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A little of over there over here
DOBBS DAVIS formally welcomes the IRC Rule to the United States

Fast & affordable
TORBJØRN LINDERSON explains the design and assessment process followed in creating the rig for Marc Lombard's new SeaCart trimaran

The revolution's come - but how did we get here? Part I
DAVE BECK charts the history of the canting keel and looks ahead to prospects for the future

First born
The first of ABN Amro's two new Volvo 70s is due to go afloat as this is written. We talk with project CEO ROY HEINER about his new baby

REGULARS

COMMODORE'S LETTER - Chris Little

EDITORIAL - ANDREW HURST

Update
The windsurfing fraternity have finally retaken the outright world speed sailing record - and don't they deserve it! ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year interviews, RUSSELL COUTTS on keeping a (quite) low profile, GRANT SIMMER on some radical plans for 2008 and beyond... Plus Coutter's Flying Danes net him a seventh Bermuda Gold Cup

World News
Vendée Globe fleet ' bursts' out of Les Sables, (another) new Groupama for Franck Cammas, Campos and Telefónica look beyond the Volvo (perhaps), where are all the ' new' Kiwis... Langman flies a kite in the Hobart, Wharo starts to build, and at least ' they' hang onto the Little America's Cup... MAGALI, PATRICE CARPENTIER, JEAN RAGALAN, CARLOS PICH, IVOR WILKINS, DOBBS DAVIS and ROB MUNDLE

America's Cup news - the cheque's in the post
Valencia and Madrid finally agree... upon how to fund the next Cup and we talk to Luna Rossa's star recruit JAMES SPITHILL

Paul Cayard
A mixed year for someone with high standards, but a pretty good year for others...

Olympic and small boat news
And PETE MELVIN has good reason to feel pleased with his firm's new A-Class cat design

ORC Column
KEN WELLER reports from Copenhagen

Design - The next step
RODGER MARTIN revisits a radical design concept that has lain dormant for over 20 years

Seahorse raceboat build table
' Heh - we wanna play too'. TONY CASTRO

RORC news
Challenging but rewarding - the Swan 45 OD

Seahorse race calendar

Seahorse Sailor of the Month
And time for a little more maturity, we think