Tropical Sail Loft

	For all your Sails & Canvas needs in the North Eastern Caribbean
Sails -- Repairs & Service -- North Sails Marine Canvas -- Awnings & Covers -- Biminis -- Dodgers -- Sail Covers Trampolines Land Awnings About us Find us/Contact us Job Opportunities North Sails Regatta News & Links Home Page Tropical Sail Loft Lagoon Marina Wellington Rd. #35 Cole Bay St Maarten Tel +(599) 544 5472 Fax +(599) 544 5476	About us Ernst Looser is the founder and manager of Tropical Sail Loft. He completed his apprenticeship training in Germany in 1989 and is a fully qualified and experienced Sail Maker. He worked in several lofts before starting Tropical Sail Loft. Ernst is also an experienced sailor, both in racing and ocean passage making. Tropical Sail Loft started 1996 in Philipsburg as a one-man business in a tiny (14' x 18') Loft. Within a year we moved to bigger premises and employed additional staff. In 1999 we moved to the Lagoon, upstairs in the Budget Marine Building, where we stayed until November 2005.
		But once again, as the sails (and the business) grew bigger and bigger, we found ourselves needing more space! Tropical Sail Loft has now moved to our brand new 3200 sq. ft. premises at Lagoon Marina – on the water’s edge of Simpson Bay Lagoon. Look for the bright red building next to FKG Rigging. We are on the top floor. There is a dinghy dock, car park and electric hoist to make transporting your sails easy. The new loft boasts a raised floor of 2300 sq ft, allowing room to work on the largest sails, 2 work stations for canvas building and repair – and room to grow. For the at-home sewers, we stock all of the most popular fabrics in the most popular colours – 700 yds of Sunbrella alone! Together with other supplies from adhesives to zippers, we are your one-stop shop for all your canvas and sail sewing needs.
	Tropical Sail Loft has a good, friendly and efficient staff team that has, over the years, built up an excellent reputation for their quality Custom-made canvas work, including awnings, dodgers, biminis, and all exterior covers, plus repairs, alterations, and as St Maarten’s North Sails Agents, offers new North sails, plus service and repairs on sails of all sizes from dinghies to superyachts and cruiseships. Quality is of the highest priority and Ernst is very aware of the importance of completing every job on time, knowing the fast moving schedules of most of his customers. The loft's new “super-sized” sewing machine has an underarm clearance of 900mm x 350mm. This means that our other big machine, an Adler 366 longarm (the standard”big” machine in most big lofts worldwide) fits almost completely under the arm. The manufacturer claims to have sewn through 20mm ply wood during testing, although we did not dare to repeat this…. Fact is, that this machine is extremely powerful and a pleasure to work with.
	Quality & service .......................we deliver only the best , and on time !