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Marketplace | Spars: Future Fibres — a new direction in standing rigging

By 2007-11-01T14:27:00

Having introduced composite materials into the standing rigging market, Future Fibres can claim to have revolutionised the top end of the rigging business. Its wound unidirectional PBO standing rigging first appeared on race boats in 1999, offering lighter rigs with less windage compared with rod rigging, and at least as ...

 
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