Ian Short Sails

Ian Short Sails Ian Short Sails is an independent maker of high performance racing sails and long lasting cruising s We guarantee you personal service and attention to detail.

We are an independent sail loft with a proven track record established over thirty years of operation in Sydney, Australia. We design and make durable, high performance sails for cruising and racing yachts. Every customer – whether a grand prix racer, cruising yachtie, charter fleet operator or club racer – is important to us. We keep overheads low, so sailors get the benefit of highly competitive

prices. We always stay up to date with the latest sail design software, fabric materials and construction techniques. All our sails are designed, fabricated and finished at our Taren Point loft. We recommend and use only the very best in modern sail materials, whether laminates or the latest dacrons, sourced from the world’s leading manufacturers. We bring decades of successful sail-making and racing experience to the design and construction process. We also provide repair and alterations services with quick turnarounds. Race results provide the proof of the quality and performance of our sails. Blue water racers equipped with our sails feature regularly in the winner’s lists of many of the premier short and long ocean races and ocean racing series. Our sails are also flown by many of the top performing cruiser racers and production yachts. We have also made the sails for world, national or state champions in a diverse range of dinghy, skiff and one design or rated keelboat classes including: 18 foot skiff; VS; Skate; Lightweight Sharpie; Endeavour 24 & 26; Hood 23 and classic 8 Square Metre classes. Our sails are found on cruising boats around the globe, on racing yachts campaigning in Asia and as far afield as the United Arab Emirates. We manufacture and service the sails for major east coast Australian charter fleets as well as export sails flown by Arabian Dhows.

2018
02/01/2019

2018

About
25/07/2018

About

We are an independent sail loft with a proven track record established over thirty years of operation in Sydney, Australia. We design and make durable, high performance sails for cruising and racing y

Ian Short Sails Shine in Hobart Race with Podium Places in IRC and ORCi Divisions
29/12/2017

Ian Short Sails Shine in Hobart Race with Podium Places in IRC and ORCi Divisions

Yachts equipped by Ian Short Sails and competing in this years Rolex Sydney Hobart Race have won top places in Divisions on both IRC and ORCi. Ron Fortser's Beneteau 40, Ariel, has secured fir

Ariel - Beneteau 45
27/12/2017

Ariel - Beneteau 45

Black Sheep - Beneteau 45
27/12/2017

Black Sheep - Beneteau 45

Highfield Carringbah - Fifty Two Hundred
27/12/2017

Highfield Carringbah - Fifty Two Hundred

Wild One Goes One Better - Owns CYCA Trophy Series
27/12/2017

Wild One Goes One Better - Owns CYCA Trophy Series

Ray White Elizabeth Bay (Wild One) - Sydney 38 Larki Missiris' Sydney 38, Wild One, took out second place overall and first place in IRC Division 2 in the 2016 CYCA Trophy series. This ye

Ian Short Sails among the Hobart Fleet
27/12/2017

Ian Short Sails among the Hobart Fleet

The 2017 Rolex Hobart Race has started with the fleet making its way south in 10 - 15 knot easterlies. Once again, many competitors are equipped with Ian Short Sails. As usual Ian Short Sails are w

Vladivostok Connection
20/10/2017

Vladivostok Connection

Vladivostok Connection 20 Oct No Comments admin News Ian Short Sails has recently started exporting offshore racing sails for sailors racing out of Vladivostok, Russia. Denis Logutenko’s Vladivostok based Beneteau 40, No Applause, is currently competing in the Volvo Hong Kong to Vietnam Yacht Race a...

2017
15/03/2017

2017

2017 Results 15 Mar No Comments admin Results Enough Rope   Nicole Barnes & Oliver Jones, SECOND 2017 National Cherub Championships 2017 National Cherub Championships Scratch             SECONDOverall Enough Rope Nicole Barnes & Oliver Jones              FOURTHOverall Almost FamousJames Warner & Wil...

08/12/2016

Emagine & Fujin Farr 40/Beneteau 40.7 First


 
2016 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Race



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SECOND
Div 1
Koa
TP52





FIRST
IRC Div 3
Imagination
Beneteau 47.7





SECOND
IRC Div 4
Bravo
Beneteau First...

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Sydney, NSW
2229

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
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Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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