VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2001/02

The right result
Neal McDonald and Assa Abloy pulled off a great Leg 8 win to keep illbruck under threat to the end. But a confident and prepared John Kostecki was not planning to let this one slip away. TIM JEFFERY

Dee Smith - Race Diary
Late to the plate and with an unknown design Amer Sports One finished feeling this was a job well done

Reference point
In a light-air finish amid vast crowds and in plenty of summer sunshine, it is easy to overlook what this event is all about. PAUL CAYARD

'Terribly unhealthy'
DR STEFAN BRANTH tells Hanneke Kijlstra the results of some of his ongoing research into the health of the Volvo Race crews

FEATURES

Number 1 - Tom Schnackenberg
There was one name at the top of every shopping list after the 2000 America's Cup, but unlike many of his team-mates he wasn't for sale

Refresher course
Prada mast designer SCOTT FERGUSON looks at some of the key elements and numbers involved in modern raceboat spar design

REGULARS

COMMODORE'S LETTER - PETER RUTTER

EDITORIAL - ANDREW HURST

Update
Final Volvo Diary from IAN MOORE, blasting across the Med with HOWIE HAMLIN on PlayStation, concern grows after man overboard incidents in US and 2002 IRM championships

World News
Fuji and Peyron (Loïck) win the 'Lighthouse' battle of attrition, Peyron (Bruno) announces new Race Tour, Warren Jones remembered, Chris Sayer - 'sheep farmer or ocean racer', America's Cup battles begin (on San Francisco Bay), Jamie Boeckel lost from Blue Yankee. IVOR WILKINS, PATRICE CARPENTIER, DOBBS DAVIS, ROB MUNDLE

Rod Davis
The Prada Sailing Director has some sage advice for anyone going out there after the top spot

Olympic and small boat news
In the third part of his current series, former world skiff champion ROB BROWN talks to North Sails' MICHAEL COXON about the latest developments in spar construction and sail design

ORC Column
Brava Q8 and the new Grand Soleil 44 Wind share the IMS spoils in the Mediterranean. DON GENITEMPO and NICOLA SIRONI

America's Cup news
Money and time wasted as OneWorld 'versus' the Arbitration Panel threatens to peter out, Laurie Davidson in trouble (again). Plus Défi Areva and Mascalzone Latino profiles. TIM JEFFERY

Winged Kiwi
Graham Dalton's new Owen Clarke-designed Kingfisher development Hexagon has been flying in early trials. MERFYN OWEN reports

Seahorse Raceboat Build Table

RORC News
And the Rolex Commodores' Cup and 2003 Admiral's Cups are both steadily moving forward

Seahorse Sailor of the Month
Bruno scrapes it. Now the illbruck-Assa rematch

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