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Hood have been building top-quality sails for racing, cruising and classic yachts since 1952. Today Hood lofts in the USA, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia & Argentina can provide you with sails which are designed to perform and built to last, together with exemplary service and support, whether you boat is 20' or 200' and whether your goal is to win regattas or to circle the globe.

In the last 40 years, no other sailmaker has contributed as much to the design and direction of sails and sailcloth as Hood Sailmakers.

High quality sails begin with high quality sailcloth. Hood, throughout their history, have pioneered the way in introducing the newest and very best sailcloth. Here are a few Hood landmarks:
- The early 1950's saw Dacron®, a polyester yarn in woven sailcloth. This was the beginning of Hood cloth.
- Cloth innovations continued with Kevlar® sailcloth in 1972.
- 1977 saw the introduction of Mylar® laminated film.
- Hood was the first to introduce and effectively use Spectra in 1983.
- In 1995 Hood launched Vektron™ sailcloth, a breakthrough in sailcloth technology, utilising Vektran® fibre to weave a higher strength, lighter weight woven fabric with superior durability and longevity. is the trade name of CNA, a liquid crystal polymer fibre which is underwoven with super high tenacity polyester. This process which has a worldwide patent, has been pioneered by Hood Textiles in Ireland.