FEATURES
’tis the season
MARIA MURENA
Return of the Sardinia Cup
Quick decision-making followed by an early announcement. ROB WEILAND is impressed
What a scow!
Does the first 50-foot IRC scow threaten to carry all before it? NICOLAS GROLEAU, SAM MANUARD, PATRICE CARPENTIER
Upwind with Dee
Inshore champion CAROL CRONIN talks persistence with offshore glutton for punishment DEE CAFFARI…
Much more than a yacht race
Runners-up in the first Fastnet Race and winners of the second… CLARE MCCOMB pays tribute to the tenacious, ingenious and brave pioneering racers of the Royal Engineers Yacht Club
Crossroads
Foiling at 40kt on an 11ft platform… but is it time to reconsider the price? DAVE HOLLOM
TECH STREET
Zero compromise
REGULARS
Commodore’s letter
DEB FISH
Editorial
ANDREW HURST
Update
CAM LEWIS remembers his friend and Finn and America’s Cup rival PETER LESTER, JACK GRIFFIN on sabre-tooth cats and all the possible pathways to extinction, while BLUE ROBINSON has some words of caution of his own. Meanwhile, TERRY HUTCHINSON focuses on ‘the people’
World News
The little Queen of the Transat, IAN LIPINSKI and ANTOINE CARPENTIER go further and faster, why SAM GOODCHILD is thinking so far ahead, all friends at the America’s Cup… who’s kidding who, was the red carpet rolled out for Alinghi, batting well above his league with REID MARTIN and the Storm Trysail Club again leads the way where it matters the most. BLUE ROBINSON, MAGNUS WHEATLEY, CARLOS PICH, DOBBS DAVIS, PATRICE CARPENTIER, IVOR WILKINS
Paul Cayard – The sweetest of them all
Bridesmaids no more as Paul and Frida get the job done at last
ORC – Towards faster boats
In the two larger boat classes at least, lighter, faster designs start to make their presence felt. DOBBS DAVIS
Maxis – Good management, rule stability… and fleet growth
ANDREW MCIRVINE is making it all work
Seahorse build table – Crisp and clean
UMBERTO FELCI
Seahorse Regatta Calendar
RORC – Better every time!
London Corinthian Sailing Club’s Fastnet Race programme makes a fine model. GUY TURNER
Back in the news
Three and a half years (and counting). JIM PUGH