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Ziggfest
JEAN-MARIE-LIOT
What’s in a name?
Where will the next great offshore racing dynasties materialise from? ROB WEILAND
The new frontier
Not so much a sport that is going in different directions as one that will soon benefit from some quite different approaches. KEN READ
(Truly) something else
Certain special boats can float quietly under the radar (see here page 57). We doubt this one will stay silent for long. PAUL BIEKER and ANDRES SUAR
Tsunami of talent
Non-Figaristes, beware… come the 2020 Vendée Globe there is a whole flood of fresh but extremely battle-hardened Figaro talent joining you all on match day. NICOLAS TROUSSEL talks to JOCELYN BLERIOT
To fly or not to fly…
DAVE HOLLOM has no concerns about the performance and manoeuvrability of the new AC75s. It’s getting going that worries him
Lean (and hungry)
There is good reason for those who train the current crop of America’s Cup sailors to be worried about keeping their charges healthy and happy. ALAN BOOT and MARK CHISNELL
The new norm – Part I
RENAUD BAÑULS tells the story of the birth of a new attitude to offshore multihull design
TECH STREET
REGULARS
Commodore’s letter
STEVEN ANDERSON
Editorial
ANDREW HURST
Update
Will this America’s Cup ever start, good times sad times for the Super Series family, our man in the Figaro could have done without that. And a very American scandal. JACK GRIFFIN, TERRY HUTCHINSON, WILL HARRIS, DOBBS DAVIS
World news
(Another) Multiplast masterpiece… and in (big) numbers, Gameboy pressures in New Zealand, F50s and second nature, gettin’ better all the time in St Maarten. GLENN ASHBY, PATRICE CARPENTIER, THOMAS COVILLE, YANN PENFORNIS, IVOR WILKINS, TOM SLINGSBY, JESPER BANK, BLUE ROBINSON, DOBBS DAVIS
Paul Cayard – crash pad to launch pad
Or from the South Pole to South Beach
IRC – In pursuit of simplicity
Ideas come and go… some of them good. But keep your eyes on the prize. JASON SMITHWICK
Seahorse build table – Hardly subtle
A couple ‘more’ clever DAVID RAISON designs that really deserve to be more widely appreciated
RORC news – Digital takeover
EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN
Seahorse regatta calendar
Sailor of the Month
At opposite ends of the sport in almost every sense… but sailing’s never got hung up on that