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Leap of faith - Part III
DUNCAN MACLANE and DAVE HUBBARD describe the challenge of trialling a solid-wing against a (gigantically) soft-sailed tuning rival

Tick tock!
The countdown to the 2005/6 Volvo Ocean Race is drawing to a conclusion. We talk with Brasil 1 team head ALAN ADLER, plus STEVE WILSON (Southern Spars) and ERIC HALL (Hall Spars) look at VO70 rig development

Degrees of precision
Torbjorn Linderson and Kåre Ljung explain the realities of designing and building top-quality foils for fast offshore multihulls

REGULARS

COMMODORE'S LETTER - Chris Little

EDITORIAL - ANDREW HURST

Update
Where to begin? TIM JEFFERY watched as Ellen MacArthur crossed the Ushant finishing line and was there when VINCENT RIOU hit the dock after a flawless performance in the Vendée Globe. Plus 'keel comment' from GIOVANNI SOLDINI and JIM DONOVAN is revved up about box rules

World News
Patrice is on the way home (finally!), Le Professeur does it 'again', Spain's Cup plans emerge (slowly), critical mass at Bay of Islands Race Week, Wharo gets his head down, Peter Kurts remembered, and another magical Key West Race Week in 2005. ROB MUNDLE, CARLOS PICH, MAGALI, PATRICE CARPENTIER, IVOR WILKINS and DOBBS DAVIS

Rod Davis
More time, more money; and also a lot less fun

America's Cup news
GBR Challenge is put on the blocks as Valencia's hunt for cash starts to get vicious

Olympic and small boat news
DR IAN WARD pays tribute to the achievements of flying Moth magician JOHN ILETT

Design - Of canting keels and air conditioning
CHRISTIAN STIMSON looks at what the latest technology offers in the search to create the 'perfect' high performance cruiser-racer

Seahorse raceboat build table
Kind of a GTi version of your favourite coupé!

RORC news
The task of regulating canting-keel technology

Seahorse race calendar

Seahorse Sailor of the Month
A tough choice - especially pour La Belle France - and we've taken on extra bandwidth to cope