VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2001/02

Game, set and...
When John Kostecki said in Baltimore, 'We must do better,' he had every intention of keeping his word. The price was extracted from his Volvo Race rivals who, after another dominant performance from illbruck are now chasing the crumbs. TIM JEFFERY

Leg 7 Diary
Or how the nails went in one by one...

A totally good job
DOBBS DAVIS talks to BRUCE FARR and STEVE MORRIS about what can only be termed their 'successful' VO60 design programme

Leg 7 Routing Review
DAVID BRAYSHAW

FEATURES

Been there - done that
LAURENT ESQUIER, the world's best-known America's Cup campaign manager, is now on his second tour of duty with Prada Challenge

Lighter, faster. And stronger
Team Tyco sail designer GRANT SPANHAKE and the Volvo Race sail programme..

REGULARS

COMMODORE'S LETTER - PETER RUTTER

EDITORIAL - ANDREW HURST

Update
2003 Admiral's Cup Big Boat band is confirmed, Peter Gilmour on 'that' Cup scandal, Volvo Race Diaries and the sailing world mourns the passing of Warren Jones - the man behind Australia II

World News
Orange hits the jackpot with a second Trophy Jules Verne for Bruno Peyron, AG2R Transat report, Cammas delivers on his word in Lorient, Multiplast prepares for The Race 2004, no more Open 50s for the Vendée Globe, life in the Viaduct Basin gets nasty, euros aplenty in Elba, Kovalenko goes partner-swapping in Oz and Kahn goes it alone. IVOR WILKINS, PATRICE CARPENTIER, DOBBS DAVIS, ROB MUNDLE

America's Cup News
The OneWorld 'affair' moves towards its (initial) conclusion as Team New Zealand weighs in. Plus syndicate profiles. TIM JEFFERY

Olympic and small boat news
It's simply all a question of good communication, says skiff maestro ROB BROWN

Design - No compromise
GEOFF STAGG describes the new Farr 36 OD from Farr Yacht Design - which promises to be a breathtaking, single-purpose machine...

Seahorse Raceboat Build Table

RORC News
Some long-overdue moves on international liferaft standards are finally under way ALAN GREEN

Seahorse Sailor of the Month
Quiet but he's getting tougher with every day...

Seahorse Race Calendar