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5 EXPERT TIPS

Thinking of upgrading your sail wardrobe? Winning skipper and coach Ian Walker shares advice on how to prioritise with Andy Rice

hen asked his advice on how to extract maximum value from your sail budget, Ian Walker first offered a health warning: “You do know that I work for North Sails, and we provide sails for the vast majority of the high performance market?” In other words, North Sails are not the cheapest. So it’s unsurprising that Walker is keen to point out that buying purely

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