U.S. Olympic Sailing Team Knows the RopesYale Cordage Chosen as Official Supplier

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U.S. Olympic Sailing Team Knows the Ropes

Yale Cordage Chosen as Official Supplier

Biddeford, ME, May 30, 2000-In an announcement that could alter the competitive balance at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Summer Games, the Olympic Sailing Committee of U.S. Sailing has chosen Yale Cordage as its official line supplier for the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team. This selection stems not only from the Biddeford, ME-based company’s longstanding reputation for reliability and craftsmanship, but also for its innovative approach to problem solving.

“We’ve always centered our R&D efforts around creating products that will withstand the toughest conditions imaginable,” explains Yale Vice President Dick Hildebrand. “And as a result of our efforts, our lines can handle anything-including international competition.” This kind of innovation has helped the company create some of the toughest lines on the market. The YaleTail runner tail, which incorporates many of the heat-resistant properties of Kevlar, Vectran, and Yale’s Maxijacket coating, is one of the best ropes available when it comes to handling friction and has become the line of choice for world-class sailors. In addition, the company’s newly developed PoBOn, crafted from Zylon PBO fiber, provides the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any material – including steel.

Given product introductions such as these, it is no surprise that sailors such as Mark Reynolds, the McKee Brothers, Magnus Liljedahl, and the team of Paul Foerster and Bob Merrick will be training and competing with lines from Yale Cordage.

“Our company culture is steeped in a rich racing tradition,” says Hildebrand. “It’s nice to know that we’ll be such an integral part of the Olympic effort.”

Yale Cordage, located in Biddeford, ME, has been engaged in high-technology rope manufacturing for 50 years. In addition to an established reputation in international racing circles, Yale is also well known for producing specialized rope for pleasure marine, industrial, arborist, and research applications.

For more information on any of Yale Cordage’s high performance ropes, call your Yale representative or contact Dick Hildebrand at (207) 282-4620.

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