FEATURES
In pursuit of a better halyard lock
You can always do better… says ERIC HALL
Speeding up the design curve
The latest sail design technology saves time from the initial shape creation to the final rig set-up
The view… from halfway up the mountain
With seven new TP52s already in the pipeline you’d think he’d be satisfied… but there’s so much more to do, says ROB WEILAND
The start of the fifth cycle
Former Figaro competitor MARCUS HUTCHINSON takes stock as the Artemis Offshore Academy rolls into another round of pre-selections
A fascinating (and challenging) task – Part 2
DR IAN WARD describes how the ambitious flying Laser foiling programme was turned into a practical as well as an affordable reality
Remarkably close
Just 29kg covered the spread of measured dry weights for the first seven new VO65s out of the yard… Class measurement manager JAMES DADD explains just how it was done
Phase one… tick
JAMES BOYD looks at how development is advancing in the new Imoca Ocean Masters series
(A fine) case study – Part I
No stone was left unturned to ensure that Rán 5 was the lightest IRC Mini Maxi built to date, as build manager JASON CARRINGTON explains
REGULARS
Commodore’s letter
MIKE GREVILLE
Editorial
ANDREW HURST
Update
TERRY HUTCHINSON gets a sobering reality check amid all the day-to-day regatta activity and travelling, BILL HARDESTY does his new young team proud with another Etchells world title and Oracle Racing USA’s PAUL BIEKER is never one to let his feet float too high off the ground…
World news
CHARLES CAUDRELIER’s toughest task yet, BEYOU gets a third Figaro title, amid more rigging travails… New Zealanders of all ‘nationalities’ rally around DODSON and BARNES, IAIN MURRAY doesn’t recall being offered a second AC62. Plus a slow boat to Bermuda. BLUE ROBINSON, IVOR WILKINS, PATRICE CARPENTIER, DOBBS DAVIS, CARLOS PICH
Paul Cayard
And there is life outside the America’s Cup… even (especially) in San Francisco
IRC column
Maintaining a (sometimes tricky) balance… JAMES DADD
Design – (Rapidly) changing times
SHAUN CARKEEK is 100 per cent committed to the high-performance argument
Seahorse regatta calendar
Seahorse build table – Designed and built in Italy!
GIULIANO LUZZATTO talks to ORC designer du jour MAURIZIO COSSUTTI
Sailor of the Month
A couple of battlers… and champions