FEATURES
Planning ahead
New boats and races but for now the rules stay the same… and that’s the secret. ROB WEILAND
Incredible but true
PATRICE CARPENTIER talks sparmaking with Vendée Globe legend YVES PARLIER
Chemistry lesson
SAM DAVIES, SOPHIE CISZEK and IAN WALKER discuss the new crewing options for the next Volvo Ocean Race with BLUE ROBINSON
Twenty five years of progress? – Part 1
ANDREW MACFARLAN of Red Bull, sailor, yacht designer and now one of the top names in F1 composites, takes his own look at how the two technical sports have been evolving
Fighting physics
JB BRAUN continues his day-to-day role in sail design but he also wears another hat as a leading light with the Oracle USA America’s Cup team
Hard sailing habits
When men (really) were men. JOHN ROUSMANIERE looks at the careers of three sailors who helped to shape modern ocean racing
We’ve missed you
After a lapse of far too many seasons the One Ton Cup is back in play, now being competed for in the (fast) Fast40+ class. And both the class and its biggest event are thriving. ROB GREENHALGH
TECH STREET
Small and perfectly formed
Former skiff world champion, Volvo sailor and now Fast40+ class president Rob Greenhalgh has been working closely with Paul Roberts at Customised Composites to develop a better batten solution for today’s much more demanding sailplans. It all started with the Moths… but now it’s gone a whole lot bigger
Different challenge same objective
The Musto technical clothing team have been beavering away hard developing new products to meet the seriously oceanic needs of the Vendée Globe frontrunners and at the same time coming up with ultra-flexible, impact-protective solutions for Franck Cammas’s Groupama Team France America’s Cup challenger
The best of (spring) times
One of the world’s best regattas is also one many racing sailors may never have thought about… until now. But even while it was below the international parapet, Charleston Race Week, with its combination of great racing and even greater beach parties, was steadily growing. It is now the biggest keelboat regatta in the US
REGULARS
Commodore’s letter
MICHAEL BOYD
Editorial
ANDREW HURST
Update
Different then and now… well, soon it could be, Vendée admirers, a (big) first for DSS and LUDDE INGVALL’S latest machine… brilliant or bonkers? BRETT BAKEWELL-WHITE, JACK GRIFFIN, FREDERIC AUGENDRE, JON ROBERSON and TERRY HUTCHINSON
World news
Vendée here Vendée there, but right now there is no bigger story in sailboat racing, not just the sailors and the race but the technical developments that promise – or threaten – to reshape offshore monohull racing. Plus ‘almost’ a TP52 and winning in Toulon. IVOR WILKINS, BLUE ROBINSON, PATRICE CARPENTIER, DOBBS DAVIS, CARLOS PICH, NATHAN OUTTERIDGE, GAVIN BRADY
Paul Cayard
Beware those laws of unintended consequences…
World Sailing
No quick fixes... MALCOLM PAGE
IRC column
Whatever rating system you may prefer, the results at the end of the Middle Sea Race were something quite remarkable. JAMES DADD
Design – Doing good
ALEX SIMONIS and MAARTEN VOOGD have been busy working on something special
Seahorse build table – Any more for any more?
Designer RENAUD BANULS creates something exceptional for photographer CLINT CLEMENS
RORC news
EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN catches up with Middle Sea Race winner ADRIAN STEAD
Sailor of the Month
Both putting back way more than they take out