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Long Distance Cruising Mainsail

The toughest ocean cruising sails developed from hundreds of thousands of cruising miles over the last 50 years.

Design Features:

  • Super rugged Crusader Ocean Tested sailcloth
  • Cross cut construction for minimum chafe
  • UV protection
  • Triple sewn seams
  • Computer optimised sail shape for best performance
  • Super strong stainless steel rings
  • Ocean low chafe leech tabling
  • Reef points with luff ear rings for ease of handling
  • Tell tails and leech line
  • Double taped and roped luff for extra strength
  • 2-ply reinforced batten pockets with inboard anti chafe
  • Composite or marine grade aluminium headboard with all stainless steel fastenings
  • Foot rope and clew slug slide
  • Extra large reinforcements
  • Includes chafe patches for spreaders and other wear points
  • Full battened option

Classic building, epic voyage – Ellen MacArthur’s Cancer Trust at the end of their Round Britain trip with a backdrop of the Royal Naval College Greenwich

As big as they get, the J Class yacht “Velsheda’s” 2-ply mainsail with 3-ply leech, 155 feet or 47.25m luff, 60 feet or 18.29m on the foot, weighing in at nearly one ton and with over 7 kilometres of stitching

“Gipsy Moth IV” 2019 – 2 of these sails have been round the world ad 2 have done 30 nautical miles

The Parsons in the North West Passage

“Fandancer” in the sunshine

Long Distance Cruising Mainsail



Tech Talk

Paul Lees
Founder
You name it, these sails have done it. With some real celebrities – Lin and Larry Pardey in their famous cutter Serraffyn of Victoria (see “Serraffyn’s European Adventure”), Round Britain with Ellen MacArthur, circumnavigating the Arctic Circle with Jeffrey Allison, around the world with Gipsy Moth IV, through the Northwest Passage with Les and Ali Parsons, ocean passages and circumnavigations too numerous to list here.



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What Our Customers Say

  Hi Vicky I have received my sails from Crusader and since using them for a few weeks. I would like to say thanks, I am very pleased with their performance the sails are well made and set well on my rig. Thanks for a job well done...Kind Regards  (Jeanneau 43DS)  
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 43DS
  After a slow start to the season we have finally managed to start using the new genoa you made for us over the winter.  Combined with the new main sail you made for us two years ago our old Sun Fizz really flies!  So thank you for a fabulous job, again.  
Jeanneau Sun Fizz 40
  Dear Andy and Mat, Also on behalf of my son, owner of the Contessa I would like to thank you for the manufacturing and speedy delivery of the new mainsail and genoa: really amazing and first class quality. Also my thanks for the very pleasant contact with yourselves. Kindest regards,  
Contessa 26