Image Credits: Ronstan
As part of the Ronstan brand, Andersen are 100% focused on providing simple, reliable high quality sailing winches. Anderson made the decision early on to focus on one standard range and do it well. This blog will look at the Andersen range and outline some of the features and benefits of their easily recognisable design.
Image Credits: Facnor
Facnor is a specialist in designing and manufacturing furling systems, and therefore it should come as no surprise that they have a retrofit bowsprit solution.
Image Credits: @oceanrace.com
BY ANDY RICE, INTERVIEWING BJARNE LORENZEN
One of the great spectacles of the recent Volvo Ocean Race was seeing the VO65s charging along with a trio of headsails flying in neat formation in front of the mainsail. In the fourth blog post of this series, Bjarne Lorenzen of sailmaker Doyle O’leu describes the growing appeal of the staysail in both the racing and cruising scenes.
Image Credits: Ronstan
Well known around the world, Ronstan is a great choice for blocks and sheaves for a variety of sailors. They have developed a number of ranges from the basic Utility range to the advanced precision Orbit range.
This year is upffront.com’s 5th anniversary, and to celebrate we are pleased to announced the launch of an all-new website platform, which we have been working on for the last 6 months. This site and the underlying technology is a major transition/transformation and so we felt it was an appropriate moment to re-introduce ourselves and explain what we are trying to achieve.
Image Credits: Gottifredi Maffioli
Family run, Italian rope makers, Gottifredi Maffioli, have an international reputation as one of the leading brands across the full spectrum of yachting lines from Olympic class dinghies, grand-prix TP52s and mini-maxis to the largest superyachts.
