FEATURES

Mr Must-have
Not many big sailing records seem to be happening these days without the involvement of BRIAN THOMPSON. We ask the Cheyenne watchleader what the future holds

Battleground
The America's Cup family is fairly unanimous in the opinion that rigs and sails are going to hold the key to the 2007 event. PETER HEPPEL explains why there will always be further to go

Result!
JOHAN SALEN and RICHARD BRISIUS have turned themselves from case-by-case project managers into a major force in sailing events

Finding the edge - Part I
MARK SAUNDERS takes a two-part look at recent advances in Finite Element Analysis and examines the practical implications for engineers

REGULARS

COMMODORE'S LETTER - Chris Little

EDITORIAL - ANDREW HURST

Update
GLENN BOURKE has no doubt that the 2005/6 Volvo Ocean Race is going to be successful, STEVE MITCHELL reports from Gaeta on an extraordinary 2004 Star Worlds and SIR JAMES HARDY adds elegant support to the story of BEN LEXCEN and the Not the America's Cup Hall of FameŠ Plus an early glimpse of a very cool new Baltic Yacht

World News
USA goes it alone (at pace) on the new grand prix rule, new Hawaii speed limits beckon, a 'close encounter' in the Transat AG2R, another French Cup teamŠ Chris Sayer goes back to the lion's den in Kiwi, first 2004 IMS designs launch in Spain, and Crichton (finally) joins the rush to CBTF. PATRICE CARPENTIER, CARLOS PICH, IVOR WILKINS, DOBBS DAVIS and ROB MUNDLE

Olympic and small boat news
PAUL CAYARD and TIM JEFFERY

Paul Cayard
Bruising but learningŠ

America's Cup news
Good news starts to emerge from Team NZ and a talk with Toscana's Gualtiero Pantani

Seahorse Letters
'That move' by US Sailing is here in full!

Design - Building on success
And MANI FRERS is well advanced on design work for the 2005/6 Volvo Ocean Race

Seahorse raceboat build table
SAMUEL MANUARD is the latest with a new design for the fast-evolving Class40 Jauge

RORC news

Seahorse Sailor of the Month
'Hurdegurdies' and the astronaut...