Azzam:

Fastnet RaceRecord-breaking VO70

Persico is Proud to have built the abu dhabi Yacht designed bY Farr Yacht design

azzam is a comPetitor

in the 2011-2012 volvo ocean race

Future Fibres and Cariboni: Two strategic suppliers

P e r s i c o M a r i n eMagazine. issue 1 . 2011

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Where amazing things happen

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02 If you ask me… Marcello Persico

03 Persico Turnkey solutions for the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Team

06 Future Fibres Mast and rigging package

07 Cariboni Azzam’s hydraulic system

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If you ask me…... I’m very proud of building such an extreme yacht on a practically impossible time schedule

and supplying such a superior quality product. I thank everyone who believed in Persico,

particularly Jason and Ian, two highly experienced people who made a great contribution.

I thank everyone who collaborated on this project, working nights and holidays to have the

best possible entry for the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race. I still experience a feeling of

excitement when I think about the final negotiations at Abu Dhabi in August 2010, where it

was over 40° Centigrade and we couldn’t even eat or drink because it was Ramadan. I feel

a sense of belonging to a team and, when the yacht won the Rolex Fastnet race in August

2011, I felt I was just one piece of the puzzle. There were so many variables, and so many

people were responsible for the victory - the designers, builders, suppliers, sailing team and

clients. My thanks to all of you.

Marcello Persico, Managing Director, Persico Marine Division

All this awaits you

azzaM: Fastnet race record-breaking Vo70

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Persico was proud to have been selected to build the new generation, state-of-

the-art Farr Yacht Design Volvo 70 for Abu Dhabi’s challenge to win the 2011-

2012 ocean race.

Persico handled everything from the tooling of the hull to more than 50 newly de-

signed concept tools for multiple pre-preg parts of different shapes and sizes.

The thirty strong dedicated Persico staff led by Mark Somerville worked 6 days a

week and on average 240 hours each month to develop the design into reality with

outstanding quality. They developed materials and processes to achieve the best

mechanical properties and minimize part weights to an incredible level.

Persico worked closely with FYD and the team to design some very detailed ergo-

nomic interior parts that integrated the structure with needed storage and systems

and created a very refined easy-to-use minimalist interior that has raised the eye-

brows of many sailing veterans and designers.

The latest aerospace products and processes were used to guarantee the reliabil-

ity of final part properties. Persico built or managed the construction of the keel,

bulb and rudders in house to ensure that the time schedule of the entire project

Turnkey solutionsfor the Abu Dhabi

Ocean Racing Team

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performed like clockwork. Everything had

to be of perfect quality and ready to be as-

sembled and installed into the yacht. Quality

checks were made by the officials at intervals

to maintain class rules and to keep everyone

in check!

Nothing was too small or too large or too com-

plicated for us. We found ways to solve all the

issues and make all the components better,

smaller and faster.

At the end of the day, the beautiful yacht was

launched on time and Persico had a hand in

every aspect of the construction from the bulb

to smallest of carbon structures. We launched

the yacht in La Spezia on time and under-

weight. The team went on to win the Fastnet

in record-breaking time, so we are delighted

with the results so far! We are looking forward

to the start of the Volvo later this month and

wish the team all the best for a very success-

ful journey throughout the Volvo challenge.

We know you can do it! We did!

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Performanceis leaving the competition in your wake

Future Fibres supplied a fully customized

mast and rigging package for the Abu

Dhabi Ocean Racing team.

The accuracy of our aluminium tooling ena-

bled the team to design and build the Abu

Dhabi rig to meet the tolerances of the Volvo

Ocean Race rules. The complete Abu Dhabi

mast and rigging package came in 0.3%

underweight, i.e., exactly what we designed

it to be.

The rigging on the boat is a true reflection

of Future Fibres´ latest technology and our

mantra for providing the right fibre for the

right application. The lateral rigging and

bobstay are made from TSC solid carbon

rod, which has proved to be the smallest

diameter and lowest windage in the fleet.

The aft rigging and fixed forestay are made

from the innovative, flexible carbon product

“FlexC™”, which combines all the benefits

of carbon fibre (stiffness, strength and ex-

cellent fatigue resistance) with the flexibil-

ity, impact resistance and general handling

benefits of a dry fibre cable. Finally, all of the

high performance torsional cables and other

strops and in-mast deflectors are PBO for

their light weight and stiffness.

And the result: Ian Walker has certainly

been impressed with the quality of work-

manship on the Abu Dhabi rig. Speaking the

day after the VO70 was officially launched,

he commented:

“I think the rig’s awesome. It’s every bit as

clean and neat as I could have hoped. The

locks and fittings are working really well. It’s

early days, of course, but thus far I would say

this is the best rig I’ve ever seen. The attention

to detail, the windage reductions, the clean-

ness of the rigging in terms of spreader ends

and aerodynamics: it really is impressive”.

www.futurefibres.com

FACIlItyMast production takes place in our new 3000m² facility in Valencia, Spain, and is strategically lo-cated on the Mediterranean Sea, close to one of Spain’s most dynamic ports. This facility houses state-of-the-art machinery including:

• 50-meter x 1.5-meter autoclave• 60-meter climate-controlled laminate paint booths• 70-meter assembly and fit-out area• 3000-m² adjoining in-house rigging shop• 50-meter, 100-ton in-house test bed• Onsite offices, with connectivity, for external team use• Machine shop with three full-time machinists, a CNC milling machine, a CNC lathe, manual lathes

and polishing wheels

MASt And RIggIng PACkAge

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Azzam’shydraulicsystem

www.cariboni-italy.it

Cariboni supported the Abu Dhabi yacht

team by designing and/or building the

following systems and parts:

Canting keel system:• Canting keel cylinders

• Keel bearings

• Cylinder bearings in hard-coated

aluminium alloy

• Hydraulic manifold

• Keel and diesel electronic control box

• DC motor with high pressure pump

• Keel pins and components

• Manual pump and valve for back-up

system

• Hydraulic hoses and fittings

• Drilling and testing jig for canting keel

system

deck equipment:• Manual valve assembly on crossed

manifold

Parts:• Bulb fastening washers

• Titanium hinge and pins

• Bowsprit end

• Dog bone pins

• Titanium thimbles

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Name: Azzam • Abu dhabi Ocean Racing

Class: VO70

Length: 21.3 m

Designer: Farr yacht design

Boat Builder: Persico Marine

Mast and Rigging: Future Fibres

Hydraulic System: Cariboni

PERSICO S.P.A. is one of the most expe-

rienced and versatile mould-engineering

specialists worldwide with automotive,

rotomoulding, engineering, marine and

aerospace/aeronautics divisions based in

Nembro (BG), Italy. Persico’s Research &

Development Department collaborates with

all corporate divisions on technological inno-

vation initiatives to improve product quality

standards, create new products and opti-

mize production processes.

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