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As good as it gets
The 32nd America’s Cup Match was one to savour. TIM JEFFERY reports on the celebration of sailing that was Valencia in June and July 2007

Phew!
Alinghi skipper BRAD BUTTERWORTH has had easier sailboat regattas in his long career; and at times he was clearly not afraid to let the world know his feelings...

New protocol, new controversy
TIM JEFFERY looks at why a prompt protocol announcement for AC 33 has thrown a large non-Alinghi contingent into a tailspin of anger

Term report
Valencia 2007: the good, the bad and the ugly

Making her fly
- Part 2
Alinghi’s MIKE SCHREIBER, WARWICK FLEURY and SIMON DAUBNEY discuss mainsail shapes and the use of Sail Vision

Graceful... but (very) fast
DOBBS DAVIS visits Reichel-Pugh in San Diego to see what makes such a relatively small firm such a big player

REGULARS

Commodore's letter
DAVID AISHER

Editorial
ANDREW HURST

Update
‘From the coal face’: TERRY HUTCHINSON’s de-brief on the 32nd America’s Cup Match. Plus DOBBS DAVIS risks (and enjoys) a little light shorthanded sailing... and Sarah Ayton’s crew prove their powers of recovery en route to a rather important world title down in Cascais...

World news
‘A very remarkable transformation’, we look inside Emirates Team New Zealand in those final days, Anglo Saxons move in on Le Vendee Globe, TP52s kick off with a home win, a (another) new Spithill on the block, Blue Yankee and IRC roll forward together across the USA. CARLOS PICH, PATRICE CARPENTIER, IVOR WILKINS, DOBBS DAVIS and ROB MUNDLE

Paul Cayard
‘Terrific Cup - very poor follow through’, how and why did the defenders get it so wrong...

Olympic and small boat news
- The perfect America’s Cup venue?
ANDY RICE left Cascais as one of the many to be overwhelmed by the potential of the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championship venue

The ORC Column
STEN EDHOLM and NICOLA SIRONI

2008/9 Volvo Ocean Race
And a design race it will be... TIM JEFFERY

RORC news

Design - Not just faster looking
AXEL DE BEAUFORT feels that many more designers and builders should be leaning on the real limits to modern cruiser-racer performance

Seahorse raceboat build table - (Loads of) bang for the buck
Designer Marc Lombard’s Tunisian-built Akilaria Class 40 is flying off the shelves...

Seahorse regatta calendar

Sailor of the Month
And it’s an all-Aussie line-up this month...