Advanced Sail Structures Competitors

North Sails is a unique sailmaker, built on a champion spirit. Founded in 1957 by Lowell North who applied an engineer’s logic to a traditional craft, North Sails transformed the industry and has become the world leader in sailmaking technology. North Sails is the largest division of North Technology Group and the brand’s history of innovation and winning has continued to produce generations of product breakthroughs and champions. North Sails holds the patent for 3Di, a unique composite construction process that produces high-performance sails that approach the shape holding of a rigid foil. North Sails is the sailmaker of choice on the majority of America’s Cup, Grand Prix, ocean race boats and Superyachts. North Sails offers a wide range of performance 3D and paneled sails for cruising sailors and is the world’s leading sailmaker for one-design classes with more National, World and Olympic Class victories than all other sailmakers combined. In 2014, the brand expanded their profile to include North Sails Apparel, a lifestyle collection that brings the sailmaker’s love of design and technology into fashion. North Sails adapts the sailmaking mastery into high-performance collections made to resist wind and water. The apparel collections continually develop element-defying materials that allow users to navigate the sea and modern life. Follow North Sails on Instagram www.instagram.com/northsails

Harken works hard to be the technological leader in sailboat blocks, deck hardware, winches, and hydraulics, as well as safety and rescue equipment and services. The company is employee-owned and has factories in Pewaukee, WI, USA & Limido Comasco, Italy, distribution in 48 countries, and group offices in 9 countries. Started in 1968 with the invention of the plastic recirculating ball bearing block & development of Olympic sailboats, Harken is now the brand of choice for most leading sailing teams, designers, and builders. Harken’s core strength At The Front of its historic niche is matched with growth opportunities in its Harken Safety and Rescue Division and its core objective to become the world's best in handling rope under load.

WE ARE ANTAL — For over 40 years. Antal has historically been at the forefront of technological and functional innovation in the world of sailing with an innated know-how rooted in the company's DNA and developed in the seas and regatta fields around the world. Antal offers a complete catalog of more than 1000 items for sailboats’ deckware dedicated. All the equipment is designed, manufactured and assembled directly in our factory. Antal items are now widespread in regatta environments, as well as in series production, in luxury shipyards and in classic projects. Every design aspect is aimed to obtaining the maximum result in terms of performance and design. Antal products are the result of a constant commitment to mechanical innovation, looking for quality and resistance of components, both for the product series and for the custom configurations, for cruising boats as well as for those designed for sporting competitions, even more extreme. Antal is not limited to series production, but we can also deal with deckplan’s design, providing the customer and the designer with a consultancy service that helps to select the equipment that best suits their needs. Where required, we also provide customized solutions with no limits about materials, engineering and fantasy. Our catalog, which already includes many solutions for deck hardware, is constantly evolving and Antal is the proud holder of several international patents and often the protagonist of innovation and progress in the world of sailing. The passion for natural elements, such as the sea, has led Antal to manage carefully the waste processing and to reduce significantly its emissions thanks to the new photovoltaic system which provides more than 20% of the energy used by production processes.