Contents November 2019 FEATURES
4 ‘Long life’ THIERRY MARTINEZ
36 A little stress helps But how much is a little? ROB WEILAND
41 Find me in the boat park CARLOS PICH talks to GERARDO SEELIGER about what is right and wrong with the organisation he wants to lead
And so it begins American Magic win the prize as the first Cup team to fly an AC75, Defiant lifting off soon after launch (good to see the upstarts continue to school Anglo Saxons with proper boat names). This early success was thought provoking for rivals but a relief to TNZ by vindicating the AC75 at full scale. When Team NZ’s own first boat then appeared few were surprised to see a different approach. A new rule means teams poking different design spaces before a consensus appears. Remember the early beamy IACC boats, made obsolete instantly the first time that Russell Coutts said ‘sheet on’ in San Diego on their pencil-thin Cup winner. The first AC75s both obsess with aero drag and at first glance there is a suggestion Team NZ are further down the road with foils, picking up where they left off in 2017. Speculation of course and the boats racing in 2021 won’t look much like what we see now. But it’s clear American Magic benefit from their early decision to build a half-scale mule –which has racked up hundreds of hours afloat, giving their designers the chance to correlate their science with confidence. That Terry Hutchinson’s crew knew ‘how’ to fly out of the box was also evident. The first big talking point is the ‘help-me-unstick’ bulge under Te Aihe versus Defiant’s flat shape – every foiling Mini 6.50 to date has gone with a flat scow form (though on an ocean course transitioning is less significant than on a Cup course). What we do know is that the AC75 will inform yet more new areas of design (that’s before we talk double-skin sails). Changing Cup class is a killer for new teams but there are upsides
COVER: Amory Ross INSET: Alan Schreitmueller
46 Tippy TOM PRICE of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis now turns his attention to some of the least stable sailboats ever put afloat
52 Cornerstones JULIAN EVERITT begins a journey through the evolution of modern yacht design with a look at the prolific career of RON HOLLAND – a story in which this publication played its modest part
56 Changing of the guard? ANDY RICE watched as Enoshima Bay put on a rough display for Tokyo 2020 Olympic hopefuls
60 Access all areas You don’t have to work for a major international sailmaker to get your hands on some good design tools… DAVID GROSS and YANN ROUX
65 You can take away the bathrooms Magic Carpet3
skipper DANNY GALLICHAN
tells BLUE ROBINSON how the Reichel/Pugh WallyCento ended up with the stiffest rig of all
REGULARS
6 Commodore’s letter STEVEN ANDERSON
9 Editorial ANDREW HURST 12 Update
The America’s Cup’s then and now… it’s really not so very different, putting it right after Dorian, up off the canvas and around the Horn, putting on the AC75 wings at last. TERRY HUTCHINSON, JACK GRIFFIN, GIANCARLO PEDOTE, GIULIANO LUZZATTO, DOBBS DAVIS
20World news Overwhelmed by foilers, then washed away by Imocas, is this the slickest raceboat ever to go afloat… pacing it in Palma, hamming it up in Hamo (really! ed), the pipeline was looking good… And firming up the US bridgehead in round-the-world racing. CARLOS PICH, GUILLERMO PARADA, IVOR WILKINS, BLUE ROBINSON, PATRICE CARPENTIER, DOBBS DAVIS, CHARLIE ENRIGHT,
LEANDRO SPINA, CAROL CRONIN 32 Paul Cayard
– Asked and answered Things change fast in Cup world
34 IRC –Winning ways The CV of Juan Kouyoumdjian’s Volvo winner Groupama 4 gets better with every change of name as those big trophies just keep rollin’ in. CHARLIE ENRIGHT
38Maxi – the biggest and the best Another successful show in Porto Cervo but there’s always room for improvement. ANDREW MCIRVINE
68 RORC news – Looking to the future EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN
69 TechStreet
83Seahorsebuild table – Tempted? WIZ DEAS’S very special and very fast pocket trimaran is also in search of a fast new home…
86Seahorse regatta calendar
111 Sailor of the Month And finally we embrace the future (grrr… ed)
Sometimes we feel Seahorse readers could get to know the team a little better. This (far left) is Blue Robinson after a dance lesson with his employer Rudolf Nureyev on the dancer’s private island in Italy. The photo was taken by Gore Vidal. Vienna (left) and Blue repairs Nureyev’s dance shoes before a performance. ‘Genius writes its own rules,’ says our favourite Australian
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