NORTH SAILS WINS THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 420 [2011.8.11]

From June 20th to 29th, the 420 European Championship was held in Tavira (South of Portugal), with the attendance of more 70 boats from 16 countries. The Greek brothers Gregos Alexander Kavas y George Kavas won the European Championship in the Open and Juniors categories using the Mainsail and Jib North Sails. The second place in the Junior Category was for the Greek sailor Frantzesko Bakatsias y Evangelos Christopoulos who also used with spinnaker and mainsail of North Sails. The third position in the Junior category and the fifth in the Open category was for the Spanish sailor Luis Ben・tez-Inglot y Jorge Ramirez with full North Sails inventory.

Brochure for Bolt Rope Instruction

For sails produced after 2010
We release new brochure for Bolt Rope Instruction. This new Instruction is for sail with Black Proflex Plastic Rope.(effective for produced after 2010.01) Please read this brochure before you use. Please download this PDF file.

For sails produced during 2009
For sailors using former Bolt Rope,please refer this PDF file.

Tuning Guide is updated.

420 tuning guide has revised.Click at left menu.

North Japan Radial won 420 World! [2011.01.11]

1 A. VOSE & M. BRICKWOOD GBR 36pt
3 M. LEMAITRE & A. RETORNAZ FRA 48pt
4 L. BONELLO & S. TEDIN ARG 58pt
5 N. HORWITZ & S. MIDDLETON CHL 90pt

North Japan Radial won 420 Europeans in Hungary after winning 420 World in Italy!! [2009.08.17]

420 World					420 World Women's Winner Alex / Bianka (NZL)
Men's Results
	1st	GRE	Antonios/Georegios
Women's Results
	1st	NZL	Alex/Bianka
	3rd	USA	Sydney/Catlin
420 European
	1st	GRE	Andreas/Alexandros
	6th	GRE	Antonios/Georegios
Sail Inventory		Main Jib Spin	42M-7 42J-7 42S-1

420 World Women's 3rd Sydney/Catlin (USA)

2009 420 world was held in Lake Garda in Italy where is famous as the windy venue. In the various wind conditions during the regatta All 3 boats showed great performance in speed with 42M-7 main, 42J-7 jib and 42S-1 spinnaker.

Moreover, 420 Europeans was held at Balaton in Hungary where is famous for light wind with flat water. North Radial perform greatly there as well to win it again.

New rig set-up number will be up-dated in new tuning table coming out shortly.

420 New Design Spinnaker 42S-05 Released!!

Check latest Tuning Guide from left menu!!

North Japan 420 Radial won 2009 Swedish trials for the Youth Worlds both in men and women!!

	SWE	Carl Johannisson and John Gustafson
Women's Winner
	SWE	Kajsa Sundklev / Veronika Holmgren

Kajsa Sundklev / Veronika Holmgren SWE

North Japan released latest 420 Tuning Guide!

Check latest Tuning Guide from left menu!!

North Japan 420 Radial won 1st, 4th, 5th in Australian Youth Champion ship 2009!

Dave Gilmour/James Omay won the race by 24 points margin against 2nd boats by the score 2-3-5-8-1-1-1-4-2-1 (1 dsicard)

420 Radial won New Zealand Winter Champs Regatta!

Alex Maloney and Bianca the girls beats all the boys to win the NZ Winter Champs.

Silver Medal of 2008 420 World!

Cohen Gil/Kremer Adva from Israel won the silver medal in the Worlds with North Japan Radial.
They switched to North Radial a year ago to improve their boat speed drastically to be ready for the World.
They proved how the north radial improve their boat speed to achieve this.

2008 Israel Nationals 1st & 2nd!

North Japan Radial won 1st and 2nd in Israel Nationals!

Winning sails of 2008 Swedish Championship!

North Japan Radial won 1,3,4th in Swedish Championship!

In early 2006 we started developing a new 420 radial design for the worlds in 2007 in NZ. We initially started the development from the same design program as the 470 radial designs which we had a big success in 470 world fleet.
From here we added extra technical focus in the design required only for 420 in regards to the limited amount of controls and also having to use the windward jib sheet to barber haul the jib.

After 8 months developing work and testing, we completed the final designs two weeks before the Worlds. The sails were used by one of the Kiwi sailors who finished 5th after only 3 weeks preparation and sailing. The sails also won the New Zealand 420 National Championships in 2007 with a different Kiwi crew. This design already has people talking as the sails are quick in all conditions, and we also achieved our goal of the sails being easy to trim, which is important in the 420, as of the limited amount of sail controls the sailor has in this boat. This was achieved from its beautifully balanced shape on the water, of which twist profile is nice and easy to trim which is essential for the young sailors.

Yarn Stress on 420 sails Calculated by Membrain TM

The spinnaker was a huge sensation at the Worlds; with the kiwi team being very fast. They were able to sail lower and faster on the runs and were quick on the long reaches. This design comes from the 470 which 90% of the top sailors in the fleet use. It gave a huge impression on the all the sailors present. Our new spinnaker computer design program makes it able to design the spinnaker to have the maximum projected area with good stability.

M-9 2012 Japanese Design
M-9 is the new design which has a deeper bottom-middle shape. It is combined with a comfortably balanced shape at the top section making trimming easier.

In vang-on conditions, high boom-vang tension adds mast bend down low. The M-9 has designed curvature in this region to improve the performance in this condition.

Easy to handle, easy to trim and easy to accelerate.

Mainsail include:
Spreader Window, Battens, Sail Numbers, Telltales, Insignia and Sail Bag. 

J-112012 Japanese Design

J-11 is based on J-9 but modified to improve durability in leech.

Some refinement in the mould shape and panel layout coupled with added flutter patches work together to make an even longer life sail.

As with the main sail design, there is particular way of using with the jib, which is playing both leeward and windward sheets, as the eyelet to lead the jib sheet on the deck was designed in a bad position. This makes getting the perfect design complicated. We worked hard on leech profile and depth down low, so with using the windward jib sheet the leech profile is even. It has comfortable entry angle making it easy to steer in both the choppy and flat water. Again the focus was on the ease of trim for the sailor, so then the sailor knows they are fast and can then concentrate on racing.

Jibsail include:
Vision Window, Telltales. 

S-05 Japanese Design

This is designed based on S-01 to make it fuller and stable which makes trimming easier.
It works well especially in choppy water. However it has a bit smaller project area than S-01.

One lens foot panel was added under new rule. the shape is exactly the same as former S-05.

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S-01 Japanese Design

The design built based on our most popular 470 design performs great at both running and reaching. Biggest project area, easy to trim, good organized balanced depth through top to bottom makes the trimming easier. As the depth itself is a little flatter, you can play the spinnaker pole height to make it stable when required. Having the spinnaker with maximum area but flat means the sail is fast on both the reaching legs and also the run.

One lens foot panel was added under new rule. the shape is exactly the same as former S-01.

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Customized Design for perfect fit

You can customize your North Radial as you want. This is one of the biggest advantage of North Radial. Customize will be done according to your mast bend profile, sailing weight, or target wind range. For more details, please ask to our sales manager, Kei Takakuwa.

*Please note that special customize fee will be apply. It will take 4 weeks to be completed at least. Might be refused in high season.