About us – Performance Sails

Who are we?

Performance Sails is all about making sails that gives our customers more enjoyment through better quality and performance.

Performance Sails is specialized in designing sails for multihulls, and winning races is built into our DNA. Sailors around the world are using Performance Sails at local races, World Championships and the Olympic Games. This hard-won expertise from more than 30 years of success is why our sails power more multihull race wins than any other sailmaker in the world.

Innovation and the science of sail making is what drives Performance Sails. The result is faster and durable sails that deliver superior performance to our customers around the world.

We only use premium materials, and that means you no longer have to sacrifice durability for speed. Our sails are stronger, smoother, have lower stretch, and are therefore faster. Our passionate experts will help you understand the performance requirements of your boat, which will help us develop sails that are optimized for your boat and local conditions.

Whether you strive to improve your Wednesday night race results, win a World Championship or an Olympic medal. Or just want to push your boat to the max blasting around the bay. Performance Sails will help you take your results to the next level. That’s who we are.

Our history

In the beginning

1988

The beach shack

I’ll wake up at around 7 a.m. and immediately start my habit-stacking routine, which includes the following tasks: Making my bed, Washing my face, Drinking a pint of lemon water, Preparing and drinking a nutritious smoothie, Reviewing my goals, Writing down two to four important tasks for the day.

1991

The first loft

I head out for a walk. I always bring my iPhone to use the Stitcher app to listen to a variety of podcasts on topics such as self-publishing, internet marketing, investing and other motivational podcasts. Also, I keep the Evernote app in a key location on my phone—in case I want to record an idea from one of these podcasts

08:00 – 10:00 AM

Start writing

I do my first (and sometimes only) block of writing. Usually, I work on a Kindle book, blog post or piece of content. On occasion, I’ll write something for my own personal enjoyment.

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Work on different things

I’ll do a few different things: work on a project, reply to messages from key members of my team or complete a number of small tasks. These activities typically relate to items on my MITs list. The benefit here is that they provide a break from writing, but they also help me improve my business.

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Nacra Takeover

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Lunch and relax a bit

I’ll relax a little by eating lunch, reading a nonfiction book for 30 minutes, running a few errands or driving to a nearby Starbucks coffeehouse to get out of the house.

12:30 – 6:00 PM

Flexible time slot

This time-slot is very flexible. Depending on the day (and specific deadlines), I do a number of things: write for a few more hours, clear out my email inbox, work through the steps of a current project, record a few podcast episodes or outline a future idea.

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Olympic Adventure

6:00 – 7:30 PM

Time for excercises

This is exercise time. I either do another walk (usually with my wife) or go for a run. If I’m training for a marathon, sometimes the long run will extend into the evening.

After 8:00 PM