May/June 2010 - Yacht Essentials

achieved laboratory accreditation by International Accreditation
New Zealand (IANZ) following a recent assessment,
and is now the first and only laboratory of its
kind in the country to be accredited for mechanical testing
of composite materials.
The SP-High Modulus laboratory was assessed to
the ISO standard 17025:2005 and was found to be
competent in the field of mechanical testing for applications
including strength and stiffness testing of
hull sandwich laminates, ultimate bearing strength
for wind blades and sailing yacht masts, and stiffness
of filament wound industrial pipes. As part of the
assessment, it was successfully demonstrated that the
laboratory’s technical equipment met the required
international testing standards and that all measurements
are traceable to recognized New Zealand
National Standards.
TUNNICLIFFE AND GULARI HONORED AS ROLEX
YACHTSMAN AND YACHTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
Anna Tunnicliffe of Plantation, Florida, and Bora Gulari
of Detroit, Michigan, were winners in US SAILING’s
Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Awards
ceremony. Tunnicliffe, who also won the award in 2008,
was cited for her win in Laser Radials at French Sailing
Week, an ISAF Sailing World Cup event, among other
notable events. Gulari, a first-time winner, was cited for
winning the CST Composites International Moth World
Championship. A shortlist of 10 male and five female
sailors — determined from nominations submitted by
members of US SAILING — was evaluated by a panel
of sailing journalists who then selected the sailors for
the Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman distinction, the
country’s highest sailing honor.
ATOLLVIC SUPPORTS SUPERYACHT CUP
Atollvic Shipyard is sponsoring the Superyacht Cup 2010.
For the shipyard, based in Vigo on the northwest coast
of Spain, it is the fourth year of sponsoring the event
— one of the industry’s major regattas.
The first stage of the cup took place in Antigua in January.
In June, the action moves to Palma, Majorca. Eighteen
superyachts took part in the 2009 regatta, with
more than 500 participants sailing over three days.
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