SAILS EXPLORED IN DEPTH. 92 years

Nylet - International Master Sailmakers ~ Fine Products ~ Quality First.
Makers of Model Sails to The National Maritime Museum Cornwall.
Creating fine racing class yacht sails using top quality sailcloth, and replacement kit sails. Sails made to special order.
The longest established professional model sailmakers in the world ~ 92 years. "Fine Products - Quality First."
Comprehensive sailmaking service, world-wide mail order since 1958.
At Nylet we don't just 'make' sails, we create sails, we breathe life into the sailcloth in order that they might be filled and shaped by the wind. Nylet Racing Sails are used the world over.
A yacht's sails are its only 'engine' - so fit the best, don't settle for less.
Please refer to our price list (600 items listed). More sails in our "150 sails" list - click on "Info Pages."
For cotton sails see dedicated web page.

11 Generations of Artisans and with skills handed down over generations ~ 400 plus years
An example of our early 18th century work is held in the British Museum, London.
1620 to 1820 - Clockmakers, Silk Mercers, Goldsmiths - more than 400 years of Fine Craftsmanship
1832 - Founding of the family firm of J.Parsons
1917 - My father sailed his boyhood yacht on Hove Lagoon
1932 - Commencement of full size sailmaking, sails for ocean going racing yachts (& Contractors to the Admiralty). Also Fine Model sails in Egyptian cotton
1954 - I sailed my boyhood yacht (made by my father and with our sails) on Hove Lagoon
1966 - Nylet sails in coloured Terylene
2022 - Frank Parsons marks his 57th year of model sailmaking
TODAY - 107 (combined) years of sailmaking experience! Our byword "The Finest Products".

Sails made by Special Commission for Collectors & Museums.
Nylet IOM racing sails in SYNTHETIC Racing Scrim, white Dacron, also Mylar film. Replacement kit sails also made; Classic Varnished Terylene sewn sails, also "Heritage" 1960's style sewn white Dacron sails, which are made exclusively by Nylet.
Any size sails, of any type, made to your drawings or templates.
Also Premium 'Vintage' style Cotton Sails (page accessed via the drop down list).

Nylet. 1932 - 2024. 92 years of Fine Products - Quality First.


Photos of some Nylet class racing sails, replacement kit sails, and cruising sails. Also see both"sail gallery" pages.

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