For more than 40 years
John Jenkins has been designing and building sails for all types of boats—from ultra-competitive one-design dinghies, to blue water racer cruisers, and everything in between. All of these sails—thousands in total— have one thing in common: they have been personally designed by John with an attention to detail that cannot be found at any other loft.
Since 1975, John Jenkins served as the manager of the Naval Academy Sail Loft where he developed sail designs for the wide range of boats used by the Naval Academy Sailing Program, which included offshore Navy 44s as well as Lasers, FJs, and 420s.
In 1975 John started developing his own Star Sails and the first Jenkins Sails were built. New Jenkins Sails are available to you!
Who We Are
John Jenkins is obsessive about detail, quality and service!
John grew up on the Chesapeake Bay sailing Penguins , Stars, and crewing on his fathers Ranger Sloop “Truant” . From college he went to work for Hard Sails in Islip NY following a very unsatisfying short stint in the corporate world. After learning the basics at Hard sails John worked for Haarstick Sails in Ithica NY and Hood Sails in Annapolis MD.
In 1975 John went to work at the US Naval Academy where he ran the Sail Loft until 2016. During this period John actively raced his Star boat, Cal 25, and crewed on many different racing boats. He is now devoted full time to Jenkins Sails drawing on his 40 years of sailmaking experience.
Bob Jones
Sales
bob@jenkinssails.com
Bob Jones’ interest in classic boats.
Bob has over 50 years of sailing experience in one design racing classes, including the Star Class. He has cruised and raced on the Chesapeake Bay for most of his lifetime. He is currently a crew member on the log canoe Island Bird, and sails a classic Crosby catboat named Patience.
Ty Jones
Business Manager
ty@jenkinssails.com
Ty has grown up on the Chesapeake Bay, often accompanying John and Bob to various regattas. He has extensive experience handling power and sailboats of all sizes. He also brings 15 years experience in business management and accounting to Jenkins Sails.
Alan Campbell
Sail Consultant
alan.campbell@jenkinssails.com
Alan grew up sailing out of the Tred Avon River and is a local to the Eastern Shore. Alan can be seen racing Stars up and down the east coast in which he earned two silver chevrons on multiple occasions with Jenkins sails. Alan had also done various off shore races being on the team that got 2nd overall corrected in the Newport to Bermuda Race, and 1st Overall in the Annapolis Newport race on the Cal 40 Nicole. Alan has competed well while also being fiscally conscious and that is why we try to make the best sail specifically for the customer while always having performance on the forefront.
Since 2013 Alan has been working with John and has learned a lot about sail design, construction, and cloth/laminates in particular. Alan is the District 2 secretary of the star class and brings an eagerness to learn more as well as a willingness to sail on all boats, with a well-rounded knowledge of what it takes to make a sailboat go fast.
Hayley Jenkins
Gulf Coast Sales
hayley@jenkinssails.com
Hayley is a graduate of the College of Charleston where she sailed on the Sailing team for 4 years. Hayley sailed on Penguins, Stars , Comets , Snipes, 420s and V 20s after college and is now working on the Gulf coast. Contact Hayley with you sail needs and she will point you in the right direction.