Now in its 41st year, the United States Sailboat Show, October 7 - 11, 2010, attracts more than 50,000 boating enthusiasts from around the world to the waterfront of historic Annapolis, Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay town is also home of U.S. Naval Academy. Recognized worldwide as the premier sailing showcase, this is the show you would not want to miss.
ISTEC is a German company that delivers innovative downwind sailing technologies. The Parasailor, ISTEC's flagship product, is the first ever downwind sail with an integrated, inflated airfoil. ISTEC's product range further includes the Parasail, another airfoil integrated downwind sail, the snuffing system Easysnuffer, and handy sail bags — true to ISTEC's mission: the Downwind Company
St Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show. December 2 - 5, 2010 The St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show, the Gulf Coast’s largest boat show, is set to cruise into the Progress Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park in St. Petersburg, Florida, December 2-5, 2010. The Parasailor USA Team are ready to answer your questions.
Relaxed downwind sailing on a run – we call that downwind pleasure!
Feel like a blue water sail, or perhaps even an ARC cruise, or just simply a relaxed trip out with a small crew? With our Parasailor and its unique design these are all achieved to the full.
With the simplest of operations set your windward leech into wind. Then relax and watch how the Parasailor in a pleasantly upright position automatically adjusts itself to the wind in all facets. Functioning like a "soft batten", the pressure filled wing contributes to actively reopening the collapsed leech.
Doing so the wing generates lift that not only raises the bow of your yacht, it also ensures that there is no loss of propulsion.
With or without pole, as you prefer, the Parasailor contributes to a very relaxed mood onboard. Its high quality material as well as its triple ply leech construction with red and green markings ensure that the Parasailor is always a reliable companion on all your downwind trips.
Parasailor on autopilot. Fitting a "wing" into a Spinnaker. This proved to be the creative solution in the search for a way to lift the bow. Thanks to this any yawing by the yacht is prevented especially on a downwind course and the autopilot can reliably perform its work and that under tougher conditions as well. This makes the Parasailor the ultimate tool – for local and blue water sailing.
Artistry of propulsion and uplift The Parasail is positioned between the usual downwind sail and the Parasailor, making it your very personal guarantee of a sailing trip that is sporting but relaxed. Be that with your guests on a club regatta or on a family cruise: The striking appearance of the Parasail as well as your own cool and calm performance will make heads turn – and that in front of a home crowd too.
The Easysnuffer - Two-stage control system. The Easysnuffer features a two-stage control system which, as you pull the line first tightens the upper part of the sock while leaving the lower part straight. This avoids the sail getting stuck in the sock and being pulled up with it. Unlike many other recovery socks with two separate lines, the Easysnuffer is controlled by a single line.
The ISTEC Cruisingbag is rightly called an intelligent bag, because not only does it allow Parasailors and Parasails to be compressed into the smallest possible packet sizes, but also every other kind of downwind sail as well. The fasteners, which are also used in mountaineering, can be opened and closed effortlessly with just one hand.
See how the Parasailor works on YouTube. Click Here for the ISTEC offical video showing the Parasailor or click below for other Parasailor videos. You will see how using a Parasailor is an easy and smooth operation.
Photo - Mojomo - a Privilege 495 cat - sporting a custom Parasailor who recently completed the 2009 ARC from Las Palmas to Antigua. In the Multihull Division – six of the top ten used Parasailors. Link to the World Arc website here.
