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Genesis
GUILLAUME VERDIER describes the design path that led Yves Parlier's team to their unusual solution to the Orma equation

Wild
ROB MUNDLE talks with SEAN LANGMAN and ANDY DOVELL about the replacement for Langman's 'Open 66' Grundig Xena. Radical is too small a word, or are we old-fashioned?

Finding the baseline
In the first of a new series looking at advances in the engineering of composite raceboats, MARK SAUNDERS looks at the state of play in the ACC fleet - and at how we got here

REGULARS

COMMODORE'S LETTER - Chris Little

EDITORIAL - ANDREW HURST

Update
STEVE MITCHELL reports on a first ever European victory at the 77th annual Bacardi Cup in Miami, news of two new Volvo Race entries, plus the competitive debut of the world's first two CBTF maxis

World News
VDH finally gets his 'wrong-way' solo record, Le Défi inches ahead of its French Cup rivals, Dubois sees a 'giant' future in performance sailing, Sydney-Hobart looses the reins, IMS leaves Australia, Maiden resumes building and IRC lands - firmly - in the USA. PATRICE CARPENTIER, CARLOS PICH, IVOR WILKINS, DOBBS DAVIS and ROB MUNDLE

Olympic and small boat news
BEN AINSLIE's third Finn Gold Cup victory leaves his rivals gasping. TIM JEFFERY reports

America's Cup news
South Africa enters the players' circle and a fifth 'syndicate' pops up over the parapet in Italy

Seahorse letters
And it was no no, Nicorette!

Design - Production madness
SEBASTIEN SCHMIDT's latest one design project is a real head-turner, and eight boats are already on order...

Seahorse raceboat build table
Revolution - TOM COWAN looks at CBTF structures

RORC news
Understanding the beast - SIMON ROGERS revisits the new VO 70 Rule

Seahorse Race Calendar

Seahorse Sailor of the Month
And has Ben's time finally come...