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Southern Spars and NTG: Busier than ever - a look back at 2019 and ahead to 2020

by Nicholas Simon 11 Jan 2020 20:06 AEDT 11 January 2020
Emirates Team New Zealand - January 8, 2020 © Richard Gladwell / Sail-World.com

Busier than ever.

From America’s Cup and new TP52 rigs to preparing one of the largest rig packages on the planet, 2020 will surely be an industrious year at the Southern Spars workshop.

We caught up with Southern Spars Founder & Sales Director, Mark Hauser together with NTG Mast Group CEO, Sam Watson as they discuss an energetic end to 2019, Future Fibres’ game changing hybrid carbon rigging, AEROsix and a number of upcoming projects to look forward to from Southern Spars in 2020.

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