The Sail Design company is a well-known sailmaker with decades of experience in designing and manufacturing customized sails for any type of use and boat (from small beach boats to large ships including trimarans and catamarans).

Sailboat sails for sale, Italian design

History and Mission

Sail Design was founded in 2013 by professional sailors Angelo Costa and
Martino Giannini: two partners who are passionate about the world of sailing.

The staff at Sail Design, will be able to design and customize the sail for your boat, developing a
specific design for your sailing needs. In addition, Angelo and Martino will select for you the most
suitable, high-performance and durable materials on the market and will handcraft your project down to the smallest detail.

Thanks to the high performance of its products and the staff’s constant attention to customer needs,
Sail Design has succeeded in establishing itself as an important reference point for the nautical industry.


 

The Sail Design company is a well-known sailmaker with decades of experience in designing and manufacturing customized sails for any type of use and boat (from small beach boats to large ships including trimarans and catamarans).

Sailboat sails for sale, Italian design

History and Mission

Sail Design was founded in 2013 by professional sailors Angelo Costa and Martino Giannini: two partners who are passionate about the world of sailing.
The staff at Sail Design, will be able to design and customize the sail for your boat, developing a specific design for your sailing needs.
In addition, Angelo and Martino will select for you the most suitable, high-performance and durable materials on the market and will handcraft your project down to the smallest detail.
Thanks to the high performance of its products and the staff’s constant attention to customer needs, Sail Design has succeeded in establishing itself as an important reference point for the nautical industry.

The passion and experience of the staff

Angelo's passion for sailing began as a child and, in 1988, became his full-time profession.

During his long experience he has worked for the most important Italian sailing companies, developing projects for the design of new sails and testing them on racing yachts, as skipper.
In his career as a sailmaker, yachtsman and racing sailor, Angelo has built his knowledge in designing sails according to specific customer needs using performance design software for racing sails and cruising sails.

Angelo's experience and expertise meet the passion and determination of his young and faithful mate Martino Giannini, sailor and instructor.

And together, in 2013, they start the business “Sail Design” creating a real workshop specializing in designing sails tailored to the needs of the customer, the type of use and the boat.

At Sail Design, Martino works with determination by combining unique, high-quality products with the highest design and manufacturing technologies with the highest level of care that only a skilled craftsman can provide.

Sailboat sails for sale

The passion and experience of the staff

Angelo's passion for sailing began as a child and, in 1988, became his full-time profession.
During his long experience he has worked for the most important Italian sailing companies, developing projects for the design of new sails and testing them on racing yachts, as skipper.
In his career as a sailmaker, yachtsman and racing sailor, Angelo has built his knowledge in designing sails according to specific customer needs using performance design software for racing sails and cruising sails.
Angelo's experience and expertise meet the passion and determination of his young and faithful mate Martino Giannini, sailor and instructor.
Together, in 2013, they start the business “Sail Design” creating a real workshop specializing in designing sails tailored to the needs of the customer, the type of use and the boat.
At Sail Design, Martino works with determination by combining unique, high-quality products with the highest design and manufacturing technologies with the highest level of care that only a skilled craftsman can provide.

Sailboat sails for sale

Sail Design's strengths

Decades of experience combined with a strong passion in the marine industry
Constant research, updating and development of advanced technologies and sophisticated equipment for the design and production of highly customized sails
Implementation of tailor-made solutions for every type of application and boat
Care, listening and attention to customer needs
Technical product warranty and assistance
Choice and selection of quality and reliable materials and fabrics over time.
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Sail Design aims for constant customer satisfaction through 360-degree listening to the customer’s needs by designing tailored solutions with as much customization as the customer may desire.
Sail Design is committed to the constant updating and development of ever new technologies and advanced techniques for the production and realization of sails and accessories of the nautical world.
We aim for the constant search and selection of the best fabrics to give birth to quality products that are durable and resistant over time.

We ship anywhere

Our Services

  • Custom sail design and production, of all types, for any type of boat (e.g., cruising, racing, offshore and vintage boats)
  • Design and fabrication of sails, accessories and deck hardware
  • Sail disassembly and reassembly
  • Service, maintenance, inspection and sail repairs
  • Sail washing
  • Storage and winter storage of sails and nautical equipment
  • Adding accessories to sails
  • Tailoring textile accessories for the sailing world
  • Sales of used and reconditioned sails
  • Sales of custom nautical equipment and accessories .

Our materials

Sail Design is able to design and produce sails in any type of fabric in keeping with the customer’s needs and according to the use and type of boat.

The fabrics we work with are all of high quality and endowed with characteristics of reliability, durability, high resistance to tearing and impact damage.

We will choose together the most suitable fabric for your sail or cover use: for example, nylon, dacron, carbon, acrylics, aramid fiber fabric, fiberglass fabric, and so on.

Technologies and software

Sail Design employs the best technologies and software for designing, manufacturing and repairing of sails.
SMAR Azure (3D design software)

Robust and comprehensive software that provides all the tools needed to design a sail and its components. It is able to reproduce volumes, texture, positioning of every single fiber of the sail following the drawing made at the design stage.


Bravearm Plotter (electronic cutting plotter with millimeter engraving)

In order to perform the cutting phase of the panels for the sails, the Sail Design staff uses the automatic Plotter-Cutter with a blade circular and tangential Bravearm: a highly specialized Italian-made technology at the highest level.

The production process

Sail Design has a full-fledged workshop where the staff takes care of the entire process that leads to the realization of custom and tailor-made sails for small and large boats: from design to finishing and to possible testing.
  • Agreement with the customer on the type of sail in relation to the use and the boat
  • Survey phase of all measurements
  • Drawing of sail shape and geometries, of panels, intersections and elements, of which the sail is composed
  • Design of the sail and panels using specific, high-performance design software
  • Cutting of the panels through electronic cutting plotter with millimeter engraving (digital electronic stage)
  • Hand assembly of the different panels using specific glues and double-sided adhesives
  • Trimming the panels in order to bring the membrane to the required geometry
  • Sail stitching through specific and technologically advanced machinery
  • Finishing of the sail and corners with addition of accessories on the sail (batten, toe, garroccio, eyelets, etc.)
  • Custom packing
  • Sail quality control and verification at sea where possibly required.

We handle the shipping of custom sails and related accessories throughout the country especially to Sicily, Sardinia, Civitavecchia, to Naples, Rimini, Ravenna, etc.
We also ship internationally, working with customers from all over the world both at the European level such as French, Germans, Poles, to the non-European market such as American, Australian and New Zealand.

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Come visit us in our Sail Design workshop specializing in designing sails customized to different needs, uses and boats! We are located at Via di Mezzogiorno n. 13, loc. Bicchio Viareggio, in Lucca!