Quantum’s cross-cut sails rely not only on the proven quality and durability of traditional woven polyester, also known as Dacron®, but also our high-performance designs and easy-to-trim shapes. Woven sails continue to be the most popular and affordable type of sail for small- to medium-size cruising boats. Quantum’s cross-cut sails are tailor-made to meet your sailing needs to help ensure you get the experience you’re looking for on the water.
Sail performance is just as important to cruisers as it is to racers; it’s simply defined differently. High-quality cruising sails must be rugged, reliable, and easy to maintain. Since changing sails is not usually an option, they must be versatile in a range of conditions. They must also put you in control, helping to contain heel and weather helm. Above all, they should help you sail your boat with ease so you are free to enjoy the sheer pleasure of the sport.
To deliver top-level cruising sail performance, Quantum designs and builds the very best sails possible with every detail of the process executed to the highest standards.
Sail shape, along with minimizing stretch, are key to delivering optimum upwind performance and reducing heel and weather helm. These factors also extend a sail’s range before reefing or furling becomes necessary and have a big impact on the functionality of sail handling systems.
The woven material is precision cut and constructed in a cross-cut panel configuration oriented luff to leech to ensure easy-to-trim shapes. Sail shapes are customdesigned for your boat by Quantum’s experienced sail designers based on expected usage and boat-specific constraints such as mast bend, displacement, and righting moment.
All woven materials are not created equal: There are variations in yarn type, thickness, weave, and finish. Without proper materials, the promise of great design cannot be realized. The woven polyester used in Quantum’s cross-cut cruising sails is the best available, featuring a tight weave, high tenacity yarns, and the finest finishing techniques for maximum stretch resistance. We test and use only topgrade sailcloth selected from leading suppliers to ensure durability, excellent shape-holding ability, and longevity.
Quantum’s cross-cut construction process starts with high-quality, rugged woven fabric strategically sized and cut into panels. The panels are assembled by hand to ensure proper load alignment and durability. Extra stitching is added in key areas and topped off with reinforced corners, webbing, batten pockets, reefs, and more. The result is the most durable and high-performing cross-cut sail on the market that’s ready to take on whatever adventures you can dream up.
Quantum’s cross-cut cruising sails utilize highquality Dacron panels with multi-directional, high-tenacity polyester fibers. The panels are assembled in a diagonal radiating from the luff, with the direction of the fibers strategically oriented with primary load paths. This intelligent layout adds strength, resists stretch, and enables optimal shapes.
