Super Sailmakers

Super Sailmakers opened its doors in 1973, serving the beach-cat community on the fabled Ft. Lauderdale Beach. Experimentation with a new, fully-battened jib for a Hobie 14 led the boys on the beach to declare it super, giving birth to a product, the Hobie 14 Super Jib and a brand name, Super Sailmakers. The loft grew as its neighbors left, breakin... g through one wall after another, eventually to use the entire building in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. As the store grew, the small boat business expanded in new and exciting directions. Our service expanded to beach rental operations up the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts, and into the Caribbean, as hotels and resorts began to rely on the durability of our sails. Today we serve some of the world's finest vacation destinations with sails and service, including Disney World, Club Med, and Sandals. As our sails spread to more places, regional small boat dealers began selling Super sails to their regular customers. Sailboat manufacturers themselves also realized the value Super sails added to their product, and we make or have made original sails for more than thirty different recreational sailboat models under 32 feet long. As our market became national, it became seasonal, requiring greater diversity in the products and services we offered. Ft. Lauderdale's comprehensive marine industry had grown, creating great demand for quality sail products and personal customer service at competitive prices. Super Sailmakers began to services sailboats across South Florida. Today, our cruising sails appeal to coastal sailors looking for a good value, and blue water sailors who rely on our sails to carry them safely around the world. We were one of the first sailmakers on the web, launching sites in 1996 to bring our selection of production sails to the widest possible market. In 2003 we began our Service by Mail program to help small-boat sailors in under-served areas of the country. Our re-vamped site in 2012 to be the most informative, user-friendly sail site on the net. We will keep ...Read More