Contributors EDITOR
Andrew Hurst DESIGNER
Stephen Stafford
SUB-EDITOR Sue Platt
EUROPE
Nathan Outteridge has switched from the Cup to a Nacra 17 campaign but he’s still wearing most of that Iron Man safety gear
Patrice Carpentier Carlos Pich Tim Jeffery
Rob Weiland
Torbjörn Linderson Andy Rice
Giuliano Luzzatto Jocelyn Blériot
Frederic Augendre
USA & CARIBBEAN Dobbs Davis
Peter Holmberg Cam Lewis
Chris Museler
Daniel Andrieu continues to turn out IRC winners more than 30 years after he was flavour of the month in the IOR Ton Cup classes
Terry Hutchinson JAPAN
Yoichi Yabe
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Ivor Wilkins
Blue Robinson Rob Brown Rob Kothe Rob Mundle
Julian Bethwaite
COLUMNISTS Paul Cayard Rod Davis Ken Read
Glenn Ashby returned to A-Cats for his 10th world title – and, no, the 2018 fleet was as rammed with Olympic medals as ever…
AC TECHNICAL Steve Killing
Andy Claughton Jack Griffin James Boyd
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS Kieren Flatt & Lizzie Ward
ACCOUNTS AND CIRCULATION Kirstie Jenkins & Wendy Gregory
ADVERTISING MANAGER Graeme Beeson
Jack Griffin… the Cup’s own James Bond (thank goodness he’s also our James Bond). Just keep upsetting the security, bud
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Judd Smith seems unable to help himself when it comes to ‘don’t beat the clients’. But by now they must have got used to it
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Franck Cammas driving his Orma 60 Groupama 2 in 2005; back on dry land this ‘Super Orma’ was being used as the start-point for Groupama 3 – known today as Idec Sport – the first maxi multihull developed ‘up’ from a nimble and light Orma rather than the ‘conventional’ oceanic goliath
The developments in foiling are one example of the ever
increasing diversity in our sport. However, the extensive choice of boat type and of events can lead to smaller fleets and reduce the close racing that most of us seek. Initiatives to promote and co-ordinate events are important. The co-oper- ation between IRC and ORC for our joint world championships, to be held by the New York Yacht Club in 2020, is I hope a good example. I see as equally important other more local initiatives to co-ordinate potentially conflicting events, whether for space on the water or, more importantly, for competitors. In the northern hemisphere we now look forward to the
2019 season and the return of the sun… First up for the RORC is the Caribbean 600 which already has a strong entry and a firm place among the offshore classics. The entry for the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race opens
in January and recently it has sold out in minutes. Combined with recent entry demand for the 50th anniversary Rolex Middle Sea Race and the already record entry for the 50th Transpac in July, I might bang the drum for offshore racing and say that it is demonstrably in rude health. Here in Paris the national enthusiasm is certainly visible.
Steven Anderson Commodore
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Commodore’s letter
exhilaration of speeds unimaginable only a few years ago. Foils are being introduced in a very diverse range of boats
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in a variety of forms. These developments bring with them some challenges. Our rating office and IRC, for example, are already able to rate foil-equipped boats and are actively responding to developments in the technology. At another level I was reminded of the sheer speeds
achievable by Eddie Warden Owen who, as he reports in this edition, raced the Transatlantic Race on PowerPlaywith world speed record holder Paul Larsen. Meanwhile, the speed of the Cup boats has been generating
comments about the possibility of the quest for outright speed soon being limited, as in Formula 1, for safety considerations and to ensure better racing. Offshore foiling technology is set to develop rapidly and as its potential is harnessed will have an increasing impact. Exciting times.
aris was an eventful city during December but when I visited the sailing focus was very much on the always stimulating Paris Boat Show and in particular the draw for the first 50 of the foiling Figaro 3s. There is no doubt foiling has captured the imagination of sailors everywhere, the
BENOIT STICHELBAUT/DPPI
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