Contents March 2022 FEATURES
4 After the storm BILLY BLACK
34 Man and machine Going higher and faster will make the right balance harder to find. ROB WEILAND
40 Hard chines and unasked
When will we see you again? .… is now the question as the bickering drags on in New Zealand. The attempt to fully fund an America’s Cup defence on the back of a venue fee is certainly novel, and was obviously always going to hinge on the price tag. But by going firm on what looks to the outside world as a very high price right at the beginning of the discussion, then resisting every subsequent attempt to haggle, the options for Team New Zealand are narrowing daily. Of the European venues flagged up so far none is ever going to offer the $200million asked, the only venue candidates that might being in the Middle East; and depending if and which Middle East nation may offer something that is acceptable financially, there is certain to be a whole new round of political argument. If it was made public that Team NZ has lost both its principal backers, Matteo de Nora and Emirates, then this desperate approach to funding a defence might attract sympathy. However, looking in from the outside there are no indications this is the case. The departure of Emirates is obviously a real possibility, though they have stayed loyal to the team through several losses but also two stunning victories. But the idea of the team’s principal private supporter, Matteo de Nora, now a core team member rather than just ‘underwriter’, if that is the case, which we doubt, then the signal sent to other potential backers may prove insurmountable. It is of course still a private matter, but Dalton and De Nora would be smart to state their position. What a tragedy if two brilliant campaigners end their Cup careers on such a low note
COVER: Carlo Borlenghi
questions CAROL CRONIN discovers that there is a great deal more to triple Olympic medallist MARK REYNOLDS than at first meets the eye
46 Much to report upon A family affair… as three-time TJV winner ANTOINE CARPENTIER talks to his uncle about the pace of development in the Class40
50 It’s the people (stupid) Having filled the top six places at the last Moth Worlds it’s fair to call PAUL BIEKER’s first Moth design a success. But he did not get there alone
54 Totally bonkers GIULIANO LUZZATTO sits down with ROBERTO LACORTE, project manager MICKY COSTA and sail designer ALESSIO RAZETO as he tries to ‘come to terms’ with LACORTE’s new flying 60ft coastal racer that is now nearing completion at King Marine
REGULARS
6 Commodore’s letter JAMES NEVILLE
11 Editorial ANDREW HURST
14 Update Don Corleone, Thomas Moy and the America’s Cup… so how come we never thought of that,
BURLING and TUKE put down their weapons, Germany rising and an international boost for the Vendée Globe, all change but no change at SailGP. JACK GRIFFIN, BLUE ROBINSON, NATHAN OUTTERIDGE and JORG RIECHERS
20 World news It’s onto the Generation 2 scows with SAM MANUARD and DAVID RAISON… but foils are a dead-end, a green Class40, a packed Rhum, LUKE BERRY gets his prize, FINOT-CONQ are back in the game, Kiwi bitch-fest continues, a bumpy ride down to Hobart and JOE HARRIS is officially our latest Captain Persistent. CARLOS PICH, PATRICE CARPENTIER, BLUE
ROBINSON, IVOR WILKINS, DOBBS DAVIS
36 ORC – No broke no fix Fingers crossed, it all seems to be going rather well! ANDY CLAUGHTON
38 Super Series – All in the planning VICTOR MARINO and ANDI ROBERTSON are hoping for a more ‘boring’ predictable season
57 TechStreet
64 RORC – A record start Well underway (already). JEREMY WILTON
65 Seahorsebuild table – No limits This one will go the distance. PAOLO DINERO 72 Seahorse regatta calendar
74 SUPERYACHTS – Beyond semi-custom Southern Wind raise the bar while keeping costs sane – elegant solution and immaculate execution
101 Sailor of the Month Two very different rivals on and across the oceans
Turning words into action. Building a recyclable foiling Moth based around a bamboo structure was an ambitious project to take on. However, the end result, while it may not threaten Tom Slingsby and his ultra sophisticated Bieker Moth, is undoubtedly a very impressive achievement. This is exactly the sort of innovation that Luca Rizzotti intended to encourage with his pet creation, Foiling Week, which now runs every year on Lake Garda. A sort of Weymouth Speed Week but with less barking eccentricity
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