Your Balance Is Built for You. Your Sails Should Be Too.
Two owners can choose the same Balance model and still need very different sail inventories.
How and where you sail will influence the right cloth, construction and sail inventory for your boat. Cruising grounds, passage plans, typical wind conditions, crew size and handling preferences all play a part in that decision.
That is why we begin with the owner. By understanding how you plan to use your Balance, we can recommend an inventory with the right balance of performance, durability and handling for your needs.
Let’s Find the Right Sails
for Your Balance
What does your sailing style look like?
Which Balance do you sail?
Coastal cruising or ocean crossings?
Short-handed or fully crewed?
Is durability or performance your priority?
Which sails are already in your inventory?
TALK TO OUR BALANCE EXPERT >
CHOOSE YOUR UPWIND PACKAGE
Find the Right Balance Between Performance and Durability
Once we understand your sailing style, we help you select the fabric best suited to it. Working with leading cloth suppliers gives us access to a wide range of proven materials, so the right option can be matched to your priorities.
Explore these four upwind packages as a starting point:
Which Construction
Is Right for
Your Balance?
Built on years of sailmaking experience and a longstanding relationship between Balance and Ullman Sails, each sail is designed and constructed meticulously and to world-class standards. Owners can choose between Voyager and Performance construction, depending on their priorities for durability, handling and performance.
OPTIONS BY MODEL
Find the Right Upwind Sails
Each Balance model places different demands on its sails. Boat size, sail area and working loads all influence which cloth and construction options are most appropriate.
These are the fabrics we recommend for each model:
464
HydraNet
Obsidian
FiberPath
502
HydraNet
Obsidian
FiberPath
540
HydraNet
Obsidian
FiberPath
580
HydraNet
Customised FiberPath
750
HydraNet
Customised FiberPath
DISCUSS YOUR BALANCE SAIL PACKAGE
THE AXIA SERIES
Add the Right Reaching Sail
Axia is Ullman’s latest downwind innovation, combining Active Luff™ performance with proven cable-based technology. Easy to trim and adaptable across a range of wind speeds, Axia Blue Line spinnakers deliver added speed and efficiency without compromising ease of handling.
Find the right Axia sail for your Balance:
FIND YOUR AXIA SAIL
BUILD YOUR SAIL INVENTORY
Carry the Sails You Will Actually Use
A larger sail inventory may cover more wind angles, but every additional sail adds weight, takes up storage space and introduces another sail that must be deployed, handled and maintained.
For many Balance owners, particularly those sailing short-handed, a smaller, well-planned inventory can provide more usable performance than carrying several sails that rarely leave their bags.
Weight
How each additional sail contributes to the boat’s total load.
Storage
Where the sail will be kept and how easily it can be accessed.
Handling
Whether it can be deployed, controlled and stowed comfortably.
Crew size
Whether you are coastal cruising, crossing oceans or combining both.
Sailing Conditions
The wind strengths and angles you are most likely to encounter.
Passage Plans
How each additional sail contributes to the boat’s total load.
EXPERIENCE AND ONGOING SUPPORT
Meet Dallen,
Your Balance Sail Expert
SUPPORTING FUTURE TALENT
Dallen works closely with the Balance team and its owners, helping each sailor choose an inventory suited to their boat, sailing plans and priorities.
01 — Sail Selection and Advice
02 — Design and Production
03 — Inspections
04 — Maintenance
05 — Repairs
06 — Replacement Sails
