Ian Short Sails

Ian Short Sails is an independent maker of high performance racing sails and long lasting cruising sails.

We are an independent sail loft with a proven track record established over thirty years of operation in Sydney, Australia. We design and make durable, high performance sails for cruising and racing yachts. Every customer – whether a grand prix racer, cruising yachtie, charter fleet operator or club racer – is important to us. We guarantee you personal service and attention to detail. We keep overheads low, so sailors get the benefit of highly competitive prices. We always stay up to date with the latest sail design software, fabric materials and construction techniques.

All our sails are designed, fabricated and finished at our Taren Point loft. We recommend and use only the very best in modern sail materials, whether laminates or the latest dacrons, sourced from the world’s leading manufacturers. We bring decades of successful sail-making and racing experience to the design and construction process. We also provide repair and alterations services with quick turnarounds.

Race results provide the proof of the quality and performance of our sails. Blue water racers equipped with our sails feature regularly in the winner’s lists of many of the premier short and long ocean races and ocean racing series. Our sails are also flown by many of the top performing cruiser racers and production yachts. We have also made the sails for world, national or state champions in a diverse range of dinghy, skiff and one design or rated keelboat classes including: 18 foot skiff; VS; Skate; Lightweight Sharpie; Endeavour 24 & 26; Hood 23 and classic 8 Square Metre classes.

Our sails are found on cruising boats around the globe, on racing yachts campaigning in Asia and as far afield as the United Arab Emirates. We manufacture and service the sails for major east coast Australian charter fleets as well as export sails flown by Arabian Dhows.