Contents April 2017 FEATURES
26 Market disrupter? There’s a (slippery) new kid on the block in the 2017 TP52 Super Series… ROB WEILAND
30 The scary time Now the mystery begins… KEN READ
Leading from the front The TP52 fleet enjoyed another super-competitive regatta in Key West in January. That only 2pt covered places 2nd through to 7th gives an indication of how tight this fleet has become. Again we see a development class, albeit a very well developed development class, structured within a relatively simple box rule delivering racing at least as close, if not closer, than the best one design fleets. Give them a little more time and the slowly growing Fast40+ fleet will become similarly even in performance as designers push out to the edges of the box, both literally and figuratively. At the same time, usually a little further from land, the Class40, with 150 boats launched, is also enjoying the benefit of a simple rule that starts off with ensuring that every boat has the same waterline length – times may change but for displacement sailing length is still king. A full entry of 84 boats for this year’s Mini Transat is another example of a simple rule delivering both terrific racing, plus in this case an extraordinary history of technical innovation that is unmatched by any class in the world – dinghy, keelboat or multihull. Again, fix the length and you drive designers and sailors to come up with the sweetest hull possible while innovating in other areas. The irony here is that 20 years ago, when there was just a small but determined lobby pushing for a simpler way to go racing, many designers – and many others – had to be dragged away from their complex rating programmes. Yet in the end, without any rating constraints, there is no other solution that offers a talented designer a better chance to demonstrate their innate feel for how a yacht passes through the water…
COVER: Paul Todd/Outside Images
32 Foiled again – Part I DAN BERNASCONI and MICHEL KERMAREC talk America’s Cup foils and rules with JAMES BOYD
36 A complex subject
– Part I The connected issues of coaching, RIBs and independence finally get the airing they deserve. JONATHAN MCKEE, VICTOR KOVALENKO and ROB KOTHE
40 Around again Those VO65s do not have an easy life… BLUE ROBINSON talks to the man in charge of the fleet NICK BICE about preparing for another lap
46 Other classes other titles – Part II TIM JEFFREY and DAN IBSEN look beyond those four Olympic gold medals at just a few of the other achievements of PAUL ELVSTRØM
REGULARS
4 Commodore’s letter MICHAEL BOYD
7 Editorial ANDREW HURST 8 Update
JACK GRIFFIN and ROB KOTHE 12 World news
Well meaning (maybe) but dangerous, tout le monde à vendre, Mapfre is back (again) and the cunning plan of MALCOLM PAGE. IVOR WILKINS, BLUE ROBINSON, CARLOS PICH, PATRICE CARPENTIER, CAROL CRONIN
24 Rod Davis – Horses for courses Different sailors and different programmes each require their very different styles of coaching…
28 ORC column
– A brave new Worlds The event horizon is changing. Plus things that go splash in the night… DOBBS DAVIS
29 World Sailing – Showcase
– Olympic Offshore Sailing GARY JOBSON and STAN HONEY write on a subject with potential to deliver a fantastic step forward for Olympic sailing
42 TechStreet Very delicate and very rugged… the Persico Brief, and why Harken’s latest winch-with-the-hole makes perfect engineering sense
49 Design
– Visible elements of modernity The Figaro3 brings with it a completely new approach to the concept of the foil-assisted monohull. JOCELYN BLERIOT talks with designer VINCENT LAURIOT-PREVOST and with builder GIANGUIDO GIROTTI
52 The sixth generation Combine a designer with a long history of racing success with a boatyard famous for delivering outstanding yachts for long-distance luxury cruising and the result can be most acceptable
54 Seahorsebuild table
– Half Ton days are here again MARK MILLS’ new 31-footer joins the party
59 RORC – Caribbean speeding And the Phaedo is no longer having things all her own way. EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN
60 A not so secret ambition Portugal looks headed for the Volvo Ocean Race
62 Seahorse regatta calendar
64 (Way) better than new This month’s brokerage highlight is a bit special
87 Sailor of the Month And as usual we’re nothing if not unpredictable
This Cup will sure look different – at first glance the Artemis crew could just as easily be sitting in a six-man bob. Iain Percy gets on the handles onboard the Swedish-owned team’s final test boat in Bermuda while the shore team put the final touches to the ACC raceboat. Now it gets serious…
SANDER VAN DER BORCH
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