GUNSAILS 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

Mistral's success story, starts in 1976, when, due to its passion for water and wind, the then Swiss / German brand, entered the sport of Windsurfing going on to take it to new heights of innovation and popularity. Mistral goes on to set the tone in the development of Windsurfing boards. Technological innovations rapidly follow, new materials are developed and tested. Mistral expands into a global Windsurfing brand and launches the Mistral World Cup Team, becoming synonymous with Windsurfing the world over. Windsurfing history embraces Mistral for its intensely coloured creations and the legendary Red Dot logo which ruled the waves at beaches throughout the world. Mistral is expressive, visible and always in high demand. The colourful '80s and the relaxed coastal lifestyle, outdoor recreation, innovation, technology and most of all lifestyle, remain inextricably bound to the Mistral brand, where its ever growing collection, consists of everything that makes coastal living easy going and forever appealing; from innovative Stand Up Paddle Boards, advanced Inflatable Kayaks and Windsurfing Boards and equipment, to clothing, footwear and lifestyle products. The continued mix of high quality and the link to Mistral's 40-year heritage, give all of its related products, the distinct Mistral character.