Technology


What kept you all?


While others rave about the ‘new’ crossover between automotive and America’s Cup technology, one of Italy's most respected engineering institutions has been hard at it for years. The ClubSwan80 ‘My Song’ the latest beneficiary of that hard won experience…


probably be motorsport or aerospace applications. However, long before any of these sectors embraced composite structures fully, the marine industry had found a home for the growing choices of materials and was pushing the boundaries. Persico Marine stepped into the field once the use of composites was well established and continues to push these boundaries. Not only in the marine field, but anywhere the benefits of a precisely assembled and consistently manufactured solution is needed and where tolerances are tight and failure


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o the majority of us, if you ask the question “where would you find the most refined carbon fibre structures?”, the answer would


is not an option. Tomany, the idea of a boatbuilding


facility cradled in the heart of the foot hills of the Alps, 200 kilometres fromthe nearest place to launch a yacht (excluding the alpine lakes!) seems crazy. But Persico Marine remains closely tied to the rest of the Persico Group, be that automotive, aerospace, roto- moulding, or architectural, the group grows and learns together. This also allows cross-pollination within the group and an exchange of ideas. Where the default approach is often in


‘These increasingly complicated yachts are now the true pinnacle of the offshore and ocean racing world’


steel or concrete, Persico Marine adds a further dimension to the mix. And the expertise is not limited to things that float, or these days fly above the water. Persico Marine actively encourages all to think of other areas where composites may be the best solution. The benefits of


composites go much further than simply making the same item lighter. In an architectural sense, it allows for far more


elegant solutions, and more ergonomic and flowing aesthetics. Suddenly, cantilevered platforms are stretching further from the supports and complex


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