Tommy Harken 2016 Midwinter Grand Master Champion and finished 3rd overall.

Congratulations to Jeremy Pape 2016 MC Midwinter Champ. Jeremy went down to Florida a week early using the Sarasota Bay Regatta as tune up. He showed consistent speed and point winning this regatta also and his tuning partner, Stefan Schulze, finished third. Congratulations also goes to Tommy Harken who ended up in a three way tie for 2^nd ending up 3^rd in the tiebreaker at the Midwinters. Tommy also received the Top Grand Master  trophy at the Midwinters.  Dave Helmick sailed a strong series finishing seventh and finishing second in the Grand Masters.

Dave Helmick totally stoked after getting two seconds in a row at the Midwinters.

The Rebel Rouser featured a showdown between 2014 Midwinter champ Ron Baerwitz and current Midwinter champ Jeremy Pape, who was sailing on his home lake. Ron was dying to sail as he was not able to participate in any fall or winter regattas. Ron showed no signs of being rusty as he sailed consistently in the tricky conditions at Lake Lanier to earn the victory. At the Rebel Rouser, UK sails finished 1,2,4,5 and each race was won by a UK Sailmakers customer. Our PS1 and PS2 designs each won races at this regatta.

Zack Clayton testing the H Design mainsail. 

Initially, when we began making sails for the MC Scow, we intended to have one single design to serve the class. With the flexibility of the rig, different sized sailors and crew combinations, and different sailing venues, we quickly recognized the need for a powerful sail for bigger sailors/teams and choppy lake conditions. We designed our PS2 sail, tested it and it has been winning races ever since. The first victory for the PS2 was at the 2015 George Dorn regatta where 1st & 2nd place boats used this design. John Porter, the 2016 Trainwreck winner, used the the PS2 design exclusively in his victory.

We were asked by several sailors to come up with another design to meet the needs of lighter sailors. There are many smaller sailors that never add a crew and most of the designs are too powerful to sail effectively at the mid to top range without extra crew weight. To meet this need, UK has designed a heavy air sail for those who like to sail alone. The sail is flatter but has enough luff curve to prevent over-bending and allow the sail to twist off in the big breeze. This sail was used and tested by Zack Clayton at the 2016 Midwinters. This regatta had some big breeze and Zack felt the sail allowed him to hang with the heavier guys and give him a chance where he normally would have been flushed out the back.

Since the sail we call "The H" will be a niche sail, we will not have a large quantity in stock. Lead times may be longer than you expect so if you fit in this category ordering sooner is better than waiting...