In the past few months Southern Spars has been lucky enough to take part in a unique retrofit project, Project Sophie, which will come to fruition this spring. The 91ft Sophie is a classic yacht, designed by Bruce King for…
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Over the past 72 years, the Sydney Hobart has become not just an icon of Australian summer sport, but also an icon of yacht racing worldwide. This year’s edition of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will see 110 teams, including…
Southern Spars has always relished the opportunity to create rigs for Wally Cento boats because this is the brand that’s redefining what we should expect from a superyacht. Designing rigs for this fleet means meeting the expectations of a growing…
Southern Spars new run of VO65 masts passed their first test, helping Mapfre carve seven minutes off the Round the Isle of Wight record. The seven teams took off around the race course which was the setting for the foundation…
Fondly known as “Dad” by many younger staff who worked under him, Andrew Silveira began working at Southern Spars in 2001. He was a skilled craftsman and began working for Southern Spars in our Halsey Street premises, building the masts…
Southern Spars, builders of Emirates Team New Zealand’s winning America’s Cup Class catamaran, congratulates the syndicate on their outstanding performance in 35th America’s Cup. The Auckland based company, who has had a strong bond with the team since building their…
In the 1930s, when the rule was first introduced, J-Class yachts were the pinnacle of world yacht racing. But by 1940 many had been stripped or broken up for scrap metal for the war effort or just abandoned and left…
With dismissing Artemis Racing, Emirates Team New Zealand has secured their fourth Louis Vuitton Cup win and the right to race defender Oracle next week. Much of the talk about Emirates Team New Zealand during the LVC series has been…
Hall Spars group was founded 37 years ago by Eric Hall in Bristol, Rhode Island and expanded to facilities in Auckland, New Zealand and Breskens, Netherlands. The US parent company announced in early 2017 that it would be closing the…
Accelerating hard off the start line and never looking back, New Zealand’s Men’s Team Sprint track cyclists have powered their way to their third World Championships, in Hong Kong. In doing so, Eddie Dawkins, Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster became the…