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What’s new about this grade? Well, it is stronger and stiffer than the existing grades used in running rigging.
Dyneema® SK90 has indeed over 10% higher tenacity and is 25% stiffer than Dyneema® SK75, while not compromising on characteristics such as extreme light weight, high durability and easy of handling that make Dyneema® the preferred choice for every sailor.
Dyneema® SK90 has been developed to satisfy the needs of top top-notch sailing teams, such as the Dutch Olympic 470 team and Alinghi. These teams, in collaboration with our licensees, manufacturers of yacht rigging have been involved in the Research and Development stages of Dyneema® SK90, and had the task to specify requirements and challenge our engineers in the quest for the best running rigging.
Both Alinghi and the Dutch Olympic 470 team incorporated the prototype fiber, at that time known as “Dyneema® SKX”, in their training and felt so confident about the performance of the ropes made with this fiber that they decided to use them during the teams’ most important challenges.
The results are well known: Alinghi managed to successfully defend the America’s Cup by just being faster than their adversary by one second and the Dutch sailors Marceline & Lobke won a medal in the Olympic 470 class during last years Beijing Olympics.
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