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MEB Sail Design MEB Sail Design specialises in sailmaking & design, repairs & alterations. Custom boom covers & tents, running rigging & ropes sales.

MEB Marine, established in 2004, is a small business based in Lake Macquarie (1.5 hrs north of Sydney) owned & run by Michael Babbage. Michael has been a sailboat racer for some 32 years. He has raced on a variety of dinghies, boards & keel boats but has predominately raced in the 505 class achieving many successes on a state & national level. Michael continues to race & train regularly on boards, keel boats, skiffs & the 505 class. Michael has been a sailmaker since the age of 15 working on a large variety of sails from Sabots to maxi multi-hulls. Michael was a sailmaker with the winning team of Americas Cup 33 BMW Oracle Racing.

Massive congrats to Stu McNay & Eric Anderson taking out the 2026 505 North Americans last week at West River Sailing Cl...
19/10/2026

Massive congrats to Stu McNay & Eric Anderson taking out the 2026 505 North Americans last week at West River Sailing Club in pretty convincing fashion! The lads put down an excellent score card! I am especially stoked for Eric, after working with him for the last couple of years I know how much time and effort he puts in and he thoroughly deserves every success.
Shout to Nic Baird too who is Eric's usual driver and has played a big role in the sail development the last couple of years.
I also want to point out Stu and Eric's training partners Mike Martin and Adam Lowry's performance sailing a very solid regatta in the light tricky conditions to finish a close 3rd to Holty and Carl. It's a real shame sailing got cancelled on the last day & I know they will be a little disappointed but....... These guys were poised to do some of their best work in the fresher conditions!
I am excited for what is ahead for the lads & MEB Sail Design in the lead up to the 2027 Worlds in LA!
Pics below are courtesy of Anna Suslova , check out her great work!
Sails pictured- MB12 mainsail, JB14 jib, SB16 kite. For more info on the sails drop me a message or chat to one of the lads next time you see them in the boat park!

International 505 Class
International 505 Class - American Section
Australian 505 Sailing Association
Lake Macquarie 505 Sailing
505 Sailing Canada
RSA 505
505 Sailing WA
505Book

Some nice shots here just sent to me of Trevor Hartley's 'Wild Child', in last seasons Sailing - Lake Macquarie Yacht Cl...
21/08/2026

Some nice shots here just sent to me of Trevor Hartley's 'Wild Child', in last seasons Sailing - Lake Macquarie Yacht Club Friday night twilight series, amidst the glorious back drop of a Lake Macquarie sunset!
Not long to go now before the season gets back into full swing!
Pictured are top of the line MEB Sail Design MX carbon/technora composite mainsail & J1 headsail.

Lake Macquarie Sailing

Sailing Section - Royal Motor Yacht Club Toronto

Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club

Beautiful morning at Trinity Point Marina fitting a new Lazy bag and a couple of new halyards to the J35 'J Walkin'.A be...
18/08/2026

Beautiful morning at Trinity Point Marina fitting a new Lazy bag and a couple of new halyards to the J35 'J Walkin'.
A beautiful boat this one all ready for the upcoming season which is only weeks away!


Team Slmasc
Mannering Park Sailing Club

Great day out yesterday on the mighty 1D35 'Bling' for the last race of the Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club Achenar ser...
16/08/2026

Great day out yesterday on the mighty 1D35 'Bling' for the last race of the Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club Achenar series for 2026. Many thanks to Pete and the team for having me aboard! We were a tad short handed but the team did a great job getting the win by just 6 seconds on corrected time over Gordon Scott and crew on the Ross 830 'Venom'.

Pictured is MEB mainsail and J2. This mainsail is now 6 years old (6 years of very solid use) almost to the day and still going strong! It's testament to a well designed and built sail, regular servicing, a fantastic material in the Dimension-Polyant carbon sport and a meticulous owner that takes great care and pride in looking after his gear.

Mainsail signage also by MEB Sail Design.

A few weeks break now for Wangi then back into it for Spring and Summer! Looking forward to the season ahead!

Lake Macquarie Sailing

This is a cool one, Gemini 646 mainsail. There is not much info at all online about the Gemini 646 but I am told it was ...
14/08/2026

This is a cool one, Gemini 646 mainsail. There is not much info at all online about the Gemini 646 but I am told it was a Ben Lexcen design.
Anyway look for this one blasting around the mighty Lake Keepit in the near future!

Latest Impulse 6.6 design just went out to Glenn Nolan last week. The 6.6 at about 1.4m² less area relative the standard...
11/08/2026

Latest Impulse 6.6 design just went out to Glenn Nolan last week. The 6.6 at about 1.4m² less area relative the standard Impulse mainsail is a great option for smaller sailors!
A few design images also here of the latest standard Impulse mainsail- the MB4.0 which is aimed at larger sailors and bumpy water. I just sent a 4.0 to Jacob Stuchbery in Victoria so if you are down that way be sure to check it out.

Australian Impulse Sailing Association
Lake Macquarie Impulse sailing.
Team Slmasc

Speers Point Amateur Sailing Club

Another batch of 505 sails headed to the USA including this kite for Ryan Nelson of Rogue Rigging. Look out for this kit...
11/08/2026

Another batch of 505 sails headed to the USA including this kite for Ryan Nelson of Rogue Rigging. Look out for this kite blasting down San Fran bay in the not too distant future!

Be sure to get in touch with Rogue Rigging if you are in the Bay area and need anything rigging or hardware.

Did you know I can handle all signage for your sails? No matter the size or sail type I’ll have a signage solution whether it be on a new or existing sail.

505 Sailing WA
International 505 Class - American Section
505 Sailing Canada
505Book
Lake Macquarie 505 Sailing
International 505 Class
RSA 505
Australian 505 Sailing Association

Flashback!- back to the final day of the 2024 Australian 505 Sailing Association championships at Jervis Bay. What an ev...
01/08/2026

Flashback!- back to the final day of the 2024 Australian 505 Sailing Association championships at Jervis Bay. What an eventful day that was on a lot of levels! Perfect conditions with 16-23kn Southerly Breeze on Callala bay. Pictured below is a fantastic shot, by our good mate Christophe Favreau, of Daniel Keys and Daryl Roos hooting along downwind on this particular day. Daryl reports the downhill speed as I quote "effortless", so much so Daniel had enough time on his hands to reach into the cooler and pull out a nicely chilled Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay (Margaret River), pour himself a glass and enjoy the ride!............Details are a tad blurred after this time but the lads then recall gybing inside 4 boats not long after this moment and calling bouy room at the bottom mark..... Love your work lads! 😉😜

Lake Macquarie 505 Sailing
505Book
505 Sailing WA
505 Sailing Canada
Australian 505 Sailing Association
International 505 Class
International 505 Class - American Section
RSA 505

Received a nice email from Cam last week aboard his Jeanneau 43 somewhere off the coast in Northern QLD. I really enjoy ...
06/07/2026

Received a nice email from Cam last week aboard his Jeanneau 43 somewhere off the coast in Northern QLD. I really enjoy getting updates and especially pics/video of the gear in use. It's cool to see customers really getting good use out of my gear while they are off living their dreams and following their passion. I did a furling genoa and 3 reef mainsail for him back in 2023. Not long after Cam set off sailing the Aussie coast. He reports "Sails are holding up well and generate some good speed. We often cruise downwind with the poled out headsail alone at 7-8 knots in medium wind".
Couple of screen shots of design images also here.

Jeanneau
Jeanneau Australia
Performance Boating Sales

Pic and video here of Jason and Sienna cruising along in their beautiful Nautitech 46 catamaran doing 5.5kn in 8kn of wi...
29/06/2026

Pic and video here of Jason and Sienna cruising along in their beautiful Nautitech 46 catamaran doing 5.5kn in 8kn of wind. MEB Sail Design cruising A2 flying....or should that be the MEB 'trifecta sail' flying???.......🤔😜🤣

Jason and Sienna have been cruising around the Australia coast for while now and have decided to bring their sailing adventures to a close. Their boat is for sale and link to the ad is here:
https://www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/nautitech-46-open/346368

DBY Boat Sales
Nautitech Catamarans
Nautitech Catamaran Owners Group

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