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2024 Holiday Shipping Deadline - order by 12/12/2024
Posted on 5th Dec 2024
To ensure the gifts for your sailors arrive on time, please place all orders by December 12th 2024.
All orders placed by December 12th will be shipped on, or before, December 16th 2024.
If you are in need of express shipping, please call to order.
Please place your orders as soon as possible to avoid late deliveries due to unforeseen holiday shipping delays.
Hard to find trampolines at SLO Sail and Canvas
SLO Sail and Canvas offers top notch trampolines to fit most models of beach catamarans. We specialize in aftermarket trampolines for the most popular of beach cats like Hobie 16's & Prindle 16's, but we also make trampolines to fit hard to find models, like: Hobie Cat 15Hobie Cat T2Hobie Cat WildcatHobie Cat TigerHobie Cat PacificHobie Cat [...]
New Mesh Offering - Textilene 90 Dusk Grey
SLO Sail and Canvas now offers select trampoline and trampoline wings in Textilene 90 Dusk Grey!We began offering Textilene 90 Lake Blue mesh trampolines in the Spring of 2020 in response to customer requests for a blue mesh offering. Orders for TEX 90 trampolines were high all summer - with great reviews from those who [...]
Off Season Boat Storage Tips
TIPS FOR OFF-SEASON BOAT STORAGE FROM SLO SAIL AND CANVASTIE OR STRAP COVER DOWN: Use the several sewn webbing loops and cordage (or straps upgrade) to lash cover down under / around your hull. If using cordage, we suggest you tie a “trucker’s hitch” knot to achieve proper tension.ELEVATE THE BOW: Propping the tongue or [...]
Prindle 19 Bow Covers Unboxing Video by Chris Holley
Muchos gracias to Chris Holley of Hijole Racing for sending this video he shot of his new Prindle 19 Bow Covers by SLO Sail and Canvas. Chris' new Prindle 19 Bow Covers are made of durable and UV resistant SofTouch fabric, featuring a fuzzy inner lining that protects your hull from road debris, rocks, dust, and bugs. [...]
Laser Sailboat Top Cover Choices - Laser or Pro Laser?
SLO Sail and Canvas offers two different Top Deck Covers for your Laser Sailboat. This article will help you choose which one is right for you. Laser Sailboat Top Cover - Deck Cover is the most affordable and the easiest to install. Features include a built-in 1/4" shockcord that wraps around your rubrail. This shockcord, used [...]
SLO Sails featured on nationals winning Santa Cruz 27
Jersey Girl has won the 2016 Santa Cruz Nationals at Berkeley Yacht Club! SLO Sail and Canvas supplied a brand new 150% and 120% genoa to Jersey Girl for this regatta. These sails were built in DImension-Polyant's PE15 Optic 2 laminate fabric. Congratulations to Jersey Girl for their win in this competitive fleet!
Hobie Getaway Forward Trampoline Track Variation Guide
An issue that has come up quite a few times with some of our Hobie Getaway customers relates to some variation in the track that gets screwed into the hulls to support the sides of the forward trampoline. In order to ensure that the product is easy to install, fits well, and lasts a long [...]
Updated Supercat 17 Trampoline Design!
With the evolution of the trampoline hardware through the life of the Supercat 17, there are a variety of configurations out there. Whether you have a front and rear wrapped crossbar, an integrated rear bolt rope track, or a upgrade kit to add a rail to your boat that originally had a wrapped front and [...]
Hobie 17 Bow Covers and Hobie 17 North Americans!
We recently had a request to build some bow covers for a Hobie 17. We designed and built a set that are easy to install on a boat that's rigged up with a zipper to clear the bridles or they can be installed for trailering protection, to keep grime and debris from hitting your boat [...]