With over 50 J/111s sold in the first year and eight of the first ten
going to North Sails clients, our team of skilled sail designers and
consultants have jumped into an accelerated research and sail testing
program to ensure that our clients get the fastest proven sails right
from the start!
Perry Lewis (North's Midwest expert) jumped right in with Hull #2 and
our first generation of sails. The class rules were not finalized at
this time which gave us the ability and flexibility to give our feedback
to the Jeff and Stu Johnstone to further optimize the rule and make
changes to the next series for Hull 3.
Since its inception, North Sails representatives and sail designers have
conducted a tuning sessions to work on rig tuning and matching designs
to fit a range of conditions from 5-12 kts.
Following these sessions, the North team put their collective tuning
notes together with designers Chris Williams, Rich Bowen (upwind) and
David Hirsch (downwind) to come up with finalized designs, which
continue to be improved from year to year. “The process of coming up
with a fast product has never been as smooth”, said Dave Scott, who has
plenty to compare with having been a part of the Farr 40 sail
development program for nearly 15 years. “I am confident we have the
best developed J/111 sails a customer could ask for due to the
coordination of our efforts in all parts of the country. Who else can
say that?” |