FEATURES
Got there
YVAN ZEDDA
Twenty years and twenty boats
It’s already promising to be one heck of a party ROB WEILAND
New discipline new audience
Things are moving as details are developed for the introduction of offshore racing at Paris 2024. MATT SHEAHAN
Rotation is the key
The extra degree of freedom given to the foils in the latest Imoca rule may make these boats competitive inshore as well. JUAN KOUYOUMDJIAN
A man and his boats
When US railroad and automobile tycoon ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES decided to learn to sail he found just the boat. ROGER VAUGHAN
Shifter
Forget foils, why not trim the hull as well? GAVIN WILLIS and GRAHAM CAMM
No turning back
Foils may indeed be everywhere but the story began at the turn of the last century, not the current one. BRIAN HANCOCK
A rare beast indeed
The success out of the box of the Italia 11.98 Sugar winning this year’s ORC Worlds was impressive. And you can sleep on it too. MATTEO POLLI
TECH STREET
(Almost) a clean sheet of paper
The cutting edge of the cutting edge
REGULARS
Commodore’s letter
STEVEN ANDERSON
Editorial
ANDREW HURST
Update
Of flaps and wings and things, the (inevitably) prettiest AC75 goes afloat in Italy (obviously), TANGUY BOUROULLEC and his flying Pogo 4 are very much in touching distance, SailGP sort of surprises and an insider’s (deep) disappointment. TERRY HUTCHINSON, JACK GRIFFIN, PATRICE CARPENTIER, ROB KOTHE, CAROL CRONIN, GIULIANO LUZZATTO
World news
Transatlantic traffic, Imocas or rabbits, eyes on the scows, no surprises yet for Team NZ, Ineos make it four and from bad to worse for US Olympic sailing. PATRICE CARPENTIER, MALCOLM PAGE, IVOR WILKINS, PETER LESTER, BLUE ROBINSON, DOBBS DAVIS, DAN BERNASCONI, MIKE DRUMMOND, GRANT SIMMER
Rod Davis – Doing no wrong
Is much more likely if you have the right attitude
ORC – Potted history
We are not the only ones to be celebrating 50 years’ continuous service. NICOLA SIRONI
And the fat lady sang
When the TP52 Super Series fleet gathered in Porto Cervo they were faced with a surprise new force majeure. ANDI ROBERTSON
RORC news – Do the triple
EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN
Seahorse build table – Forza!
GIULIANO LUZZATTO
Seahorse regatta calendar
Sailor of the Month
And the fight moves to the east