Gilles Combrisson Gilles Combrisson was born in France and spent many of his childhood summers by the sea, either in France, Italy, or what was then Yugoslavia. Those formative years lead to a passion for the water and sailing which came to fruition on San Francisco Bay. Gilles has raced from SF to Hawaii four times, and raced the Bay and California coast for over a decade. On his last PacCup Gilles (and team) completed the 2000-mile trip in eight days, 17 hours and 20 minutes, on a 36-footer... an all-time record finish for any boat under 40 feet. When he isn't preparing for a peel in the middle of the night 1000 miles away from the nearest land, Gilles enjoys repairing and racing his Moore24 sailboat, currently undergoing a complete refit. Denis Fraisse Denis Fraisse is a master laminator, spar builder, and composite technician. He has worked on projects ranging from building the 60-foot IMOCA Safran (www.safransixty.com) a aproject by the prestigious VPLP, Marc Guillemot, and Mutipole,  to  building a 28-foot foiler catamaran with Psaros Shipyard in Switzerland. He has experience building spars gained while working at Formula Marine (www.formula-marine.com).  When he isn't working with composites  Denis enjoys building kitesurf boards, repairing carbon fiber bikes, and converting vans into custom camping machines... Ok, so he likes working with composites.