Sail Loft (Brighton Marina)

We offer a range of sail maintenance and cleaning services through our sail loft. Our sail loft service is fully comprehensive, we will remove and replace sails. We take care in the quality of our repairs and are conscious that sails sometimes need a quick turn around. Being sailors ourselves we are aware of the importance of the sails performing well and looking good - even if they have been repaired or altered.We have laminates, woven cloths and rip stop materials to match your sails technologies and colour schemes as closely as possible for a nearly invisible repair.

North Sails, 3DL, 3DI, NORLAM, Carbon, Kevlar, Dacron and spinnakers are all suppied and repaired at North Sails Brighton, the South East Sail centre.

The Full Sail Service - Launder and Complete Check Over!!

We can store your sail for the winter and return it to you in the spring laundered, fully serviced and ready to go, good as new. We will remove and replace. Laundering your sails removes salt and stains from the sail prolonging its overall life span. Regular servicing of your sails will help catch the small problems before they become big problems.We will lay out the sail and inspect it for any signs of wear or damage. Items on the checklist include:

• Bolt rope inspection – wear on the bolt rope  or luff tape and surrounding cloth
• Threads and seams – re-stitching worn seams before they split completely
• Batten pockets and elastics – replacing worn batten pockets, the battens themselves and the elastics inside
• Batten ends – wear at either end of the batten
• UV strip – repair or replace
• Clew, head and tack re-enforcement areas – check for the correct stiffness for the size of sail and repair if necessary
• Windows – repair or replace fogged, stained, creased or broken windows
• Tel tales – replace existing or fit new
• Cuts and rips in the main cloth – general wear on the main body of the sail
• Sail numbering/logo – fit, rebuild or replace with new
• Leach lines – general inspection of the line, sleeve and cleats
• Slugs, Slides – wear on the attachments and plastics

You can then either collect the sail or we can store it for you in our warm, dry storage facility until you need it again at the start of the season. Giving your sail a regular overhaul will significantly extend its lifespan, avoid expensive major repairs and keep it looking like new.

Other Sail Making Services

We can also offer a number of services to help you out with the running of your boat

• New Sails
• UV strips
• New dodgers and boom covers
• Replacement console covers
• Sail bags.
• Jack stays/strops
• All Canvass Work