CCP CRAY VALLEY
First boat built with the SCRIMP PROCESS*
Texte CCP Cray valley Communication (France)
A division of Sabre Corporation, North End Composites is well-known for its expertise in tooling, plug-making and one-off construction. In June 1995, North End, of Rockland, Maine, acquired the rights to the new vacuum-infusion process known as "SCRIMP". The "SCRIMP " process* enables a high fiber-to-resin ratio so, consequently, a very light structure can be produced with minimum void content.
The materials used in the construction of CCP CRAY VALLEY are the best available today. A special blend of epoxy-based vinyl ester was developed by Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) and manufactured in their Saukville, Wisconsin, plant. his resin, which exhibits much bigger physical properties than conventional polyesters, is used in all key components of the boat. The bull is 100percent carbon fiber using a combination of unidirectional and double~bias carbon fiber, with optimum orientation in the high-stress areas. Specially knitted light weight E-glass fabrics from Brunswick Technologies are used on the deck, water ballast and transverse bulkheads.
At launching, CCP CRAY VALLEY will weigh less than 12,000pounds. Combined with a sail area of more than 2, 000 square feet, the boat "on paper" will be the fastest Open Class 50~footer ever built.
* Le patent SCRIMP, (Seemann Composite Resin Infusion Molding Process) was worked out by Bill Seemann, and its exploitation licence can, today, be bought by every interested shipyard.
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