FEATURES
Olympians
MATIAS CAPIZZANO
Still captivating…
What makes a successful class? ROB WEILAND
Interesting times
HUGH WELBOURN looks on as rating systems try to keep pace during some fast-moving times
Nothing new
CHARLES LAWRENCE goes back to where what we call ‘composite boatbuilding’ really all started
Unstoppable force
BRIAN HANCOCK has accepted the inevitable as the last great solo race departs from British shores
Days, weeks, months…
JO RICHARDS spent a while winning the 2019 Round the Island UK classic but – as per usual – getting to the startline was more than half the fun
Airborne (and accessible)
The demise of the long-running Extreme Sailing Series is doing the expanding GC32 Racing Tour no harm at all. CHRISTIAN SCHERRER
Time to revisit
As the big-catamaran offerings proliferate, are out-of-date preconceptions holding back similar growth with three hulls? MARC LOMBARD
Under the sun…
With another America’s Cup class reset have we nailed down the history books or might we be missing more useful clues? DAVE HOLLOM
What’s not to like?
Do your Caribbean planning Seahorse-style
TECH STREET
Bold step
REGULARS
Commodore’s letter
STEVEN ANDERSON
Editorial
ANDREW HURST
Update
Why is there still one critical danger to the sport that people refuse to talk about? New Cup class means big sail burn, reflections on a year spent Solitaire and good, bad or irrelevant… another thin cycle for America’s Cup teams. PETER HEPPEL, JACK GRIFFIN, TERRY HUTCHINSON, WILL HARRIS
World news
La Grande Route… one of several new temptations seemingly on offer, metal fatigue never sleeps, fattening up (a little) for Tokyo 2020 and Block Island deals a blow to the naysayers. WILL RYAN, CARLOS PICH, IVOR WILKINS, BLUE ROBINSON, PATRICE CARPENTIER, DOBBS DAVIS
Paul Cayard – Multi-tasking
Is there no limit to the man’s ambitions
RORC news – Fast and slow
EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN
Seahorse build table – Top man top result
Multiple Volvo Race winner STU BANNATYNE gets stuck into another big DSS project
Seahorse regatta calendar
Sailor of the Month
Peerless champion or enthusiast par excellence?