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Company type | Privately held company |
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Founded | 1957 |
Founder | Lowell North |
Headquarters | Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
Key people | Tom Whidden, Ken Read |
Website | www |
North Sails is an international sailmaker and sailing wear company with operations in 29 countries. The company designs, engineers and manufactures sails for racing and cruising sailboats from 8 feet (2.5m) to more-than 200 feet (60m) in length. Licensees manufacture clothing and windsurfing sails. North Sails is the world’s largest sailmaker, with annual sales of $150 million in 2011.[1] Sails by North Sails are used by the majority of competitors in the Ocean Race and the America’s Cup.