SAIL INVENTORY
RACING
CHAMPIONSHIP
As you know,
our winning record on the multihulls have been nothing but
amazing. We take great pride in our designs, construction,
and customer service. Many of our products are very unique
and only offered by Sabre Sails. Our championship sails are
constructed out of Contender Sailcloth (www.contendersailcloth.com),
the finest laminates you can buy. The construction is on the
leading edge of sailmaking. These sails are constructed to
give the customer the best performance and longevity. Corner
patches are constructed with solid Aramids strain relief strips
and covers with our distinguished lily pad reinforcing cover
patch. In the first year, boats with Super K2™ sails won 5
national championships-that is every boat with Sabre Sails
Super K2™ sails won the championship. This is a win/win combination
for your boat.
Our Championship
radial sails are recommended for the most dedicated racer.
Cloth selection is made only after a Stress & Strain analysis
has been performed to assure longevity and durability. Sabre
Sails understand that the purchase of a Championship radial
sail is an investment that needs to last as well as perform.
Your sail is designed using Sabre Sails Non-Linear Twist Distribution
Program that allows the designer to "fit" the sail around
your boat's rig. This means faster acceleration, higher pointing
and flatter exit angles for greater wind range. Each sail
undergoes a Polar Optimization analysis to assure that the
sail is aligned with boat's hull and centerboards or the daggerboards
to obtain the maximum up wind performance.
All our
Professional Championship sails come with Strain reduction
patches to reduce the overall size and weight of the head,
clew and tack patches. These patches are computer generated
from our Stress & Strain Analysis program.
CHAMPIONSHIP
SAILCLOTH
Our Championship
Sails are offered in 3 types of materials (Super K3™, AK family
of Contenders premium aramids, and Carbon). The Championship
spinnakers are offered using Contenders' Dynalite, Stabilkote,
and Maxikote spinnaker cloths.
- Championship
Super K2™/Super K3™
-
Four
years ago Sabre Sails introduced a new product called
Super K1. Super K1 used an off the shelf balanced sailcloth
to demonstrate a revolutionary new manufacturing process.
The response for this product was so overwhelming we decided
to redesign the cloth for the loads on the F-31 Corsair
Trimarans and for a faster aerodynamic surface. (see why
Super K3?)
In January
2000, Super K2™ was delivered to Sabre Sails. It is produced
in 5 weights. Ultra light, super light, light, medium,
and heavy. This range of weights gives us the capability
to produce the lightest, strongest sails in the world;
from light air screechers, blades and mains for all boats
to 50 footers. This cloth has 16.5% more high modulus
fibers in the primary axis and 73% more high modulus fibers
in the secondary axis than the aramids our competitors
are using in their sails. The customer is getting more
denier (more aramid) per dollar with this cloth.
In November
2001 Super K3™ was introduced. It has a new gray tinted
laminate to increase the UV resistance by 75% and has
even more modulus fibers than Super K2™.
A new
dimension in sail construction was developed for the construction
of the Super K3™ sails. A new glue was developed
that is applied to the broadseams at over 400° F. This
welds the seams together and has stopped seam creep. In
addition the seams are sewn to assure longevity. We also
developed a technique to remove the glued seam if the
sail need to be repaired. In addition, stress relief tapes
made of solid aramids fibers are installed at all the
stress points and covered with a stress relief cover patch.
These tapes and patches are designed to absorb the loads
and provide longevity to the sail.
- Championship
Aramid
-
These
sails are constructed out of the finest radial laminates
money can buy. These laminates have a new gray tint to
increase the UV resistance by 75%. Corner patches are
constructed with solid aramid strain relief tapes and
covers with our distinguished lily pad reinforcing cover
patch.
- Championship
Carbon
-
Sabre
Sails is offering the latest in radial sailcloth, the
Graphx performance laminates. Since this cloth is new
to the industry, no one can predict the longevity of these
sails. If you want the black color look, then these are
the ones you want. Corner patches are constructed with
solid carbon strain relief tapes and covers with our distinguished
lily pad reinforcing cover patch. We have developed new
insulating techniques to isolate the carbon from the hardware.
But due to the inherent physical and chemical properties
of carbon, we can not warranty the sail for galvanic corrosion
and longevity. We also had an extensive impact flutter
stretch test performed on the carbon against our Championship
aramid sailcloth we use on our championship products.
The results of these tests are:
- Carbon
is on average 10% to 20% heavier than aramid for similar
high load stretch numbers.
- Carbon
has on average 3 to 4 times more stretch at low load
(10#) compared to aramid due to crimp.
- Carbon
has on average 15% to 20% more stretch at high load
(200#) compared to aramid.
- Carbon
is on average 25% to 46% more expensive than comparable
aramid products.
- Dynalite
Spinnaker cloth
-
Dynalite
is stronger than any other .75 oz nylon with bionic tear
strength and is totally waterproof. This cloth is so slippery
that the sail does not cling to itself during a gybe,
which equates to a faster set time and faster gybes. Sabre
Sails is the largest user of Dynalite spinnaker cloth
in the United States. Dynalite is the only silicone coated
spinnaker cloth that does not wash off after a couple
of sets/take downs. Several other sailmakers have misrepresented
this amazing product by offering an inferior product.
These sails come with ball bearing rings pressed into
the head and tack to assist that our gybes are the fastest
on the race course. Panel layouts are all rocked radials
and designs for the maximum performance and strength.
- Stabilkote
Spinnaker cloth
-
Stabilkote
is has been considered the leader in the .75 oz coated
spinnaker cloth. It is closely woven with durable polyurethane
coating for zero porosity. Panel layouts are all rocked
radials and designs for the maximum performance and strength.
- Maxikote
Spinnaker cloth
-
Maxikote
is the only performance coated heavy air cloth for highly
loaded sails. It was the overwhelming choice of the leading
American Cup program. It is closely woven with a durable
polyurethane coating for zero porosity. Panel layouts
are all rocked radials and designs for the maximum performance
and strength.
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