{"id":2275,"date":"2022-07-01T11:01:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T11:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:01:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T11:01:56","slug":"exports-rise-by-500-news-boating-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/?p=2275","title":{"rendered":"Exports rise by 500% | News | Boating Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>NEWSExports rise by 500\/06\/2022Save articleKingfisher Yacht Ropes has partnered with Shirley Robertson OBE and Dee Caffari MBE in their double-handed offshore yacht race campaign.SHOW FULLSCREENKingfisher Yacht Ropes is supplying a full rigging package to Dee Caffari and Shirley RobertsonThe campaign will culminate with the 1,800-mile Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race.The two sailors are racing together on a new Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300 complete with a full Kingfisher Yacht Ropes rigging package.\u201cShirley and Dee are both extremely talented sailors, with Shirley having achieved two Olympic gold medals at consecutive games, and Dee being the first woman to have sailed non-stop around the world in both directions single-handedly,\u201d said Nigel Saddington, Kingfisher MD.\u201cWe wish both Shirley and Dee every success this year and are really excited to be working with them.\u201dNigel added: \u201cWe\u2019ve worked with Shirley for a few years\u2019 now and are delighted to be working with her again in her latest partnership.\u201dThe partnership between Kingfisher and the sailors is the latest in a long line for the rope manufacturer.Previous projects have included suppling ropes for a J Classyacht, TP52s and GC32s.The company has also grown its export market \u2013 by 500% over the last three years &#8211; and its product range to cater for different demands.\u201cWe now have some unique export products in less standard diameters such as 7mm, 9mm and 11mm,\u201d explained Nigel. \u201cThis is something that is normally unusual in the UK market but corresponds to imperial measurements in countries such as the US.\u201dHe added: \u201cPreviously we\u2019ve concentrated on the UK market but now offer exports around the world. We\u2019ve taken on new distributors and couldn\u2019t have forecasted what we have sold. We forecast high sales, but the reality has been even higher.\u201dTopicsMasts, spars, sails &#038; rigging<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatingbusiness.com\/news\/exports-rise-by-500\/1474051.article\">Exports rise by 500% | News | Boating Business<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWSExports rise by 500\/06\/2022Save articleKingfisher Yacht Ropes has partnered with Shirley Robertson OBE and Dee Caffari MBE in their double-handed offshore yacht race campaign.SHOW FULLSCREENKingfisher Yacht Ropes is supplying a full rigging package to Dee Caffari and Shirley RobertsonThe campaign &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/?p=2275\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2276,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions\/2276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}