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Shayne and Anna Young aka the youngbarnacles. Creating a space for fellow boat nerds interested in performance sailing and improving their sailing experience.

Let’s talk about LOAD PATHS – Replacing our catamaran’s aluminium front beam with a carbon fibre one

How did we know it was ok to change our aluminium beam to a carbon one? Take a behind the scenes look at why we decided to change our aluminium front beam on our Catana42s for a carbon fibre front beam and longeron. Shayne talks about the amount of load our catamaran sees at the

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