The America's Cup Winner in 1992 was America3 (or Cuben as it was nicknamed) The sail material maker took the name Cuben and is still making very light sail material. I started using this material for a lot of the "soft goods" items for backpacking. This material makes "Super Ultra Light (SUL) gear possible. I will use this Blog to post my gear projects and keep the backpacking world up with Cuben development. There is a place to comment and I welcome comments that are on-topic with the thread. I also hope you will try to make some of your own backpacking gear.