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New R2-LM - Perfect choice for the Annapolis choppy conditions, home of the 2010 Nationals!

2010   ITALIAN NATIONALS 1 LADY SNIPES Congratulations Aine McLean 1* DISTRICT 6 CHAMPS Congratulations Doug Hart 1,3,4,5,6*,7,8,9 HERB SHEAR REGATTA Congratulations Kevin Reali 1,2,4,5,7 SCYA MIDWINTERS Congratulations Doug Hart 1 LAS VEGAS REGATTA Congratulations Brian Bissell 1,2,4,5 MBYC January Series #1 Congratulations Tyler Sinks 1,3,4 WOMEN'S NATIONALS 3 2009 WORLDS 2,4,10 DISTRICT 6 Congratulations Brian Bissell 1,3,5,7,8,10 HERB SHEAR REGATTA Congratulations Brian Bissell 1,3 OPEN MEDITERRANEAN Congratulations Enrico Solero 1 MBYC SHORT COURSE Congratulations Brian Bissell 1,3 COLONIAL CUP Congratulations John MacRae 1,3 WINTER CIRCUIT OVERALL 2 NASSAU OVERALL 2 GAMBLIN REGATTA 3 BACARDI CUP 3 MIDWINTERS 3 DON Q 3 SCYA MIDWINTERS Congratulations Doug Hart 1,2 SDYC WOMEN"S CHALLENGE Congratulations Aine Fretwell 1 2008 ITALIAN NATIONALS 1 TAG HEUER WINTER CHAMPS 1 BACARDI CUP 1 2007 JR NATIONALS 1,2 NATIONALS 3,7,8,10 PACIFIC COAST CHAMPS 1 MIDWEST DISTRICTS 1 BACARDI/GAMBLIN MEMORIAL 1 HERB SHEAR REGATTA 1,3,5 PANAM GAMES Silver US PANAM TRIALS 2,3 LAS VEGAS REGATTA 1,3 DEAD OF WINTER REGATTA 1,2,4,5 2006 WESTERN HEMISPHERES 1 NORTH AMERICANS 3,5 JR NATIONALS 1 ARGENTINIAN NATIONALS 1 COLONIAL CUP 2 ABYC TURKEY DAY REGATTA 1,2 DEAD OF WINTER REGATTA 1,2,3,4

Introducing the new R2-LM Jib Coaching Session Tuning Notes Click here Snipe Sail Testing in Japan read report >> 2008 Italian National Champions Enrico Solerio and Sergio Simonetti The Learning Curve Read article by Brian Bissell Pablo Defazio & Eduardo Medici Photo Fried Elliot

Our goal at North Sails One Design is to design and produce Snipe sails you can win with. Our current line up includes designs that provide the best sails for every sailor no matter where they sail or what equipment they use. Our sails are designed to be easy to set up and use, so that can concentrate on racing. We take your input seriously and lately have worked extra hard to make our sails fast and durable.

As you look over our sails for the Snipe please feel free to ask us any questions you might have. We are Snipe sailors ourselves and would be happy to discuss any aspect of Snipe sailing with you. All our sails come complete with our comprehensive Snipe Racing Guide which includes straightforward and simple information on how to set up your Snipe for great performance.

CHOOSING YOUR MAINSAIL:

Depending on the conditions that you sail, the graphic below will help you to choose the North sail(s) that is recommended for the wind range. If you have qny questions, please contact our Snipe experts.

FT-1 MAINSAIL 1st, 2nd in the first race of the 2009 Worlds! 3rd at the Pacific Coast Championship! After many months and thousands of hours of sail testing and development, North Sails snipe experts are excited about the high performance capabilities of the new FT-1 Mainsail.  This sail was designed to give more power to help the boat through the chop and waves.  If you sail mostly in the ocean or other choppy and wavy venues, this is the sail for you.  It is very easy to set up with standard tuning. Mainsails include: Snipe insignia Sail numbers with country code Custom tapered battens Shelf foot Jib leech sighting window Roll bag Contact Snipe Experts About this Design

AP-5+ MAINSAIL 1st Place Italian Nationals, 1st Place Spanish Nationals, 1st Place District 6 Championship, 3 bullets in Snipe Junior Worlds! The AP-5+ is our easiest sail to trim.  It is designed with more twist, which makes it much easier to prevent the sail from stalling out.  The flatter top also makes this sail great in flat water.  If you sail mainly in flat water lakes or bays, the AP-5+ would be a great choice. After taking this sail to Japan and running it through the Advanced Sail Analyzing Software Program, some small adjustments were made to the luff curve to bring the draft a little further aft in the bottom 25% of the sail.  We also made the entry a little finer in the bottom 25%.  This proved to be a great improvement to sail’s overall performance. See our AP5+ Quick Tuning Guide "At the 2009 Snipe North Americans I had the rig tuned per your instructions and we did not need to do much adjusting.  Wind was light.  I feel I performed better than I expected.  Several times I was near the top of the fleet but weeds did me in!.  It was a deep fleet"! -- Don Hackbarth who recently switched to North Sails. Mainsails include: Snipe insignia Sail numbers with country code Custom tapered battens Shelf foot Jib leech sighting window Roll bag Contact Snipe Experts About this Design

NEW! R2-LM JIB Perfect choice for choppy conditions! Designed by the Olympic Gold Medal winning designers at North Sails Japan, this jib is the perfect fit for any sail inventory.  This sail finished 2nd and 4th at the 2010 Snipe World Championship.  It is constructed with radial panels in the head and foot with three cross-cut panels in the middle.  Based on computer modulated load paths in the sail, the decision was made to use two different types of sail cloth to make the highest performance and longest lasting jib on the water.  Whereas the BR1D jib is great in flat water, the R2-LM really excels in the chop and breeze.  The R2-LM gives the Snipe a wide groove that makes the boat really easy to steer and helps keep the boat going at full speed longer. Jibs include: Fixed or adjustable luff wire Monofilm vision window Leech trimming telltale Luff telltales Roll bag Contact Snipe Experts About this Design

BR-1D DACRON JIB The BR-1D Dacron jib is our All-Purpose jib that will deliver pure speed in all wind and water conditions. The BR-1D Jib features the new redesigned leech that maximizes sail area. Jibs include: Fixed or adjustable luff wire Monofilm vision window Leech trimming telltale Luff telltales Roll bag Contact Snipe Experts About this Design

BR-1D+ DACRON JIB The BR1D+ uses the same design mould as the BR1D, however it features a slightly softer sail cloth in the middle of the sail. The BR-1D+ is best choice for a light-air venue, as it is very fast in less than 8 knots TWS. Jibs include: Fixed or adjustable luff wire Monofilm vision window Leech trimming telltale Luff telltales Roll bag Contact Snipe Experts About this Design

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