LOUIS VUITTON CUP

Unveiled
At last the nail biting is over - Russell Coutts and Ernesto Bertarelli (right) celebrate their America's Cup draw vs Alinghi. TIM JEFFERY reports on the lead-up to the final line-up

Europe bound...
GRANT SIMMER gives the Alinghi perspective on the last races - and that appendageŠ

They said it
And here it is to haunt them

Homeward bound
JOEY ALLEN, TNZ bowman and coach, feels the old man of the sea in this youthful team

Relaxed and pensive
After being brought in from the cold, Chris Dickson talks up Oracle BMW's prospects just before the deciding races

A final word...
Juan Kouyoumdjian gives his verdict on the design developments made during this Cup cycle

FEATURES

Faster still!
Laurent Delage and Bruno Dubois of North Sails compare sail development in the ORMA 60s with the IMOCA Open 60 fleet

Nothing new under the sun (really)
The tandem keel may not be a no-go after all. DAVID HOLLOM discusses its credentials - and finds it's not quite such a novel idea

REGULARS

COMMODORE'S LETTER - First words from Chris Little

EDITORIAL - Guest Editor Dobbs Davis

Update
Dobbs davis on lively (if cold) racing at Key West, a tribute to marine photographer Stanley Rosenfeld and Patrice Carpentier on ORMA's decisions on the Route du Rhum tragedies

World News
Geronimo forges ahead while Ellen founders, the virtually unbackable favourite Alfa Romeo (aka Shockwave) wraps up in Sydney, Wild Oats romps into the record book, hula hoopla in the Cup, Bernard Stamm battles to victory in the Around Alone third stage, the US turns up the heat on the grand prix handicap debate. IVOR WILKINS, PATRICE CARPENTIER, DOBBS DAVIS, TIM JEFFERY, ROB MUNDLE

Paul Cayard
An all-New Zealand America's Cup - is sailing just in the Kiwis' blood?

Olympic and small boat news
John Illett's foil innovations on On the Prowl make the International Moth even nippier

Design - Solune
Axel de Beaufort describes the 60-footer from Nacira Yacht Group - a rival for Wild Oats in the America's Cup?

Seahorse Raceboat Build Table

RORC News

Seahorse Race Calendar

Seahorse Sailor of the Month
The distaff holds its own again

The seemingly unstoppable Giovanni Agnelli, one of Italy's most powerful businessmen as head of Fiat, died at 81 after a year-long battle with cancer. His exotic all-black 90ft daysailor Stealth was first to finish in the 2001 Fastnet and later the Round the Island Race in the America's Cup Jubilee