T-10 2000-2003 News

Sail Information || T-10 News || Tuning Guide || Contact T-10 Experts || Order

• 2003 Leukemia Cup
• 2003 Cleveland Race Week - North 1st!!!
• North Sails 1,2,3 at the 2002 T-10 North Americans!!!
• North Wins 2001 T-10 Nationals!
• Detroit NOOD - North dominates the T-10s!
• North win 2000 North Americans!

2003 LEUKEMIA CUP - Final Results

Report by Skip Dieball

Cleveland Yacht Club - July 19-20, 2003

1 - 10 Pinkerton 2 1 1 3
2 - 372 Carroll 1 3 3 5
3 - 22006 Kubeck 4 5 6 1
4 - 31181 Buckles 5 4 2 6
5 - 285 Ward 3 6 5 8
6 - 225 Mylett 7 10 9 2
7 - 33 Sackett 8 9 7 7
8 - 366 Tigges 17 2 10 4
9 - 303 Disbrow 6 11 4 13
10 - 32148 Rocks 17 7 8 9 (*)
11 - 32236 Finicle 12 8 11 11
12 - 234 West 10 13 12 10
13 - 23927 Cairns 9 17 14 12
14 - 15341 Gustafson 11 14 13 16
15 - 329 Jucaitis 17 12 15 14
16 - 331 Mahony 13 15 16 15

(*) North partial inventory

It's no wonder North makes the fastest T-10 sails! For more information on our latest T-10 designs, please contact our T-10 experts!

2003 CLEVELAND RACE WEEK

Report by Skip Dieball

We are glad to report that the top 4 boats at the 2003 Cleveland Race Week were powered by North sails. Here's a note from a happy customer:

Skip, Not sure if you got a copy of the final T-Ten results but, I thought I would forward them along none the less. As was evident, the North designs proved very fast upwind in a whole variety of conditions with lots of good competition. As you know Sat started at 15+ and ended in 1. Needless to say, that main was easy to trim and always gave us the speed and lift we needed upwind while the entry on jib was forgiving enough to not collapse through the many waves and shifty breeze yet defined to compliment the superb shape of the main and provide the power we needed to motor through the waves. Needless to say, I am really pleased with the new sails as were those others that bought new North's this year. I am definitely excited for the new kite as my crew is complaining on how ugly this one we have is. Best of luck in Youngstown as I saw you won the first race today. Nice job!. Todd

Top 5: 1st PERFECT PINKERTON, TED 2nd LIQUOR BOX BUCKLES, BILL 3rd GOTCHA DISBROW, DAVE 4th TROLL BRITTON, TIM 5th INTRUDER TIGGES, TODD

NORTH SAILS 1,2,3 AT THE 2002 TARTAN 10 NORTH AMERICANS!

Report by Skip Dieball

Chicago Yacht Club
Chicago, Illinois (Lake Michigan)

The 2002 T-10 North Americans was sailed in a variety of conditions off of Chicago's waterfront/skyline. Fourty-seven boats competed this year with many of the top contenders being past champions.

For North Sails One Design, the T-10 class has been one of our fastest growing classes due to our dynamic approach to one-design sailmaking. We have taken the same approach to design, construction and service as we have in over 80 other One Design classes. This formula has yielded many regatta victories for our customers, and the 2002 NAs was another in a long line of customer wins (Detroit NOOD, Chicago NOOD, Cleveland Race Week, '00 NAs, '01 NAs).

Richard Grusnten's Vodoo - 2002 North American Champions

At this year's NAs, North customers finished 1,2,3,5. Richard Grunsten's winning team certainly didn't leave much to chance. That's why they chose North for sails. Our committed sailmaking team delivered them speed out of the box and over the varying conditions.

This year's Runner Up, Rich Stearns, was very impressed with his North Sails. See what he has to say below. Rich has been involved with the T-10 for many years, and we are proud that he chose North as his sailmaker.

In 3rd this year was Scott Bruesewitz. Scott has been working with North in Chicago for a number of years. Their consistent finishes year after year prove that they have focused on all facets of the T-10. Perry Lewis (North Sails Midwest) talked about their speed advantages downwind. "We had a lot of angle to play with our spinnaker. If we wanted to sail deep, we had no problem."

Heidi Riddle, 1st 2002 Chicago NOOD

Throughout late 2001 and early 2002, we've tested new cloth styles in our Mainsail. North's own "Sharkskin" Dacron tested the best and is now our standard material of choice for our mainsails. The higher modulus numbers allows you to trim the sail harder without the leeches closing off over time. According to Lake Erie sailor Bill Kubicek, "The main set up really nice out of the box. The grey cloth is cool too!"

NORTH WINS 2001 TARTAN 10 NATIONALS!

Report by Greg Fisher

The 2001 Tartan Ten Nationals were sailed in Detroit. 29 boats. While the turnout was slightly lower than anticipated the quality was there for sure. North Sails again won the Nationals! Dave Disbrow sailed to first overall with Heidi Backus-Riddle in third...the word is that the sails are fast and easy to trim. North 1,3!!

NORTH DOMINATES THE DETROIT NOOD!

We just returned from the Detroit NOOD regatta. What a great turn out for the T-10's. There were 20 Boats. We had a ton of wind and rain. 2 races each day. North definitely dominated the class. Actually, Vermilion Boats dominated the regatta. We got 1,2, 3, 4 and 5th.

First Place NUTS Heidi Backus-Riddle - NORTH
Second Place LIQUOR BOX Bill Buckles
Third Place GOTCHA Dave Disbrow - NORTH
Fourth Place WILDCAT Len Chamberlain - NORTH
Fifth Place PEARL Mark VanFossen - NORTH

NORTH ON TOP OF THE 2000 TARTAN 10 NORTH AMERICANS!!!

August 23,2000 - Last week the Tartan Ten North Americans finished up in Mentor, Ohio. It was a big turnout as expected (42 boats) with all the heavy hitters present. It sounds like there was a "bit of everything" breeze and water wise so it was a great test for our customers and our sails...

We were pleased that Wayne Pignolet won the event with a new North Main/jib over last year's winner Richie Stearns of Doyle/Chicago. Tim Britton was fourth with a full inventory, including our latest downwind specialized Ched Proctor designed AirX spinnaker. North sails also were 6th and tenth.

Nikki at North Sails Vermilion ( actually she and Gary were a great help this whole spring with the Ten class) put together a breakdown of sails at the regatta.

For more information on the T-10 North Americans contact Greg Fisher at One Design Central, Gary Harris at Vermilion (sailed on tenth place boat) or Perry Lewis at Chicago ( sailed on 1999 runner-up).

For more information on T-10 sails, contact the North T-10 experts.