DRY-INK
Fast, removable graphics for both used and new spinnakers. Strong colour at a weight comparable to paint.
View DRY-INK →Spinnaker printing
Four ways to put colour in the sky.
Used sail or new. Club campaign or Olympic-level racing. Conventional finish or difficult siliconised cloth. We match one of four specialist technologies to the actual sail.
SPI-PRINT
A very low-weight printing route for highly competitive racing, with vibrant colour and unrestricted artwork.
View SPI-PRINT →NaNo-Print
Ultra-light, durable printing for dinghies, day racing, silicon-coated cloth and operation through a chute.
View NaNo-Print →MATCH-RACE
Changeable sponsor graphics for event fleets, match racing and campaigns where the message must be replaced.
View MATCH-RACE →Choose by use, not by name
The sail decides the process.
A used sail that needs removable sponsor graphics is a different task from an Olympic-level sail where grams matter. We look at cloth, coating, age, packing, use and the expected lifetime before recommending a method.
- Great, vibrant colours
- Any supplied image can be produced
- Options for new, used and siliconised sails
- Solutions from temporary graphics to demanding race use
Spinnaker printing — questions & answers
Straight answers.
The same questions come up on every project. Full versions of these, and more, are on the answers page.
Can you print directly on a spinnaker?
Yes. Spinnaker cloth can be printed directly, in full colour, across the whole sail. sailprint.eu has developed four separate technologies for it, because a used club spinnaker and an Olympic-level race sail are not the same job.
Full answer →How much weight does the print add?
Conventional painted sail graphics weigh around 28 g/m². DRY-INK is comparable to paint, SPI-PRINT is lighter, and NaNo-Print is light enough that measuring it accurately is the hard part.
Full answer →Does the sun damage the print?
Rarely soon enough to matter. A spinnaker usually goes tired in the cloth before the sun has done visible damage to the print — and when a graphic does reach the end of its life it fades rather than peels, because the adhesion is protected.
Full answer →Can you print on siliconised cloth?
Yes. Silicon-coated cloth is the hardest case in sail printing, and it is the reason NaNo-Print exists: an ultra-light process that works on siliconised cloth and survives being pulled through a chute.
Full answer →Can an existing spinnaker be printed?
Yes. Decorating a used sail is a normal job — the usual answer when a sponsor arrives mid-season and the sail still has life in it.
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