FEATURES

FEATURES

Love is in the air
Was TIM JEFFERY being previous in taking confetti to the New York court, plus how long is the legacy of that nasty little Blackheart effort...

Meteor
Having won the 2007 Star worlds and pre-Olympics, eight Laser world titles and three Olympic medals, Brazil's ROBERT SCHEIDT is maintaining his scoring rivalry with nemesis Ben Ainslie. And now there is Qingdao to deal with

Contrast
Having watched one his TP52s, Mean Machine, dominate the 2006 MedCup, New Zealand boatbuilder PAUL HAKES set about creating the ultimate Imoca 60 for Mike Golding

Result
The production built Bladerider dominated a fleet of custom designs at this year's Moth worlds on Lake Garda. Bladerider's designer and original builder ANDREW MCDOUGALL tells how it was done

REGULARS

Commodore's letter
DAVID AISHER

Editorial
ANDREW HURST

Update
TERRY HUTCHINSON on the good, the bad and the damp, BRUCE FARR looks ahead to the next America's Cup and reflections on ERIC HALL's 'Intrepid tales' from Newport 1970

World news
The Vendée Globe is still the ultimate draw, but other events also benefit, as well as lose out, new Banque Pop stops the traffic, LAURIE DAVIDSON on Alinghi's SUI 100, Cup roller coaster in Oz, no third podium for ALEX PELLA, and last gasp Canada's Cup success for the USA. CARLOS PICH, PATRICE CARPENTIER, IVOR WILKINS, DOBBS DAVIS and ROB MUNDLE

Rod Davis
And a lot of life lessons can be learnt out there...

Olympic and small boat news — Chinese puzzles
TIM JEFFERY and ANDY RICE look at the challenges posed by the Qingdao Olympic venue

Back on the block — 2008/9 Volvo Ocean Race
After an absence of over ten years, champion raceboat designer ROB HUMPHREYS is back in the Volvo Ocean Race game once again with a new boat

Design — A lighter solution
GUILLAUME VERDIER explains the design development of the new Imoca 60 Safran that he co-designed with multihull experts VPLP

Seahorse raceboat build table — Most unexpected
BRUCE FARR's new Farr 11 was not at all what many people were expecting... to the good!

RORC news

Seahorse regatta calendar

Sailor of the Month
Winners all, and Corinthians to boot