Contents January 2015 FEATURES
24 A few personal thoughts Designer HUGH WELBOURN pays tribute to two of his most formative ‘partners in crime’...
27 New for old ANDRE HOEK is one of the undisputed masters when you need help getting your J-Class or other large classic racer up to full competitiveness
Masterclass
The official Team France entry for the 2017 America’s Cup may have Michel Desjoyeaux, Olivier de Kersauson and Franck Cammas, but Artemis Racing already have Loïck Peyron very definitely on the books! Indeed, Artemis CEO Iain Percy was among the first to congratulate his technical consultant and performance expert when he arrived in Guadeloupe to both win the 2014 Route du Rhum and set a new race record. But Peyron must now also by now be considered something of a ‘model employee’ by Banque Populaire; two years ago he stepped into the breach to pull together their giant trimaran project that had lost direction, with Banque Populaire V, going on to smash the round- the-world mark and secure the Trophy Jules Verne. Then, just a few weeks ago, Peyron was once again the first name off the Rolodex when Banque Populaire’s current skipper Armel le Cléac’h was injured in the run-up to the Rhum. So two out of two for the Banque Populaire-Peyron association. From Peyron’s personal perspective, stepping onto the 100ft former Groupama 3 (winner of the previous Rhum in 2010) was a heaven-sent chance to finally fill in one of the few blanks on his ocean racing CV – in five attempts Peyron had previously scored a best Rhum result of fifth, being more famous for the theatrical (and extremely dangerous) loss of his Orma 60 tri Fujifilm in 2002, during the course of which he gave his shore crew a running commentary. The flipside is that if Team France have any plans to pitch Banque Populaire for financial backing for the America’s Cup then there is likely to be a strong caveat applied in terms of one particular team member being included in the programme…
COVER: Thierry Martinez INSET: Gilles Martin-Raget
31 A change of direction NIGEL IRENS enjoys something of an epiphany on a recent delivery south while rig maestro TORBJORN LINDERSON asks whether it’s really about the chicken or the egg…
34 First to finish
– and then some DOBBS DAVIS grills the team behind the latest Verdier-VPLP monster… the 100ft Comanche
39 Different strokes
The latest Class 40 from Owen Clarke Design is a little out of the ‘norm’, says MERFYN OWEN
REGULARS
4 Commodore’s letter MIKE GREVILLE 7 Editorial
ANDREW HURST 8 Update
WOUTER VERBRAAK brings us a step-by- sometimes-painful-step guide to the opening bouts of this year’s Volvo Ocean Race, and TERRY HUTCHINSON also discovers conditions some way away from the norm ‘for the time of year!’
12 World news LOICK PEYRON proves to be a wise ‘hire’, as trouble stalks the Rhum fleet (again), two fast Italians, GIANCARLO PEDOTE and ANDREA MURA, ripping up the Coastal Classic (on a kiteboard), GUY OLIVER and Olectrics’ latest, remarkable, challenge. Plus change is afoot at US Offshore. GIANCARLO LUZZATTO, BLUE ROBINSON, IVOR WILKINS, PATRICE CARPENTIER, DOBBS DAVIS
20 Paul Cayard
And times they are a-changing with the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race
22 IRC column
– Crazy horses And chief measurer JAMES DADD asks whether it has really been 30 years since we first encountered CHS (in a Parisian saloon)
42 Design – Bigger, faster The latest mouthwatering performance sloop from ED DUBOIS and Royal Huisman Shipyard
44 RORC news
And, yes, we do get to keep ISAF’s sometimes contentious Sailor Classification Code… EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN
45 Seahorsebuild table
– Leg Zero – a philosophical analysis STEFANO BELTRANDO finds himself being made much more welcome by today’s VOR fleet
48 Seahorse regatta calendar
67 Sailor of the Month Les darned Froggies… Zey can go so fast
Croatian sailor Slobodan Velikiç joined in this year’s Sandeq Race in Indonesia, which loosely mirrors the Tour Voiles in France but using these powerful and ‘rather flexible’ 12-15m trimarans, with 150m2 of sail area and capable of speeds exceeding 30kt… Crews consist of a helm, two trimmers plus five on the wire – but no harnesses. Of all the multihulls found in these waters, Sandeq proas are fastest as they evolved for tuna fishing… and tuna are rapid. The race consists of 7 legs in 10 days over 300nm from Makassar, South Sulawasi, to Mamuju, capital of West Sulawesi… plus several in-port events
SLOBODAN VELIKIC
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