Race to find 40mm clip
December 13th 2007

TFC recently came to the aid of one of the teams in the Volvo Ocean Race. It was contacted by Ashdown Marine which needed a 40mm stainless steel circlip to hold the seal to the propshaft on the vessel.

Ashdown Marine was carrying out a two-week refit of the boat when it discovered it needed the clip.

The company’s Ian Lovering says “Despite spending a considerable amount of time asking suppliers and trawling the Internet to locate the circlip, we could not find a company to supply us with the right component. We found TFC through GoogleT and a quick phone call resulted in the circlips being despatched in time for the refit in Alicante.”