Point Sails is owned and operated by Chip Buck and Daron White.  Together, with Chip as the chief designer and Daron as the operations manager, they co-ordinate the design and production of sailboat sails for all sizes and styles of sailboats.

Chip Buck, through his nearly 20 years of sail making, has worked for North Sails One Design, Hobie Cat and ran his own loft.  Chip learned sailmaking during the summer of 1988 from Daron White while the two lived and windsurfed in the Columbia River Gorge.  Chip started Point Sails in 1991 in his hometown of San Diego designing and building windsurfing sails.  In 1995 Chip put Point Sails on the shelf to go to work for the Hobie Cat Company to run their sail loft.  At Hobie, he digitized their entire sail inventory for computer cutting, re-training their sail makers and re-worked the loft for a more efficient workflow.  Three years later Chip re-opened Point Sails and devoted all of his energy to sailboat sails.  In 2006 he spun his beach cat business into a separate brand named Whirlwind Sails.

Daron White started his sailmaking career out of college in the 80’s by designing and building windsurfing and small boat sails.   Daron continued to make sails for a number of years, transitioning into larger boat sails by working for an existing loft.  In the 90’s Daron was drawn into the IT industry.  During this time, though a mix of employment and consulting, he designed and built computer applications for small and large financial institutions including Prudential Securities, TradeSoft and Euro Brokers.

Recently Daron re-joined Chip in the sailing world as the primary technical resource to Point Sails and Whirlwind.  Daron is currently working on creating efficiencies for our processes by re-building all web interfaces and designing our online pricing system.  Through out 2009 and beyond, you will notice continuous improvements to our sites, enhancing your experience with us.