Congratulations to Team Beeste for winning Class 2 in this years IRC Felixstowe Regatta.
Well sailed Martin and Charlie!
Blue Beeste Wins!
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Southampton Boat Show 2015
Its showtime!
After the outstanding success of our first Southampton Boat Show in 2014 Dolphin Sails will be exhibiting again during this years show. We will be on the same stand as last year- FO28 – which is in Mayflower Park in between Ocean Hall and Windward Hall.
Last year, it was great to see so many of our existing customers and meet so many new people who came along to discuss their plans for new sails and covers. We are really pleased to report that many of those enquiries have been converted into orders with those owners now enjoying their new covers and sails.
If your are looking to buy a new boat or just need ‘a few bits’ you are certain to find what you are looking for during the 2015 Southampton Boat Show.
The Dolphin Team will be available all week so please feel free to come along and see how we can help.
Details of new products and any boat show deals will be announced soon.
To arrange a meeting during the 2015 Southampton Boatshow, which runs from 11th – 20th September, please contact us on sails@dolphin-sails.com
Paul Austin – Hamble Marina – 02381 980090 – paul.austin@dolphin-sails.com
Jon Sturmer – East Coast – 01206 384412 – jon@dolphin-sails.com
Oyster 56 Tensile Awning
Shade your world!!
OYSTER 56 OVER BOOM TENSILE AWNING
The Oyster 56 is latest addition to our extensive list of tensile awning designs. From this we can now supply a perfectly tailored Tensile Awning to suit your 56 wherever she may be kept around the world.
This new design joins a long list of the others that we now have on file to suit the following boats 53, 54, 545, 56, 575, 62, 625, 655, 72 (smart boom), 825, 885 (V Boom). If your boat type is not listed we can always arrange a trip to measure up, depending on the accessibility.
The concept of the over boom tensile awning is to provide weather protection, primarily from sun, for the guests, crew and the boat. Whilst the bimini provides some protection, for most boats the over boom tensile awning offers around 2 ½ times the coverage. The benefits are sun protection for the crew and large portions of the deck whilst providing a noticeable reduction in overall boat temperature. After a short while with the awning in place the air conditioning usually turns itself off. This of course provides a further benefit of reducing generator hours, noise and diesel consumption.
A further advantage of course is protection from rain in less than clement weather, indeed the extra covered space almost acts as a further large social area.
Check out more examples: https://www.dolphinsails.com/WP/covers/yacht-tensile-awnings/
To find out more or to request a specification sheet please contact the Dolphin team on:
Jon Sturmer – 01206 384412 – jon@dolphin-sails.com
Paul Austin (South) – 02381 980090 (South) – paul.austin@dolphin-sails.com
Twin Headsail Video
Following on from our very popular video for cruising chutes and furlers we have now released the twin headsail video. This set up is an excellent way to have a very stable sail plan that is very easy to set up.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l00xY1D3Uts
If after watching the short video you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Jon Sturmer or Matthew Vincent
01255 243366
sails@dolphin-sails.com
Going Grey!
ITS NEVER TO EARLY TO GO GREY …
Increasingly as owner’s colour schemes for their yachts have developed there has been a call for an alternative colour from the standard white sail fabric. As a result, in line with our continuing product development we have listened to our customer’s requirements and over the winter months Dolphin Sails have been working with Dimension Polyant, our main cloth supplier, to produce a Grey version of the well proven DYS Dyneema cruise laminate. This new fabric is unique in that the taffetas are now woven with different colour yarns to give the grey colour rather than dying an existing white taffeta Grey. This process gives a more constant colour throughout the sail rather than the slight colour differences that can result with dyed fabrics.
The first set of grey sails have been supplied to the newly launched Oyster 575, as you can see from the photos taken during a sea trial it will certainly make your yacht stand out.
We have ordered a large quantity of the Grey DYS Dyneema in fabric weights to suit yachts up to and including the 62’ footer. Orders for yachts over 65’ will require a special order with a longer lead time.
This brings another element into effect while deciding on the theme for your new or existing boat, the choice of should you go for the new grey or traditional white…..
To find out more please contact the Dolphin team on:
Jon Sturmer – – 01206 384412
Paul Austin – – 02381 980090 (South)
East Anglian Boat Show
East Anglian Boat Show – Woolverstone Marina MDL
The second East Anglian Boat Show will be held at Woolverstone Marina over the weekend of 20th & 21st June (10am to 5pm)
Dolphin Sails will be exhibiting on the shore along the main parade and we will also have ‘Razzmatazz’ a Beneteau Oceanis 320 displaying a large selection of covers in the Marina
Please come along for a chat about sails and covers.
Contact Jon or Paul on 01255 243366 for further details.
Oyster BVI Regatta
Oyster BVI 2015 Regatta
First class results from this year’s Oyster BVI regatta. For another year Dolphin had a strong showing of customers, with 60% of the fleet all sporting our sails. This year our customers dominated the results in Class 2 taking the top four podium places. A special congratulations must also be given to Oyster 72 ‘Infiniti of Cowes’ who’s new DYS Dyneema headsails which were delivered before the regatta helped her to win every race in Class 2.
Amongst the entrants where many previous and regular customers to these Oyster regattas along with some new faces who made their first ARC trip to be part of this excellent ran regatta.
Once such new entrant was ‘Atalanta’ Oys 575 who after being commissioned last summer made their way from the UK, through the Med to start the ARC on their first Atlantic crossing.
It is always good to meet our customers and talk to them on their experience’s and gain valuable feedback on our product. It also gives us a good opportunity to discuss with them any new sail setups that they may benefit from for future passages or regattas. Such new sail setup options that are regularly discussed are Twin headstay or Karver Top down furlers which can be easily added to their existing inventories
Again we would like to thank all our customers throughout the fleet for their hospitality and support they gave to our team during the regatta
Below is a list of results
Class 1
4th Overall – ‘Vamos’ Oys 625 with two 3rd places
Class 2
1st Infiniti of Cowes Oys 72
2nd Sotto Vento Oys 655
3rd Jigsaw Oys 53
4th Ayesha II Oys 575
If you have any questions for our team or would like to talk about new sails or covers please contact:
Jon Sturmer – jon@dolphin-sails.com – 01206 384412
Paul Austin (South Coast) – paul.austin@dolphin-sails.com – 02381 980090
The photos below say it all ….
Dolphin Tensile Awnings
Designing the perfect awning for your yacht or architectural project takes science and skill. This video clip gives you a brief insight into how the ideal shape is created.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtwVTIBRbjw
For full details please contact Matthew Vincent or Jon Sturmer
00 44 (0)1255 243366
London Yacht, Jet & Prestige Car Show
Dolphin Tensile Awnings to exhibit at the first London Yacht, Jet & Prestige Car Show
Dolphin Tensile Awnings, a new division of Dolphin Sails, will be exhibiting at the inaugural London Yacht, Jet & Prestige Car Show based in the City of London.
Split between the ‘Old Billingsgate’ market next to the Thames and St Katharine Dock a host of exciting brands will be on display during this exclusive event. Yachts will be berthed in the Dock and a host of global brand leaders in the jet, car and yacht world will be exhibiting their latest luxury products at this exclusive event in the main ‘market’ hall.
Dolphin Tensile Awnings will be displaying their highly successful and popular Tensile Awning. The Tensile Awning has been created to deliver a real solution to provide quick and easy shade when on board a yacht. The bespoke design options also allows for the concept to work in architectural situations. Utilising advanced form finding software, an awning is designed to give optimal coverage, maximum stability and ease of use.
For further details, please contact Jon Sturmer 00 44 (0)1206 384412 info@dolphintensileawnings.com
Dolphin Tensile Awnings will be on stand P16
ARC 2014
A great ARC for Dolphin Sails customers
Dolphin would like to congratulate all our customers and crew on board the 15 competing yachts sporting Dolphin sails and covers in the latest edition of the World Cruising Clubs Atlantic Rally for Cruisers.
This is a testing event for many of the crews, especially if it is their first Atlantic crossing but for them choosing a Dolphin product whether it be a sail or a cover gave them one less thing to worry about.
Our sails Production Manager, Gareth Heel, was on hand in Las Palmas before the start to see our customers and ensure that any questions they had were answered or issues with the sails sorted before departing.
We can now wish all those customers an enjoyable Caribbean season and a safe passage to their next destination.
To find out more about how Dolphin can help you with new sails and covers for an Atlantic crossing or round the world voyage contact sails@dolphin-sails.com or visit www.dolphinsails.com or telephone 00 44 (0)1255 243366 and ask for Jon Sturmer or Paul Austin