Partners

Sunsail Partners
Sail 4 Cancer
Sail 4 Cancer is a charity which uses sailing and other water-based activities as vehicles for both convalescence and fund raising to support those families effected by cancer. From short gentle trips through to watersports holidays, Sail 4 Cancer give families living with cancer the opportunity to escape from the reality of their everyday lives, albeit just for a short time. The vast majority of the people Sail 4 Cancer take out on the water have never tried watersports before. Sail 4 Cancer also makes grants in support of palliative care and research. Find out more about Sail 4 Cancer.

The Green Blue
The Green Blue is the joint environment programme of the British Marine Federation (BMF) and Royal Yachting Association (RYA). It aims to promote the sustainable use of coastal and inland waters for everybody who enjoys getting out on the water, or whose livelihood depends on boats and watersports by raising everybody’s awareness of how to be environmentally responsible. The Green Blue also encourages the design and production of innovative environmentally friendly products and services within the recreational marine industry. Find out more about The Green Blue

Chatham Marine

We’ve been providing style-savvy sailing fans with forward-thinking marine fashion for twenty years. So it’s no surprise that we’ve become one of the UK’s favourite marine footwear and clothing brands. It’s a reputation that we’ve developed by offering products that are functional as well as fashionable. Because our footwear and clothes do more than just look great, they’ve been designed to withstand all that nature can throw at them. So wherever your sailing adventure takes you, you’ll be ready for anything. Learn more about Chatham Marine.

Gill

Sunsail is pleased to announce a 2 year deal with Gill as official clothing supplier to the Sunsail Racing Series. The partnership will see those competing in the Sunsail Gill Racing Series and other high profile events throughout the year, kitted out in Gill gear.

Bryan Stewart, International Sales & Marketing Manager at Gill comments: "Sunsail is a great brand for us to partner with and the launch of the Sunsail Racing Series is a fantastic concept which allows us to support race sailing at every level". Learn more about Gill.

Garmin

Sunsail has chosen to partner with Garmin, the global leader in satellite navigation, to supply the marine equipment on our new flagship racing fleet of Sunsail F40s.

As a result of the partnership, the new F40's include a full suite of electronic navigation, instrumentation and communications from Garmin's latest range. Garmin is supplying Sunsail with the GHPTM 12 sailboat autopilot system, a 7-inch GPSMAP® 750 Chartplotter, GMITM 10 instrumentation, VHF 200i radio, the GWSTM 10 wind sensor, and AIS 600. Learn more about Garmin.

Fletcher & Sign

Sunsail is proud to sponsor London 2012 Olympic hopefulls Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign. The team sail the 49er which is the Olympic High Performance double-handed skiff and are part of Skandia Team GBR, in the Performance Squad.

Keep up with the team on the Fletcher & Sign Blog and their Twitter page @GBR49erTeam.




Pippa Hare

Sunsail are pleased to announce the sponsorship of Pippa Hare's 2011 Mini Transat campaign. Pippa is one of our Sunsail Racing skippers and a familiar face to many of our regular sailors.

Pippa Hare is one of just two British entries in the 2011 Mini Transat which has a total of 84 entries. Pippa will compete against Europe's top sailors in the Mini Transat race, sailing from France, to Madeira and then to Brazil, covering 4,200 miles in just over 4 weeks.

View the first edition of Pippa Hare's blog - In France

View the second edition of Pippa Hare's blog - It Works

Wight Sails

Sunsail are pleased to announce at London Boat Show, a new partnership with Wight Sails which will see Sunsail sailcloth recycled to create unique products, handmade on the Isle of Wight. Simon Conder, UK Head of Marketing commented; “Sunsail are proud to be working with Wight Sails to recycle our old sailcloth. Responsible Tourism is an ongoing commitment to our customers and we are delighted that Wight Sails are able to convert our old sails into new products to reduce landfill and create new products that people will use and enjoy.”

Peter Le Masurier, Managing Director of Wightsails says; “We are pleased to partner with Sunsail to provide products made from recycled sailcloth, using sailcloth received from the Sunsail fleet. Every product we make is truly unique, hand made on the Isle of Wight and we will convert the sailcloth received into beautiful deckchairs, bags and bunting. We will also be releasing a new range of products including iPad sleeves and wallets.”