Synthetic Standing Rigging Benefits
Date: Friday, April 16, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Compass
Speaker: John Franta, Colligo Marine
   
Speaker Bio: John Franta is an engineer, sailor and a director at Colligo Marine. He has spent years studying synthetic rigging and its applications to the sailing/marine world. John is an avid multihuller and keeps a 40 foot racer/cruiser trimaran in the sea of Cortez in Mexico.
   
Details: This seminar will explore the benefits of using synthetic standing rigging. Learn about both the benefits and the limitations of this new material type. John will give a light but data based presentation on the merits of using synthetic line for standing rigging.

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