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Men from boys
ALEXIS COURCOUX
The objective and the subjective
ROB WEILAND has problems with Weather Routing Scoring… made worse if it leads to offshore races being shortened ‘for fairness’
Prince of glue
CHRISTIAN FEVRIER, NIGEL IRENS and ADRIAN THOMPSON share thoughts about offshore multihull genius WALTER GREENE
Keep clicking away
PATRICE CARPENTIER talks to SAM DAVIES about life, career, Imoca development and the now looming 2024-2025 Vendée Globe
Dissecting the challenge – Part II
JUAN KOUYOUMDJIAN looks at the degree to which the new AC75s are – and are not – now automated and at the desirability of going further
A very Lively Lady
DAN HOUSTON puts himself in the shoes of the late Sir Alec Rose and is astonished with what he must have gone through on that famous voyage
Coffee, smell…
ANDY RICE says it is time that the Medal Race in Olympic sailing is finally put out of its misery
TECH STREET
Cutting edge spars... why not?
REGULARS
Commodore’s letter
DEB FISH
Editorial
ANDREW HURST
Update
America’s Cup sliding doors, TOM DOLAN smashes Le Figaro, the fastest boat will win the Cup (again), Big Boat Series needs more Big Boats, Spanish sailing’s undisputed ‘boy’ of the moment, putting into context the terrible overwhelming of the Bayesian. JACK GRIFFIN, DIEGO BOTIN, CARLOS PICH, DOBBS DAVIS, PATRICE CARPENTIER, BLUE ROBINSON
World News
Ocean Fifties are finding their feet, though still rather fragile after dark, reminding New Zealand about the America’s Cup, MARC PAJOT is reunited with the French Kiss, handy with a camera, gagging for LA 2028 and don’t rush to judgement on US College Sailing. DOBBS DAVIS, CARLOS PICH, IVOR WILKINS, TORBEN GRAEL, MAGNUS WHEATLEY, PATRICE CARPENTIER, EVIE HASELDINE and KOS!
Paul Cayard – Summer of ’24
And quite some summer it has been
Sam Goodchild – Enjoy the moment
And don’t forget to pack your toothbrush
ORC – Back in the USA
And let’s hope the weather is better this time DOBBS DAVIS
RORC – Cherbourg it is
JEREMY WILTON
Seahorse build table – Prolific
Something else that is happening in Barcelona
It happened
When 19 of 24 yachts were built for one regatta
Seahorse regatta calendar
Sailor of the Month
Why persistence always pays off in the end