Sailboats.co.uk

We have a chandler down on the sea front, great for all the small stuff like shackles and string.

Used Sailboats for sails and always found them to be good. I generally ring the order through. Don't think I've ever ordered through the website.

Service from sailboats is ok, but the web site is one of the worst I have ever used.
Always use P&B or Trident these days.

I used to use them but after what they did with speeds, they'll never get a single penny from me.  

My overall experience is of being generally slow and poor stock but cheaper than (the much more reliable) P&B.

Yep - and you missed the big one. allegedly when they bought Speed Sails they binned off some machinists without paying them their wages - these were hard working people, the backbone of what made Richard Esthaugh's loft one of the best of its era.

I have no problem with businesses consolidating, or that 'things move on', especially given the sad circumstances. But you treat the staff right in the process- anything less is beyond a level of acceptability and fortunately thanks to the Internet and good old fashioned changing room gossip, these things can come back to haunt the ar**holes who treat their people with such contempt.