The originator of the modern spinnaker sleeve, now one product in a full line built to make sailing safe and fun. On every Vendée Globe winner, and helping weekend sailors enjoy the water, since 1985.
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Four products that defined the category. Each one solves a problem ATN's founder encountered on the water.
The original spinnaker sock since 1985. Set and douse any symmetric or asymmetric spinnaker single-handed in under a minute. Carried by every Vendée Globe winner since 1989. 33,000+ shipped.
View the Spinnaker Sleeve
UV protection for your furled genoa, hoisted on the spinnaker halyard. The sleeve principle applied to your working headsail, with no sacrificial sun strip to wear out. Available in 11 colors.
View the Genoa Sleeve
A storm headsail that sets over your furled genoa in minutes, with no inner forestay required. ISAF-compliant storm orange option. The proven heavy-weather answer for furling boats. 2,000+ shipped.
View the Gale Sail
Fly a symmetric or asymmetric spinnaker with no pole. Fastens over the furled headsail so one or two sailors can carry a chute that would otherwise stay in the bag. 15,000+ shipped.
View the TackerPair them up: many sailors run the Spinnaker Sleeve with the Tacker and an ATN SnapRatchet for shorthanded spinnaker work, or add a Snatch Block to the kit.
ATN was founded in 1985 by offshore racer and maxi-boat skipper Etienne Giroire, who built the first modern spinnaker sleeve after watching every device on the market foul and jam in real offshore conditions. Forty years on, every product in the line still solves a problem he met on the water, raced hard in the OSTAR, the Whitbread, and the Route du Rhum.
Four decades on, that same standard runs through the whole line. The Spinnaker Sleeve, the Gale Sail storm sail, the Mastclimber, the Genoa Sleeve, and our multihull nets are each designed in-house, tested offshore, and backed by direct support and a warranty you can rely on. It is gear trusted by Vendée Globe winners and weekend cruisers alike.
Etienne at the start of the 2010 Route du Rhum. Read his account.
In our tests, the ATN spinnaker sleeve set and doused with ease.
Every winner of the Vendee Globe Race has carried the ATN spinnaker sleeve.
Used mine for five years, I'm 65. Don't go fast but I prefer it to getting cranked up. Consider it part of my "glad I bought it" equipment.
ATN designs its products in its own shop in Pinellas Park, Florida, where it also manufactures its core lineup, including the Spinnaker Sleeve, Genoa Sleeve, Tacker, and Mastclimber. ATN has built sailing equipment in-house since 1985 and now benefits from being part of the Sunrise Yacht Products family.
Yes. ATN sells both direct to our customers and through our resale network of sailmakers, lofts, and chandleries, so you can buy wherever is easiest and most convenient for you. Sailmakers, lofts, and chandleries not already in the network are welcome to become ATN dealers.
ATN was founded in 1985 by offshore racer Etienne Giroire, designer of the modern spinnaker sleeve. ATN makes the Spinnaker Sleeve, the Tacker, the Mastclimber, the Gale Sail storm sail, multihull nets, and other shorthanded and offshore sailing gear
Yes. Every Vendée Globe winner since 1989 has carried the ATN Spinnaker Sleeve. Thanks to its bulletproof reliability, the ATN Soft Sleeve is now favored across virtually every shorthanded racing class above 35 feet; roughly 90% of Class 40 boats, for example, carry at least one ATN Sleeve.
Buy direct from the maker, or join the network of 300+ sailmakers, lofts, and chandleries that carry ATN gear. International buyers, see our worldwide dealers.
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