It’s a bank holiday weekend here in the UK and today we aren’t doing much big boat launching so I’ve spent the morning having a bit of a clear out of the workshop drawers.

Lots of stuff got binned as it was less than useful, however I did find quite a few things that really couldn’t go in the bin so I’ve added them to the CC section of the webshop.

Plenty of good stuff at super discounted prices, head over there and get it whilst it’s still there.

Click here to take a look

Having found a little more time recently I have put together a new item for our shop. Behold the DF95 three rig package, it comes with a fully built boat with our Soch Sails half length sticker set in a colour of your choice, three A, B & C rigs that are built, fitted and tuned complete with Soch Sails with your colour choices for luff and corners. We’ve installed the latest Flysky ST8 radio and a rechargeable boat battery pack.

There is also one of our ever popular Soch Sails four pocket rig bags and a Soch Sails keel and rudder bag to keep all the shiny things safe and sound. The packages are collection only due to the size and fragile nature of the rigs.

A very simple way to get on the water with all the things you’ll need to go racing with.

Check the package out on our online shop by clicking here for all the details.

The boat in the picture above is ready to go as a package and can be collected any time from……now!

Need a DF95 B suit in dayglo yellow and royal blue by next Tuesday?

Check out a cancelled order that we have ready to ship on Monday.

Small discount so we don’t have it for too long.

Full details click here.

So, this week is a short one, I’m in and out of the workshop today as I have some collections to do for big boat stuff and an appointment at a tile shop and a kitchen shop to spend more money that I don’t actually have! The house is coming on which is good news, still a way to go yet but it’s currently all positive.

I’m back in tomorrow and will be getting as many orders completed and shipped as possible before packing the van and heading off to Lincoln early Thursday for the next couple of rounds of the DF Racing UK TT Series. I’ve a couple of jobs to do on boats before I leave too after I noticed a small problem with the sheeting on the 95 jib boom.

We won’t get everything done before I leave but we should get a good chunk of orders out of the door. The workshop will reopen on Monday morning and we’ll see what we can achieve before we head in to the Easter period which could see some big boat action if the weather plays ball.

We’ll miss four days of production over Easter, 7th to the 10th April which gives us three shorter weeks of production. If you need anything in a hurry then please get your order in early and I’m pretty sure we’ll get it out to you.

Check out the online shop by clicking here.

Went to a boatshow, met a pirate!

Afternoon folks, time is flying by here at Soch Sails HQ and with one thing or another taking my time over the last month I haven’t had a minute to sit down and let you guys know how things are going. So I’ve found a minute or two just now at the end of my working day and with the sun streaming through my door I figured it was time to sit down.

So, what’s been happening? First up we’ve taken on an apprentice sailmaker to help me out, he’s great. I’ve known Simon for twenty years and he comes from a background of jewellery making and decided earlier this year that he wanted a new challenge. He’s been with us now for two months and is proving to be a very useful member of the team. He has completed a 120 sail order for RC Yachts as well as many of our recent retail orders and under the watchful eye of myself he is nailing our usual high quality sails, albeit a little slower than I’m used to. His attention to detail is great and the speed will improve as he makes more and more sails.

Having Simon around has allowed us to remain open for retail sail orders whilst still keeping the RC Yachts crew supplied, something that makes me happy and has eased my workload considerably over the last few months. If you remember before Christmas we had a bit of a leaky wet house, well it’s looking much better now, we still aren’t anywhere near being back in at the moment however progress is being made and the damaged end of the house has today had some new windows fitted and isn’t far off ready for plastering which is great work from Chris the builder and his team having been presented with a bare shell in the middle of February. Our other project whilst we are out is to bolt on an extension that we got planning for a few years back. This is now almost out of the ground and will start to take shape over the next month or two. As to when we can move back in….who knows, but it will be amazing when we do!

Phoebe in her new bedroom

Hallway taking shape

Big boatyard stuff is starting to gather pace as Easter looms on the horizon, our tractors are all ready to do their stuff, hopefully the weather will play ball too, although it’s currently windy and due to get cold again over the next few days. Hey ho.

I’ve got a small problem with my parents at the moment who are currently stuck in the USA after my dad was taken seriously ill two weeks ago whilst travelling from St Augustine FL to Atlanta GA. He is currently in cardiovascular ICU in Macon GA and whilst he is getting better it looks like he has a few weeks of recovery ahead before he and mum are able to fly home to the UK. So there is a bit to deal with there too, in amongst all the other stuff. But, hey, life would be pretty dull if nothing happened, perhaps if it all happened a little slower that might be helpful!

Soch Sails continues to blossom, we’ve had a positive start to the year and are always pleased to receive your orders for sails and accessories in our inbox. We are pretty much up to date with orders and our lead times are measured in days not weeks for DF sails, IOM sails are maybe a week or two and accessories and RC Laser spares are sent from stock. If you or a friend wants or needs sails to collect at the upcoming DF95 Globals then we have capacity to make them, just get in touch and we’ll make it happen for you. We are trying hard to restock our rig bags for both DF65 and DF95 but everything we currently produce seems to be heading to RC Yachts, I have around 20 bags currently in production for our own stock, they should be with us in a couple of weeks. Likewise with the transmitter bags, I have sent a batch off today in both blue and black.

Regarding the Globals, I might have a well prepped boat for charter if you don’t fancy bringing your own boat. Get in touch if it might help you out.

In the meantime if you need a suit of sails, a rig kit or something else then check out the online shop which is open 247. Also check out some of the sails we have made over the last month below.

Thanks for reading, I’ll try and update a little more often!

Hey Finbarr, if you read this post please know that I’ve tried to mail you several times with the tracking detail but the mail bounces back each time. ~Anyhow, please click here to see your tracking detail. Cheers Tim

Aaaand we’re off. We had the batten material delivery this morning which is splendid news. It’s been a busy day but we’ve now finished a 45 sail trade order for RC Yachts and also an outstanding retail order from the back end of November.

So, with a supply of battens we have reopened all of our sail orders for DF65, DF95 and IOM.

Delivery timescales will be our usual speedy couple of days with shipping times for domestic orders being 24-48 hours or so with International shipping returning to normal timescales too.

The workshop will crank back into action at about 0905 Monday morning.

Click here to get yourself some Soch Sails goodness ordered up right to your door.

In the meantime check out the sails that we finished today, 54 suits.

Morning Folks, I hope you are all well. Good news on many fronts this morning. First up, Royal Mail have told us that we can now ship overseas without too much delay. If you are ordering from an international location we will ship your order in good timie but cannot be held responsible for the onward timescale. We can, of course, send you the tracking details so that you can keep an eye on where your shipment is up to, however RM suggest that there may be less tracking updates that usual. When we have tracked some of your parcels we have seen a long delay in the item leaving the UK, then often nothing until the item has reached the local delivery office.

We have paid for batten material. it should be with us imminently, probably tomorrow, and as soon as we have it in hand we will open up sail orders once again. Apologies for the delay, it’s something that was out of our hands but we will aim to fulfil new orders quickly as we have done in the past.

We’ve had an update from Royal Mail regarding International shipments. Their advice is for us still not to try and ship parcels to any International destinations. Full statement from RM please click here.

Batten material is still not available from our supplier and it seems that they now don’t have a delivery date. It’s a situation that is ever so frustrating and I need to take action on now as we haven’t been able to take sail orders since November 2022. I’m investigating alternatives which might turn out to be quicker than waiting for a supply through the usual channels. Watch this space.

I would hope that we can start taking sail orders once again early next week. As soon as we have the materials to fulfill sail orders with our usual speedy lead times we’ll have them back on the online shop.

Meantime there are some transmitter covers available and a few DF95 rig bags in stock along with our range of sticker sets and other accessories. Check out the online shop by clicking here.

Morning Folks, hope you’re all well and are enjoying whatever January has in store for you. We are continuing to fight the good fight and are getting through what we need to. We do, however, have an issue with shipping items overseas. It seems that Royal Mail suffered a ransomeware attack nearly two weeks ago and they have encountered serious issues to the point where there have been unable to process any parcels for export that have been in the system for that period.

The current advice is to not put anything else into the system as it is already overloaded, so we are currently holding all our overseas parcels until RM send us an update that they are able to cope once again.

Apologies for this, not much we can do currently. Shipping to UK locations is unaffected and we are working on a couple of days lead time currently.

Batten material should be with us next week all being well, we’ll keep you posted and as soon as we can get sails out again they will appear on the webshop to order.