Links to sail-makers using the Q-Bond technology
All Purpose Sails, Crousty France – Sail maker and J80 European Champion Sylvain Pellissier tried the Mobile System at the Paris Boat Show 2006. A few days later he bought one for his loft in Crousty, Brittany Farnce.
Beilken, Germany – Segelmacherei Beilken is a large and well experienced producer of Q-Bonded sails to racing boats in Lemwerder Germany.
http://www.beilken.de/index.php?mainmenuid=15&submenuid=43
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BMW Oracle Racing Team, Spain
Delta Voile Mauguio-Carnon, France – Delta Voile is a highly advanced sail loft producing sails to racers, winners participating in the Tour de France, Figaro, Vendee Globe, Transat e t c.
At the Paris Boat Show 2006 Bertrand Mallaret and Pierre-Laurent Garnero tried the Q-Bond System and bought the Mobile Unit displayed in the boot at the Paris Boat Show 2006.
Dicort Sailmaker, Spain – Only after a few months usage of the mobile system, Dicort has produced some 60 sails in D4- membranes and Flex fabrics from Dimension-Polyant GmbH. During year 2006 Dicort is producing Q-Bonded sails to the China Team Challenge in Americas Cup.
Dimension-Polyant Membranes Ltd Australia – uses a stationary Q-Bond machine to join the custom made D4-panels to the sail shape ordered by the sail maker.
http://www.dimension-polyant.com/e_docs/home/home_fr.htm
Dimension-Polyant Putnam, CT USA
http://www.dimension-polyant.com/en/Aktuelles_dp_forum.php
Dolphin Sails UK
http://www.dolphinsails.com/index.asp
Doyle Hungary
http://www.puntec.com/html/en/sailing.php
Doblin Yelkenn / Quantum Turkey
EuropSails, Switzerland – We at Q-Bond AB are proud to deliver our Mobile System to the famous sail maker Nicolas “Canard “Berthoud. He has a long experience of highly advanced sail designed for demanding boats like Gitana X, Open 60 Trimarans. EuropSails use state of the art fibers and assembly techniques in order to save weight, offer extra-strength, durability and performance. EuropSails started using their Q-Bond System in March 2007.
Elvström Sobstad Denmark
http://www.elvstromsobstad.com
Evström Sobstad Croatia
http://www.elvstromsobstad.hr/
Fritz Segel, Germany – use Q-Bond Technology to join the D4-panels in their Club-Racing assortment. They also produce racing sails of laminates from several fabric producers.
http://www.fritz-segel.de/clubracing/crgr_d4.shtml
Hagoort Sails, Benthuizen the Netherlands – The first Q-Bond user in the Netherlands is Hagoort Sails.
Martin Baas Manager at Hagoort Sails Netherlands:” -I thought it was much more difficult to learn how to use the Q-Bond Mobile Sail Making System. Already at the first day of training we where producing sails. During the afternoon of the first training day we produced a set (head and main) of Flex 16 Aramide sails to our own X-35, and a large light Genoa to a 40 footer made from Contender Maxx carbon aramide. It only took us 2 hours of production time for these first three sails. Hagoort Sails is focusing on, and dominates the local racing market, and currently the business is growing fast. 70% of the turnover is racing sails from own production. A typical Hagoort client is a racing sailor or a performance oriented cruiser. The stability of the sail fabric is a must. Contender Maxx and Dimension-Polyant Flex fabrics are used by Hagoort Sails for sails to boats up to 8 ton.
Job Volwater is responsible for the Q-Bond Production in the loft.
Incidences La Rochelle, France – For the public the Incidences trademark is most often find on the sails to the extreme boats participating in the Vendee Globe, the Transat, or to the ORMA 60 or Open 60 classes. Incidences are also very successful in smaller boat sails. The title holder year 2005 of the Trofeo S.M. La Reina, and bronze medal holder in the World Series IMS 670 was the 37 ft Gran Soleil Racer Card & Oil Premium, skipper Dany Cuevas. The sails were Q-Bonded by Incidences La Rochelle, France. The French Sailor Marc Emig used Q-Bonded sails for his Beneteau Figaro 2 boat named AST. The race is 1.898 miles long, and goes between France, Spain and Ireland in four laps. The sails were produced by Incidences La Rochelle, France, and Dimension-Polyant provided the Flex Aramide fabric.
http://www.incidences-sails.com
Kinnevikens Segelmakeri, Lidköping Sweden – Kinnevikens Segel is situated in city Lidköping, a harbor town at the fresh water lake Vänern, in Sweden. The sailors in Lake Vänern are mainly cruising and local club racing. However quite a few of the sail lofts racing clients participates in IMS-races in Denmark, the Swedish west coast and in the Baltic Sea. This means they demands the latest in sail design, materials and production technology. Kinnevikens Segelmakeri tried the Q-Bond Mobile System during the METS 2006 and got their system in production January 2007.
Niklas Hägnander, Kinnevikens Segelmakeri activating a mainsail made of Dimension-Polyant Flex Pentex fabric.
The AC Team Luna Rossa Challenge 2007 – The Luna Rossa team use the Mobile Q-Bond System for re-cuts of Luna Rossa’s 3DL sails. This has given the team a good mean to adapt designs to the constant changes in their ongoing sail improvement project. Early adopter of the Q-Bond Mobile System is Henrik Söderlund sail designer at the Luna Rossa team.
North Sails Group – Several lofts in the North Sails Group are regular Q-Bond users.
North Sails Loft in Alleröd and in Skjaelsör Denmark use the Q-Bond System for sails to classes in the range from X99 Headsails to large 140 feet One Off boats, as well as to Americas Cup and Volvo Ocean race boats since year 2000. They have produced several thousands of racing sails with the Q-Bond System. North Sails in Denmark uses two stationary units and one mobile from Q-Bond. Largest sail produced by one person with the mobile unit is an 800 square meter gennaker made in Cuben Fiber. The cost for Q-Bond Tape for such a large sails is considered high, but compared to the limited staff needed in material handling and reduced labor cost, the Q-Bond production is considered very efficient and cost saving.
This link shows an example of a sail in North Sails uses the Q-Bond system to joint a sail http://www.northsails.dk/pdf/UKHR225D.pdf
North Sails Sweden – North Sails Sweden is one of the most experienced sail makers in using the Q-Bond System. Right now we are developing sails for VO 70 Ericsson Racing Team participating with two boats in Volvo Ocean Race 2008. The Q-Bond Team assists us with test to find out the right combination of fabrics and seam width to get as light and strong sails as possible. We currently bought the mobile system to produce the VO 70 down wind outfits in a more efficient way.
North Sails One Design, Gosport, UK
North Sails Milford, Connecticut, USA - Todd O’Neil Production Manager: Now we have both a Stationary and a Mobile Activation device. They will both be used for production of Cuben Fiber down wind sails for Mega Yachts. After the Q-Bond staff was here giving us some training how to use the stuff, we were surprised how easy it is to use this method in production.
North Sails Nevada USA
Quantum Denmark – Quantum Denmark is the first sail maker in the Quantum Sail Design Group using the mobile unit.
Quantum Greece
Quantum Greece got their Q-Bond Mobile unit in January 2008. A half a year later they have supplied sails to 80 Greece racing sailors. This method really improve our racing sails a lot says John Tahtatzis.
Quantum Sweden – Quantum Sweden former Henrik Ottosson Segel is situated at the west coast of Sweden, in between Gothenburg and the sail metropolis Marstrand. Henrik Ottosson and his team of sail makers specialize in One-Design racing sails. They produce racing Dacron sails, laminates and D4-membranes with the Q-Bond System. “- In the beginning we were quite skeptic, but now after one year of usage we do not want to produce sails with the sewing machines any longer. We have become totally dependent of the system, and now we offer both racing Dacron- and laminate sails being totally Q-Bonded, says Henrik Ottosson”.
http://otto.itkroonan.se/index.php?pid=2
Saltsjöbadssegel, Stockholm Sweden – A specialty from Saltsjöbadssegel is Q-Bonded cruising sails made of Contender Maxx Taffeta fabrics. In the production Saltsjöbadssegel uses both a stationary activation machine and a mobile activation machine from Q-Bond. It is a little surprising, this four person loft use the same machine set up as North Sails Denmark with their 50 employees and 10 times larger loft space. Hans Nilsson at Saltsjöbadssegel explains this helps them to be competitive in the Swedish market. The two brothers Hans and Stig Nilsson started their loft 1964 and even though their small loft, they have become one of the most experienced producers of Q-Bonded sails.
http://www.saltsjobadssegel.se
UK Halsey – UK Tape Drive and Ultra Sails have horizontal joints made with the Q-Bond stationary activation machine. Sailors can order these sails from all UK Halsey sail maker world wide.
http://www.uksocal.com/sails/ultra.htm
Ullman Sails by Giorgio Zuccoli, Iseo Italy – Pablo Soldano’s team of sail makers are specializing in sails to F18, Tornados and other very advanced boats. Their Q-bonded sails are appreciated by the best sailors in these classes. Pablo Soldano:”- We have done lot off very successful Cross Cut sails glued with Q-Bond.
Some results: A-Cat: 1st, 2nd in 4 major regattas 2006, Tornado: 3rd placement in the last South American, 6th at 2006 Worlds in Argentina, F18: 20 to 30 sails has been manufactured.
http://www.ullmangz.it/ENG/NewsDettaglio.asp?ID=25
http://www.ullmangz.it/ENG/NewsDettaglio.asp?ID=24
Q-Bonded sails to an A-Catas made by Ullman GZ
Q-Bonded sails to an A-Catas made by Ullman GZ
Veleria Montefusco Italy
http://www.veleriamontefusco.it/
Victory Sailmakers, Slovenia – Intervela d.o.o. Victory sailmakers are one of Slovenias most prestigious sail makers. They have produced Q-Bonded racing laminate sails since 2003.
http://www.intervela.si/e_mail_adress.htm
WB Pirita Sails, Estonia – In April 2007 the Sail Maker Partners Tiit Haagma and Mika von Svetlik open a new WB Sails loft in Tallinn, Estonia. One of their first investments was a Q-Bond System. It is wonderful to start a new loft with the newest possible production technology says Mika von Svetlik. During our first month we produced 30 Q-Bonded Sails in Contender Maxx fabric.
Veleria Montefusco Surbo, Italy – Emanuele Corsini and the Montefusco brothers (known for their success in Olympic Games and World Championships in various dingy classes) got their Q-Bond Mobile System in April 2007.
http://www.veleriamontefusco.it
Voile Isaac, Nyon Switzerland – The sail loft is run by the successor Frédéric Moura. As the sail production at this loft is more and more focusing on racing sails, and the production of D4 Sails a new assembly technique was needed. At the METS 2007 Frederic chose the Q-Bond Mobile System to get an efficient and flexible production set-up.
X-Voiles La Baule, Bretagne, France – X-Voiles was the first sail making company in France acquiring the Q-Bond Technology. After using it a few weeks they made sails of Dimension-Polyant’s Flex Kevlar and won the famous Spi-Ouest conquest 2006 in the J80 class. First, second and third place boats in European Championship used Q-Bonded sails from X-Voiles La Baule, France. Fabrics from Dimension-Polyant sailcloth: Main sail in 260 SF HTP+, and Jibs in Flex 13 Aramide.
http://www.xvoiles.com/actu/actu.php3
