W h at
m a k e s a g o o d sa i l m a k e r ?
It all starts with listening....
In under 10 years Island Planet Sails has gone from a part time business to an internationally recognized brand. Cruisers have sailed countless bluewater miles with our sails and our racing clientele have “brought home the silver” or greatly improved their standings, particularly in ocean racing. Most of our business is repeat and referral, eliminating the need for expensive advertising. So how did this happen?
There’s no mystery to what makes a great sail. It all starts with a sailmaker who listens to his or her customer carefully to determine the best solution. Then it boils down to the combination of Design, Materials, Specifications, and Finishing.
Design
s t r e n gt h
It all starts with listening.... We are fanatics about design. Our sail designer was one of the first to adopt design software and we are passionate about sail design. So we ask a lot of questions. And our measurement worksheet asks for more details than other sailmakers. The end result is long term satisfaction.
Keeping
i t a f fo r da b l e
Compromising the quality of our sails isn’t an option. So how do we consistently provide the best values in the industry? How do we attract so many customers away from other fine sailmakers? The Island Planet Sails business model has resulted in a highly efficient cost structure and we build a surprising number of sails, sometimes with up to 30 sails in production simultaneously. Our superior business efficiency allows us to deliver more sail for your dollar, Euro, or pound.
Island Planet Sails meet the highest quality standards demanded by the most discriminating sailors. Our pledge is to keep it that way. We start with a good design and our designer has decades of practical sailing and designing experience and uses the latest design software to ensure you get the effect aerodynamic shape for your sails. We use the very best materials from tightly woven Dacron to the exotic yarns like Vectran, Technora and Tetraneema.
Our sails are engineered to craft you the very best sail for your sailing plans be it a cross-cut dacron sail, a tri-radial laminate sail something as high tech as a loadpath membrane sail. As your sailmaker, it’s our responsibility to ensure you get the right sails for your budget and sailing plans. It would be just as wrong to overbuild your sails for a few weekends on the lake as it would be to underbuild your sails if you were planning an offshore passage. With that in mind we offer a number of different product lines each having specific design features, fabric choices and engineering details tailored to suit your sailing needs.