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SOLANO

BLUEWATER ADVENTURE

It's time to move on and live out the dream! You are in for the big journey. In your adventure there is no room for sail troubles even after thousands of miles. You need sails that last and are easy to handle, even shorthanded. Live it out! Sail away with confidence in design and solutions that don't let you down.

Bluewater and long-distance cruising

Choosing your new sail

Choosing a new sail or even an entire sail wardrobe very often comes down to a priority of performance, durability, and price. When talking performance, the essence is the shape stability of the sail, whereas the durability refers to the longevity of the sail.

Performance, durability, and price

Below are some popular sail- and material combinations in our SOLANO segment. Performance, durability, and price indicators are illustrated for each material combination on a scale from 1-10, 10 being the highest. Use the performance, durability, and price parameters as indicators only, and to compare various material to one another. 

Popular sail combinations in SOLANO

Furling main and Heavy weather jib

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Woven Dyneema, Hydranet
Cross-Cut
2.5
10.0
6.3

In-mast furling, EMS and furling genoa

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Woven Dyneema Radial, Hydranet
Radial
3.8
9.0
7.2

Conventional main and furling jib

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eXRP Cruise Laminate
Radial
4.5
7.7
5.8

In-mast furling, FatFurl and selftacking FatFurl jib

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Double Outside Taffeta, Technora Black
EPEX
8.5
8.0
8.1

Blue Water Runner

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Woven polyester (downwind)
Radial
Spread | folded: 5-25 | 5-15 KT
Spread | folded: 145-180 | 60-120 °
Hensey

Customer Testimonial
Bernhard Hensey, USA
Moody 54DS

Handling our recent 3.000 mile round-trip in Alaska was a breeze thanks to the Elvstrøm Sails on our Moody 54DS. I am particularly happy about our choice of the Blue Water Runner as it is so easy to manage in all the Alaskan fjords. Each fjord acts a bit like a funnel, so we spent many, many hours in classic downwind conditions, and it just suited it so well.

Sail features

Unique sail solutions and details are available within our different segments. Here are some that are available in SOLANO as either standard or optional. The features shown are examples and depends on the actual sail type.

Nywebnysolano 2 LUFFTAPE (2)

Luff tape

Super strong dyneema and maintenance free luff tape that makes unfurling and furling easy.

Test Rotate Nywebnysolano HEADPENNANT (1)

Head pennant

The head pennant is designed to keep the luff safe in the luff profile or furling system.

Test Rotate Solano 15 18 SOFTCLEW

Clew corner

The soft clew is a great addition in order to protect against samage to the mast and rig.

Test Solano Rotate 4 BATTENPOCKETS (5)

Batten pockets

Soft and slim batten pocket solutions for easy furling. The design saves space in the boom.

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