Oliver is great! I've been getting my sails and covers repaired here for years. Always fair prices and quick turnaround

Absolutely the rudest sail installers Missed the 7 AM calm that they promised to show up for and showed up for the wind at 3:30 instead One guy. No lines or fenders. Seriously?!? In 7 knots of wind? Made fun of me and mocked me for not wanting to flip the boat in the slip to make his life easier when this would clearly lead to hull damage read more

I have been using UK Sailmakers for over 20 years. They have made sails for all three of my boats over that time, and the customer service has always been impeccable. They are not only extraordinarily knowledgeable, sailmakers, but are both experienced sailors and racers who offer a wealth of knowledge to any level sailor. Having either Oliver or Brendan on my boat is always a pleasure and a learning experience. I could not recommend UK Sailmakers more!! read more

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Spoke to Oliver who is very polite and helpful. Suggested I bring my headsail in for an inspection where I met the wonderful Maria! This lady knows her stuff...... She unpacked the sail, asked a couple of questions and said it would be 2-3 hrs of work. Other lofts had quoted 1,400 to 1,700 to fix the sail but Maria said the sail and sun cover were in good shape and she could resew it all together in 2-3hrs! Oliver advised that would be approx 250 all in! Bargain! I will be back with my other sails soon! read more

Oliver & Maria are easy, helpful & excellent at what they do. I needed a new UV cover on my headsail & I am very happy with the end result & fair price. TY Oliver for being patient bc I had Zelle issues. I felt I was in good hands from beginning to end & would happily recommend UK Sails! read more

We've had all good experiences with several repairs and new covers. Responsive, fairly priced, helpful and on time. Haven't yet purchased any new sails, but will be doing so pretty soon. The UK sails that came with the boat (in Houston) have been fine, and we'll almost certainly replace them with the same or similar UK sails from Oliver. read more

Ordered sails from Oliver...they were delivered on day agreed upon BUT there was an issue with measurements..so jib was long at luft tape and main was a bit short on the foot....OUCH...but this is where doing business with a real local businessman really matters....jib was fixed in a day which was great and Oliver said he would make me a whole new main and have it there in 10 days or less. He also let me keep the short new main to sail while I waited, which was still way better than my old blown out main! And then you know what happened? HE DID IT! In 8 days new main was delivered and installed...when was the last time someone got something done early on a boat? Keeping the short sail saved my weekend in Catalina...both new sails are perfect and Oliver was not only good to his word but a complete gentleman about it! UK and Oliver are my 1st choice for sails and they should be yours too! read more

Oliver has repaired a few sails for me over the years, and when it was finally time to get a new Genoa fitted, there was, for me, only one person to call. He came over to the slip, took all of the measurements, and made some thoughtful suggestions that have turned out to be real improvements. When the sail arrived, it looked great, and turned out to make a real improvement in our Catalina's sailing performance, especially compared to the ancient, and blow-out predecessor. So, to recap: great service, great sail, and good prices. Regarding that last point: I wound up paying what I would have for a standard sail from an on-line retailer, and got a sail that was custom fit to my boat. Oliver even installed it on the roller furling for me without me having to ask. I'd strongly advise anyone in the Marina or even points beyond to give him a call when it's time for a repair or a new sail. read more

It is unfortunate that most reviews of businesses are done by people that are upset about their experience. I have been using UK sailmakers for the maintenance and repair of the sails on my Hunter 41 for the last decade. Oliver has provided excellent customer service. His assistant, Maria has also been a pleasure to work with. There has been more than one time when I have needed to have a sail repaired quickly and Oliver got it done within 24 hours! That is a quick turnaround. His shop is very convenient to Marina Del Rey and there is usually parking available in front which in this area is quite a premium as I would rather not lug a heavy sail very far. As for his work - frankly it has been great! Every repair he has made has lasted YEARS! When I ask him to evaluate the condition of the sail and if he has any recommendations, I have always felt that he has given me good advice. My sails are now over 10 years old and it is thanks to him that they are in as good a shape as they are. I am very happy with his work and his prices are VERY REASONABLE! I am very glad to have access to a sail loft so close to the marina and I know that he gets lots of good word of mouth referrals as I hear other people tell me and that is how I came to know him 10 years ago! I recommend UK Sailmakers for any of your sail maintenance or repairs. I am confident that you will be pleased with his work as well! read more

It's such a pleasure having my sails repaired at UK. They're professional, extremely reasonably priced and quick. Beautiful work and a pleasure to recommend. read more

Oliver has been my sailmaker and friend for over 30 years. The Marina de Rey sailing community is close knit and craftsmen who service their needs don't last long if they don't consistently deliver the goods. There is a bad review posted by someone describing their side of a story about something that went wrong, as things sometimes do. However the reviewer's complaint that Oliver did not make good on whatever he promised to do does not fit with his well established reputation as a man of the highest morals--both professional and personal. read more

Sadly, Oliver of UK Sails is not worthy of your business. He lacks integrity and provides shoddy, if not potentially dangerous, service. He may have been a great sailmaker in the past, but no more, in my opinion. So don't let his mild mannered persona fool you; in my experience, he will lie if it suits his purposes. In terms of UK Sailmakers, in general, I also now believe, wholeheartedly, that this may be a company wide problem due to the fact that the local sail loft in La Paz, Mexico, said they could not invoice UK Sails directly for the repairs because they had already been stiffed by them once before. Specifically, the following represents the work of Oliver of UK Sailmakers in Marina del Rey, CA. 1) Repairs made to my Foresail's UV cover had to be redone in La Paz, Mexico due to seam failures during the trip down from Los Angeles. 2) Multiple mistakes in the measurement of a brand new Mainsail, such as: a) Mainsail Leech measured incorrectly, resulting in it being so large it overlapped the backstays by more than a foot. i) Trying to justify the rubbing of the mainsail's leach on the backstays as being okay. ii) Trying to get by with merely repairing this brand new Mainsail in his shop. iii) To his credit, he did finally order me a whole new mainsail. However... b) Failing to measure the Reefing Rings, making it impossible to reef the replacement Mainsail during my trip from Los Angeles to La Paz, Mexico. Very dangerous; thank you, Oliver!! c) Not caring enough about the initial install to flake the mainsail in such a way as to begin training it correctly. 3) Repeatedly breaking his word, as recorded in his voicemail message to me, to reimburse me $113 (yes, just $113) for the correction of the Reefing Rings he promised to pay for. a) Lying about being unable to refund the money to the very credit card he used for the mainsail purchase. b) Assuming the above refund to my credit card was truly not possible: failing to inform me of the issue for over a week, forcing me to repeatedly call from La Paz, Mexico to chase it down. c) Failing to deposit the money directly to my checking account, as subsequently promised, and offering no excuse as to why not, except to complain about this $113 correction cost "being so much", despite initially telling me not to worry about the cost in his voicemail message. d) Never corresponding about his broken promises to refund me, thus forcing me to spend over $20 in long distance phone card charges to call repeatedly from La Paz, Mexico, without result, over a three week period. e) Eventually, requiring me to send a demand email threatening to expose his lack of integrity. 4) In response to my demand email and voicemail message, Oliver: a) lied and misrepresented the situation to a mutual friend/professional, saying that I was angry over nothing and poor innocent Oliver was not to blame. Instead, the Corporate Offices were responsible for the refund. However, out of the goodness of his heart, he would reimburse me himself. (I know all this because he played her my voicemail message and had her call me in response, instead of handling it himself, saying I needed to "back off".) b) ignored my final payment deadline and delayed payment even further. He did finally refund the $113, though he refused to include the extra $20 I had also demanded to reimburse me for all the long distance phone charges required to chase him around. read more

I have only used Ollie for my sail repairs. I have never had a problem. Don't know what the other reviewer was talking about.