Contents June 2018 FEATURES
8 Read – or weep Finn sailor Miguel Ángel Morales (inset) is not in the mood for a flyweights-only Olympic regatta…
31 A wall of improvement Now that’s a comeback. ROB WEILAND
Better team clothing The Prada America’s Cup challenge of Patrizio Bertelli will do more than add style to the Auckland waterfront. Like another big figure in modern Cup history, Bruno Troublé, Bertelli is convinced it was a mistake to allow the event to drift so far away from almost 170 years of sporting heritage to chase commercial appeal. The Italian Challenger of Record got their way with a move back to big monohulls, which will expand the physical presence of the boats used in the Cup, while the Defender got their bit in by taking that fundamental decision and adding a major twist that is futuristic as well as technically extremely challenging. The last time the Cup was held in monohulls was in Valencia in 2007, at which point the boats used were extremely expensive to perfect but only marginally less competitiveness could be achieved on a much smaller budget; witness teams like +39 from Italy and Shosholoza from South Africa. Neither was ever going to win the Cup but both had good moments on the racecourse and attracted a big onshore fanbase. This time we have the combination of a monohull with a welcome drive to again use Cup yachts to advance development in relevant areas, like reefable wings, not to mention making advances in rarified areas like canting foils. But this comes at a cost, literally, that will preclude the return of small teams like the one put together by Frank Cammas with Groupama Team France in Bermuda. Does this matter? As Russell Coutts says, ‘The Cup is only ever between two or three teams.’ Then again the Cup in Valencia was the only Match that has ever handed back a surplus of funds to all of the competitors after the regatta
COVER: Ingrid Abery INSET: Gilles Martin-Raget
36 This will be interesting There has been America’s Cup trickledown… it just never seems to trickle down very far. This time could be different. BURNS FALLOW and JAMES BOYD
38 Sign of the times MARTIN TASKER is encouraged to learn that some space is going to be kept for humans at the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland
40Master designer – Part II And we hope that you have learnt as much in this series as we have. JOHN ROUSMANIERE
46 Not bad (for a Beatle) The first of a two-part potted biography of one of the kings of the regatta waterfront. JIM PUGH sits down in San Diego with DOBBS DAVIS
50 Bigger than the Vendée? Well, nobody can say Les Sables d’Olonne has not sewn up the market in singlehanded ocean racing. ROB KOTHE and DON MCINTYRE
54 Not over yet When we first heard of the plan to resurrect the rotting former Whitbread racer Maidenwe admit that we were ‘sceptical’. BRIAN HANCOCK
REGULARS
4 Commodore’s letter STEVEN ANDERSON
7 Editorial ANDREW HURST
10 Update Lots of Cup stuff, some outstanding multihull stuff and lots more Cup stuff (it’s that time of year). PATRIZIO BERTELLI, BOB FISHER, JACK GRIFFIN, TERRY HUTCHINSON
18World news And ‘Oops’ went ARMEL, a smart way out for the Volvo Ocean Race, happy birthday in La Trinité, dancing with wolves… in a challenging place for a big yacht race, relief in New Zealand, a cruel place to sail and why RANDY DRAFTZ is king of regatta organisers. CARLOS PICH, PATRICE CARPENTIER, DOBBS DAVIS, BLUE ROBINSON, IVOR WILKINS
28 Rod Davis – Reset Make it easy… and don’t let them near their cars
34 ORC – About time And there’s no hiding this one
56Seahorsebuild table
– Gap in the market? We certainly want one… MICHAEL AEPPLI 61 Sailors for the Sea 62Seahorse regatta calendar
64 RORC news – Severe test EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN
65 TechStreet There’s power… and then there’s more power
105 Sailor of the Month (Almost) too much talent to jam onto one page
There have been several new Mini 6.50 Protos launched this year though most eyes are on the new Series scows from David Raison. This is Marc Lombard’s latest Mini which shows more scow influence than a recent launching from Guillaume Verdier but with chines to fill out the hull volume in place of a scow’s softer curves. A different approach to the pursuit of offwind speed – and likely to be at its best in strong conditions
CHRISTOPHE BRESCHI
ROBERT DEAVES
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