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Hyde Sails at METS - stand 03.103
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Hyde Sails will be exhibiting in the UK Pavilion at METS this November, where you can meet the team and find out more about Hyde's and what makes their sails such a strong brand.
You can meet the team, including Sales and Marketing Director Richard Franks, Technical Director Mike Lennon and various members of the Hyde distribution network on stand number 03.103
As one of the largest volume sailmakers worldwide, Hyde currently produces some 45,000 sails a year for a range of dinghies, one-design keelboats, custom racing and cruising yachts. The company is also the supplier to a number of boat builders including LaserPerformance, LDC Racing Sailboats, Northshore Yachts, Cornish Crabbers, Hanse and Rustler Yachts as well as being the official sail supplier for the Clipper Round the World Race.
From its strong UK network, Hyde Sails has been busy expanding its famous brand to key markets around the world and has distributors across the globe, ranging from the USA to Australia, Spain, Denmark and New Zealand.
The Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) runs from November 16-18, 2010 at the RAI exhibition centre in Amsterdam.
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'Black Diamond's' Solent Series success
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Mark Brown's Hyde-powered Beneteau Figaro 'Black Diamond' takes first place in class and second overall in the recent Solent Points Series.
Over 100 boats took part in the Solent IRC series, which is now in its fifth year. Racing in four classes, the series took place mainly on Saturdays over a period of month, tagged on to various Solent club weekend regattas to add up to a seven-day series. Having finished fifth in class last year, Mark Brown and his crew were hoping to improve on their performance. The first day saw three races completed in light winds, and the crew made their mark, winning the first two before weed on their prop foiled their chances of a hat trick, dropping them to fifth in the day's final race to post a second in class for the day. The following two days of racing didn't go quite so well for the team, finishing fifth, then sixth, before lifting themselves to post a fourth and two seconds, and finishing on a high winning the final day. It was enough to give them class series victory, and second place in the series overall.
Mark Brown bought 'Black Diamond' - the first Beneteau Figaro 1 to be built - in 2009, getting her new sails from Hyde just before Cowes Week, where the team got a seventh. Mark explains his reasons for choosing Hyde: "Hyde and Paul Austin had been making cruising sails for my charter yachts and I knew they were making fast sails for 40.7s and knew Paul would be a key ingredient in getting the sail plan verses handicap that we wanted. The sail we love best is the big Hyde runner (big bertha) as we know we can always gain some places when going downwind."
In reaction to the Solent Series result, Mark said: "I'm chuffed that our good crew work and tactics have paid off. This will give us a reminder that we can go out and keep winning knowing the yacht can do it and all we have to do is make sure we change gear for the current wind strength, which is where we have been going wrong on the not so good
results."
He added: "We have been struggling when wind picks up to number 3 weather so have just had Hyde 3 built but have not had a chance to use it so we are expecting great things for next year!"
For more information, contact Paul Austin (T: +44 (0) 7801 907458). paulaustin@hydesails.co.uk
Over 100 boats took part in the Solent IRC series, which is now in its fifth year. Racing in four classes, the series took place mainly on Saturdays over a period of month, tagged on to various Solent club weekend regattas to add up to a seven-day series. Having finished fifth in class last year, Mark Brown and his crew were hoping to improve on their performance. The first day saw three races completed in light winds, and the crew made their mark, winning the first two before weed on their prop foiled their chances of a hat trick, dropping them to fifth in the day's final race to post a second in class for the day. The following two days of racing didn't go quite so well for the team, finishing fifth, then sixth, before lifting themselves to post a fourth and two seconds, and finishing on a high winning the final day. It was enough to give them class series victory, and second place in the series overall.Mark Brown bought 'Black Diamond' - the first Beneteau Figaro 1 to be built - in 2009, getting her new sails from Hyde just before Cowes Week, where the team got a seventh. Mark explains his reasons for choosing Hyde: "Hyde and Paul Austin had been making cruising sails for my charter yachts and I knew they were making fast sails for 40.7s and knew Paul would be a key ingredient in getting the sail plan verses handicap that we wanted. The sail we love best is the big Hyde runner (big bertha) as we know we can always gain some places when going downwind."
In reaction to the Solent Series result, Mark said: "I'm chuffed that our good crew work and tactics have paid off. This will give us a reminder that we can go out and keep winning knowing the yacht can do it and all we have to do is make sure we change gear for the current wind strength, which is where we have been going wrong on the not so good
results."
He added: "We have been struggling when wind picks up to number 3 weather so have just had Hyde 3 built but have not had a chance to use it so we are expecting great things for next year!"
For more information, contact Paul Austin (T: +44 (0) 7801 907458). paulaustin@hydesails.co.uk
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07:17
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Hyde’s Portuguese distributor reports a good season, with new sails performing across the region...
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Hyde Sails has had a very successful season in Portugal this summer. The Hyde Sails-powered Dufour 45 'Blue Energy', in just their first year of campaigning, had a very good summer. Competing in the Generali Trophy, ORC Nationals, Quebramar Trophy and Principe de Asturias Trophy (Spain), she was third in class in her first event, the Generali Trophy, second in ORC450 in the ORC Nationals, which was enough to give her second overall, and posted fourths in the Quebramar and Principe de Asturias Trophies. Delighted with her results and the team is looking on building on its success in 2011. 
The ORC nationals was a good event all round for Hyde-powered boats, particularly in class ORC610, with the First 36.7 'Ideia Fixa' taking first place, the Dufour 40 'Super Açor' fifth an the Grand Surprise 'Terra IncÓgnita' sixth, while in the Quebramar Trophy the First 40.7 'Bora Bora' was sixth in ORC A and the Dufour 40 'Super Açor' second in ORC B.For more details on Hyde in Portugal go to www.hydesails.com/portugal
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