Fresh start - Part I
First in a new series from FRANK BETHWAITE that will analyse the revolution in apparent wind sailing that has overtaken the sport in the last ten years

Brutal
As the first four weeks of The Race wind to a close CHRISTIAN FEVRIER looks at the vicious pace that was set as the leaders moved into the Southern Ocean and at the price it exacted

Checkin’ in
Or speaking too soon... CAM LEWIS reports back from onboard Team Adventure

Tribulations - but too few trials
Designer ADRIAN THOMPSON confronts some of the lessons of the hard-pressed Team Philips project

Tracking the path to victory
Directing this round the world ‘Race’ will be like no other that has gone before it, says Team Adventure’s shore-based router BILL BIEWENGA

A quiet revolution - Part II
First LA, now the world - TOM EHMAN concludes his history of the evolution of on-the-water judging for match race and more recently fleet race events

Regulars

Commodore’s letter 

Editorial 

Update
IAN MOORE reports on the Volvo 60 fleet’s progress from Sydney to Hobart to Auckland - but not without an extended pitstop. Plus Olivier de Kersauson’s new super-trimaran, America’s Cup news, as the UK enters the fray and Sweden ups the ante, and LUDDE INGVALL on IRC Maxis

World news
Nicorette takes Hobart line-honours/IRC double, as SAP Ausmaid takes IMS prize, McConaghy finishes off twin Reichel-Pugh sleds, Patrice and VM Matériaux  hang onto the 60’s in the Vendée Globe - as ‘Mich’ and Ellen battle it out to the line, Bertarelli explains his America’s Cup plans, another record fleet descends on Key West and US Admiral’s Cup Farr 40 selections conclude. PATRICE CARPENTIER, ROB MUNDLE, TIM JEFFERY, DOBBS DAVIS and IVOR WILKINS

Paul Cayard
Up to his eyeballs in America’s Cup plans he may be, but there’s still time for more than a passing interested in the future of The Race...

Olympic and small boat news
PETER BENTLEY reports from Sydney as France enjoys another team success at the latest Volvo/ISAF Youth World Championships

Seahorse Letters
A strong call from the USA for more focus upon the growing toll from head injuries in sailing

ORC - “Simplify”
OLIN STEPHENS offers his unmatched perspective upon the best way to take IMS forward and broaden its appeal for the new millennium

Design - A question of scale
ANTOINE SEZERAT looks at Jack Setton’s fascinating new micro-superyacht, Tomtit, from the board of designer German Frers

Seahorse raceboat build table

Seahorse calendar