FEATURES
No excuse to lose
PHIL UHL
Balancing act
It’s all completely transparent and scientific… except when it isn’t. ROB WEILAND
Not normal, just super lucky
NEVIN SAYRE will be known to many as one of the greats of the ROBBY NAISH windsurfing generation, but what he’s done since is even more significant, as CAROL CRONIN enjoys unravelling
A revolution is coming
Offshore scows are really only any good out in the ocean… wrong. MERF OWEN gets into the fundamentals of the type and why you’ll soon see a lot more of them
Power and control
32 metres long, 22 metres wide, 39 metres high, yet the new Gitana 18 weighs less than 20 tonnes. How is that possible and how does it all work? JOCELYN BLERIOT, JEAN SANS, CHARLES CAUDRELIER AND GUILLAUME VERDIER
TECH STREET
REGULARS
Commodore’s letter
DEB FISH
Editorial
ANDREW HURST
Update
My perfect role, full throttle full fun, finding those 12 seconds. Plus we have our chancer! PATRICE CARPENTIER, JACK GRIFFIN, MORGAN LAGRAVIÈRE, TERRY HUTCHINSON
World News
Going bonkers at Palm Beach, no easy club to join, around the Horn (by Patín) and coming back at you… New Zealand’s new champions. Plus, still dazzling – KEVIN BURNHAM’s enduring legacy. DOBBS DAVIS, BLUE ROBINSON, MAGNUS WHEATLEY, GUILLERMO CANARDO, DIDAC COSTA, IVOR WILKINS
Rod Davis – Leave the kids alone
That’s if you want them to learn a few life lessons as well as how to hike harder… and also to stick around in sailing
Sam Goodchild – Beyond expectations!
From beginning to end 2025 was an extraordinary year for the expat Brit skipper of Vendée Globe champion CHARLIE DALIN’s Macif Santé Prévoyance
IRC – The small print
Simplification never complication… plus check your ‘staysails’. DR JASON SMITHWICK
Seahorse build table – Flat panels rock
Seahorse Regatta Calendar
RORC
JEREMY WILTON
In the middle of a pickle
JULIAN EVERITT