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Latest Americas Cup technology for high-performance sailing

High-end and high-tech from Switzerland

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 About Carbo-Link
| Carbo-Link is a Swiss high-tech company specialised in design, development and production of structural
elements with carbon fibres.
| Carbo-Link is a spin-off of the ETH Domain (Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich/Empa and mainly owned
by the two founders.
| Carbo-Link was established in 2000.
| Carbo-Link has its own plant in Fehraltorf, Switzerland.

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customized solutions

RIGGING

 Carbo-Links activity
| Carbo-Link engineers, designs and produces structural elements for high loads.
| Customised solutions for cranes, construction and rigging.
| Production of composite tubes in various dimensions.

Carbon fibre shrouds for SodebO

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 Carbo-Link Rigging 16 years of experience

| Carbo-Link is the technological leader for customised rigging solutions for high-performance yachts
and multihulls.
| Carbo-Link has more experience in carbon fibre technology in rigging than any other competitor in the market: 16 years.
| Carbo-Link is partner of Alinghi, the two-time Americas Cup winner 2003 and 2007.
| Carbo-Link is a supplier to world-famous sailing teams, amongst them Groupama, VO70-teams and Open60s.

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16 years of experience

Carbo-Link is recognised as the preferred supplier for both Americas Cup yachts in the 33rd Americas
Cup 2010, as published in the legal case of BMWOracle against Alinghi
concerning the constructed in country rule.

RIGGING

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 Carbo-Link Rigging: impressive advantages

Carbo-Link holds a patent which allow specific and secure design of rigging components.
This gives Carbo-Link Rigging various advantages:

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minimal profile at maximal load

RIGGING

| Long-lasting
| Light and strong: Carbo-Link Rigging offers the minimal profile at maximal load
| Minimal wind resistance
| Elliptical section possible
| Shock-resistant
| Standardised and customised connection parts

Carbo-Link has been a partner of

Alinghi since 2001

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RIGGING

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 Carbo-Link Rigging: superior performance

| Carbo-Link has extensive machining facilities.
| Carbo-Link expertise comes from the Carbo-Link engineers who have 16 years of experience in
high-load solutions in composite materials.
| Carbo-Link has solutions for fore- and aft-rigging, diagonals, jumpstays, shrouds and backstays.

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high load solutions in composite materials

Mast rigging and deckspreader cables

for PRB (2009)

Mast rigging and deckspreader cables

vor Veolia (2009)

RIGGING

V-straps, jumpers, forestay and aft rigging

for United Internet Team Germany (2007)

Platform and mast rigging for Alinghi 5

(2010)

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 Advantages of Carbo-Link
Compared to other composite rigging such as PBO or EC6, Carbo-Link Rigging has decisive advantages:

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higher stiffness at same diameter

RIGGING

| No enviromental degradation

| Higher load at same diameter

| Lower cross section at comparable load

| Higher stiffness

| No protective cover needed

| Profiled sections possible

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 Carbo-Link: proud partner of

| Alinghi

(AC 2001-2007)

| Victory Challenge

| Techno Marine (Orma 60)

| UITG

| Banque Covefi

| Syz & Co

(Orma 60)

(AC)

| Varuna
| Veolia

(AC)
(Foiling multihull)

(Rogers 46)

(Open 60)

| Alinghi 5

(AC 2010)

| Orange Project (Orma 60)

| Telefonica (VO70)

| SodebO

| Alinghi (D35)

| Puma

| Groupama

(VO70)

(105ft Trimaran)
(VO70)

| PRB

(Open 60)

| Bigamist
| Bribon

(TP52)

(TP52)

| Paprec Virbac

(Open 60)

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high-tech for high-performance sailing

 The Carbo-Link Rigging Team:

| Dr. Andreas Winistrfer
Co-founder of Carbo-Link

| Luke Mc Allum
Design Engineer

| Murray Jones
Partner with Carbo-Link

| Dr. Arne Glzow

Project Management

RIGGING

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 Contact
Carbo-Link GmbH, Undermlistrasse 26
CH-8320 Fehraltorf, SWITZERLAND

tel: +41 (0)44 500 75 25

fax: +41 (0)44 500 75 50

e-mail: info@carbo-link.com
www.carbo-link.com