January 2011

FEATURES 12 World news Gammas (inset) outperforms his doubters (again), 29 Man at the centre Richard Matthews' new TP-baiter, the Spanish There is nobody in a better position to Icnow Armada prepares (again), America's plans for that what's really been going on in the America's Cup wedding. Cup manager IAIN MURRAY says wait these past few years than three-time Cup winner and see, and performance ... the simple way. GRANT SMMER, recent head of TeamOrigin CARLOS PICH, PATRICE CARPENTIER, ROB MUNDLE, IVOR WILKINS and DOBBS DAVIS 33 The real deal-Part I CARL RYVES is one of the most iconic and 22 Sense of style widely respected of Australia's many fine when International 14 maestro (and Mirror sailors... he was also a close confidant ofthe Class chairman) JEREMY PUDNEY asks free- Bravo, Bilou great Ben Lexcen. BLUE ROBINSON correctly thinking designer PHIL MORRISON to solve his The combination of a skipper reminded us that this story now needs telling latest dilemma the result is never going to be dull who has suffered some recent misfortunes (Roland 'Bilou' Jourdain) and an Imoca 60 38 Taken for granted 24 Paul Gayard (the ex-BT, nearly lost in the , Easily overlooked... Italian engineer And after all the delays once again there is Vendée Globe) with a similar FRANCESCO PELIZZA explains the an America's Cup to win background came together full gestation of a modern composite perfectly for the Route du spar from initial concept to sea trial Rhum, in which Jourdain established an early lead that 26IRG column I he never reHnquished. In 42 Rebuttal America's Gup Class goes IRG... well, I winning the Rhum the Veolia why not asks chief measurer JAMES [ DR BRUCE PARSONS of skipper had extra cause for DADD i celebration when his sponsor Newfoundland's legendary Institute announced it was joining the for Ocean Technology, the tank facility MOD70 one-design trimaran of choice for numerous successful race 46 Design ' circuit, having recently projects, feels that it is time to lend a sense of placed a deposit for boat no4 proportion to debates over the merits of CFD -Something (quite) new in the series. Jourdain saw off Leading French designer MARC LOMBARD has some mighty challenges in introduced plenty in the way of innovation over­ the Rhum, including all three the years but his design style remains conservative new Imoca 60s, Fonda, REGULARS Virbac and PRB. Just as the mix of designers at the front 4 Gommodore's letter 48 56a/rar56 build table of the Class 40s in the Rhum ANDREW MCIRVINE - Kid sister reaffirmed, these long Another Lombard design, but in this case simpler, shorthanded races continue faster and designed for rather shorter distances to be as much about the 7 Editorial sailor as the boat - as it ANDREW HURST should be. That said, it is 50 RORG news still extraordinary that the designer of Jourdain's 8 Update = Love is in the air winning boat, also the A new way of life beckons for TERRY designer of Desjoyeaux's HUTCHINSON, ANDY HEMMINGS asks if EDDIE WARDEN OWEN Vendee-dominant Foncia, he is Facebook or Flintstone, the magnificent remains without a new Imoca Barcolana, marriage news, looking forward to 60 commission; however, we the new Transatlantic series and mayor 66 Seahorserega\.\.a. calendar anticipate with some relish Rita Barbera is definitely not a Facebook friend the arrival of Farr Yacht of either or ... Design's new Kiwi Class 40 67 Sailor ofthe Month on the European scene... Making some major contributions... Meanwhile, there have to be Pulling the night questions asked over possible shift at Jean-Yves conflict between the MOD70 Bernot's office and the new America's Cup. while routeing One argument is the MOD70 Francis Joyon offers a stepping stone for (inset) In the teams considering the Route du Rhum subsequent Cup - AC35. (good choice of The counter argument is that reading). Joyon the MOD70s are eating into finished second Europe's pool of potential behind Franck Cup sponsors. The America's Cammas but he Cup aside, these new one- was rapidly designs probably now have closing down critical mass - and it is Cammas's bigger of some standard with tri in the light air Desjoyeaux and Jourdain at the finish. both in the mix. But Joyon's Wee also whichever way you look at it, finished well the multihull is back... ahead of Thomas Coville's more sophisticated COVER: Thierry Martinez INSET: Julien Girardot sister Irens design Sodebo (Contents February 2011

FEATURES 14 World news The best old faces and fast younger rivals share 28 Talk's easy-Part I the Rhum podiums, the changing science of two- Given the frequent parallels with motorsport handed ocean racing, ROB SHAWs lightweight favoured by advocates of sailing's 'unlimited' flyers carry all before them, early promise (and air media potential we thought it time to look a little injectors) for hyciroptère.ch, why our man in Oz deeper at how Grand Prix racing operates. In the was ahead of the curve and changes at Key West. first part of our new series Red Bull composite PATRICE CARPENTIER, ROB MUNDLE, IVOR design head ANDREW MACFARLAN starts to WILKINS, PIERRE MEYER and DOBBS DAVIS put the Fl vehicles themselves into perspective... 22 Olympic and small boats news 35 First light There's life yet in many traditional dinghy classes, Long game An obvious key to sailing's future media success especially the development fleets. ANDY RIGE 2004 winner Vincent Riou is the 34th America's Gup. BMW Oracle design already has his entry in for talks to former FD and Int 14 champion JON co-ordinator IAN 'FRESH' BURNS takes a look the next Vendée Globe on his TURNER about a rather fresh return to his roots latest PRB, but he will not be at the development of the AG45 preview class... among the 15 two-handed entries starting the 24 World Race. When details of 39 The real deal-Part 2 One or two considerations... before the 2012 Vendée were Australian sailing legend GARL abandoning the Flintstones completely recently confirmed organisers RYVES talks to BLUE ROBINSON had received 12 definite about old-school Olympic entries, with at least a dozen campaigning and defending the 26 ORG column more looking likely starters Gup alongside design genius (and ALESSANDRO NAZARETH and a further five to 10 also an Olympic sailor) Ben Lexcen 'hopeful and realistic'. The increased entry for the 44Design-Turnkey second Barcelona race also 42 Busy busy How can 'younger' teams possibly get up to promises a great contest, 18-footer champion STEPHEN QUIGLEY and speed quickly with the new-look America's Cup with most competitors composites speciahst VALERIO GORNIANI c asses... ERIC HALL thinks he has a solution agreeing that two-handed look at the improvements made with the latest racing is now more intense than its solo counterpart due generation of one-design 18ft skiff hulls 47 Technical Soapbox to the abihty to have a person on watch - if not on-deck - REGULARS - the human element at all times. PRB is one of the new generation of Verdier/ 4 Gommodore's letter 48 5ed/ror56 build table VPLP designs and as yet has ANDREW MCIRVINE not demonstrated particular - Everyone's at it superiority compared to well And an impecunious but sophisticated new entry worked-up predecessors such 7 Editorial into the expanding world of foiler development as Safran. Partly this is due to ANDREW HURST PRB being a less exotic build, because of cost, but more 50 RORG news importantly latest revisions 8 Update to the Imoca 60 rule do TERRY HUTCHINSON prepares for 2011, EDDIE WARDEN OWEN appear to have succeeded in PIERRE-YVES JORAND reflects on 's cooling the previously decision to sit out AG34, ANDY RICE has some unsustainable (financially) 66 Seahorse regatta calendar pace of development. plaudits for the 'new-look' ISAF machinery, Maximum power is limited FREDERICO PINHEIRO cautions against too in the new boats through rig much Fl worship and BORA goes lovi' drag... 67 Sailor ofthe Month height and righting moment, Rivals again... two of the very brightest talents so all the focus has gone onto Left: and now reducing weight, which will for something lead to better, more completely manageable boats. Whether different... round- the right balance has been the-world solo struck between useful racer Thierry development and protecting Dubois recently the current fleet will be launched his discovered in the Barcelona race, with the world's best new blue water ^ shorthanded sailor - Michel schooner, La Desjoyeaux - on one of the Louise, looking very best new boats - Foncia forward to more - taking on the favourably voyaging but with grandfathered 'maxi 60' more comfort and Hugo Boss 2, designed by safety. Dubois Juan Kouyoumdjian. It will has to be one of be an instructive battle... but the most history favours Le Professeur fortunate men ^ alive, surviving a z terrifying capsize COVER: Benoit (inset) in the 1 Sticlielbaut/Sea&Co Southern Ocean ^ INSET: Red Bull Racing during the 1996-97 E Vendée Globe £ FEATURES Groupama commitment... TURNER and DUCHEMIN get rolling in Geneva, Spain looks to 30 Man ofthe moment future Imoca 60 prosperity, a (serious) new flyer in , the investment pays off in the Hobart, as PETER HEPPEL took time out from engineering Hamilton Island pitches for a new Admiral's Gup. big sails and bigger buildings to visit neighbour Plus how wide will the benefits of a US-based Gup GUILLAUME VERDIER and learn more about defence flow... PATRIGE GARPENTIER, ROB one of the fastest career rises in yacht design... MUNDLE, IVOR WILKINS, GARLOS PIGH, BRIGE LECHAVALIER and DOBBS DAVIS 34 Talk's easy-Part II Red Bull Racing head of composite engineering ANDREW MAGFARLAN describes some ofthe 23 Paul Gayard manufacturing processes and procedures And the America's Gup really is coming home Clear ahead employed by the 2010 Fl world champion team Here is early testing in Detroit of one of the prototype wing 28 Olympic and small boats news rigs built for the 2011 Moth 39 Trick boards - Part I - Never stop worlds by the Object 2 work­ Gybing boards are back in fashion in several GRAIG MONK switched seamlessly - and shop. There's close support dinghy classes and trim-tabs are back in from several luminaries of successfully - from Olympic sailing to the vogue on the big multihulls.. .But why C-Class cat saihng, including America's Gup... And now he's got an eye Steve Kilhng, Magnus Clarke exactly, asks DAVID HOLLOM? on both 2012 and 2013, as he tells and Fred Eaton, who LYNNFITZPATRIGK designed the wing, plus 42 Faster, higher, stronger builders Rob Paterson and Rossi Milev - all of them is in business again 28 IRG column - Inch by inch veterans of Eaton's successful in the fleet - but the game has JAMES DADD and IRG methodology Litde America's Cup moved on quite a bit since he left, as campaigns. Three of the rigs BLUE ROBINSON has found out... - built in under two weeks - 46 Design-Packing the field were shipped to the Moth With a clutch of new hghtweight racers between worlds in Australia. After a REGULARS 38ft and 40ft, was there ever any doubt that Farr few days' testing 2009 champ Yacht Design would soon be joining the party? Bora Gulari switched back to 4 Gommodore's letter LUKE SHINGLEDEGKER and DOBBS DAVIS a soft rig, as did his ANDREW MGIRVINE teammate George Peet, while Charlie Mckee persisted with 48 5efl^0r56 build table the wing in order to learn as 7 Editorial much as possible going ANDREW HURST -Faster faster forward (note that Charlie Gurrently IAN FARRIER is all about bringing Mckee is a multiple his F-22 to the people... but he has still found time America's Cup alumnus with 8 Update to speed up one of his very best series trimarans OneWorld and Luna Rossa TERRY HUTGHINSON has his first serious and is expected to be taste of A-Glass action, DEE SMITH gets into the involved again in 2013). In rating discussion, BRAD VAN LIEW pushes on 50 RORG news tests these early wings proved as goes swimming... very fast upwind but less Plus JIM TEETERS and NIGOLA SIRONI EDDIE WARDEN OWEN competitive off the wind. pay tribute to former S&S designer Bill Langan Downwind performance is particularly compromised by 66 5ea/for5e regatta calendar the fact that the first rigs are 14 World news built around a simple rigid Glass 40s head for the biggest season yet, that D-section which eliminates 67 Sailor ofthe Month the possibility of twisting the Girls, girls, girls... spar and so limits efficiency. One of the best Early days, however, and features of considering the reality of what is now how quickly these first few Oracle Racing wings were thrown together has always there is justified hope for been the boat future improvement. The fact building. Their that three such spars could be ACC boats built (using existing tooling) weren't always in such a short timeframe the fastest but also gives cause for optimism they were on the cost front. The one beautifully wing that was raced in the and accurately worlds, by Charlie Mckee, built. Same is was destroyed mid-series true with the when the two-time Olympic first new AC45 medallist performed an cat, which was inelegant foiling gybe flying a hull for crash... which is absolutely the first time not the same as a crash-gybe within 24 hours g of launch. Note ^ that for now i= COVER: Thierry Martinez straight boards | INSET: Gilles are clearly « Martin-Raget plenty enough ^ to deal with... 5 eContents iJfUllgiilrW

FEATURES 14 World news THOMAS COVILLE'S rough start and MICH 30 Talk's easy-Part III DESJ's early shower, BERTRAND CARDIS auns ANDREW MACFARLAN of Red Bull describes for the sides. ..2011 MedCup already on a roll, new the pace of development in Fl as composite AC45 cat impresses all who meet her, Hamilton engineering and manufacture struggle to keep Island and GLENN BOURKE survive Cyclone pace with non-stop advances in aerodynamics Yasi and PETER GRAIG wants some more help at Key West. PATRICE CARPENTIER, ROB 37 Modern honeycombs MUNDLE, IVOR WILKINS, CARLOS PICH, Coming to a TP52 near you... PETER ICRASS VINCENT GILLIOZ and DOBBS DAVIS looks at recent advances in pre-formed and over- expanded Nomex cores from Schiitz in Germany 22 Rod Davis And things seem to be getting about-face... Bang! 38 The long game Thomas Coville was pushing The SYZ&CO foiler project has been a slow hard for his solo round-the- 24 Olympic and small boats news world record right from the starter in terms of outright pace, but this moment he cleared Ushant. clever and weü-resourced Swiss team is -Turning point Within 24 hours he had playing for higher stakes... ANDY RICE catches up with purveyors of experienced four 'face-plants' fine wing rigs and very fast Moths, BORA with his 105ft trimaran GULARI, MAGNUS CLARKE and Sodebo, including one during 40 In tune with the times CHARLIE MCKEE a first moonless night at sea. The demand has been growing so Interviewed over the radio on designers AXEL DE BEAUFORT, day 2, CovUle conceded that, GUILLAUME VERDIER and 28 ORG column s< yes, he had had other near project director GORENTIN PANAYOTIS PAPAPOSTOLOU pitchpole experiences in the DOUGUET decided to respond... past with this big tri, just that he had chosen to keep quiet 46 Design - Modern classic about them. These modern, 42 Trick boards-Part II Though still developing ideas for Oracle Racing, long main-hull, narrow-beam Trim tabs are becoming an essential development PAUL BIEKER has got some time back to give us maxi tris - the line began area for performance projects. But is this step-up the boats that we have been missing, including with Ellen MacArthur's an all-new version of a great all-round performer Irens-designed B&Q - are in attention justified, asks DAVID HOLLOM vastly more sea-kindly than their 'squarer' Orma-style SeahorsebwM table predecessors, but they have REGULARS their limits; it seems Coville - Multifaceted has probably explored those 4 Commodore's letter RODGER MARTIN and his engineering of his boat more than most of ANDREW MCIRVINE director ROSS WEENE really have turned out his rivals. All this points to a silk purse... plus their 'new' 30ft sharpie is how much pressure the looking ever sweeter apparently relaxed French 7 Editorial skipper is really under, as he ANDREW HURST struggles to get around the 50 RORG news planet in less time than his great singlehanded rival e Update EDDIE WARDEN OWEN Francis Joyon. Coville's best TERRY HUTCHINSON prepares to go big cat time to date is two days racing for real, GIULIANO LUZZATTO greets slower than Joyon's record the European arrival of the iconic Wianno Senior 66 Seahorse regatta calendar on Idee 2 - it is clear that even with much better foils and DOBBS DAVIS gets to know some of the now fitted to Sodebo he will new faces behind the 67 Sailor ofthe Month have to work hard to break Two particularly productive 'young' upstarts Joyon's record. There is a Three eras in marked swing in interest by performance multihull sponsors from sailing. Charles racing to record-breaking, Currey (inset) but it brings new pressures. rigs one of the These long-distance attempts first Fireflys in are even longer in the 1946-the first planning and without the mass-produced occasional success there is boat designed little for those paying the bill for towing. Two to crow about. No doubt years later Paul Frank Cammas was relieved Elvstrom will to get the Jules Verne last take his first winter at his third attempt, Olympic medal and before the faster Banque in this class. Populaire V got a clear run. And (/eft) the Coville will be hoping AC45 hard wing desperately that he gets the cat sandwiches conditions he needs to deliver - in several to Sodebo a similar success... senses - two New Zealanders COVER: training in their Benoit Stichelbaut 470... designed • K 3797 FEATURES 14 World news Putting those records into perspective, VPLP flying 30 Achieving the impossible solo, Swiss wings, joining the AG45 fun, Caribbean As soon as we started digging deeper into claims stocktake, NICHO's big moment, rising to the of 'faster than the wind', we knew there was only (Rambler) challenge and stadium sailing USA-style. one person to call... BOB 'IRON DUCK' DILL PATRICE GARPENTIER, PETER HOLMBERG, ROB MUNDLE, WOR WILKINS, CARLOS 32 In demand PICH, PIERRE MEYER and DOBBS DAVIS After AC33 life will never be quite the same again for (former) architect and industrial designer 22 Paul Gayard MAGNUS CLARKE... as ANDY RICE finds out That winning feeling and rime for some new toys 37 Making amazing things 24 Olympic and small boats news Old school happen Racing around tiie world -Early days Perhaps an apparently new face in the world of under sail has travelled a long There are surprisingly deep foundations beneath grand prix raceboat - and spar - building is way even since a young Rick the development of modern sailing foilers, not so new after all. JASON Tomlinson took this shot in but one project has always stood out. CARRINGTON & ASSOCIATES the Southern Ocean onboard JAMES GROGONO takes us to meet Simon le Bon's maxi Drum Icarus... the boat that really did fly during the 1985/86 Whitbread Round The World 38 Unstoppable Race. Arguably, Drum's You'd have thought that at 80 years 28 IRG column skipper Skip Novak's race 25 young, things might have started to Raring is not (srill) all about the blue years ago was closer in spirit calm dovi'n in terms of International blazer - and there is also some quite to his forebears on the great 14 development. Not so, explain sensible logic behind keeping 'that' tea clippers than it was to designer/sailor/builders GEORGE formula secret... explains JAMES DADD today's increasingly anodyne NURTON and TOM PARTINGTON passages. The Southern Ocean is no kinder than it 46 Design - Big (brave) step ever was, but the outbreak of 42 Time and place pitstops during the current There has been htde interest in producing pure In 2005/6 VO70 rig world was all about PBO Barcelona World Race has, race designs for the ORG rule, perhaps because to as correctly identihed last cables then three years later it was carbon bundles. date success could be found with a well-optimised month by our Spanish Now the standing rigging market has opened production design. But now there is a new cat colleague Carlos Pich, risked up even further, as PHIL ANNISS explains... about to hit town... TORSTEN GONRADI a pandora's box for future events that will prove hard to reseat. In particular, the stop REGULARS AQ SeahorseM\A table by J-P Dick and Loick Peyron on Virbac was more amusing 4 Gommodore's letter -Good fit than serious; clearly they ANDREW MCIRVINE It's been slow to get going in Europe but perhaps were feeling pretty bullish the Classe 950 is a better fit for the demands of about their performance and New Zealand waters, suggests KEVIN DIBLEY so decided that it would be 7 Editorial good for aU concerned - ANDREW HURST including those paying for 50 RORG news their trip - if their pursuers onboard Mapfre got within a 8 Update EDDIE WARDEN OWEN few miles before the French TERRY HUTCHINSON earns his Extreme 40 pair then restarted for Part 2. stripes, GIULIANO LUZZATTO talks to Maxi Confidence was high. class godfather GIANFRANCO ALBERINI, 66 5ea^0r56 regatta calendar Steadily the original spirit of PAUL BIEKER brings lessons of nature to his round-the-world racing is foil designs and STAN HONEY... le navigateur drifting away from the 67 Sailor ofthe Month original classic contests to Ooh la la... It's pastis time newer replacements like the 'I make no Global Ocean Race, where apology for the personal stories will be saying this is more moving for the return the class where to a largely Corinthian field. the champions Similarly, all this sanitising is race against the doing nothing but adding to champions...' the grand stature of the Double gold Vendée Globe as a true test medallist, two- of champions. Meanwhile, time world take another look at this champion and month's cover and spare a Artemis Racing quick thought for the modern afterguard winch manufacturer; those recruit lain were golden times and in more ways than one... Percy adds an important voice to the growing COVER: Rick lobby that is : Tomlinson/Bluegreen fighting to keep I INSET: John Payne Olympic sailing \ as the pinnacle j of the sport (Contents Pnnr^ioiiiiD

FEATURES BEN AINSLIE tells BLUE ROBINSON (and his Finn class rivals) that there is a way to go yet... 27 Raising the bar DOBBS DAVIS and DAVE GENDELL check TP52 class manager ROB WEILAND starts to development out in the Caribbean and a strong unwrap some of the latest TP52 development and vote in favour of some more Classe 95 0 coverage looks at the prospects for the 2011 Audi MedCup 14 World news 28 From textiles to composites AU change at Banque Pop, Peyron and Dick enjoy their date, all systems go for MOD 70s, Spain -Parti shines in the Barcelona Race, GREGG ELLIOTT'S BILL PEARSON reviews the background and latest Olympic candidate, the ubiquitous Nathan history that are the foundation for the current state Outteridge, and the USA is going offshore again. of the art in contemporary sail manufacturing PATRICE CARPENTIER, ROB MUNDLE, BRIGE LECHEVALIER, VINCENT Busy schedule 33 The action starts now GILLIOZ, IVOR WILKINS, GARLOS America's George David is PIGH, DOBBS DAVIS certainly making the most of MOD 70 programme manager his charter this year of the FRANCK DAVID introduces us to Juan Kouyoumdjian-designed his new and rapid three-hull baby 22 Rod Davis 100-footer Rambler, in Why the next 12 months are going to >. action at pretty much every 34 A question of balance be all about closing down the gap u Caribbean event this winter. _ _ _ - - _ _ _ _ - — < He is also making the most of Amid all the rampant and exciting having with him onboard his innovation, what 'trickledown' can 24 Olympic and small boat news | longtime racing skipper Ken really be expected to come out of AC34? Read and many of the Puma ANDY RICE put this question to some well - Rollin' on team with whom Read will known grand prix racers - ED REYNOLDS, Making better use of the power - skiff supremo soon be preparing for the DEE SMITH, TOM BURNHAM, JENS ROB BROWN reports on the key developments 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race. GRAM-HANSEN and MIKE SANDERSON during this year's 18-footer season in Read's new VO70 Mar Mostro, also a Juan K design, will be launched next month 38 Rocketman 26 ORC column by New England Boatworks, How does he keep going... JOCELYN BLERIOT ALESSANDRO NAZARETH after which he wUl have a lot less time for the lirxuries tries to understand the Sailrocket adventure with afforded by David's rather the help of the project's leader PAUL LARSEN 44 RORG news more commodious yacht. It EDDIE WARDEN OWEN has been good to see Rambler finally getting the input and 42 Standing by investment that was always A new Farr-designed VO70 goes afloat shortly, 45 Design - New frontiers but elsewhere the best work is still hard to find. going to be needed to reach As the front ends on today's latest offshore racers full potential - she has Farr Yacht Design head PAT SHAUGHNESS Y get fatter are we in fact heading for a new design aheady seen off several of the talks ambition with PATRICE CARPENTIER more dual-purpose maxis paradigm? Designer THOMAS TILSON believes such as Leopard, but what there are indeed some new avenues opening up will be more interesting will REGULARS be when she eventually 48 5ea/ror56 build table comes up against the best of 4 Commodore's letter the existing 'racer' crop. ANDREW MCIRVINE - Thoroughly modern solution There will be some stiff DOBBS DAVIS checks out the first Farr 400 competition for Rambler in Europe this summer but the 7 Editorial real test will be when she ANDREW HURST 66 Seahorse regatl^ calendar meets Wild Oats XI in the Hobart. In creating Rambler, Juan Kouyoumdjian 8 Update 67 Sailor ofthe Month resolutely stuck to his VO70 TERRY HUTCHINSON gets his first wing time, And an unusual match-up for you this month theme, chasing maximum power rather than reducing The gate start, drag with a slimmer hull type remember... well, It as was used for Wild Oats. remains in active With Read's input - and use by those more sailmaking skills - Juan K's 'trad' dinghy classes wide, powerful hvdl is now that still generate big going much better in lighter fleets - and it offered conditions; if this season some lively action confirms her as being a true all-round performer, then during the recent this will be one more instance 505 worlds at of the way that the VO70 Hamilton Island. and open classes' drive for In such choppy more power is successfully conditions there is informing yacht design on considerable skill an ever broadening scale being demanded of the RIB driver if he is to avoid either falling COVER: Kurt back or, worse, Arrlgo/Gaastra surging forward on INSET: Mark Lloyd top of his pathfinder (Contents

FEATURES 7 Editorial 24 Move on up ANDREW HURST Fascinating... ANDY RICE talks to 505 and skiff champion JVIIKE MARTIN about his new role 8 Update as the head of America's Cup umpiring for 2013 TERRY HUTCHINSON gets to grip with electronic flags, ANDY RICE watches ISAF at work, has some strong views 27 Masterful evolution on the continual over-complication of sailing Botin-Carkeek designs have dominated the past and ANDY HEMMINGS needs a new passport three years of TP52 racing in the Audi MedCup. MARCELO BOTIN explains the developments that have gone into his latest designs for 2011 14 World news A memorable Spi Ouest, plus a look at IRG, sail development on Geneva's flighty D35 cats, Some compensation 28 Ease... slightly Caribbean wrap, the AG45s continue to He may no longer have an JEFF KENT is a champion DN ice deliver on demand, and the struggling America's Cup mount after sailor who also builds some of the pioneers of America's embryonic the departure of Mascalzone fastest boats and rigs in the class; Class 40 'movement'. PATRICE Latino (were they ever really together with fellow champion there? - ed) but Francesco GARPENTIER, ROB MUNDLE, JAMES THIELER he explains the Bruni looks to be in great BRIGE LECHEVALIER, PIERRE shape ahead of this year's curious physics of DN development YVES JORAND, FVOR WILKINS, Audi MedCup aboard the PETER HOLMBERG, DOBBS DAVIS new Rolf Vrolijk design Audi Azznrra, where he shares 32 Long overdue afterguard duties with Camper skipper talks 22 Paul Gayard another former Mascalzono to IVOR WILKINS about New Zealand's And learning new life skills at this point is cool alumnus Vincenzo Onorato first Volvo Race entry for more than 17 years and Argentinian helmsman Guillermo Parada. Azzurra 26 IRG column dominated the pre-MedCup 36 Textiles to composites JAMES DADD on why lighter can now be better racing at Palma Vela and -Part 2 elsewhere and were also leading the practice race at Buying into a barely proven technology and 44 RORG news Round 1 in Cascais before having to immediately replace the ingredients... EDDIE WARDEN OWEN wisely ducking the finish. BILL PEARSON on the birth of 3Di production And the Maltese Falcon really is going for gold The bulk of the rest of the Azzurra crew have come from Alberto Roemmers' 41 Original! 45 Design-A universal hull? Matador programme - which Three-time America's Cup winner MATTHEW He gave us the tandem keel (as well as numerous teamed up with the Italians JVIASON has not been idle between the big events books and some very fine screenplays)... and now while the boat was in build at WARWICK COLLINS has had another new idea King Marine. Audi Azzurra is a VroUck 'Version B' TP52 42 Fork in the road design, with powerful VO70- After 15 years in partnership with MARCELO 48 SeahorseWM table - Kid sister style chined stern sections. BOTIN it is finally time to explore some new JAVIER SOTO AGEBAL has a very modern new Powerful hull shapes with territory for South Africa's SHAUN CARKEEK mini-MedCupper at quite an old-fashioned price better sails compensating for any light air weakness are a theme that is running 66 Seahorse regatta calendar through raceboat design at REGULARS the moment, aside perhaps from the Imoca 60s which 4 Gommodore's letter 67 Sailor ofthe Month have seen a reversion to ANDREW MCIRVINE Two legends from different sides of The Pond lower wetted surface forms. As rig efficiency improves In ritardo!!! It was this is a logical development, never going to be especially as powerful hulls easy - as fellow are better mannered in a 'rotator' owner lan breeze - helpful when used Oatley is finding for subsequent production- out in Sydney - built cruiser-racer offspring. but the 42ft fully Meanwhile, the Audi revolving keel lake MedCup wiU be 2011's racer Stravaganza, premier Grand Prix series, designed by Jo the fleet jammed with ex-Cup Richards, has now sailors looking to stay sharp finally sailed... and pay the mortgage. As albeit quite briefly. the narrowing reality of Two deep carbon AC34 becomes clearer, this boards, canted great circuit will be the prime slightly outwards, beneficiary. And MedCup provide lateral lift, 2012 will be even better... while the fin and bulb 'assemblage' is rotated using a COVER: Sander Van Der system of internal Borcli tracks and tackles; the build accuracy was quite critical... FEATURES those Volvo media slots, tlANNAH MILLS and SASKIA GLARK turn up the heat in Weymouth 27 Stunning Start and DEE SMITLI ends up back where he began! TP52 class manager ROB WEILAND is in the best possible position to assess this year's fleet 14 World news Farewell to Hubert, Gammas gets going, Rogers 28Turbocled tubercles (Simon) scores in Normandy, Soto 40s everywhere, It's not just Paul Bieker who is onto the merits of Goutts comes clean, saihng the MOD 70 and these strange lumpy bits... GUY WHITEHOUSE (another) false start for US Sailing. PATRICE CARPENTIER, CARLOS PIGH, VINCENT GILLIOZ, IVOR WILKINS, DOBBS DAVIS sought. Bulb. Moment Time to look more closely at the rotations and inner workings of Ian Oatley's extraordinary new 22 Rod Davis Why it's all about the right here, right now Gettin' heavy Reichel-Pugh design. BLUE ROBINSON The day after this shot was taken Russell Coutts went 24 Olympic and small boat news that bit further to join the 34 Gutting the corner growing hst of skippers to Ifyou thought that AGRM's AG72 = lt's been a great ride crash an AC45 cat. We have design package for 'general sale' was MARIC ASQUITH reckons that the been receiving steady going to be a bit average, then think 'new' is coming good at the commentary from our friends again... says ANDY GLAUGHTON perfect time ahead of London 2012 in San Francisco reminding us of what full 'summer conditions' are like on the 36 Two heads better 26 ORC column bay. Add in a famously JASON KER and DAVE LENZ do not MAURIZIO COSSUTTI thinks that destructive short chop, the just put fast new IRG boats on the water fast boats are go - and not just in IRC always cold water and tidal together, they are also getting to be pretty streams exceeding 6kt in good at speeding up some of the older ones places and this is a very 44 RORG news serious place to go yacht EDDIE WARDEN OWEN racing when the breeze is 41 Trick boards (postscript) up... as it will be during the DAVE HOLLOM's piece on the merits of gybing period of the Cup in 2013. 46 Design - Four out of six Many of us have long wanted foils and trim-tabs gotyou going... enough for ROLF VROLIJK explains why he decided that to see Cup racing on this Hollom now to revisit some of the points raised fantastic piece of water; given the time was right to introduce some more variety the boats in which AC34 will into the TP52 design solution for this year's boats be raced, and that saying REGULARS about being careful of what AQ SeahorsebuM table you wish for rings in the ears. 4 Gommodore's letter As Coutts acknowledged ANDREW MGIRVINE -So far so (very) good after he was hauled ashore, MICHAEL APPLI is delighted with the initial multihulls are at their fastest pace of his prototype DSS sportsboat on the edge... it is now clear 7 Editorial that the next America's Cup ANDREW HURST really will produce extreme 66 Seahorse regBtla. calendar spectacle for those watching, together with measurable risk 8 Update for some of those taking part. TERRY HUTGHINSON dodges some carnage, 67 Sailor ofthe Month Remember too that San BLUE ROBINSON has thoughts on best use of Time for some international recognition... Francisco Bay is famous for micro-bursts of pressure that Sir arrive out of nowhere and There is a caption in your latest with no visible warning... International 14 article (IVlay What all this means is that in 2011) underneath a rendering spite of Oracle's undisputed of the new Bieker 6 that reads lead in technology an upset 'The competition for 2011 to the form guide looks more - Paul Bleker's new IWk6.' of a possibility now than it This statement is not entirely did just a few months ago. accurate as at this moment the Of course, the risk of a bad first IVlkB has yet to go afloat! crash damaging one of the However, what is already true AC72s helps the defender, Is that the competition for the because they need to be on Partington boat is the new the water a great deal less Hollom IUlk1 (left), being sailed during the windiest periods. by Glen Truswell and Chris But the reality of the mix of Blackburn. They have only overpowered multihull and been sailing 14s for some eight Mother Nature in full flow months and are already at the will be giving key personnel serious cause for thought top of the fleet and going faster by the day. This may be worth mentioning as Dave Hollom Is COVER: Gilles one of your contributors and Martin-Raget a very talented and forward- INSET: Sander Van Der thinking designer. Borch Gavin Tappenden, Composite Craft Ltd (^Contents September 2011

FEATURES 14 World news Shorthanded all the way, Joyon gets ready, Swiss 28 Intense notch up. Camper spring a surprise, fastest builder Nowhere is the pressure for sail development in the south... Mark Rudiger's legacy. PATRIGE higher today than in the Audi MedCup TP52s. GARPENTIER, VINCENT GILLIOZ, BLUE DOBBS DAVIS talks to competing sail designers ROBINSON, IVOR WILKINS, DOBBS DAVIS i DAVE ARMITAGE and CHRIS WILLIAMS 22 Paul Gayard 30 Keeping (very) busy And keeping it aU intact is going to be huge... That's the best way to describe - who is finding plenty else to occupy him out on the water beyond the Cup 24 Olympic and small boat news -Solid gold Outstanding! 32 Last ofthe Mohicans ANDY RICE talks to Spanish superstar IKER The bounceback in tbe TP52 Sharing excellence, and winning... and always MARTINEZ about his multiple and seamless class during 2011 has been keeping cool! JOCELYN BLERIOT breaks transitions between raceboats big and small remarkable, and with two or bread with the cool LOICK PEYRON three teams plaiming to build new boats for 2012 it looks 27 IRG column set to continue. The irony of 36 Textiles to composites JAMES DADD is concerned about the TP52 class is that when the early signs of undesirable racing becomes as close as is -Part 3 'confusions' among IRC competitors being enjoyed on this year's BILL PEARSON moves on to a Audi MedCup circuit there is potential whole new generation of no reason why the same composite manufacturing processes 44 RORG news quahty of competition could EDDIE WARDEN OWEN not be enjoyed more cheaply in a one-design... except it 40 Breaking the mould will never happen at this size. Future Fibres is now - definitely - also a mast 45 Tailor-made performance Time and again brave manufacturer... as ANDY RICE discovers Now even your cordage can be custom made... attempts have been made to launch a class of large one- design racing yachts and time 46 Design - Goin' commercial and again the attempt ends in REGULARS Since we last visited a couple of years back there failure. Even getting big has been significant progress at Harbor Wing, as privately owned boats into a 4 Gommodore's letter MARK OTT and GINO MORRELLI explain tight box rule is not easy: ANDREW MCIRVINE witness the failure of both the MaxZ86 and STP65 rules. AQ SeahorsebuM table When lORSOs were in their 7 Editorial -New entrant heyday, offering competition ANDREW HURST every bit as close as today's Add yet another interesting Chinese build to TP52s, there was endless talk the list with this new IRC 45... says JIM PUGH of a one-design replacement. 8 Update The fact is that the type of enters the coach-boat people investing this much debate, TERRY HUTCHINSON gets a day off, 66 56a^or5e regatta calendar money into a raceboat want ANDY HEMMINGS is stuck in traffic, (more) something personal, plus there are fortunately enough changes pay off for Bella, lack of wind but not 67 Sailor ofthe Month people around with the boats in Croatia. Plus SPITHILL 'the younger' Two big contributors... on and off the water necessary resources who still see the design and build as an Left: the mighty essential pait of the contest. Chimp, Mike With the TP52 meeting the Kershaw's Half needs of the, at most, dozen Tonner was pipped or so really big-money to Class 4 honours programmes that have always existed at this level, at the 2011 UK IRC and the Soto 40 providing nationals by Adam one-design competition for Gosling's Corby 30 those on a more earthly Yes! Remarkably, budget, the MedCup looks the little Chimp set fair for a while. Plus, of also has a solo course, and fortunately for transatlantic on its many professional sailors, the record, with former 'all-new' America's Cup's (heroic) skipper loss has been the MedCup's Richard Hatton in gain... It really can get hard the 2005 Ostar... sometimes to separate out the In a windy series silver lining from the cloud! the new Ker 40 Keronimo also shone brightly, losing a good shot COVER: at winning Class 1 Gattini/Borlenghi/Audi only after a big MedCup face-plant on one INSET: Maria particularly wild Muiiia/Telefónica downwind leg (Contents October 2011

FEATURES 14 World news And how that big nose is starting to pay off... plus 29 Powerboats find their form the Venezia Challenge legacy. BLUE ROBINSON, After a nervous start in the 2011 Audi MedCup IVOR WILKINS, PATRICE CARPENTIER, designer Rolf Vrolijk's more powerful designs are VINCENT GILLIOZ, GIULIANO LUZZATTO, coming to the fore. MARCUS HUTCHINSON ARCHIE WRIGGLESWORTH, DOBBS DAVIS

32 Severe test 24 Rod Davis IVOR WILKINS talks to BRUNO TROUBLE And let's not lose sight of the bigger picture.. and GRANT DALTON following the first public 'audience' for the America's Cup World Series 26 Olympic and small boat news 35 (Not such) new kids -Grabbing the chance 49er whizz has made the slickest Hard at it PIERINO PERSICO and his family are far The somewhat thiimed out from new to the game of grand prix yacht of transitions to the new world of the Imoca 60 fleet is now construction, as LOU AY HABIB America's Cup. ANDY RIGE training hard for this winter's recently discovered Transat Jacques Vabre 30 ORG column two-handed race - among Time for analysis! ALESSANDRO them the VerdierAAPLP 38 Taking a fresh look NAZARETH design Groupe Bel (seen IRC design maestro JASON KER is here), which is raced by Kito now threatening to take a closer de Pavant and Yann Regniau. interest in the ORCi rating system... With the next Vendée Globe 31 Three-way communication only a httle over one year VO70 comms... faster and lighter than ever away there is not the rush of 40 Textiles to composites new boats that preceded the last event in 2008; and many - Part IV 44 RORG news EDDIE WARDEN OWEN would say that is a good BILL PEARSON looks at the machinery needed thing. The great majority of to handle the thinnest of composite raw material new Imoca 60s buih last time 45 Design-Middle ground did not make it to the finish, Multihull guru NIGEL IRENS has recently been demonstrating just how REGULARS much preparation and how turning his attention to improving the often tardy many sea miles are required 4 Commodore's letter lot of the long-distance cruising yachtsman... before these complex and ANDREW MGIRVINE powerful boats are ready to win. The exception last time, AQ SeahorsehuM table of course, was Michel 7 Editorial - Something in between sir? Desjoyeaux on his then new ANDREW HURST Foncia, who dominated the 2008/9 race; but then, as his And a cool new cat from ALEX SIMONIS rivals know, Mich is different. 8 Update Today's financial challenges TERRY HUTGHINSON survives Cascais, play a big part in the modest ROB WEILAND on widening out the 2012 66 Seahorse vGgBiia calendar number of new boats being Audi MedCup and Aberdeen GEO MARTIN built, but probably equally GILBERT on better defining value for sponsors important is the recognition 67 Sailor ofthe Month Regatta wizard and a design innovator by skippers that there are At Seahorse we now plenty of existing boats have a problem... good enough to win given Parts of us simply some more preparation, fail to see the merit tuning and refinement. The in recreating large end result next year, we have J Class yachts in to hope, is a much lower rate 2011, the majority of attrition and as a result a of which were not much better yacht race. For particularly good those top solo skippers still when new 80 years desperately searching for ago. And then funds, economic turbulence is there are the brand still the issue, but if money new, 'classic-style' can be found then there are yachts built to an stiü good boats waiting. updated... modern Meanwhile, for Olympic J Class rule like the hopefuls there are also some aluminium-hulled looming roadblocks, one Lionheart (left) and being Ben Ainslie, another also Firefly (inset). Marit Bouwmeester (inset), However, and who seems to have her rivals particularly with - in the Laser Radial - almost fabulous modern as subdued as Great Britain's rigs - rather than in magnificent nol Finn sailor spite of them - the end result is so COVER: Guilain utterly magnificent that frankly we're Grenier/GIVIR actually just not INSET: lan Roman listening any more! ontents November 2011

FEATURES 8 Update TERRY HUTGHINSON gets waterlogged in 24 Standby ticket Plymouth, a Portuguese AC view, the Team Korea MIKE SANDERSON discusses his odds for the back story, ENRICO GHIEFFI calms the ship. 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race with ANDY RICE Plus there really is nothing new, with BUTCH DALRYMPLE-SMITH and ROB MUNDLE 26 No walk in the park BEN AINSLIE can make it look so easy that it is 14 World news possible to overlook how much work goes into BEYOU earns his (Vendée) budget, mighty Minis, that immense performance. BLUE ROBINSON Bribón sign off, Swiss felines, balance in Auckland and the gladiators of Hamo. Plus 9/11 reflections. 32 Under pressure PATRICE GARPENTIER, CARLOS PICH, ROB MUNDLE, IVOR WILKINS, BRIGE Even when your name is Elvstrom you have LECHEVALIER, DOBBS DAVIS An outstanding show to work hard to stay in front, as JESPER ... is tlie only way to describe BANK explains to DOBBS DAVIS what took place in Plymouth 29 IRG column when the America's Cup Are we taking on an apparently World Series came to town, 34Spectaculoso wide-ranging problem that doesn't coinciding with a week of Round Two of the America's Cup actually exist... asks JAMES DADD strong breeze, generally good World Series in Plymouth was exactly weather and an enthusiastic that... The omens look good local population with historic 31 Audi MedGup ties to a famous waterfront. Russell Coutts talks about 35 On the spot Down to the wire there now being 'one chance' At the heart of the new Cup is one RUSSELL Quantum brings it (back) home in Barcelona to get saihng into the public COUTTS - and he talks to ANDY RICE as Bribón heads away in (considerable) style consciousness and make an event like the America's Cup financially viable. That is a 38 Success through failure 44 RORG news pretty accurate picture of JAMES GROGONO is one of the pre-eminent EDDIE WARDEN OWEN where this sport is now at; names in the pioneering history of foiled sailing. with one or two provisos. Saihng as an Olympic sport, But it was not just sailing that he tried to change 46 Design - Deceptively simply Coutts himself emphasises, is Sailmaker SANDY MACMILLAN on designing finely balanced, with lame 42 The man for all reasons for the latest schooner - and una - rig layouts... compromises made for the TV gods doing more damage STAN HONEY is a remarkable fellow... no to the sporting contest than surprise that he too is beavering away to ensure 48 5ea^0r5e build table they are doing good to that AG34 is like nothing that has gone before improve the sport's appeal. -Strength to strength Elsewhere, new interest in Why JAVIER SOTO ACEBAL's sleek 40ft sailing is patchy as time REGULARS one-design is one ofthe era's great success stories pressures and a growing range of alternatives compete 4 Gommodore's letter for today's sporting youth. ANDREW MGIRVINE 66 Seahorse regatta calendar Against this background the new Cup, driven by Coutts and funded - to an incredible 7 Editorial 67 Sailor ofthe Month degree - by the largess of ANDREW HURST Commitment is writ large in this month's contest Larry EUison now looks The winner of the certain to give sailing's 1960 Finn Gold appeal a huge boost. On any Cup, Vernon number of levels sailing can Stratton (here to - and will - only benefit from weather, of course, the investment and technical in UK4), who brilliance being poured into passed away in late AC34 (114 large containers August. Stratton are needed just to move the was a huge figure World Series around). It is in the Finn Class impossible to conceive that and also for British all the noise around this Cup Olympic sailing. A wiU not result in more people great deal of Team going sailing and more GBR's modern existing sailors switching to success is owed to multihulls. But will enough foundations put of the public turn on their down by Stratton, TVs to make it pay? We must when as Olympic hope so; AC34 looks likely to team manager he do wonders for sailing but it established sailing would be deeply unfair if by as the country's virtue of all the effort being pre-eminent source made the Cup itself was to end of Olympic medals. up priced out of the market Always current and enthusiastic, his COVER/INSET: wise counsel will Sander Van Der Borch be much missed. - Editor !ltf»LWj;fcMDecember 2011

FEATURES BERNIE CASE reckons it's nothing to do with 25 First semester rating systems, TERRY HUTCHINSON has KEVIN SPROUT reviews a first Audi MedCup some words for careless internet users, ANDY season in the thick of the growing Soto 40 fleet HEMMINGS on life in the Irish Sea, and ROSS EIELD describes the road to his first Global 28 Bridging the divide Ocean Race - in a Class 40 with his son Campbell tells ANDY RICE about Stars, his latest America's Cup programme, and why he is 14 World news no fan at all of the winner-takes-all regatta finale A new boat for Lionel, first blood to the MOD 70s, Swiss speed-sailing. New Zealand rowers look 32 No dumbing down further afield... the Big Fella remains (typically) focused, and a boost for American Someone else with distinct 'old-school' boatbuilding aspirants. With PATRICE A powerful challenge views about the fundamentals is GARPENTIER, ROB MUNDLE, Less has been heard about designer JUAN KOUYOUMDJIAN, IVOR WILIONS, JEAN-GUY Ken Read's second Volvo who cautions against putting PYTHON, DOBBS DAVIS challenge than of any of his quantity ahead of quality rivals. This is entirely dehberate as the 'resting' North Group executive only 34 Textiles to composites 22 Rod Davis returned to the event on the And could this be a long-overdue basis he could go one better Part V-Beyond sailmaking sales brochure for AC45 saihng? than his runner-up spot last BILL PEARSON widens the remit to look time. Puma have been at some of the virtues - and limitations - of 30ORG-Fast,fun,affordable comfortable testing and thin ply processes outside the sailmaking industry nveaking out of the public Hawaii-based designer JIM DONOVAN is a gaze as they get ready for the strong supporter of the little GP26 'box ruler' only show that counts. While 38 Proof of concept many believe that Frank and Wally founder Cammas's Groupama Team LUCA BASSANI explain the logic behind a 44 RORG news have the biggest budget this EDDIE WARDEN OWEN time (they have a 35-strong new, large and rather tasty one-design class... team following their boat around the globe), it is a 40 Debrief 46 Design - Surprise entrant brave man who would bet The 2013 America's Cup story so far... reviewed Now flying solo, SHAUN CARKEEK is joining against Read being the by MITCH BOOTH and ANDY RICE the rush to 'modernistic' new mid-sized designs strongest of the three Juan K designed entries. Read obviously has immense 42 Riding with the Spit AQ SeahorsehuM table personal experience in sail technology, perhaps the most BLUE ROBINSON goes AC45 sailing... with the - Owner-driven important single component Austrahan 2010 America's Cup-winning skipper BLUE ROBINSON talks to JONO MORRIS to success, but he is also a and HARRY DUNNING about Dunning's own well-travelled student of big REGULARS stunning and recently launched 38 ft creation campaigns, dating back to his time with and 4 Gommodore's letter Stars&Stripes. And the VOR ANDREW MCIRVINE 66 Seahorse regatta calendar is about successful 'big campaigning', as demonstrated when he had 7 Editorial 67 Sailor ofthe Month his veni, vidi, vici moment ANDREW HURST The kings and queens of the owner-drivers... with EP Language on his VOR debut in 1997. As weU With his captain as the three Juan K boats, (IVIurray Jones) there are designs this time alongside him Sir from Farr and from Marcelo Russell Coutts Botin/ETNZ. Farr's boat for gives his AC45 cat Ian Walker is notable for its full welly as he enormous bow, which dwarfs tries to make a left previous efforts, but the boat turn. This could be still looks slippery with a less an example of aggressive lower-transom being careful what profile. Botin's Camper is you wish for In the most interesting in its aft case of the multiple daggerboard configuration, America's Cup requiring an alarm in case the winner, as he keel is canted with the watches his ideas weather board immersed... for a better sailing leading to a keel crash (very spectacle blossom, bad). A small but technically in parallel with an perfectly formed VO70 fieet Inevitable trend to younger, fitter sailors! Darren COVER: Dan Bundock will stand Armstrong/Puma in for Coutts on INSET: Benoit Oracle 5\n San Stichelbaut Diego. He's had a great innings!