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Which boat cover design and fabric type is best for you and your dinghy? Choose Your Fabric The Benefits of a Breathable Boat Cover: A breathable boat cover will reduce the damp environment inside the boat, which over a period of time could lead to the wood or GRP absorbing water and putting weight onto the boat. On wooden boats a damp interior can also shorten the life of the varnish. Non Breathable PVC Coated Polyester High quality, hard wearing, non shrinking, blue PVC Coated Polyester is...

Choosing a Trolley or Trailer Our trolleys are named to suit sailing dinghies but they will fit all sorts of boats. We manufacture specific trolleys and trailers to fit the more popular types of dinghies, where others fit our standard versions with a little adjustment. The characteristics of sailing dinghies are generally very similar, other types of boats can differ considerably and the most common query we have is “Will the trolley fit my boat with an outboard on?” To find out follow the below:- ...

Trident Sail Loft In the Trident Sail loft we offer a wide range of services. Send your sails to us with your details and we'll do the jobs for you - to ship to us try this website www.parcel2go.com - it is a compare website Here are some of the services we offer: Sail Repairs, Alterations & Laundering The FULL Sail Service - Launder and Complete Check Over!! Manufacture of Sails, Boatcovers, Boom Covers, Dodgers UV Strips etc Reproofing of Canopies   Types of Sails R...

At Trident we started out manufacturing sails. Since then we have kept manufacturing at the centre of our business. We are proud to have resisted the pressures of moving our manufacturing abroad in recent decades and continue to manufacture most of our products from facilities in Gateshead, Northern England. Having such a diverse manufacturing experience allows us to offer an extensive and complete customer service, supplying and repairing anything you need for sailing. The main areas of Manu...

Long Established Family Business Trident was established in 1983 by Dave & Jackie Gebhard as a sailmaking business, both keen dinghy sailors of the 70s, made dinghy sails as a hobby, and are still racing competitively most weekends. The business grew quickly to include the manufacture of waterproof and thermal clothing, initially designing dinghy suits and woolly bear fleeces, in the days of the yellow wellies. They also supplied the Shipyards, Oil Rigs, Fishing Industry and other commercial bus...

Here at TridentUK we have been established since 1983 selling to the public and to trade customers. We pride ourselves on our customer service and are completely dedicated to your total satisfaction. We offer a wide range of services and products specifically for our Trade Customers. Sailmaking Industrial Sewing Honda Outboard Engines Outboard Engine Servicing Suppliers of RIBS/Small Boats Manufacturers of Surface Drysuits - Industrial and Leisure Wide Range of Chandlery, P...

Over the decades TridentUK has built a really strong team with extensive experience and skills sets allowing a superior and diverse offering of products. From the factory to the workshop, sail loft to the office have you ever wondered who is behind the TridentUK brand? Allow us to introduce Team Trident.... David AKA Dave, DG or The other Dave. It is difficult to introduce David without Jackie as they tend to come as a pair. They are, however, quite different characters, often seen agre...

Combi Trailers Aptly named, this is a Combination of a trolley and road base and sometimes referred to as a piggy back trailer. The trolley will cradle the boat and go in and out of the water and a road base stays dry helping to keep the bearings protected and in turn reliable on the road. There are options in creating your Combi trailer which is why they may not be listed as a part First you need to find the trolley that best fits your boat, we have specific trolleys for the more popular classes and...

If you’ve found this page because you are looking to make some sense of what an ILCA or Laser is or what is class legal or not then I’ll try and put your mind at rest. In 1971 the Laser dinghy was unveiled and has become the most successful dinghy in history with over 200, 000 boats around the world and to cut a long complicated story short in 2019 there was a falling out between various involved parties with the class association taking control of the class and finding new boat builders. In this ta...

Choosing the Right Lifejacket/Buoyancy Aid It is important when buying a buoyancy aid/lifejacket that you pick the correct CE Category to suit your type of activity and experience. Briefly a buoyancy aid is an aid to swimming, when help is close at hand, the wearer is conscious, can swim or is comfortable enough in the water to wait for assistance and for this reason usually worn in sheltered waters. Where as a lifejacket may help if the wearer is unconscious or unable to help themselves and is almos...

As watersports enthusiasts we care deeply about our planet and the oceans that provide our playgrounds. As a company we are committed to a green policy that reduces our footprint and maximises practices that are progressively sustainable. Our green initiatives: Solar Power We made a huge investment in 2023 to clean up our energy use and installed a whopping 20KW Solar Panels teamed with 5KW batteries!  Even though as we write this we are in the depths of Winter we are super close to...