Hexcel congratulates FONCIA & SAFRAN teams

22 Nov '07

3 min read

Hexcel Corporation congratulates skipper Michel Desjoyaux, co-skipper Emmanuel Le Borgne and the FONCIA team on their victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre race.

Congratulations are also extended to the SAFRAN sailing team, skipper Marc Guillemot and co-skipper Charles Caudrelier on finishing in second place.

Both boats, which set off from Le Havre, France on November 3rd and arrived yesterday in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil were built with composite materials from Hexcel.

David E Berges, Hexcel's Chairman and CEO said, "Everyone at Hexcel congratulates the FONCIA and SAFRAN teams on their tremendous performance. Our organization is excited to have contributed to this achievement.

The lightweight but exceptionally strong Hexcel materials supplied for both boats are another example of our Company's efforts to make everything from aircraft to racing yachts lighter, stronger, faster."

The FONCIA boat, designed by Farr Yacht Design, was built by the Chantier CDK shipyard in France. CDK selected Hexcel composite materials due to their previous winning experiences and tried and trusted performance.

The FONCIA has a honeycomb sandwich construction and was built with both woven and unidirectional HexPly M10 prepregs, using high strength carbon fiber and Hexcel's HexPly M10 resin that is particularly suitable for racing boats.

The innovative design of the SAFRAN monohull was conceived by leading marine architects: Van Peteghem-Lauriot Prevost and Guillaume Verdier.

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