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Our Expertise, Your Advantage
At Pinnell & Bax, our commitment to our customers is that we sail for you to succeed.
We are active in our sport and compete successfully throughout the world. We know sailing.
We trial the products we supply, know they work well and know they offer value for money.
And Pinnell & Bax customers know they benefit as a result. Our expertise is your advantage.
P&B history
Our long heritage began when Alan Bax and Ian Pinnell became partners in 1985.
They moved to Northampton in 1986, and very soon sailmaking and Pinnell & Bax - P&B to its friends -
became firmly established in Talbot Road.
Success brings its own challenges. By 1997 P&B had developed into a thriving, full-service sailing business.
Talbot Road had been outgrown. That year we moved the operation into purpose built premises in Kings Heath, Northampton,
where a new loft, larger shop space and workshop would meet the needs of our ever growing customer list.
Two years later, in 1999, we had to expand further, creating 50% more space to fulfil customer orders from around the world,
to accommodate fully-rigged boat preparation and to provide a new repair shop.
Throughout this development, our philosophy that we sail for you to succeed has remained our commitment to our customers.
A Global Operation
Today P&B is a global operation, supplying customers and mounting campaigns around the world; from Europe, the Middle East and Africa,
to the Far East and Australasia, and across the Atlantic to North America.
P&B staff are respected for their sailing successes, recognised for their technical knowledge, renowned for their service.
When you buy from us we stay with you. That's our commitment too - after-sales care, technical advice, the attainment of boatspeed.
Our expertise is your advantage.
| Meet the Team |
Ian Pinnell
Ian started sailing in Mirrors and Enterprises. Respected internationally for his sailing prowess and versatility across classes which include N12, 420, 470, Miracle, Enterprise, Fireball, 505, Soling, Mumm30, Melges 24 and Int14, Ian has won thirty-five World, European and National championships. He won the 1989 Endeavour Trophy (Champion of Champions) and was 1991 Helmsman of the Year. | | Ross Kearney
Ross joined the sail loft team in 2006. Ross is a the current, newly crowned Mirror European champion and former Mirror World Champion and our resident Mirror expert.
| | Karl Aran
Karl is our most experienced mail order representative. He is a qualified sailing instructor and used to sail an International 14. | | Machinist team
Our team each have at least ten years experience. The longest serving has been with us since we opened. | | Alan Bax
Alan started sailing in Cadets. He has competed successfully in N12, Enterprise, Int14, and Fireball classes. Currently, Alan campaigns Flying 15s, in which he has claimed a world championship and three times been National Champion. | | Tom Stewart
Tom started sailing in Toppers and Mirrors, before moving into N12s and Merlin Rockets. He is a Six-times winner of the N12 Burton Cup and has won five National championships, and numerous Inland Championship titles. Tom has also taken 2nd at the Merlin Rocket Championships three times and is a three-times winner of Cork Week in both sports boats and cruisers. | | Dave Wade
Three Times Scorpion National and Inland Champion
Fireball National Champion.
Runner up at the Fireball Worlds and Europeans
Four times Fireball Inland Champion
| | Steve Graham
Steve started sailing in Topper then moved in to the Osprey Class. Competing at club level he has won most club trophies at Kielder Water sailing club as a crew in the Osprey. Steve is currently sailing an Enterprise. | | Pete Jackson
Pete started sailing in Mirrors and N12s. He currently sails a Solo at his local club, where he has taken 1st place in the club championships and solo series and won the RNLI Pennant. | | Triv McCarlie
Triv is in charge of our website...
A novice sailor who is a beginner and is learning new things at Pinnell and Bax every day! | | Steve Hall
Steve works in our boat fit out and repair shop. He has graduated through Lasers, and now campaigns the company Lark as well as crewing in an RS800. Steve with Crew Simon Haighton won a race at last years Nationals and are already open meeting winners in 2008.
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