(4th Oct 2018)- RigPro, the Southern Spars, Future Fibres and Hall Spars service organisation, announces the launch of its new service offering and brand, underpinned by a new business strategy with customer experience at its core. Through this re-launch, RigPro aims to become the number one choice rig and rigging service…
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The 29th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship, the pinnacle of the Maxi yacht calendar, came to an end this weekend after a week of spectacular racing. Amongst the 41 competitors, the Southern…
(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…
The delivery of the next generation of TP52 masts is well underway by Southern Spars, ready for the TP52 Super Series, which begins in May. With the Series at the forefront of the Grand Prix racing arena, Southern Spars were…
Last weekend, the prestigious St. Barths Bucket Regatta took place in the Caribbean, with some of the world’s finest superyachts on show. For its 32nd edition the four-day invitational regatta featured top-notch racing of 26 superyachts in six classes, in…
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…
Over the past 72 years, the Sydney Hobart has become not just an icon of Australian summer sport, but also an icon of yacht racing worldwide. This year’s edition of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will see 110 teams, including…
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…
Hall Spars group was founded 37 years ago by Eric Hall in Bristol, Rhode Island and expanded to facilities in Auckland, New Zealand and Breskens, Netherlands. The US parent company announced in early 2017 that it would be closing the…
Accelerating hard off the start line and never looking back, New Zealand’s Men’s Team Sprint track cyclists have powered their way to their third World Championships, in Hong Kong. In doing so, Eddie Dawkins, Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster became the…