A most robust pedigree
Published with permission from Seahorse Magazine, featuring in August edition titled ‘A most robust pedigree’ by Ivor Wilkins. “It began with laying down one Kevlar thread at a time using a converted ballpoint pen… today things are a little different”. – Richard Bouzaid Twenty years ago, in an old-school Auckland sail loft, Doyle Sails’ Richard Bouzaid began experimenting with a new way of building sails utilising an adapted ballpoint pen to direct single fibres onto a substrate in line with the predicted loads. Above: early Doyle Stratis sails, like these on the legendary Whitbread maxi ketch Steinlager 2 were a… Read More