Cruising and Performance Cruising

OneSails woven cross-cut sails are built using only the very best quality premium Dacrons. All Dacrons are not created equal; OneSails are particularly stringent when it comes to cloth selection in order to ensure that each piece of cloth is perfectly suited to its intended end use. Tightly woven high tenacity yarns with built in UV inhibitors combine to offer the most durable sails on small to medium sized boats at the most affordable price.

Tri-radial construction creates a more sophisticated means of distributing the loads in a sail than can be achieved with a cross-cut sail. Higher tech fabrics including Dyneema reinforced fabrics such as Hydranet and a range of dedicated cruise laminates will offer better shape holding and hence improved performance and handling than cross-cut alternatives.

4T FORTE™ differs from the other membrane styles in that it is a composite construction rather than a laminate. 4T FORTE™ sails incorporate the latest high modulus fibres but without mylar films and adhesives that characterise laminate constructions. Using a multi micro layered structure, the elements of the membrane are fused together resulting in a stable, stretch resistant and durable sail. By eliminating mylar films and adhesives, these sails are significantly lighter than the laminate alternatives, particularly in cruising applications as 4T FORTE™ membranes do not need to be covered in heavy woven taffeta’s to improve durability.

M3™ is perhaps the best mylar based continuous yarn technology available for high performance sails. Using continuous high modulus fibres, the ‘resin free’ lamination process creates sails which are highly stretch resistant, yet are soft, flexible and which represent a major advance from other ‘mould production’ sail technologies. The use of heat and pressure in a controlled environment causes the special polymers that are incorporated into the films to fuse together in an irreversible process without using adhesives. The addition of a single or double sided taffeta toughens the membranes, improving their durability and making them suitable for performance cruising applications. M3™ sails are delivered with a three year warranty against delamination as standard.

Vektor2™ is the culmination of more than 20 years of development in the construction of sails incorporating continuous yarns. The continuous fibre grid is comprised of reinforced fibre tapes applied under high pressure to the film that constitutes the sail. Unlike similar products in the market, the unique tapes used in Vektor2™ maximize the structural capability of the fibres without restricting the fibre layout which in turn means excellent shape holding in all areas of the sail. Vektor2™ is available with several different fibre styles and allows access to continuous yarn technology (a one piece sail) at competitive prices when compared to traditional panelled sails means excellent shape holding in all areas of the sail. The very latest innovation introduced exclusively by OneSails being the use of Dyneema™. This guarantees characteristics distinctly superior to Aramid fibres both in terms of durability and performance.

Vantage One™ membranes feature complex arrays of curved fibres that distribute loads evenly across the sail reducing localised distortion and improving overall shape retention. The sails are laminated in sections before being cut, shaped, and joined into the final one-piece membrane. Although the fibres are discontinuous across the seams, the fibres are arranged in a way that ensures continuity of load distribution. The stringent lamination and shaping process results in efficient, easy to trim, durable sails with precise shaping and minimal shrinkage or distortion. In order to cater for different budgets and end-uses, Vantage1™ membranes are available with a variety of fibre arrays and finishes that makes them perfectly suited to performance cruising.