New UK Sail Loft – at Rooster Sailing
by Steve Cockerill, Rooster Sailing 1 Mar 2007 19:43 GMT
Rooster Sailing have a launched a new venture in sail making. New employee Ian Morgan, with 9 years of sail making experience has just finished his first rooster sailing venture – with his input into the new Rooster 8.1 Rig, will be heading up our UK sail loft.
Rooster Sailing Sail Making Services offered include:
- Sail Repairs - with a guaranteed quick turnaround
- One design class sails with personal services for Research and Development (R&D).
- Restricted and open class sails are being developed to add to our current portfolio of proven designs in Contender, Wayfarer, Lark, B14, N12 and Streaker.
How Rooster will manage these services:
With an Emsworth Based sail loft – we can perform R&D and repairs in the UK and use our offshore facilities to satisfy our mass production requirements, which recently manufactured four out of the top ten ‘420’ sails at the recent World Championships. Our UK loft will monitor the quality of offshore production to ensure we are able to offer the customer the highest quality sails at the best price.
About Rooster Sailing’s new Sail Maker:
Name - Ian Morgan
- 26 years old
- 9 years of sailmaking experience.
- Worked for North Sails (South Africa) and Hyde Sails (UK).
- Competes in Laser class (2005 South Coast Travellers Champion)
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