November 2023

FEATURES

It’s good to be King
GILLES MARTIN-RAGET

My ‘favourite’ topic
When is a sheet not a sheet? ROB WEILAND

The flipside
We may be closer to extinction than we think. ANDY CLAUGHTON

Never too late to party
After 14 days in the water the French Cup boys put on quite a show. BRUNO DUBOIS

There are no coincidences - Part II
Time to finish the hull, put on the deck and head out to sea. DAN HOUSTON and BO ERIKSSON

A question of balance
PATRICE CARPENTIER counts the many lives of offshore champion CORINNE MIGRAINE

Tool for the job
How three old skiffies are dealing with the advancing years. MICHAEL KENNEDY, ‘GT’ TURNER AND JULIAN BETHWAITE

Here we go again – Part I
DAVE HOLLOM gets started again ahead of AC37… beginning with cavitation and foil choice

TECH STREET

Classical modern

Ideas to reality

Built to work

Tools to be used

Only the best

Crikey!!!

REGULARS

Commodore’s letter
JAMES NEVILLE

Editorial
PETER HARKEN

Update
When it’s good it’s good, but when it’s not it’s bad (very bad), on top in Porto Cervo (finally) plus solid steel… SANTI LANGE. JACK GRIFFIN, TERRY HUTCHINSON, CARLOS PICH

World News
He helped to launch an industry, don’t mess with the Figaro Race, party-time in La Trinité, the other squadron throws all its weight behind the cause and VICTOR KOVALENKO gets dressed up. Plus Barcelona misgivings. IVOR WILKINS, MAGNUS WHEATLEY, BLUE ROBINSON, PATRICE CARPENTIER, CARLOS PICH, DOBBS DAVIS, STUART CHILDERLEY

ORC – The problem with age
DOBBS DAVIS

IMA – No surprises
ANDREW MCIRVINE

Seahorse build table – Maturing
FRANÇOIS CHEVALIER

RORC – Three from three
clean sweep and lessons for others in London Corinthian’s 2023 Fastnet. RAY CAMPION

November 1983
DEE SMITH

Seahorse regatta calendar

SUPERYACHTS

It was true after all…
MATTIAS SVENLIN & SAM EVANS

Sailor of the Month
And a definite flavour of persistence this month