Southern Sails

Zephyr boat cover and foil covers I made a while back 🙂

Brian is stoked with his new mainsail that we installed today. Fits perfectly and is on the money! 👌👍

A picture from Shaun taken on his way over to Abel Tasman National Park with his bright and brand new furling Genoa ⛵️

Ron and family all set to take ‘Evening Star’ to the Islands for the winter with their new deck awning to hide from the sun or rain when needed. It has also been fitted with a hose fitting for collecting fresh water to keep the tank topped up ☀️🌧️

Always great to work with Abel Tasman Sailing Adventures on their sails. Sails will be set for another great season of chartering with them! Enjoy guys! ⛵️☀️

Here’s a couple of new sails Southern Sails has just fitted to an Outremer 49’. What a great day out on the water with awesome clients! Everything worked perfectly, and they are very happy with the finished product. Bau and Karin have big plans of sailing around the Pacific Islands, and many more journeys with their recently purchased catamaran. It has been a pleasure working with them and manufacturing a new A-3 and Code-0 ⛵️⛵️⛵️

There are some jobs that are a challenge. Martin Holmes - our customer from Abel Tasman Sailing Adventures asked me today during the installation if I enjoyed building this sail for his Leopard 46. My response was “Yes I did! I enjoy the challenge”. This sail was way over max capacity for our workshop, and it seemed so daunting at the start, but it just goes to show what can be achieved when you have the determination and motivation to get the job done. I’ve been involved in 4 America’s Cup campaigns as a sailmaker, won it three times along the way which was satisfying, but seeing your own work on a yacht like this one is also extremely satisfying. Of course I couldn’t do this on my own and I would like to thank Robyn Pearl and Tony Harold for their huge efforts to make it happen. It’s great to have a good team that take pride in their work. Thanks to Jane-Marie and Martin Holmes for choosing us to get it done 👍

It’s been another busy winter at Southern Sails! We build great sails but that’s not the only things we do. Southern Sails also specializes in marine upholstery and marine trimming. There’s even a few pictures of a Triumph motorcycle seat and a shade sail here too. There’s nothing we won’t do!