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Perspective
ALEXANDER HARPER TURNER
Silly me
ROB WEILAND is underwhelmed as he tries to apply some logic to the Olympic medal debate
The accidental designer
Long before he was restoring beautiful old English houses DICK CARTER made a pretty good fist of yacht design. And JULIAN EVERITT was there
Learning from experience
From the sometimes crude overnight tweaks that could transform a skiff’s performance to hull tolerances of less than 0.5mm. JULIAN BETHWAITE
Match Race!
At anchor on a warm Clyde evening after some gentle racing to smashing a path around Ailsa Craig. MARTIN BLACK slips back to 1901
Very fine
After stepping off the foredeck of his Volvo racer JASON CARRINGTON soon established himself as one of the world’s finest builders of high-tech racing yachts. JAMES BOYD paid him a visit
TECH STREET
Not all sails are created equal
REGULARS
Commodore’s letter
JAMES NEVILLE
Editorial
ANDREW HURST
Update
Getting that silverware flowing again, the latest attempt at setting an America’s Cup Framework Agreement… and nationality controls – the good and bad. Plus looking ahead to a very different Olympic Regatta, we hope, and a new offshore one-design initiative… or do we have the answer already staring us in the face? JACK GRIFFIN, TERRY HUTCHINSON AND JON EMMET
World news
Don’t underestimate the state of play for that offshore medal, similar but different… two new Ultims go afloat, as the only ‘super-ultim’ gets a haircut, the first new Imocas for the 2024 Vendée Globe (really) have already started building… 80 containers, a lot of bits and a permanent shortage of time… welcome to SailGP, the worst of the worst, a (Spanish) family affair. Plus something new, carbon fibre and provocative, from the USA. ANNA CORBELLA, CARLOS PICH, DIDAC COSTA, STEVE BENJAMIN, TOM SLINGSBY, JEREMIE BEYOU, XAVIER GUILBAUD, BRAD MARSH, DOBBS DAVIS, IVOR WILKINS, BLUE ROBINSON, PATRICE CARPENTIER
Paul Cayard – The long haul
The new head of US Olympic sailing gave his final decision so much thought for a reason
IRC – Records for all
An initiative intended to get more people out on the water more often must be a good thing. CHARLES DARBYSHIRE
RORC – Change isn’t new
New CEO JEREMY WILTON reminds us this is not the first time the Fastnet has changed course
Seahorse build table – What’s green and goes fast?
Another good reason to back a two-handed medal
Seahorse regatta calendar
Sailor of the Month
And without them nothing would ever happen