Sail Passport
A small tag — solar, NFC — bonded to the sail. Tap it with your phone. The complete file opens. Build date. Intent. Materials. Measurements. Time in the sun. Everything we know about this sail, in one place, for as long as the sail exists.
Why this exists
You buy a sail. It arrives. There might be an invoice. There might be a cloth weight printed on a label. That's it. A year later, when you want to know what fiber is in the sail, or who reviewed the design, or what dimensions came off the loft floor — there is no one to ask.
Sails are precision objects built to last for years. They deserve a record. So we built one.
This is not a customer-facing feature pretending to be useful. The data is here because it should be here. What you do with it is up to you.
What's in it
Build. When the sail was designed, when it was cut, when it shipped. The intent behind the configuration — what the owner wanted this sail to do, what kind of sailing it was built for.
Design. Every dimension and parameter set during design. Sail area, edge lengths, draft positions, batten geometry, reef points, reinforcement layouts, fiber routing maps.
Review. The sailmaker's review notes — what was checked, what was confirmed, what was adjusted before the sail went to production. With name, date, and sign-off.
Materials. Every cloth, fiber, thread, ring, ring backing, slide, batten, and fitting that went into the sail. Brand, grade, and batch reference where it matters.
Hardware. What's at the tack, the clew, the head. What model. What size. What date that hardware spec was current.
Measurement. Final dimensions and weight after the sail was built — actual values from the loft floor, not the design targets.
Time. The tag's solar strip accumulates light over the sail's life. A simple record of how much the sail has been in service.
Your additions. You can attach photos to the record — a damaged batten pocket, a chafe mark, a sail that looks great after three seasons. They stay in the file.
When it gets used
When you order a second sail, three years from now, we start from this file. No new measurements, no re-explaining your boat.
When something needs repair, the loft opens the file and sees exactly what's in the sail. No guesswork.
When you sell the boat, the next owner inherits the record. The sail keeps its history.
When you want to know what's in your sail, you tap your phone against it. The file opens.
When the boat changes hands, the record stays with the sail. The next owner inherits everything we know about it.
A record from day one
The Passport begins when you start a configuration. It is updated through review, production, and measurement. When the sail ships, the tag is bonded in. From that moment on, the sail can speak for itself.
