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This summer in Bermuda promises to give us the most dramatic America's Cup in the event's history... and the ticket store is open
The same but different
Why there may be little foil symmetry under the surface on the new ACC designs. KEN READ
One (in seven years) is too many
It’s been a long time since there was a serious coming together between TP52s. ROB WEILAND
Step back
Not a bad year for JUAN K… the Finn gold medal at Rio 2016 and four of the first five boats across the line in Hobart
Behind the throne – Part I
DOBBS DAVIS sits down with the America’s Cup’s quietest (and perhaps smartest) sailmaker… BURNS FALLOW
Distilling the essence
The Volvo Ocean Race is heading south again. BLUE ROBINSON asks Jules Verne champion routeur MARCEL VAN TRIEST what to expect
The tireless pursuit of improvement – Part III
Obsessive, almost certainly. Kind and supportive of others, definitely. TIM JEFFERY concludes his look back at the life of PAUL BERT ELVSTRØM
Foiled again – Part II
Just like every racing driver, ‘more grip’ has now become the cry of every Cup helm. JAMES BOYD
TECH STREET
Radial around the world
And things are going rather well over at Voilerie Incidence
Going to (altogether) another level
Put a top superyacht designer together with a cat legend and…
Bottom to top
And Musto are bringing new science to keeping our feet dry
Perfect for the task
Long, thin ACC hulls and a world-leading sparmaker... perfect fit
Trickledown… and up
America’s Cup cats to superyachts… technology flows both ways
Giant among regattas
Yet the organisers of Kieler Woche never rest on their laurels
A race like no other
… or the best alternative to a cold winter at home, you will find!
Don’t be a lemon
Get ready… Sailors for the Sea has signed up over 1,000 regattas
REGULARS
Commodore’s letter
MICHAEL BOYD
Editorial
ANDREW HURST
Update
BILL FICKER really was quicker, simpler dinghies and why those bicycles are only one small part of the Team New Zealand story. TIM JEFFERY, JACK GRIFFIN, TERRY HUTCHINSON
World news
‘Finishing’ the Vendée, oceanic multihulls may (just) be back… and on a ‘budget’, Denmark’s solo explosion, the polished illusionists of Auckland and keeping skiffs sensible. BLUE ROBINSON, IVOR WILKINS, JOHN WINNING, JOCHEN RIEKER, PATRICE CARPENTIER
Paul Cayard – (Now) a clash in name only
Could the modern America’s Cup and today’s Volvo Ocean Race have grown any further apart?
IRC column – Well, I wouldn’t start from here
JAMES DADD has been kicking back at his French farmhouse and taking the long view
World Sailing – The fightback starts here
SCOTT PERRY and BETSY ALISON are two of the many people working tirelessly to ensure sailing’s early return to the Paralympic arena
Design – We must have lighter, nimbler and cheaper IRC designs
MARC LOMBARD and ERIC LEVET make clear their thoughts to FREDERIC AUGENDRE
RORC – A weekend of vice
EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN
Seahorse build table – (Definitely) a cut above
MICHELE PITRUCCI has given us a very clever, very user-friendly and very fast new foiling cat
Sailor of the Month
Two of the brightest young talents on the ocean