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As we roll towards the end of another year it is easy to see the years as separate entities, however at P&B we aim to see the longer term picture.Although we started out as a UK based sail maker we have refined to become, we believe, the country’s only one stop shop for the dinghy market, providing many classes and sailors with support here in the Uk and around the globe. As we roll towards the end of another year it is easy to see the years as separate entities,... Read More

As the ups and downs of the championship season draws to a close only a few events are outstanding and 19 is the number for P&B as it stands. 19 national, european and world championships titles that have been won this season using P&B sails with the last couple of weeks seeing some significant additions to the figure as we push ever closer to 20. . These aforementioned significant additions come in the form of world championship success in the high powered and monster class of the 505 and were... Read More

We start today with the wonderfully named Little Britches showing the way, claiming the title of Uk Mirror national champion. Congratulations go to Emma Grayson and Gemma Francis Burnett with four race wins out of nine races sailed they showed great speed after a slightly slow start to the week. This P&B race team pairing were pursued by David and Ed Coady again using a full set of P&B sails claiming the second overall. So a successful week in the Uk Mirror championships hopefully leading onto a successful Europeans… Latest... Read More

International,national and in-house P&B have it covered. We start this week on the international scene and with some of the more ‘usual’ names missing from the Fireball world championships, including the official P&B Zhik Race team the question has been posed as too how fast actually are the P&B sails? The current state of affairs in Thailand as the pre-worlds nears its end we think gives the answer. From across the globe, P&B sails are proving successful. Current results show a clean sweep of the podium a (1st 2nd and... Read More

The season starts here… Apparently! A quick but informative blog this week as we are all hands on deck here with final preparations for the Dinghy show at Ally’s place (or Palace!) this weekend. According to some this is the official start to the season however for us here at P&B I think the phrase is:- “As one season ends another starts” And as cold starts and dark mornings are (apparently) no longer in vogue it must mean it’s also time to conclude/bid farewell to the premier winter season handicap... Read More

We start this week’s blog by making no apologies for borrowing someone else words… There are just three more days until the start of the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show 2014, when Alexandra Palace, London becomes the centre of all things dinghy sailing. And it comes as no surprise that P&B will be there joining in this festival of all things dinghy sailing after all the dinghy show is the only show dedicated to all things dinghy in the world. However before we move onto this we would like to send... Read More