headquarters chesterfield michigan united states number of employees 35 2011 website offshorespars.com offshore spars is a us manufacturer of custom designed carbon fiber and aluminum spars for sailing yachts . 1 contents 1 history 2 locations 3 customers 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1976 the company now known as offshore spars was opened for business in mt. clemens michigan . the company built aluminum masts and booms for boats under 40 ft 12 m located mainly on the great lakes . offshore spars built a mast for america 2 which went on to win the 1992 america s cup . 3 the company s largest project to date is two spars for a 125 schooner named kaori . 4 in 2002 offshore spars opened a second manufacturing facility in jakobstad finland . 5 this facility closed in may 2010 . on december 31 2010 michael j. feldman president and sole stock holder of offshore spars co. sold 100 % of his shares of the company to close colleague and vice president steven l. king . 6 locations edit the sales and manufacturing facility for offshore spars is housed in a 38 000 square foot 3 500 m2 building located in chesterfield michigan 30 miles north of detroit . a west coast sales and engineering office was opened in march 1996 in manhattan beach california . customers edit below is a list of sailboat designers and manufacturers whose yachts feature offshore spars . 7 nautor s swan baltic yachts sparkman & stephens german frers nelson marek hoek design alan andrews design tripp design farr design vismara design paine yacht design holland jachtbouw claasen jachtbouw santa cruz yachts c & c yachts s2 yachts ericson yachts tartan yachts finngulf yachts references edit spar manufacturers rsb rigging webpage . america3 . 33rd americas cup webpage . 32 americas cup . americas cup webpage . offshore spars . company data base webpage . industry news . sailing scuttlebutt webpage . offshore spars news . offshore spars webpage . past projects . offshore spars webpage . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title offshore spars & oldid 734093937 categories sailing equipmentmanufacturing companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies established in 1976 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 03 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view