FEATURES

A firm step forward
JASON KER'S performance as lead-designer at Team Shosholoza has been impressive. Now he is again turning his mind to the offshore classes

Perfecto!
Paul Cayard leads the Black Pearl crew to a last leg win - just ahead of Sebastien Josse's boys on ABN Amro Two. And Moose cleans up overall

Inside insight
In terms of the Volvo Ocean Race New Zealand watch-leader MARK 'CRUSTY' CHRISTENSEN is now nothing short of a phenomenon

Awards and brickbats
After 30-years of reporting on round the world races (and the 'odd' month sailing in them) our reporter has his own list of prizewinners in the 2005/06 Volvo Ocean Race

Rebel with a cause
JUAN KOUYOUMDJIAN is way too cool to ever claim, 'I told you so', but his success in the Volvo Ocean Race must feel well-overdue

En guard!
At last Alinghi has 'apparently' got a race on its hands as the 2007 teams put their new boats in the water. But will it last? TIM JEFFERY

Rock and roll
Emirates Team New Zealand is relieved to be back in the Cup game - TERRY HUTCHINSON

REGULARS

COMMODORE'S LETTER - DAVID AISHER

EDITORIAL - ANDREW HURST

Update
2008 is when we re-convene for the next Volvo Ocean Race, as will an even more spectacular fleet of Volvo Extreme 40s..., the TP52 - this year's must-have fashion accessory in the Med, Yvan Griboval launches a one design round the world race for global-apprentices, one loyal reader is still not quite confused enough, and Steve 'Cogito' Clark does it again, this time with a dramatic revamp in the world of International Canoes

World News
Upside down for Pascal Bidegorry, a new boat for 'Thoma', as globetrotting becomes the fashion, Cammas (inset) launches the G3, more Kiwi Minis... and a dhow, ETNZ topping the TP52s, GP42s gather momentum, 'Nicho' starts his next Volvo Ocean Race campaign and IRC continues to gather steam in the USA. PATRICE CARPENTIER, ROB MUNDLE, IVOR WILKINS, CARLOS PICH and DOBBS DAVIS

Rod Davis
Of better food and housing and the Green Party's battle over narcotics...

Olympic and small boat news - Form an orderly queue
The latest foiler Moth design is now in production - and in a big way

Design
- Taken for granted
His quest for a better multihull mainsheet system took TORBJORN LINDERSON to Harken's test facilities in Pewaukee, Wisconsin

Seahorse raceboat build table
- Pragmatic option?
ERIK LEROUGE has this tidy and fast-looking new 50-foot racer-cruiser cat off and ready to go

RORC news

Seahorse race calendar

Seahorse Sailor of the Month
Two new sailing legends... now it's over to you!