What Is The North Design Suite
In this episode of What Is we show you how our designers bridge the gap between concept and reality using the powerful North Design Suite™. The concept is founded on… Read More
Seahorse Tech Brief: North Sails Performance Collection
Seahorse Magazine has given us special permission to republish the Tech Brief featuring the North Sails Performance Gear. Performance Director Nigel Musto teamed up with Matt Sheahan to talk about… Read More
How To Sail Safely Through a Storm
Compared to the quick response and sudden nature of a squall, sailing through a storm in open water is an endurance contest. In addition to big wind, you’ll have to… Read More
Australian Solaris 50 Salt Sets Sail
The newest Australian Solaris 50, Salt, embarked on her maiden journey from Sydney to Melbourne last month. Owner Ian Fankhanel gained first-hand experience of her performance with North Sails Melbourne’s… Read More
How To Hoist and Douse a Gennaker or Spinnaker
Spinnakers provide an enormous performance boost in light to moderate air when sailing downwind—and well they should, considering the trouble they can cause! We’ll take a look here at how… Read More
Cruising Gennaker
A North Cruising Gennaker is a free-flying, asymmetric spinnaker tacked to the bow or sprit and does not require a spinnaker pole, special hardware or rigging. North Gennakers are offered… Read More
Cruising Multihull Q + A
A: Because a multihull does not heel and release the wind load when the pressure hits, multihull sails must be able to handle higher wind loads than monohull sails. This… Read More
‘How To’ Video Series with Bouwe Bekking
We’ve teamed up with our friends at X-Yachts and are excited to release an all-new ‘How To’ video series aimed at every type of cruiser. All seven videos are now… Read More
ARC Preparations & Cruising Sail Selection for Offshore
North Sails cruising experts Jeremy Smart, Bob Meagher, and Ridgely MacKenzie join World Cruising Club’s Andrew Bishop to discuss sail selection for offshore bluewater sailing and ARC Preparations. This webinar… Read More
3 Tips for Fun Family Cruising
It was Memorial Day weekend of 2020 when Tracy and Ezra Smith suddenly realized: their family of four had outgrown the Marshall catboat they’d owned for eight years. “We did… Read More