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‘Mikado’ has an enviable record<\/strong> on the Classic yacht racing scene, including a string of recent successes in the Solent and in the Scottish Fife regatta. She also fits in seasons of extended cruising on both sides of the Channel, all of which means that a lot is asked of her sails.<\/p>\n Built in 1904<\/strong> she has had a busy life.<\/p>\n The brief for her new mainsail, <\/strong>all of sixrteen years ago,\u00a0 was that it should ‘look the part’ in keeping with her classic heritage, but with absolutely no compromise of performance.\u00a0 Every element of the materials selection, cloth panel layout, corner reinforcements and other detailing spoke to that objective. A new ‘Solent’ jib and a light running spinnaker were added to her racing sail inventory, keeping the\u00a0 Batt Sails badge at the forefront of the UK Classic Yacht racing scene.<\/p>\n This year the whole rig was re-evaluated and a complete new suit of fore-aft sails comissioned. <\/strong><\/p>\n Mikado’s IRC rating<\/strong> has been reduced.\u00a0<\/p>\n The headsail options were simplified<\/strong> by a reefable #1 jib. new staysail and re-designed yankee.<\/p>\n The new mainsail is more adaptable<\/strong>, with a soft shelf foot. Contender Pro-Vectran sailcloth throughout gives a great visual cream hint , with reduced sail weight ,adjustability and enhanced shape-holding potential <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]All our sail making<\/strong> is kept in-house for the closest control of quality and consistency.\u00a0 Mikado’s sails are all designed on our 3D CAD system and are computer-cut at our sail loft for absolute precision.<\/p>\n Modern sail making with an enduring legacy. ‘Mikado’ has an enviable record on the Classic yacht racing scene, including a string of recent successes in the Solent and in the Scottish Fife regatta. She also fits in seasons of extended cruising on both sides of the Channel, all of which means that a lot is asked of her sails. Built in 1904 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21],"tags":[49,47,48,44],"class_list":["post-1745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-projects","tag-bangle","tag-bingle","tag-bongle","tag-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/battsails.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/battsails.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/battsails.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battsails.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battsails.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/battsails.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8183,"href":"https:\/\/battsails.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions\/8183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/battsails.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battsails.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battsails.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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