Southern Sails

Southern Sails Southern Sails is a sailmaking service based in Nelson, New Zealand. We specialise in new sails, sai

Southern Sails was established in Nelson in 2015 by Sailmaker Gareth Sim who has 18 years of sail making experience ranging from dinghy sails, cruising sails to high performance race sails. He has competed in 4 different Americas Cup campaigns as a sail maker. He was successful in winning 3 out of 4 campaigns; once with Alinghi and twice with Oracle Team USA. Gareth has developed many other skills

over the years and including upholstery, marine trimming and canvas. He has an eye for attention to detail, uses the best in materials and stands by his work. Southern Sails also work with Tony Harold, who is a well known sail designer with many years of experience. You can trust that Southern Sails produces good quality and reliable work.

Zephyr boat cover and foil covers I made a while back šŸ™‚
13/07/2026

Zephyr boat cover and foil covers I made a while back šŸ™‚

Brian is stoked with his new mainsail that we installed today. Fits perfectly and is on the money! šŸ‘ŒšŸ‘
18/06/2026

Brian is stoked with his new mainsail that we installed today. Fits perfectly and is on the money! šŸ‘ŒšŸ‘

A picture from Shaun taken on his way over to Abel Tasman National Park with his bright and brand new furling Genoa ā›µļø
27/05/2026

A picture from Shaun taken on his way over to Abel Tasman National Park with his bright and brand new furling Genoa ā›µļø

Ron and family all set to take ā€˜Evening Star’ to the Islands for the winter with their new deck awning to hide from the ...
30/04/2026

Ron and family all set to take ā€˜Evening Star’ to the Islands for the winter with their new deck awning to hide from the sun or rain when needed. It has also been fitted with a hose fitting for collecting fresh water to keep the tank topped up ā˜€ļøšŸŒ§ļø

19/04/2026

Always great to work with Abel Tasman Sailing Adventures on their sails. Sails will be set for another great season of c...
13/09/2024

Always great to work with Abel Tasman Sailing Adventures on their sails. Sails will be set for another great season of chartering with them! Enjoy guys! ā›µļøā˜€ļø

Here’s a couple of new sails Southern Sails has just fitted to an Outremer 49’. What a great day out on the water with a...
02/02/2020

Here’s a couple of new sails Southern Sails has just fitted to an Outremer 49’. What a great day out on the water with awesome clients! Everything worked perfectly, and they are very happy with the finished product. Bau and Karin have big plans of sailing around the Pacific Islands, and many more journeys with their recently purchased catamaran. It has been a pleasure working with them and manufacturing a new A-3 and Code-0 ā›µļøā›µļøā›µļø

There are some jobs that are a challenge. Martin Holmes - our customer from Abel Tasman Sailing Adventures asked me toda...
28/07/2018

There are some jobs that are a challenge. Martin Holmes - our customer from Abel Tasman Sailing Adventures asked me today during the installation if I enjoyed building this sail for his Leopard 46. My response was ā€œYes I did! I enjoy the challengeā€. This sail was way over max capacity for our workshop, and it seemed so daunting at the start, but it just goes to show what can be achieved when you have the determination and motivation to get the job done. I’ve been involved in 4 America’s Cup campaigns as a sailmaker, won it three times along the way which was satisfying, but seeing your own work on a yacht like this one is also extremely satisfying. Of course I couldn’t do this on my own and I would like to thank Robyn Pearl and Tony Harold for their huge efforts to make it happen. It’s great to have a good team that take pride in their work. Thanks to Jane-Marie and Martin Holmes for choosing us to get it done šŸ‘

It’s been another busy winter at Southern Sails! We build great sails but that’s not the only things we do. Southern Sai...
27/07/2018

It’s been another busy winter at Southern Sails! We build great sails but that’s not the only things we do. Southern Sails also specializes in marine upholstery and marine trimming. There’s even a few pictures of a Triumph motorcycle seat and a shade sail here too. There’s nothing we won’t do!

Address

64 Wolfe Street, Brittania Heights
Nelson
7010

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+6421422662

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