Test, Test and test again

After more than 16 years, 2500 custom made sails, endless conversations with surfers of every ability and location preference, it has become clear that surfing revolves around 2 elementary priorities.
Excellent planing and top handling.

At Sailloft we develop our ideas around these priorities. We try to implement these small or big changes in an optimum way. Some things don’t reveal themselves right away and are only encountered in action on the water.

Whether wave or race windsurfing sails are introduced to the highest stress levels. In order to further perfect our development, the team tests the prototype as well as the finished pre-series sails in locations where they are going to be used. Feedback from the testers and customers gets analysed and integrated into the development each year.   

For everything there is only one philosophy. Only real excellence and convincing quality can get introduced into the series.
For the good of all Sailloft-Fans.

It is interesting to see that Sailloft is led by two sailmakers, Gerrit and Olaf, who are of different stature: Gerrit small, Olaf stronger. „When we develop sails together that we both like then they will make 90% of our clientele happy.“ This is where our wide range of application comes into existence and therefore the customer doesn’t need so many different sizes.

When a sail is born, it is always a suspenseful time for everybody. It orginates on the CAD computer program, gets planned and then we make a prototype here in Hamburg. A lot of detailed test follow. Is the prototype perfect a pre-series sail is built in Sri Lanka which is then sent back to Germany for more detailed testing. Only then after the last tweak is the sail sent into production and eventually ready for sale.