Operational change at Doyle Sails Northland

by Sail-World.com on 30 Sep 2015 Effective immediately Doyle Whangarei will no longer be operating as part of the Doyle Sails group. The former Doyle Whangarei loft will now be run under a different parent group with no access to Stratis or any of the Doyle IP, product range or support network.

With Northland such an active region, particularly within the cruising market, ensuring that there is no change in our service and support to customers as a result of this change is Doyle’s primary focus. To this end Peter Boyd has now been appointed as Doyle representative for the whole of the Northland region.

Having joined the Doyle team in early 2015, Peter is a hugely experienced sailmaker. With more than 100,00NM gained through racing and cruising, and having been recently appointed a safety inspector for Yachting New Zealand, his wealth of knowledge has proved an invaluable asset to the Doyle team

Based out of Opua Peter will deliver a full service for our Northland customers, dividing his time between the Bay of Islands, Whangarei and the Pacific Islands. This will allow Doyle to provide support for boats both arriving and departing Northland and the Pacific. Peter’s expanded remit will now include regular time in Whangarei for sail work, pick ups and drop offs, continuing the support that Doyle customers in the Whangarei region have enjoyed to date.

Headquartered out of Auckland, Doyle Sails NZ offers a full range of cruising and racing sail options for yachts of all sizes. Customers throughout New Zealand are able to take advantage of the many technologies being developed and applied to the Doyle sail range, with complementary departments including service, rigging, covers and upholstery. Doyle’s particular strength is its team, with some of the most well-known names in Kiwi yachting at the helm, including Richard Bouzaid, Head of Design, Mike Sanderson, Head of Sales, and Chris McMaster, Managing Director.

Peter can be reached on:
Email: peter.boyd@doylesails.co.nz
NZ Ph: +64 (0) 9 402 7477 ext 1
NZ Mob: +64 (0) 27 4942 492
Fiji Mob: +66 (0) 7976 12438
Skype: boyd.peter.63

Contact Doyle Sails:

Please get in touch with any sail enquiries you have or any service work you would like to schedule.As we keep up with innovation on sail design and engineering, and in many cases drive the market, we are keen to assist in early stage planning and advice on sails for new builds, whatever stage of the build schedule you are at.


Chris McMaster (Managing Director) – chris@doylesails.co.nz
Mike Sanderson (Head of Sales) – mikes@doylesails.co.nz
Richard Bouzaid (Head of Design/Director) – richard@doylesails.co.nz
David Duff (General Manager/Operations Manager) – duffy@doylesails.co.nz

Matt Bridge (Superyacht Sail Co-ordinator) - mattb@doylesails.co.nz
Andy Pilcher - (Local, Pacific and Asia Sales) - andyp@doylesails.co.nz
Justin Ferris (Sales | Racing Technology | Design) - justinf@doylesails.co.nz
Simon Kidd (Head of Local Sales) simon@doylesails.co.nz
Andrew Brown (One Design Manager) - andrew.brown@doylesails.co.nz

Logan Devoy (Service Manager) - logand@doylesails.co.nz
Robert Eades (Head of Marine Trimmings) - robert@doylesails.co.nz
Nick Nicholson (Rigging Manager) - nickn@doylerigging.com