At least ten super yachts are competing in Antigua this week in the Super Yacht Challenge. Southern Spars and Rig Pro support much of the fleet including Marie, Timoneer, Virago, and Rebecca.
Watch the action
http://thesuperyachtchallenge.com/home.html
Tags: antigua super yacht, Rig Pro, southern spars
This year’s winter classic was good by most standards. I have heard all about the dwindling numbers and the end of a classic, but not from where I sat. The IRC boats had a great event, as did the M32,M24, Farr 40, and Farr 400 classes. All were represented by good quality teams from around the globe. There were 57 Southern Spars rigs at the event, including all three boats in IRC 1 and featuring EC6 standing rigging. Also sailing with EC6 are the Farr 400s and a few TPs. Unfortunately the new Carkeek 40 was not able to make the event and mix it up with the Mc Conaghy 38. These boats are to be quite competitive with the Carkeek boat using EC6 standing rigging and a running rigging package using Marlow and made up by Rig Pro US.
The week started off with some breezy practice days which lead up to Monday’s 20+ knot race day. These are the kind of conditions that are good for business! I made up some spares for two of the “big boats” and also some TPs. The trailer was stocked with cordage from Maffioli and also Marlow. I used plenty of PBO covers which is becoming the norm for the super stiff race boats with aggressive sail trimmers and abrasive winches. The first few days was me and some boat crew putting in some late evenings.
The remainder of the week was sailed in near perfect conditions, save for Wednesday.
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Tags: carbon rigging, ec 6, farr 40, key west race week, melges 32, numbers, Premiere racing, Rig Pro, southern spars
Check out the NEW Rig Pro Newport section
http://www.southernspars.com/Service/RigProUSAsextraservices/tabid/30560/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Tags: Rig Pro, southern spars
Rig Pro is on the move
Next week the Rig Pro trailer will be headed to Key West to service our customers at Race Week.
What should we bring?
We are planning on stocking: Equiplites, Tylaska, PRO-TEC, Harken, Lewmar, Spinlock and cordage from Marlow, Maffioli, Yale, and Dynex DUX
Let me know if I am leaving something out. The fleet looks full of high level programs in IRC and one design.
Tags: Dux, harken, key west race week, melges 32, Rig Pro, spinlock
All New England Ropes Endurabraid 30% DISCOUNT!!!!
We have a good selection of the Euro cover in 8mm,10mm,11mm,12mm.
Also some Poly Tec covers in the same sizes.
Discount applies to in stock materials only. Good until the end of the year. 
Tags: endurabraid, new england ropes, poly tec
Check out the live coverage Saturday morning on Live Stream
Tags: camper, southern spars, volvo start
Two boats with complete Southern Spars packages. Both were given a full inspection by Southern’s service team and are ready for the next leg.
Tags: camper, ec 6, southern spars, telefonica
Tomorrow starts the 55th annual Palm Beach Race, otherwise know as “the race to the buffet”. There is a decent selection of 52′ IRC boats with the new Interlodge making her debut. The forecast looks like a classic north-east breeze for this northerly heading race. Over the weekend the TPs will do a small W-L regatta back in Ft Lauderdale, and the forecast is much more promising for that.
http://www.sailflow.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=113&siteID=529&Isection=Forecast+Graphs
Check out the scratch sheet
http://www.yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=543
Good luck to all Rig Pro customers!
Tags: belle mente, interlodge, palm beach race
Southern Spars’ rigged Hetairos is now less than 300 miles from the finish line of the Transatlantic Superyacht Regatta 2011, over 500 miles ahead of the fleet. The 197ft (66.7m) S.Y. Hetairos has now proven to have set many new benchmarks in superyacht construction. It is, for example, the largest yacht that has been built from carbon-fibre composite to date; she sports an impressive 62.5m (206’) main mast and can reach speeds in excess of twenty knots.
http://www.yccs.com/pressoffice/news.php?newsid=345
Tags: carbon rigging, ec 6, hetairos, panamax, southern spars, transatlantic superyacht regatta
And people said it may be dead……….
Who would be the favorite in the 52′ IRC fleet?
Tags: interlodge, key west race week, Premiere racing, southern spars, tpt, vesper
