Gilles Combrisson

Gilles Combrisson was born in France and spent many of his childhood summers by the sea, either in France, Italy, or what was then Yugoslavia. Those formative years lead to a passion for the water and sailing which came to fruition on San Francisco Bay. Gilles has made the crossing between SF and Hawaii 8 times and raced the Bay and California coast for over a decade. A student of Scott Easom, Gilles specializes in innovative rigging solutions for yachts of all makes and sizes. Gilles' greatest area of interest is combining new advances in reinforced textile technology to build super light and super strong rigging widgets.