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CARBON FIBER CATAMARAN ABANDONED.
From:
Advanced Materials & Composites News
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January 2, 2001
| COPYRIGHT 2001 Composites Worldwide, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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The crew of a catamaran racing team, practicing for an around the world race, was rescued from a stormy North Atlantic on 10 December. A German container ship, the 294-meter Hoechst Express is due to arrive in Halifax later this week with the crew of Team Philips, the world's largest carbon-fiber reinforced polymer composite vessel.
The 36-meter (118 feet) long catamaran was supposed to be one of seven vessels to set sail from Barcelona, Spain on Dec. 31 to compete in t...
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