Only a matter of time

As top-level offshore racing devolves further into a handful of professional categories, it is inevitable that competitors will increasingly look outside the more familiar Œenvelopeš for a competitive advantage. Sometimes it works out, witness the success of Ellen MacArthur and the Owen-Clarke/Humphreys/Gautier-designed Kingfisher. And sometimes the results are less auspicious - some of the jury may even now still be out on the Davidson-designed djuice dragons, but the queues are hardly building. Hence it is logical that Frenchman Jean-Pierre Dick has chosen Farr Yacht Design to design his new Open 60........

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