New Sails!

180% Drifter 

Two new sails are being added to Distant Horizon's inventory. First, a storm jib. This is a very small sail flown ahead of the mast in gale or storm conditions. The leading edge of the sail, the luff, will be a flourescent orange color to help with visibility.

The other sail being added is for exactly the opposite end of the spectrum... very, very, very calm weather. All the other sails are made of Dacron. This sail, the Drifter, is made of nylon. Actually, very light nylon and has many other technical qualities built into the sail for light wind sailing.

Since these sails can be made with colored material, a fair amount of thought went into the color scheme. I finally went with the red and blue on a white sail for visibility. A flourescent yellow is the most visible color, but I couldn't find a complementary color that I liked. I think the red and blue will stand out during the day. At times of poor visibility, like twilight and fog, the darker blue will help but turning on the decklights to backlight the sail will help the most. For this reason, I tried to maximize the white color.