FEATURES

All change or no change?
Chris Dickson is back in the office as a very different America's Cup cycle begins in earnest in Valencia. TIM JEFFERY

Letter from Valencia
Never one to court controversy, Seahorse's new letter writer checks in from the Darsena Basin...

No excuses - part 2
BRUCE FARR and JUAN KOUYOUMDJIAN report on progress within the technical departments of the much-fancied BMW Oracle America's Cup team

As the battle rages
VPP is a complementary, rather than competing part of the design equation, for without it the other tools are of limited use. Wolfson Unit VPP specialist JOHN ROBINSON explains his craft

We've come a long way
Orange II sail co-ordinator PHILIPPE PECHE reviews the remarkable ­ and brief ­ history of sail development in the maxi multihull classes

REGULARS

COMMODORE'S LETTER - Chris Little

EDITORIAL - ANDREW HURST

Update
PAUL CAYARD remembers his friend Pasquale Landolfi, TP52s score a stunning European debut in Punta Ala, (another) new foiler from that man in Perth... RUSSELL COUTTS interview, DON STREET takes a sanguine look at mega yachts in Antigua and it's go for NEAL MCDONALD

World News
A disappointing OSTAR for the Class 40, a new Open 60 for Dominic Wavre, Pedro Campos interviewed, New Zealand Olympic Yachting undergoes a savage rethink, Langman is go... and IRC makes its big-league debut on the US east coast. CARLOS PICH, ROB MUNDLE, MAGALI, PATRICE CARPENTIER, IVOR WILKINS and DOBBS DAVIS

Rod Davis
So just why has Rod taken on what may prove to be his most challenging job ever...

Seahorse letters
Of the Admiral's Cup and high-pressure effects

Olympic and small boat news
- building miracles
Foiler guru JOHN ILETT explains why his lightest Moths ever are also his most robust

Design - Full circle, Part I
DAVE HOLLOM takes a more detailed look at the hydrodynamics of canting foil sections

Seahorse raceboat build table
- something new
MEMO CASTRO has news of two cool little Open 30s just launched in Argentina

RORC news
Mile-munching across the pond on Mari-Cha IV

Seahorse race calendar

Seahorse Sailor of the Month
One blonde and two brunettes...