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Leap of faith - Part IV
DUNCAN MACLANE and DAVE HUBBARD conclude their review of the Stars & Stripes catamaran programme with the extraordinary leaps in development made in the final months

Sea change - Part I
Canting-keel technology is spreading right across the world of performance sailing - from Mini 6.5m racer to the Wally 80 series-built cruiser. BRITT WARD and RUSSELL BOWLER explain Farr Yacht Design's approach to this key subject

Prêt-à-porter
Three days after going afloat, the radical Simonis-Voogd-designed Nicorette set off... to take line hours in the Sydney-Hobart. ALEX SIMONIS gives us a little history, and explains the Triple Moving Foil (TMF) system employed

REGULARS

COMMODORE'S LETTER - Chris Little

EDITORIAL - ANDREW HURST

Update
Orange II navigator ROGER NILSON gives a personal perspective of BRUNO PEYRON's latest blue-water record and ROB MUNDLE reports from Sydney on a close-fought Farr 40 Worlds

World News
Monsieur Patrice makes it back to Les Sables... ahead of several official Vendée finishers, the well-named Maximus goes afloat (just) in Auckland, 'Chuny' Bermúdez juggles a busy schedule, two more supermaxis in Oz, and a US box rule for 65-footers. ROB MUNDLE, CARLOS PICH, MAGALI, PATRICE CARPENTIER, IVOR WILKINS and DOBBS DAVIS

ORC column
Plenty on... and we still haven't forgotten the IMS

Paul Cayard
Of skiffs, one-designs... and owner-driver classes

Olympic and small boat news - encore une fois
As STEVE MITCHELL fails to stop les Froggies from taking another Star world title...

America's Cup news
China hits the Cup scene, the Latin rascals return and TIM JEFFERY talks to Emirates TNZ design chief ANDY CLAUGHTON

Design - Pop pop
(Yet) another new IRC design is on the way as the rule keeps growing in its influence; this is a tidy little IRC 40-footer from MARK MILLS

Seahorse raceboat build table
A foxy new lady from SEBASTIEN SCHMIDT

RORC news
And Ireland returns to the Admiral's Cup

Seahorse race calendar

Seahorse Sailor of the Month
And not the result a great many of you predicted