Helly Hansen has been making professional grade gear to help people stay and feel alive for more than 140 years. It all started in 1877 when sea captain Helly Juell Hansen found a better way to stay protected from the harsh Norwegian elements. Soon thereafter, Captain Hansen and his wife Margrethe launched a business producing waterproof oilskin jackets, trousers, sou’westers and tarpaulins made from coarse linen soaked in linseed oil.
Helly Hansen gear is worn and trusted by professionals on oceans, mountains and worksites. Their sailing gear is worn by world-class sailors across all five oceans, and they are proud to partner with and participate in some of the sport’s most iconic regattas and sailing associations.