Hyde Sails have owned a pair of illusions for nearly 18 years now, however they have spent their time being used as exhibits at the London and Southampton boat shows. Finally, this in 2016 we decided that Nigel and Jack Grogan would fix them up and participate in the Nationals at Bembridge. Richard Lovering, our sail designer, set to work on some designs that would compensate for our lack of time in the boats and concentrated on making some sails that were easy to use and trim. With a boat finishing in the top 5 and and spending some time at the sharp end of the fleet, we feel we successfully achieved our goals for the limited practice time we had available.
However, in 2017 we upped our game and now with a bit more experience in the class we knew what we needed to do. We reduced the cloth weight and moved the draft aft a little in the genoa. The changes obviously helped with Jack coming 3rd at the nationals and Nigel 6th, showing the improved performance.
2018 showed the speed of the sails with raace wins from Jack. An OCS costing him a podium.
2019 was windy! Jack finding himself in the hunt for the overall win if it not for a sinking in Race 4. 2020 must be the year for a Hyde sails victory!
We offer a light weight cloth and heavy weight cloth and now a Mylar clear version.
Available to buy in our online store
Latest News from hyde sails
Hyde Sails to give away a set of sails at the illusion nationals.
Hyde Sails to sponsor 2020 illusion nationals
Dusseldorf Boat Show 2020
Hyde Sails and our European Distributor teams will be back at Boot Dusseldorf January 2020.
Clipper Latest
Leading the charge to Fremantle, for a fourth consecutive day, Qingdao held off Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam to cross the Scoring Gate first and stake a claim on the first bonus points of Race 4: The Marlow Southern Ocean Sleigh Ride.
Mets 2019
Hyde Sails are delighted to be exhibiting again at METS trade show this year. Paul and Jo look forward to welcoming you to our stand in Hall 7 through the Dame exhibition and can be found on the left number 07.115.