FastComposites Monthly – Nov09 November 2008 Volume 1, Issue 1 CCI & Phil’s Foils – do more! This is the first edition of “Fast Monthly” : a magazine that showcases our products, but more importantly highlights cool projects of our customers and how CCI have played a part in these. We want to share our experiences, wins and upcoming projects with you to allow you to better connect with who we are and what we do. Founders Dave Bradly and Phil Locker have both been long time sailing racers, as are our workshop operatives. We get it. When you call with your ideas and projects, we love to help you come up with a solution that makes sense for your needs, balancing performance and CCI go green – wind turbines As a commitment to our customers and reflecting the needs of our business we are moving in to bigger more suitable premises. This allows us double the working space with complimentary neighbours. We now have space for ever bigger projects and are looking in to spar manufacture amongst other things (see inside story). 2 Rudder post technologies 2 Our build process exposed Racing cars – for your Porsche 2 Upcoming projects 2 Customer feedback Hot Ticket – new planforms saved their racing in Key West Race Week – Jan 2008. 2 Laser tiller development budget as needed. 2 Special points of interest: • Customer feedback This can be found on-line under any of our products and you can enter your own if you are an existing customer. Here is just one example : “The new rudder for my C & C 27 MK 3 was built to a very high Inside this issue: standards. It is much lighter in weight and stronger in construction than the original rudder. I am very happy with it and recommend CCI for any sailor who has the misfortune of damaging his rudder.” Moe Fahmy http://coastguardnews.com/ coast-guard-towingsailboat-130-milesoffshore/2008/01/03/ Link to Hot Ticket’s story about the rescue and new rudder from CCI in record time to make the start line! 1 CCI save Key West Race Week for Hot Ticket • Porsches race under CCI wings • Standard products available • Huge design portfolio & custom design 2

CCI go green – Wind turbines CCI have been retained by a couple of companies out there who are pioneering both commercial and residential wind turbines. Not rudders! I hear you say, and you’d be right. But the needs of this industry are very closely allied to those of the marine industry so near and dear to our hearts : Strong products Light products Good surface finish We have milled prototype blade sets in lovely looking mahogany for one customer as a quick and accurate way to prototype shapes without resorting to full wind tunnel testing – our price/performance driver. Foil shapes Laser tiller...

Rudder post technologies Many of our customers come to us with everything from a simple rudder rebuild to something much more up to date for their existing boat, but we always came up against the question of what to do with the post. Typically most boats have old tech posts in them, usually made of “too much” stainless steel or simply inappropriate design, so we decided to start to offer some options to help with this. Q : why build a rudder that is 80% lighter and put a heavy post in to it? A : no reason any more. We can offer carbon fiber rudder posts custom made to your designs to replace...

Q&A with Phil (our chief engineer) ]. CCI and Phil's Foils - why the change? Back in 2002 the business starled as a one man show with all the machinary (including the 4x8' CNC table) crammed into my basement. Phil's Foils seemed an appropriate name at the time. The business back then was a sole proprietorship, and was strictly building marine toils (rudders, centreboards, dagger boards). Another look was taken at the name at the time that Dave Bradly joined the business as a co-owner and we Incorporated. The days of the one man band' were long over, and we were doing so much more than |us: marine...

Competition Composites Inc. 168, Wescar Lane, Unit #3, RR 2 Ottawa, ON K0A 1L0 Canada CCI has been in existence for over 6 years, formerly as Phil’s Foils and we have a large following globally both as a contributor to sailing communities and as a supplier to marine and nonmarine composite needs. We pride ourselves in offering something that meets your needs, not what someone thinks your needs might be. If you want something special, that is what we are here for. Please note our new address on the left (from Dec 1st 2008) [email protected] www.fastcomposites.ca Feel free to contact us as...