New! North Sails acquires Cuben Fiber (click here)

North Cloth manufactures a comprehensive range of premium woven and laminated sail fabrics to deliver an unmatched combination of lighter weight, lower stretch and exceptional durability. Fibers include woven polyesters, Spectra/Dyneema, Twaron, Carbon, nylon and others. This section describes North Cloth's family of premium sail fabrics as well as general discussions on sail longevity and the modern fibers used in producing today's woven sailcloth.

» North Cloth's Family of Fabrics.
» Fiber Properties offers a quantitative assessment of sailcloth’s building blocks.
» What fibers are used for individual sailcloth? Take a look at Industrial Fibers.
» Fiber to Fabric highlights differences between fibers and how they affect sailcloth.

The only North Cloth sailcloth not exclusive to North Sails, Oceanus Cloth is examined separately. Oceanus (left) is a modern polyester sailcloth designed and produced by North Cloth specifically for traditional sailing yachts and training vessels.