New Zealand. For those in the sailing world Stuart’s reputation and experience mean he needs little introduction. Named New Zealand Yachtsman of the Year in 2009 he has participated in and won some…
A windy and cool Key West Race Week wrapped up last week, with 48 boats racing in the J/70 class. At Doyle Sailmakers, we were very pleased with two boats in the top ten and Peter Duncan’s Relative Obscurity clinching second place to be the top American finisher. We were able to have a conversation…