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A long way from Vendée
The 33rd America's Cup could see the highest involvement ever in a Cup final by French sailors, courtesy of the large quotient of multihull racers drafted in by the two competing teams. ALAIN GAUTIER and LOICK PEYRON think this Cup could be the start of something new. As does Alinghi skipper BRAD BUTTERWORTH

(One) out the bag
As something looking suspiciously like a solid rig arrives in San Diego ANDY RICE quizzes Alinghi's DIRK KRAMERS on the implications

Don't get mad...
Get everything... But multihull guru GORAN MARSTROM will be satisfied just to see the discipline that he loves back where it belongs

Enigma – Part 1
DAVE HOLLOM looks into the discrepancies that distinguish monohull from multihull foiler behaviour

Reliable
Listen to GREG WATERS talking with BLUE ROBINSON and you'd think a VO70 keel canting system is something you can throw together in your garage...

New (faster) toy
ANDREW MCDOUGALL on foiler Moth development, MARK EVANS on building the blighters and IAN WARD on flying 'em. All talking with skiff champion ROB BROWN

REGULARS

Commodore's letter
ANDREW MCIRVINE

Editorial
ANDREW HURST

Update
TERRY HUTCHINSON on one that got away, AINSLIE gets the gold (Cup), Stars and ISAF split over coaching, Faruffini gets his prize, and Soldini gets his (Volvo Ocean Race) sponsor. Plus time for a rethink... asks ROY DUNSTER

World news
Why 'chocolat' is good for all, ROB SHAW's new little beauty, the summer of '83 twitches on, Flinders tragedy, Matador at last and a new home for the World Match Race Tour. IVOR WILKINS, PATRICE CARPENTIER, ROB MUNDLE, DOBBS DAVIS and CARLOS PICH

Rod Davis
Problems of language, trade secrets and time to get off the handles boys...

Olympic and small boat news
– A whole new ball game
ANDY RICE watches the Olympic family begin to adapt to a very different venue

ORC column
– Better tools

Design – Unusual
Maybe there is a second home for early models

Seahorse build table – And now for something...
PHIL MORRISON's newest transatlantic flyer

RORC news
EDDIE WARDEN OWEN 

Seahorse regatta calendar

Sailor of the Month
A great innovator... and two brilliant sailors