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2010 |
| NATIONALS |
2,3,4 |
MIDWINTERS
Congratulations Rob Spring |
1 |
2009 |
| PYMATUNING 4TH JULY |
1,2,3 |
2008 |
| NATIONALS |
1,2,3 |
| MIDWINTERS |
1,3,5,6 |
2007 |
| NATIONALS |
1 |
2006 |
| NATIONALS |
1,2 |
2005 |
| PYMATUNING 4TH JULY REGATTA |
1,2,3 |
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Rob Spring, 2010 Midwinters Champion
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For the years the North Highlander sail designs have dominated
the racing circuit. Virtually the top ten in every Highlander regatta
have sailed with North Highlander designs. Recently our Highlander sails
were updated to include larger, better placed visibility windows and
the sail shapes were faired and refined as the sails were redesigned
to be cut on North's exclusive laser cutter. While other sailmakers
have experimented with new designs and even copied what North has developed,
North continues to dominate the Highlander Class.
 NORTH HIGHLANDER
MAINSAIL
The North Highlander Mainsail is built from Contender 5.46 Polykote cloth
and constructed with a radial head and clew.
This sail is not only extremely durable, but also smooth
in the heaviest of winds. It is fairly flat down low with
a relatively open leech to help keep the sail from stalling
in light winds and depower in a breeze.
Increased fullness up high in the North Highlander Mainsail
adds to the sails power and pointing capabilities, without
compromising its ability to depower in a breeze.
Mainsails include:
- Battens
- Sail numbers
- Highlander insignia
- Vision
window
- Jib leech window
- Sail bag
Photo: John Bauer,
2008 Nationals
and Midwinter Champion! |
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 NORTH HIGHLANDER
STANDARD / CLEWBOARD JIB
The North Highlander Jib is built out of Polyant 240AP Htp cloth. It is a relatively open leached jib to help increase the
ease of trimming and steering. Twist in the jib leech is important in a Highlander to help
reduce backwinding the main, which is critical on this over
canvassed one design.
The North Highlander Jib can be finished for either the standard
inboard lead with a single grommet or for the clewboard system
where the jib tracks are located on the foredeck.
Jibs include:
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 HIGHLANDER CROSSCUT
SPINNAKER
The North Highlander Spinnaker is a cross cut design built
out of .75 ounce Fleetwing material.
This spinnaker is designed to be relatively flat and open
leeched up high for better performance downwind and broad
reaching.
The open leeches give a more projected area downwind and
help to keep the slot open between the spinnaker and the main
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