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Thirty-nine sailing yachts that if placed bow to stern, would be nearly a mile long battled it out on the beautiful waters of St Barthelemy in the Caribbean for the St Barth’s Bucket last month. A gentleman’s race for, you guessed it, nothing but a bucket and the right to say you had won it. “Bucket Races” started on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts twenty-four years ago and pit some of the largest and most beautiful sailing vessels in the world against each other. Vessels from 76 feet to 184 feet (24-56M) sailed three races around the island.

Youngest circumnavigator sails TotallyMoney to new record

The sailing press has been filled with accounts of the youngest solo circumnavigator, Mike Perham,who at 17-years 164-days completed a remarkable trip ’round the world.

To read the full issue #28 of GMT's newsletter "Carbonics" see the link below.

Yachtsman “lightens ship” with GMT mast and PowerFurl boom

Ron Drucker, retired President of railroad giant CSX, knew what he wanted but knew serious engineering was required to achieve it. Going from his Hylas 54 to a new Hylas 70 meant shedding two feet of draft from the original design in order to sail safely into his homeport of Key Biscayne, Florida. GMT was a big part of the engineering solution.

To read the full issue #27 of GMT's newsletter "Carbonics" see the link below.

Bristol, RI, USA – The Gilles Vaton designed yacht Zanzibar has just replaced her main boom with a carbon composite Pocket Boom from GMT Composites. This new boom, more than 12.1 meters (39‘8“) in length and the largest yet built by GMT, weighs only 326.6 kg (720 lbs), complete with rigging and wiring, about half the weight of the aluminum furling boom which it replaced.

Who in sailing hasn’t heard of Merlin and Ragtime - the two break-through “sleds” in TransPac racing? Both also share being brought back from retirement and supercharged with GMT carbon spars.

30 years after her birth, and just before the 2005 TransPac, Merlin lost her aluminum mast. GMT was contacted to see whether we could design, engineer and build a new rig before the race. We did, and that performance plus Merlin’s success brought Ragtime’s new owner.

Newly opened in downtown Boston is a remarkable restaurant, named Banq. The interior of this French/Asian fusion eatery has been designed by Office dA who specialize in “cutting edge” identities, here using fascinating ceiling treatments.

Most people who have seen Ralph Lauren Polo furniture ads probably think about western cabins, cowboy artifacts and rustic settings. But that’s not the whole collection. In fact, GMT has supplied carbon composite tabletops and credenza frames for some of the most ultra-modern and high-tech furniture on the market.

A Russian industrialist’s new Boeing 767-200 jet is the latest aircraft to be fitted with two custom composite shower enclosures built by GMT Composites. We have now delivered twenty of these unusual enclosures.

Each latest circular shower is 40 inches (1m) in diameter and 80 inches (2m) tall; each was delivered in three pieces to facilitate installation by MAV Aircraft (Fort Worth, TX), contractor for the Russian jet’s special interior.

Stefano Pacini loves his Hinckley 51, Galileo, and now he has an ulterior reason as well. Just in time for the Marion-Bermuda Race, he took delivery of a new GMT carbon fiber mast. He’d wanted to improve his sailing performance and comfort and, with our help, determined that the best upgrade would be one of our spars. The proof came in Bermuda: he beat his father and brother-in-law, who were racing a Hinckley 52.

The Gilles Vaton designed yacht Zanzibar (formerly named Rogue) has just replaced her main boom with a carbon composite Pocket Boom from GMT Composites. With an E-measurement of 11.45 meters (37 feet 6.75 inches), this is the largest GMT Pocket Boom yet built.