FEATURES

No stone unturned – Part 2
FRED EATON spent close to $1million on his first C-Class campaign; not only did he win on the water, but his team made great strides in multihull and foil technology. STEVE KILLING

Stick with it...
Malcolm Sjodahl explains the story behind the emergence of the Q-Bond sail gluing system, which allows unprecedented flexibility in terms of user-access and expands affordability using a range of fabrics

Long live the king
DOBBS DAVIS visits the MARIANI family in Argentina, who have risen in a remarkably short space of time to acquire an outstanding reputation for both Grand Prix raceboat building and performance spar manufacture

REGULARS

Commodore's letter
DAVID AISHER

Editorial
ANDREW HURST

Update
It's only January but already TERRY HUTCHINSON is on a roll, BEN AINSLIE secures his place in the sailing history books, EDDIE WARDEN OWEN is looking ahead to steering the bus from the front, and DOBBS DAVIS talks with ERNESTO BERTARELLI

World news
Girl power keeps truckin', Cammas starts off ok, but, a plethora of new TP52 commissions, the man in the hot seat is AUGUSTIN ZULUETA, DAN SLATER is beaten but not bowed, the remarkable ROB WADDELL, CRICHTON downsizes, and a strange but successful Acura Key West 2008. CARLOS PICH, PATRICE CARPENTIER, IVOR WILKINS, DOBBS DAVIS and ROB MUNDLE

Rod Davis
Stop your moaning already, sailing is a winner!

Olympic and small boat news
– Winter downunder
ANDY RICE watches the orgy of small boat racing that was Melbourne in early 2008

America's Cup 33
– No prisoners
TIM JEFFERY keeps a respectful distance as the game gets nasty... as well as more and more personal

Seahorse letters
Of heavy weather sailing, flared trousers and supercavitation!

Job (mostly) done
– 2008/9 Volvo Ocean Race
The course is set, the boats are starting to launch

Design – Beauty in the beast
JASON KER describes the evolution and refinement of his latest IRC creation, based very much around the toys of the America's Cup

RORC news

Seahorse raceboat build table – Horses for courses
Californian designer TIM KERNAN started out drawing a new beer-can racer and ended with a new one design class on his hands. Nice problem!

Seahorse regatta calendar

Sailor of the Month
Young, gifted, and going head to head...

Below:
Medal Race, what medal race? Britain's Olympic Yngling crew of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson won a second consecutive world title in Miami with not one but two races to go, rendering the final medal race irrelevant. Ayton's Team Mirabaud really does appear to just get better and better!