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One detail to go...
All but one of the teams interested in the 33rd America's Cup now seem to be ready to go (ok, Mascalzone still seem confused as to which side to be on, but heh). GRANT SIMMER and BRAD BUTTERWORTH keep us up to speed

All left to play for
TORBEN GRAEL left Cochin in India with a small lead in the 2008/09 Volvo Ocean Race but knowing that his closest points-rival Telefónica Blue has some real light air pace

Boom-free sailing
IAN WALKER says it's not great, but nor is it as bad as he expected

Consensus: there was none
JAMES BOYD talks to Southern Spars' DAVE BARNABY and Patrick Shaughnessy of Farr Yacht Design about the remarkable lack of agreement over the best way to rig an IMOCA 60

Fast – and smart – fellow
STAN HONEY is having an extraordinary career, from winning in 505s to masterminding many of the most significant developments in tracking technology to navigating some of the world's fastest sailing boats... and now he is technical director of an America's Cup team

Emerging star
DOBBS DAVIS takes a careful look at South Korea's rapid and relentless emergence as a major player on the international sailing stage

REGULARS

Commodore's letter
ANDREW MCIRVINE

Editorial
ANDREW HURST

Update
Stop Press: TERRY HUTCHINSON does not scoop the Melges 32s (this time – ed), TIM  JEFFERY has high praise for the first World Yacht Racing Forum in Monaco, IAN WILLIAMS is now a two-time World Match Racing champion, though he succumbs to the power of another 'Gilly'. Plus LARS GRAEL on the wider motives behind the Argo Challenge

World news
DESJOYEAUX's incredible journey, reality starts to dawn in Spanish sailing... but offshore stays strong, ROD DAVIS allows his pupils a little starlight, as TROUBLE and DALTON go for gold, Key West beckons and tales of spying and light fingers in Oz. DOBBS DAVIS, PATRICE  CARPENTIER, CARLOS PICH, ROB MUNDLE and IVOR WILKINS

Rod Davis
A recession can be a chance for some housekeeping...

America's Cup
The reality, is that just two clauses are 'apparently' all that seem to stand between a 33rd America's Cup and BMW Oracle... Hmm

Olympic and small boat news
– View from the ground-Part 2 Flying lessons for learners... BLUE ROBINSON

Design – Instructive
International One Metre World Champion GRAHAM BANTOCK takes DOBBS DAVIS through the intricacies of IOM design and DAVID HOLLOM explains the beauty of foils

Seahorse raceboat build table – Downsizing
Reichel-Pugh and Baltic Yachts have combined forces for this stylish and fast-looking shorthander

RORC news
EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN 

Seahorse regatta calendar

Sailor of the Month
Now let the boys and girls go at it