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Gathering steam
Out of all the drama and excitement is it so surprising that the 2005/06 Volvo Ocean Race is turning out to be mighty good entertainment?

Painful lessons
NEAL MCDONALD talks to TIM JEFFERY about the pain of working ahead of the curve

From the top
One man seems to have gone with his instincts more than his research in this Volvo Race... we catch up with 'today's' top-dog VO70 designer JUAN KOUYOUMDJIAN

One for the young prince - Part I
DAVE HOLLOM has put together an objective study of how history informs the degree to which we can currently lean on CFD in raceboat design

Attention to detail
The Gunboat 48 cat (see last month) is the result of blending a lot of the best of race multihull engineering practice into a racer-cruiser package. TORBJORN LINDERSON and PETE MELVIN analyse the Gunboat's forward beam system

Where did three years go?
Down in Valencia quite a few of the Cup Family are asking this very question. Plus TIM JEFFERY completes our look at Team Alinghi with help from Technical Director GRANT SIMMER

REGULARS

COMMODORE'S LETTER - DAVID AISHER

EDITORIAL - ANDREW HURST

Update
GLENN BOURKE points out that safety and reliability are not always the same, TERRY HUTCHINSON is pleased with his new boat, GIOVANNI CECCARELLI is more than a little bullish and some fancy footwork at Key West

World News
And at the CYCA it is going to get very personal, canting by rope (again), big changes for Orma, but without young Armel, TP52s strut the floor in Spain (before the sailing has even begun), Barker back on form and a blustery... or is that a 'frothy'... Key West 2006. PATRICE CARPENTIER, ROB MUNDLE, IVOR WILKINS, CARLOS PICH and DOBBS DAVIS

Rod Davis
Now you see me now you don't

Olympic and small boat news
- A trial of many parts
As ISAF's new Olympic scoring system gets a work out in Melbourne

RORC news
US-IRC: and it's 550 boats and counting

Design - Powered by demand
BOB PERRY tells what can happen if you accidentally post pictures on the interwebthingy

Seahorse raceboat build table
- Slippery... very slippery
MICHAEL AEPPLI has helped create a lovely new dayracer 'over there', that could do very well over... well almost anywhere actually

Seahorse race calendar

Seahorse Sailor of the Month
That old trans-Tasman rivalry...