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 long been Emirates Team New Zealand’s go-to manufacturer for masts and wing-sails, but for the 35th America’s Cup, the association has grown to include the whole yacht – with the exception of the foils and cross beams. Inside Southern Spars’ massive new carbon-fibre manufacturing plant in Avondale, which has produced wing sails for ETNZ and Luna Rossa as well as… Read More