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Stormfighter Components

StormFighter deployment bag and Para Anchor kit showing components. See StormFighter information.

A: Inflatable floats B: Tripline C: Instruction Sheet D: Envelope Flap E: Recovery Float F: Velcro Rip Cord G: Swivel Cone H: Shrouds I: Para Anchor J: Adjustable Throat K: Swivel L: Tripline

 

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Swivel cone for medium size
ParaFish Sea Anchor

Technology

W A Coppins institute a program of research, development, stringent testing and meticulous attention to detail.

As a result, you can be sure that every one of Coppins Para Sea Anchors is built to the highest possible standards of precision engineering.

 

Sea Claw drogue

What makes the Coppins range of Sea Anchors superior?

Firstly

1Design - An intensive research programme ensures that Coppins Sea Anchors lead the field in technology and design. The company is committed to retaining this leadership with the most dependable cost effective products.

2 Range 5 styles of Coppins anchors are distributed world wide and are available in forty different sizes and styles

3Materials - Special nylon, webbing and reinforced lap-fold seams are used resulting in lightweight, high strength Sea Anchors, packed in self deploying bags. The main canopies are produced from a special nylon fabric with high tensile thread giving maximum strength for weight. Six types of special nylon webbing are used in each Coppins Sea Anchor, each designed for its particular strength, stretch and resistance to chafing.

4Experience - A wealth of information has been built up over decades of manufacturing and servicing Sea Anchors and related products. The range of products embodies this accumulated knowledge and experience, directly benefiting users.

5Technology - Examples of Coppins technology include the adjustable throat, the swivel cone design and the Stormfighter Deployment System. World-beaters in innovative design and engineering expertise.

6Determination - to keep being the best in the world!

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Supreme Awards

Industrial Fabric Association -
International Excellence Award

Congratulations you are an Award of Excellence winner! Your project, Para Anchor........ is being recognised as the best project submitted....... Professionals from 94 companies in 12 countries entered 293 projects this year. We acknowledge your project as being one chosen for defying design boundaries to produce unique, innovative and functional products.'

Internationally, this is the highest award that can be achieved within our industry.

 

 

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Supreme Awards

W A Coppins has won the Supreme Award of the Outdoor Fabric Products Association in 1998, 2001 and 2002.

This is the highest award in New Zealand for the Outdoor Fabric Products Association for design and quality.

 

Secondly, every component in a Coppins Para Sea Anchor is custom made to exacting specifications. Many manufacturers use existing componentry as a short cut - not Coppins.

go upTo ensure the engineering integrity of the overall anchor, Coppins customise every component so they all work together to safely distribute the stresses and strains.The fabric is individually designed for its superior strength, resistance and performance. Every para anchor is the result of qualified engineering expertise from initial design to testing for safety, strength and precision.

W A Coppins - Award winning designers of Para Sea Anchors for over 35 years!W A Coppins Ltd has been producing and servicing textile products for marine use since 1898: that's four generations of Coppins expertise.

Based in Motueka, New Zealand, near one of the countries largest Ports, W A Coppins have adopted the spirit and determination that has made this small island nation one of the most daring, innovative, technologically advanced and certainly most successful sailing nations in the world. Coppins have taken their love for the sea and their determination to be the best and have become world leaders in Sea Anchor design.

Today the Coppins team is renowned internationally for quality, innovation and design. The Company's stringent standards are evident in all their products - including the award winning Sea Anchor designs.

"We have made it our challenge to stay number one in the world, with more than 35 years design experience, refined technology and the sheer determination from the Coppins team to be a step ahead of the rest."

 

"We have made it our challenge to stay No 1 in the world with more than 35 years design experience, refined technology and the sheer determination from the Coppins team to be a step ahead of the rest."

 

 

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