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State of the ‘art’
It gets no easier
Gentlemen and players... ROB WEILAND
On to the next one
It won’t be there in Japan but it may very well be there when you get to Paris. ROB KOTHE
The multihull era
The time of the monohulls has passed. Now it is the time of the multihull... or it was. ERIC HALL
It’s not just business
The man in ultimate charge of Dongfeng’s Chinese-backed Volvo Race programme GUILLAUME SEMBLAT explains the limitations of the purely commercial model to TOM MULLEN
Essential staff
PETER HARKEN has few doubts about the identity of some of the most important contributors to the ongoing Harken story
The great Victorian
... and a gentleman yachtsman with a very, very long name. JOHN ROUSMANIERE
TECH STREET
Commodore’s letter
STEVEN ANDERSON
Editorial
ANDREW HURST
Update
The flying Banque Populaire IX in detail; don’t buy it use it; let’s ditch the (damn) triangle; running a Cup campaign is some kind of a job. Plus be in no doubt... we are going to capsize. JACK GRIFFIN, SCOTT DICKSON, PETER HEPPEL,TERRY HUTCHINSON
World news
ARMEL LE CLEAC’H is a happy man, the Class40 is still nuts, a lot of truth in the Kiwi legend, BILL MACARTNEY’S latest TV spectacular gets underway. Plus this time we will to make it to Bermuda (really). PATRICE CARPENTIER, BLUE ROBINSON, DOBBS DAVIS, IVOR WILKINS
Rod Davis – Just the three
When you finally get right down to it, it really is that simple
ORC – A new experience (for all)
And a time to learn... as the ORC and IRC fleets compete together at long last at the Hague
Design – Job done
Last summer Turkey’s Provezza Team added the Dragon world title to their trophy cabinet. Coach and technical co-ordinator RON ROSENBURG was there for every step of a long, ambitious, complex and faultlessly executed journey...
RORC news
And a celebration of sorts! EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN
Seahorse regatta calendar
Seahorse build table – Flashing it up
And it’s swanky new foils for an ‘old’ favourite
Sailor of the Month
You don’t have to be a spring chicken, you know!