After the latest edition of the America’s Cup, once again the “Made in Italy” ropes by Gottifredi Maffioli were protagonists in one of the most spectacular and technology driven sailing events!All the running rigging of the maxi trimaran Groupama 3, during its victorious non-stop round-the-world record attempt (completed with the amazing time of 48 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes), was indeed developed and produced in Novara, Italy, by Gottifredi Maffioli, the world leader in high performance ropes.

For the most stressed and abused lines, the French team chose the new super-strong DSK 90 RACE ZPT lines, which were also the choice of America’Cup winning BMW Oracle racing, but selected also the DSK 78 RACE DYCO lines for all those applications where it was important to combine lightweight, abrasion resistance and great efficiency in jammers.

On boats of such dimensions and with such extraordinary performance, all the equipment is subjected to extreme stress, particularly the sheets. For this reason, the “Gottifredi Maffioli RIGGING LAB” della specifically developed a series of CUSTOM TAPERED LINES, which, thanks to the exclusive diameter variation technology and a careful optimisation of the materials, allowed to minimise the weight of all the sheets and to maximise the performance of every single meter of rope.

Once again, the breakthrough technology from Gottifredi Maffioli wins onboard the worlds fastest boats, and the valuable product development made for the maxi multihulls is now available to all those sailors who want to elevate their sailing experience to new highs.