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Contents June 2017 FEATURES


24 Wow! With just a few weeks to go the AC technical teams are still getting surprises. KEN READ


26 A bad mix –wolves and sheep Which is why we must work hard to keep them apart. ROB WEILAND


Who’d a thunk it? There are six teams getting ready to compete in Bermuda in the 35th America’s Cup. Ironically, at least that many J-Class yachts are expected to be competing on the same waters at a superyacht regatta timed to coincide with the Cup itself. While the AC50s racing the Cup will deliver the raw speed it’s hard to argue that it is the superyachts and in particular those J-Class racers designed some 80 years ago that will be the spectacle. However fast the AC50s may fly and however closely they may race they are going to look small beer indeed next to a J-Class at full steam under clouds of sail and crewed by a talented team of... America’s Cup sailors. Of course these are not ‘current’ Cup sailors but they do include many of the finest talents in the sport who cannot find a slot as one of the 36-plus-reserves who can be accommodated within today’s Cup format. There is no judgement to be made here, life moves on, though many of those sailing at 10-12kt next month on a J-Class would not unreasonably take issue with the broader benefits of the current Cup arrangements. It will be very interesting to see if any of those superyacht owners in Bermuda are drawn by the quite different appeal of a Cup campaign... their exposure to which will be a nice benefit for those hoping the AC continues as is. Indeed the issue still politely avoided is that the ‘protocol’ agreed by five of the six Cup teams makes it impossible for any but the very wealthiest of individuals to join in – or continue with – the type of event proposed. For AC36 to carry on under the status quo those with a vested interest must get ready to put on their best smiley face and throw themselves into a long round of dockside schmoozing...


COVER: Carlo Borlenghi/DPPI INSET: Thierry Martinez


30 Flying fever Mini sailing (flying) at 28 knots, anyone? FREDERIC AUGENDRE jumped at the invitation...


36 Act 2 scene 1 CHARLES CAUDRELIER took a surprise podium in the last Volvo Ocean Race with Dongfeng (a surprise to some)


38 Better (motor) boats Low drag has played a central part in the long and successful design career of NIGEL IRENS. And nothing’s changed with his latest venture...


42 Founding father – Part I Traditional boatbuilder ADRIAN MORGAN was glad to have lost his press badge before sitting down with SIR ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON


46 Behind the throne – Part II America’s Cup sails but with more handwork – BURNS FALLOW talks Superyacht rigs


REGULARS


4 Commodore’s letter MICHAEL BOYD


9 Editorial ANDREW HURST


10 Update LUCA DEVOTI does not wholly agree with VICTOR KOVALENKO on coaching, TERRY


HUTCHINSON worries the America’s Cup is being turned into just another regatta and JACK GRIFFIN tries (hard) to explain what is about to happen with the scoresheets in Bermuda!


14 World news SEBASTIEN JOSSE prepares to meet his monster, as THOMAS COVILLE speeds his up, scows rule (again), timeless in Auckland, gagged in the USA and who got there first? PATRICE CARPENTIER, IVORWILKINS, ROB KOTHE, DOBBS DAVIS


28 Rod Davis – Looking


ahead Quite a long way ahead as it happens


41 ORC column – Justice prevails Yes at last we have a 2016 European Champion!


50 Design – Old school fast Crafty PAUL BIEKER has been blending very old technologies with spankers new applications of seemingly quite mundane modern composites


52 RORC – In the chocolates EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN


52 TechStreet Carbon that goes round in the night (and day), a new ‘large’ home for USA-17 and an all-new Mirabaud award for moving pictures


58 Seahorse regatta calendar


60 Seahorsebuild table – Practical... and a thing of beauty ORION SHUTTLEWORTH reminds us of a famous name in multihulls with a new design which we’d definitely be clearing out the shed for


87 Sailor of the Month A little light controversy with today’s marmalade


Spi Ouest de France and while they still have a coterie of passionate fans it’s worth remembering that the trusty J/24 was not without its issues... particularly those early models with their cockpit lockers open to the inside of the hulls. In fact the J/24 remains the weapon of choice for many impecunious club racers – sensibly treated by most handicap rules and with boats widely available often for the cost of a Laser. GRP boats just don’t fade away... one day we’ll find a solution


GILLES MARTIN-RAGET


GILLES MARTIN-RAGET


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