Oracle Team USA, winner of the 2013 34th America’s Cup, are collaborating to recycle 7,000 pounds (about 3,175 kilograms) of carbon fibre of the USA-71 yacht.
The hull and mast of the racing yacht will be processed and re-purposed, a first-of-its-kind activity for what is likely to be the largest carbon structure ever recycled. Boeing and Oracle Team USA, working with research partners, will utilise a technique developed to recycle composite materials from Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, which is 50% composite by…
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