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Open season
As the nightmare of a legal appeal looms ever closer we attempt to unravel how the America’s Cup has regressed 20 years in just four months

Seismic shift
There is a new sailmaking game in town and the only question is how fast it manages to reach the consumer... TIM JEFFERY takes a trip to Switzerland to explore

The king is dead (for now)
— Part 2
C-Class designer STEVE KILLING tells the development story behind the world’s most efficient sailing boat

It’s the crossover... stupid
Just like carbon spars before it, so composite rigging is migrating down through the IRC fleet. JONTY SHERWILL, DAVE LE PELLEY, MARK MILLS and MIKE URWIN investigate the central question of value per rating-point

Booming!
— Part 2
ROB WEILAND looks in detail at the changes being proposed for the revised TP52 box rule

REGULARS

Commodore's letter
DAVID AISHER

Editorial
ANDREW HURST

Update
A plethora of opinions this month, from TERRY HUTCHINSON... an extremely disgruntled America’s Cup tactician, ERNESTO BERTARELLI, an allegedly misunderstood America’s Cup magnate, and IAN WILLIAMS, who is simply happy to have just won the World Match Race Championships!

World news
Is MICHEL DESJOYEAUX in denial, is there a new IMOCA game in town, does Francis Joyon really put his trews on one leg at a time like the rest of us, is 40kt at night sensible sailing, is Rod Davis too good to coach, is SEAN LANGMAN for real... and will IRC be taking over at Key West? CARLOS PICH, PATRICE CARPENTIER, IVOR WILKINS, DOBBS DAVIS and ROB MUNDLE

Rod Davis
A pretty good year, but a very good month!

Olympic and small boat news — An A-Cat primer
BEN HALL, GLENN ASHBY and PETE MELVIN lift the lid on recent developments in the hottest little singlehanded fleet of all...

Stretching the repertoire — 2008/9 Volvo Ocean Race
And now two-time Olympic silver medallist IAN WALKER is going ‘Volvo Ocean Racing’. TIM JEFFERY reports

Design — Change of pace
Top IRC designer JOHN CORBY has moved a notch or five higher up the performance scale with his latest mid-sized IRC design

Seahorse raceboat build table — Getting hotter
While Lutra Design have also taken the go-go pills with their new 42-footer for Luctor Yachts

RORC news
As IRC spreads its wings the 2008 Rolex Commodores’ Cup could be something special

Seahorse regatta calendar

Sailor of the Month
And you would really... never have guessed

Below: Sailrocket in Namibia