Virbac-Paprec 3 wins the Barcelona World Race with Southern Spars

8:24 PM Mon 4 Apr 2011 GMT

'Virbac Paprec - winner Barcelona World Race 2011' Virbac Paprec 3

Southern Spars would like to acknowledge the outstanding performance of skippers Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron, as Virbac-Paprec 3 crosses the finish line for the team's second back-to-back win in the double-handed Barcelona World Race. Southern Spars supplied the mast and EC6 Continuous rigging for Virbac-Paprec 3 with a design brief to keep weight to an absolute minimum while providing maximum performance. The result was a classic 29m mast with two sets of spreaders and utilising one backstay cable rather than three as in the past. This innovation was as a result of the desire to save weight and expose ...

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