The countdown to the 35th America’s Cup is nearly over. It has been such an amazing experience for everyone at Southern Spars to have been so involved with Emirates Team New Zealand. We wish them all the very best of luck! Bring it home boys!
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Team New Zealand got back in the saddle and onto their Southern Spars wheels this weekend at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Paris, with the sprinters leading the way. Dawkins came second in the Keirin, having had previous…
Southern Spars have been building some of the best masts in the world for more than a quarter of a century, and for their first few challenges outside the realms of masts and rigging they haven’t lowered their sights even…
Southern Spars, builders of Emirates Team New Zealand’s winning America’s Cup Class catamaran, congratulates the syndicate on their outstanding performance in 35th America’s Cup. The Auckland based company, who has had a strong bond with the team since building their…
Southern Spars brings together Emirates Team New Zealand and Cycling New Zealand to prompt innovation and collaboration Innovation and collaboration were themes discussed as Kiwi business, Southern Spars, brought two world class New Zealand teams together today – Emirates Team…
In the 1930s, when the rule was first introduced, J-Class yachts were the pinnacle of world yacht racing. But by 1940 many had been stripped or broken up for scrap metal for the war effort or just abandoned and left…
(22 August 2018) – Southern Spars, the worlds leading bespoke carbon fibre spar maker, has announced it will be supplying the rig to the INEOS TEAM UK for the upcoming America’s Cup. The America’s Cup – fondly known as the…
Southern Spars today announced it has been appointed to build the Emirates Team New Zealand boat for the 35th America’s Cup. New Zealand’s Southern Spars has provided masts for a range of different teams in every America’s Cup for the…
America’s Cup Event Limited (ACE) and the Challenger of Record (COR) have engaged Future Fibres to supply its new AEROrazr rigging to all teams competing in the 36th America’s Cup Presented by Prada. The America’s Cup is the oldest trophy…
This year Southern Spars has been riding the leading edge of technology at the grand prix level of yacht racing and applying the lessons learned to increasingly sophisticated production techniques for both racing and custom cruising yachts. These exciting developments…
Built by Southern Spars, Emirates Team New Zealand’s newest America’s Cup yacht has been launched. The Avondale-based mast builder demonstrated its standing as one of the world’s top carbon fibre manufacturers. Southern delivered Emirates Team NZ’s most technically advanced yacht…
As progress continues on their AC50, senior sailing team members from Emirates Team New Zealand visited Southern Spars’ facility last week to check on the yacht which they hope will help them bring home the America’s Cup. Southern Spars have…
With dismissing Artemis Racing, Emirates Team New Zealand has secured their fourth Louis Vuitton Cup win and the right to race defender Oracle next week. Much of the talk about Emirates Team New Zealand during the LVC series has been…
In the past few months Southern Spars has been lucky enough to take part in a unique retrofit project, Project Sophie, which will come to fruition this spring. The 91ft Sophie is a classic yacht, designed by Bruce King for…