(Contents

FEATURES REGULARS PressMB'ê? Foj^ei at 4 Gommodor 3's letter PETER HEPPEL explains that to do well in the TERRY ROBINSON Mini Transat first off you've got to enjoy it... 's Gup 2000 7 Editorial 35 Wow! ^^^^ ANDREW HURST As the seemingly ^ 8 UpdatB substantive com- ¥^ T.':" , .7 . . , , , I bine of John ft ' ^ " Rolf Vrolijlt mtervievved, Mitch Booth goes Marshall, Ed ' ; Dutch, Malaysia Challenge goes from strength to Baird Young | strength and a lively finale to the Australian 4yer America and Farr / Olympic selections FRONT COVER France's Le Défi during its Yacht Design fails to ^ key victory over Paul make it to the last six in 12 World HeWS Cayard's AmericaOne at , we ask just what went wrong? R^ce 2000 - a feast, as Club Med and Cam Tewis the end of Round Robin 3 sign on, Van den Heede back in Chile, new Last month we reflected on 38 ClOarer and clearer... trimarans all round, ludde's new launching, how much stronger the JUAN KOUYOUMDJIAN, co-designer for Te Young America's demise - a New Zealand per- challenger for America's Défi, surprise member of the 'semi-final' team specdve 's Olympic disputes roll on, CMC Cup XXX would be for the prompt return of an up-to- strength Young America syn­ dicate. Well, unfortunately DUNSTER, ROB MUNDTE and DOBBS DAVIS for followers of the New York Yacht Club's latest 40 Slow Starter %RnH navis challenge, it was not to Is the sobriquet attached to Nippon Challenge •^J ö be, and with the prompt skipper PETER GITMOUR. But slow finisher he 'On their day the Prada boys are nearly disallowance of any charter is not; GILMOUR talks to YOICHE YABE unbeatable,' says one man who should know arrangement with a rival US team, once again , on a broad scale the world's 45 Signing UD 27 Olympic and small boat news top raceboat designer, is to At its 1999 annual meetings the ORC agreed to FRANK BETHWAITE looks at the evolution be denied a crack at the Cup. become integrated with ISAF. DAVID TYONS and development of the Flexi-tip dmghy mast No doubt the demise of reports on this and other developments Yoimg America will be the subject for a litany of 53 Design - Does it get any harder? reviews, but for now, 46 Tlie benClimarl( ^P Technologies explain what was uivolved in the USA-58, the boat that was CHAY BTYTH has changed the public mmimaiist but highly demanding structure of Pete certainly at least 'one' of the percepdon of sailboat racing, in Etirope at least. Goss' Philips Challenger fastest light-air performers in And now his efforts will broaden further, as he '_ " ^^ Auckland, is out. While it is easy to say that Young America took themselves out explains to TIM JEFFERY 56 SeahorsB racoboat build table of the contest, the improved fortunes of the tidy French team should not be under­ 49 Tiieory beliind tlie practice 58 RQRC news and Race estimated. As the breeze DAVID BRAYSHAW has prepared ddal routing ^„„«+„«'0 Ipttpp AT AM PRFFN lightens, with the move into models for a variety of illustrious clients, from UireClOP S KllGF ALAN GREEN the middle of Auckland's EF Language to Sayonara. This San Francisco- summer, the slender French based software expert describes his 'day job' 73 SSSihOrSB CalOHdar design will become an increasingly formidable Like something out performer, and will cause of a Wars movie, many upsets if Auckland's the various principal traditional January weather components of prevails. Meanwhile, the semi-finals will provide a Pete Goss' Philips fascinating contest; Italy - Challenger are set fast and increasingly solid in out prior to final their racecraft; America True assembly. Now - increasingly solid every­ • approaching where; Cayard - with a new and unknown boat John completion, this Kostecki describes as 'very £ 122ft Adrian fast'; Team DC - tough but Thompson-designed maybe vulnerable in the wave-piercer (see light; and 's page 53) promises ever-improving Nippon copious amounts of Challenge - perhaps the ultimate dark horse? information about a possibly entirely new genre of sailboat Front cover: JON NASH rttfimrimg;! March 2000

FEATURES REGULARS 29 Here we go... 4 Commodore's letter GILLES OLLIER is the most successful offshore PETER RUTTER catamaran designer of recent years. Although building of his boats for .^^^^^ = t.A'V ' I The Race 2000 started relatively ^fWw^^ ~ CdltOrial late, he is not especially con- ^^^3 ANDREW HURST cerned about a lack of prepara- ^^OB >'^3 tion tune, as he explains to 1 ^ llll l -- PATRICE CARPENTIER ^ j fi| ° "POate ^^P^ -JMBP 'That book' reviewed, and a talk with French America's Gup 2000 ^^^^^^^'^ multihull skipper Frank Cammas

FRONT COVER 32 Scrapper versus style 12 World news Steve Fossett's After some tight racing and a little aggravation, ^arc Lombard and Catherine Chabaud take their Morelli/Melvin designed in the semis, it s Cayard and AmencaOne versus ^^3^,^ ^^^^^ f^jj ^^^j ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ PlayStation blasts Francesco de Ange IS and Prada Challenge f^^^^^ ^^^^y ^ -^^ Coville and Dubois - solo Transat- through an icy January fmals of the . TIM JEFFERY j^^j^, ^^^^^ racing, mea¬ gale en route to a new sures the task ahead, a record shattering Sydney¬ record for the Newport- , / , „ Hobart race, controversies cloud Aussie Olympic Bermuda course Following their scare in the OÖ A bright future selections, and the De Vos' back America's new opening hours of their JUAN KOUYOUMDJL\N, co-designer of 6eme National League. PATRICE CARPEN- attempt on the Transatlantic Sens, is dehghted with Le Défi's performance in TIER, Fv^OR WITKINS, ROB MUNDLE and record, this success was a Auckland and believes the outlook is bright for the DOBBS DAVIS useful confidence booster future of the Cup - and for another French challenge for Fossett and his team. Though the record was only „ „ :, 23 Paul Gayard some two hours under 38 Gettin' there After topping out the Louis Vuitton semi finals, Fossett's own previous (solo) Although their progress was halted, yet again, in the AmericaOne skipper prepares to step up to the record - set on the 60 footer the semi finals' rounds, PETER GILMOUR feels plate... Lakota - conditions this time that the Nippon Challenge has made real progress were very much harder. Following the Bermuda record trip, the PlayStation 25 Olympic and small boat news team announced another 39 'The boss' FRANK BETHWAITE looks at the dramatic change of plan; instead of , , ., , . reductions in drag of the latest dinghy designs continuing on to the Prada Challenge co-designer, DOUG PETER- giant cat will now head SON, one of the few factors common to the MI* n n • j nnnn south to Georgia for some winning teams at both the last America's Cups, 45 DBSIgU - OCeaU LeOpaPd 2000 warm weather testing and looks at some of the design variances in this JIM PUGH describes the challenging brief put to development. As the first of year's lACC fleet Reichel-Pugh for this water-ballasted superyacht, the new generation of super- and at how they set about meeting the objectives cats gets more miles behind it, it is becoming very clear ^ili' A sireat run that there is a lot to be learnt All in all America True navigator DEE SMITH is about 'managing' such a powerful boat successfully, 48 Seahorse raceboat build table especially for long distances. pretty pleased that he made it down to Auckland As well as being spectacular for the type of boat that it 50 RORG news has brought about. The Race '^é Beneath the surface Major Event organisers and the IRM 2000 is likely to prove a fascinat­ Everyone always talks about appendages, rigs. Championship Trophy. JOHN BOURKE ing challenge in terms of and hull design, but there has been considerable planning and crew organisa­ progress in the lACC fleet in the area of construe- 65 SeahOPSe Calendar tion. The simplest tion as well, says DAVID ALAN-WILLIAMS manouevres on these boats, ^j/jB^ •,'-/,)VoH I ^M/ly^ l.^"^ T|^J Harald Bruning's pardcularly if not able to be /^O / i/ ^m' I /''T '^SM Maletto designed ILC planned well ahead, use up enormous amounts of / „ ƒ. / f / • / ^^"S - '.^^mr" so ropas finished 4th human energy, and effective My'CW/biU'^''' ' jj iW/r ^3Wm i" »he dass wond pacing is likely to be a vital /' /'—-^W**- t^^fvl 9 championships in component of any successful performance around the world. Given the intense ''^'^WY^^S^^^ '"t^t^'*'*"^'" ' Ceccarelli designed demands on crew of the last semi- 'one-design' Whitbread ^^^Z^l^^W^^^:^ T^^^l Tj*';"^JBp»^J _ adding another title Race, this event is going to • / ^ &-J3S•^y^p '^"^^-^ *° "^^ '^^ °^ success- make grown men pale... '0 X/.- 4/ Italian helmsman i.^^^-f''^^^ ^ ' - A^^-^^i-^^ Vasco Vascotto, cur¬ Front cover: Dnne Van Der t f/ -y^- ^•,^P:i-^'jrir'-2-l^J^ "^^^^ rent Sydney 40 world Wal ::j:J:_iJj V ' ^h^'''^*"*' .^^^^ champion and top Inset: Marc Lombard FEATURES REGULARS 31 Essential ingredient 4 Commodore's letter During his successful Jules Verne challenge PETER RUTTER in 1993, with Bruno Peyron, CAM LEWIS taught, the world about the value ofthe new, 7 Editorial 'off-the-boat' media. Now Cam has his entry ANDREW HURST secured for The Race 2000, the event itself should be one of the biggest beneficiaries 8 Update New IRM 30s, Zephynis shreds Cape-Rio race America's Cup 2000 record and the Maxi One-Design circuit comes to FRONT COVER a sudden and unexpected halt... Typically 'painful' 36 Secret hero conditions at this year's Paul Cayard and AmericaOne did everything GMC Yukon Yachting Key possible to encourage them to trip up, but in the 12 World news West Race Week final analysis Californian coach got Farr 52 flies at Yachting Key West Race Week, After another great success his boys from PRADA Challenge through to the Monnet on track for new round-the-world record, for regatta organiser Peter final of America's Cup XXXX. TIM JEFFERY Gautier 'inherits' richly from the Bourgnons, Craig and his team at reports from Auckland Arthaud/Poupon team up, multihull frenzy Premier Racing, Key West is continues, 'not so self-righting' embarrassment now fully established as the leading 'offshore' sailboat 39 As tough as it comes... for Parlier, Aussie Kenwood line-up, Beashel takes it to the top, Kay Cottee gets a new toy and series of the northern BOB RICE and ROGER 'CLOUDS' BADHAM Auckland's Millennium Superyacht success. hemisphere midwinter. Of talk to TIM JEFFERY about resolving Auckland's concern to observers from PATRICE CARPENHER, IVOR WILKINS, weather conundrums the ORC and the like, ROB MUNDLE and DOBBS DAVIS however, must have been the further continued growth of 39 'The black view' one-designs at the expense of 'We've gone our own way and we're happy,' say 23 Rod Davis traditional development Team New Zealand's co-designers LAURIE Did they or didn't they.' Well, this is exactiy how classes. This year there were they planned to go about it... literally just nine entries in DAVIDSON and CLAY OLIVER IMS, making up barely three per cent of the total regatta 41 How they laughed 25 Olympic and small boat news entry. At this minimal level 'On the wing'. Australian engineer MARK of representation it is clear The twin-keel appendage configuration of the PIVAC describes the development of Brett that only outside influences, Swiss FAST 2000 America's Cup syndicate such as the demand for boats caused considerable mirth in its early days on the Burvill's successful foil-born International for the biannual Admiral's Auckland waterfront. But by the time a rig failure Cup, will keep the handicap had brought the inaugural Swiss challenge to a 28 ORC news fleets going; only the serious premature end there had been some flashes of real DAVID LYONS on a 'new world' aficionado, unable to sell his potential. Syndicate chief designer PETER VAN or her boat, is likely to OOSSANEN explains continue to invest in the level 46 Design - rising talent of campaigning to bring an PAUL BIEKER has been a dominant force in the expensive-to-race boat to a 43 Final call series such as this in future. class in recent years. Now he is To date, he's called it pretty accurately - and moving up a scale... Far better to jump into a honestly. A few days before the final itself French or 1D35 and have easy, off-the-shelf racing for designer JUAN KOUYOUMDJIAN offered some minunal effort. While the brave predictions about the Cup 48 ^ea/zorfd raceboat build table ORC is to be applauded for its recent efforts to bring 50 RORG news itself somewhat closer to its 45 Facing up rival race organisers, it says Team NZ has done all it should be under no illusions can - now it's down to a boat race... 65 5da/70r56 calendar that its premier product, IMS, now hangs by the slimmest of threads and Left: third at this exists only by virtue of the year's JJ Giltinan still sizeable fleet of 'unsold' Trophy was John IMS boats with nowhere else Harris's Rag and to play. To rely too strongly Famish Hotel. The upon traditional support in overall winners were areas such as the Baltic and Spain, with its large fleets of John Winning, Jack IMS cruiser-racers, would be Young and Ewan folly for an organisation that McNichoi (ibe/oiv) on is also promoting such a rule >4/WP Centrepoint for grand-prix events. It seems time and the market­ place are steadily leading IMS back to its roots. Cover: Pete McGowan Inset: Sally Samins (Contents ^i\WMiïïïï^

FEATURES REGULARS 29 At last 4 Commodore's letter A year into her Kingfisher-backed Vendée Globe PETER RUTTER programme, solo skipper Ellen MacArthur finally got her new sailboat at the end of February. MARK TURNER discusses the first few days 7 Editorial afloat with Ellen's new Open 60, and reviews ANDREW HURST recent political developments in the Open classes 8 Update America's Cup 2000 The Swedish Match Grand Prix Tour, sail cloth goes black (again), Rolex Awards for Dawn Riley 34 Rollover and Eric Doyle and anarchy threatens 's They came, they saw, they lost. Comprehensively. Olympic selection FRONT COVER After the tightest Louis Vuitton Cup final ever, Russell Coutts drives the the winning Prada Challenge was ultimately no Laurie Davidson/Clay match for New Zealand's Cup defence. TIM 12 World news Oliver designed NZL-60 Acura SORC report, AmericaOne - looking JEFFERY reports on America's Cup XXX upwind during race three ahead, Philippe Monnet struggles hurricanes and of America's Cup XXX ice in the south, Transat AG2R entry record, Only Team New Zealand 36 Some good, some bad... Soldini bravery award, intrigue over personnel know the full potential of line-ups for The Race, Hobart Race changes, their latest two lACC RUSSELL COUTTS and designs. What is known is reveal some of the successes - and some of the Syd's back again for the Cup, plus Team New that they are considerably failui-es - in Team NZ's development programme Zealand - moving on. TERRY HUTCHINSON, quicker than either of the PATRICE CARPENTIER, IVOR WILKINS, two black boats from 1995, ROB MUNDLE and DOBBS DAVIS which, in the opinion of 38 The keys to victory Nippon skipper, Peter We look at the various components that com­ Gilmour, would still have bined to produce such a dominant and relatively 23 Paul Cayard been a match for the chal­ untroubled performance for the Cup defenders The AmericaOne skipper applauds Team New lenger fleet this time around. Zealand's Cup performance and highhghts the Food for thought. The per­ shortage of time now facing would be challengers formance of NZL-60 was ^iv* Gentleman runner-up down to the combination of FRANCESCO DE ANGELIS talks to TfM __ many individual factors, JEFFERY about his own and Prada s first 25 OlympiC and Small bOat HOWS which together added up to a experience of the America's Cup cauldron Faster Finns... SEBASTIEN SCHMIDT and comfortable edge over the CLEMENS DRANSFELD have been hard at it best of the challengers. Biggest individual element 43 Home view developing the second oldest Olympic class was the match racing superi­ IVOR WILiaNS offers a local perspective on the . . ority of Coutts' team (ironi­ performance of the world's best sailing team, 46 DOSIgU - OU itS Way cally the Kiwi boat was less produced by a relatively small and isolated nation, Two new IRM designs from the boards of manoeuvrable than their and looks ahead at the changes planned for 2003 Reichel-Pugh and Jason Ker Italian rivals, some indica­ tion of their confidence in the pre-start). But there were build table many excellent technical 45 Wrap-up Seahorse raceboat details along the way. In fact The speed margin may not have been as great as rn ini» i n nAnn detail was the key word for it appeared, says JUAN KOUYOUMDJIAN 50 IRM deVBlOpmOnt & RORC HOWS Team NZ, no area was over­ • UJ looked, and the 's (3 solutions were frequently at Right; Out in the cold? With most ilVlS 50s now CalCUdar S variance with those of any of 65 SeahOPSO the challengers - remarkable owned by one nation (Spain) CIVIAC organisers nr >

FEATURES Challenge. He describes the IT-intense design route that was adopted for Auckland -'Z 29 How to and how much? Top-scoring Admiral's Cup skipper ADRIAN REGULARS STEAD talks to PETER BENTLEY about the ANQUE P realities, financial and otherwise, of putting 4 Commodore's letter together a top-level challenge for the increasingly PETER RUTTER international Tour de France a la Voile 33 Odds on... 7 Editorial Given his success with boats such as ]et ANDREW HURST FRONT COVER Services/Commodore Explorer, Gilles Oilier was The IVIarc Lombard- always going to be strongly placed should he 8 Update designed Banque receive a design commission for The Mary Pera remembered, rush for 'pre-owned' Populaire 2 (see Design, Race - he got three. TIM JEFFERY lD48s, Red Funnel report. Swan to go grand Seahorse June 2000) went to the launching of his first prix? Plus more America's Cup news debuts at the La Trinité boat for Grant Dalton Multihull Grand Prix With a raft of new trimarans |u 12 World news Hkely from the frontrunners America's Gup Review The party comes to a brutal end at Team in the forthcoming Vendée New Zealand, fallout continues from Globe - after they have 36 Blow out... Beashel/ Nicholson 49er battie, rigs finished their prior The seeming invincibilit}^ of Team engagement of course - all tumble in inaugiual Key West-Baltimore New Zealand appears to have event, a weary Monnet heads North, Gautier eyes in La Trinité were prompted a new generation of wealthy focused on this innovative takes Ta Trinité Grand Prix but all eyes are on private challengers to take up the battle. And new design from Marc Banque Populaire, Fauconnier and Temonchois tri­ Lombard. It certainly did not it's not just in New Zealand that the America's umph in Transat AG2R and Gilles Oilier describes disappoint, showing Cup is causing frantic activity... the work behind creating a class of 33m offshore excellent pace, especially 'one designs'. PATRICE CARPENTIER, FVOR upwind, as indeed had been WILIONS, ROB MUNDLE and DOBBS DAVIS predicted by Lombard 41 Inching forwards... himself. Height in particular This America's Cup finally saw some interesting rig was particularly impressive, developments in the lACC class. But there are still 23 Olympic and small boat news and it will be interesting to areas where the America's Cup rule is allowing itself HAMISH WILLCOX looks at 470 development see if other skippers follow to fall behmd the tunes, says CHRIS REGNART the lead of a trim tab on the main central foil. Given BP2 27 Paul Gayard was only afloat for two days 45 'Do not undertake lightly' And sailing's on a roll again - especially in Italy before the racing started in Brittany, it was no surprise = Design that final results were poor; PROFESSOR HIDEAKI MIYATA was in charge 28 Seahorse letters it has taken previous Vendée of the technical team at Nippon America's Cup The Offshore Racing Council was wrong then Globe winner Alain Gautier some 12 months to get his and it's wrong now, says TONY ASHMEAD own 60ft tri, Fonda, winner in La Trinité, up to reliable 48 Seahorse raceboat build table speed. So given the time it takes to get a new 60-footer up to pace, it is no surprise 50 RORG news that Grant Dalton (subde as ever) said at the launch of Club Med that, by doing 65 Seahorse calendar relatively little hard sailing, And July 'Sailor of the Month' he felt the PlayStation team had 'wasted' the year's lead they had once had over their Race 2000 competitors. Unfortunately, the nature of any pioneering competition, especially one that requires funding at the level of The Race, is that at its first attempt entries will be very patchy in quality. The hope is there will be enough 'Race' readiness for a small handful to make a real contest of it. But even if one boat wins by a month, ocean sailing will never be the same again. Left skippering his Mumm 30 from the front. Serge Madec focuses on the Tour Voile while Cover: Jaques others spend countless amounts trying to wrest Vapillon/DPPi the Transatlantic record he set 10 years ago... Inset: Christian Fevrier Top: where next for Frers, Bertelli and Peterson? (Contents August 2000

the Open discipline, and Esmeralda shows well at FEATURES this year's Newport Gold Regatta. PATRICE CARPENTIER, IVOR WILKINS, ROB MUN­ 35 Offshore reflections DLE and DOBBS DAVIS BRUCE FARR and RUSSELL BOWLER describe their research into new designs for the next Volvo Ocean Race and explain 25 Olympic and small boat news how the design process itself has ANDREW HURST talks to JOHN changed since the last event FORBES about the future for the - still King Cat after 33 years. Plus Reynolds and Liljedahl's 39 All change... Star worlds triumph Aside from the fact that I — — is still an American, little has stayed 30 ORG Column FRONT COVER Tightening up IMS - DAVID LYONS Ellen MacArthur drives the same in the America's her Open 60 Kingfisher Cup in recent weeks. IVOR towards the Newport Rl WILKINS looks at how the 32 Rod Davis finish of this year's sin- changes have felt back in Ain't never seen anything like this... glehanded Transatlantic Auckland and TIM JEFFERY mea­ Youngest entry for the race, sures up some of the new Cup groups for size youngest entrant ever, new 54 Design - record time, superlatives 'Birth of a crazy boat', Sebastien Schmidt and abounded as Ellen brought 43 Back on a roll... Kingfisher across the line With the introduction of Swedish Match as spon­ Luke McEwen look at the 2000 Bol d'Or winner first in the Open 60 class. sor the match race circuit looks to be finding its Aside from hitting a whale a feet again. PETER GILMOUR assesses progress 56 Seahorse raceboat build table few days from the finish - as JOHN ROBERSON gives his half-term report very bad for the whale, not so bad, it transpired for 58 RORC news MacArthur's Marten Marine 47 No problem built boat - Ellen's worst problem was a nasty tumble lAGG Technical review - Part III 73 5ea/rorse calendar down the forehatch, result­ With the last America's Cup seemg more demanding ing in a matched pair of And August's 'Sailor of the Month' sailing conditions aUied with a trend towards nar­ black eyes. Fortunately for the photographers these had rower lACC designs, loads on calmed down before the fin­ winches and running rigging esca^ 'Strange but true', a Dutch lated once agam. CRAIG BLAZ­ ish. This year's race was businessman has commis­ plentiful in the popularity of ER and MARK WISS look at the sioned Sparkman & Stephens its three big winners, task for the which engineers and to oversee the construction MacArthur, fellow Pom PHIL GARLAND looks at the Emma Richards, and giant strides made in the latest of a replica of the America's France's outright winner, the running riggmg materials Cup defender , under-funded Francis Joyon. renowned for being the It was also a blow for new fastest J-Boat ever built. The faces in the technical field. REGULARS very Innovative Ranger Kingfisher was a very mea­ sured consensus design from 4 Commodore's letter defeated the 1937 Cup chal­ lenger, Sir Thomas Upton's a group inciuding Merfyn That Chariipagne Mumm Owen, Rob Humphreys, II four straight, Admiral's Cup decision in full Giovanni Belgrano and for­ winning one race by over two PETER RUTTER mer Vendée Globe winner miles. The original Ranger, Alain Gautier. The boat is built by Bath Iron Worlcs for less powerful than its widest 7 Editorial Finot rivals, but looks capa­ Harold Vanderbllt, to a joint ANDREW HURST ble of scoring well on the design by S&S and Starling 'up-and-down' stages of the Burgess, was broken up for next Vendée. Ellen's rig is 8 Update metal salvage in support also light, simple and strong. Ross Field lands his Volvo Race of the war effort in 1941 Similarly, the latest boats sponsorship. Club Med re-writes from Marc Lombard are also slightly less extreme, offering the record books, Tearn Philips better alround performance. rebuild and IMS racing news If the fleet swings back a lit­ tle in its development, from the ultra-radical downwind 12 World news flyers, helped by the influ­ Francis Joyon, Ellen MacArthur ence of events such as Chay and Emma Richards share sin- Blyth's Atlantic Challenge, glehanded Transat joy, home at then the greatest monohulls last for Philippe Monnet, Yaka ever he in prospect chases sponsors in face of the billionaires' onslaught, Greg Cover: Billy Black Elliott's latest flyer, $15 million Insets: Thierry Martinez promised for new 'World Cup', and Philippe Schiller Glenn Bourke moves to CYC, womens' match racing on the rise in USA - but where next for eContents September 2000

FEATURES 7 Editorial 28 Clash ofthe Titans ANDREW HURST With Club Med and PlayStation both currently chasing the weather for a successful assault on the Banque Populaire go again (again), IRM and IRC outright Atlantic sailing record, CHRISTIAN comment, IMS50 worlds, Nippon and Spain out FEVRIER draws some technical comparisons the America's Cup, Volvo Race news and Dalton between these two leading 'Race' contenders on tumbleweed... 33 So far so good Or even better, as it ultimately turned out; mid­ 12 World news way through his team's recent successful Tour de New Volvo challenger joins Ross Field out of France campaign, Barlo Plastics skipper Adrian Auckland, a look at Vendée Globe developments, Barlo Plastics drives iiard Stead had already taken onboard some of the Loick Peyron announces his Race entry, new faces downwind during this early lessons of this marathon event line up for the Figaro, 'Clouds' off to New year's Tour de France Zealand, 'Heaven' still waiting..., Forbes and Bun- With a dominant win in the dock get technology on their side, false dawn for Tour to add to his top-scor­ 34 Gearing up IMS at the Onion Patch? Plus Rolex IMS worlds ing points finish at last year's Coinciding with the first batch of syndicate report. FVOR WILKINS, PATRICE CARPEN­ Champagne Mumm announcements for the 2001 Volvo Ocean Race, TIER, ROB MUNDLE, BRUCE NELSON and Admiral's Cup, Adrian Stead has got plenty of fresh we talk to race chairman Helge Alten about his DOBBS DAVIS ammunition in his attempt to expectations and hopes for his first event raise funding for a Volvo Race challenge. Whether or 23 Paul Gayard not he is successful in hnding 37 The hottest seat iii sailing... Recently recruited to 's San Fran­ sponsorship of his own, he is He's already won a race in the America's Cup and cisco-based America's Cup team, Paul reflects on certain to be on the start line since then has captured the world match race titie - his introduction to 'America's Cup World' next September, having no we think will be just fine as the new shortage of offers from other sailing head of Team New Zealand. TfM JEF­ syndicates. Meanwhile, for FERY catches up with saUing's 'fastest' a^S 25 Olympic and small boat news the Tour a number of impor­ promotion tant issues were raised dur­ Top International 14 designer Paul ing this year's event. The key Bieker reviews the technical devel­ question now must be 42 Humpty Dumpty is opments seen at this year's 14 whether to go the whole way I worlds towards making the event back... more international? With The coming apart was as spectacu­ 'foreign' teams taking the lar as it could have been. The 46 Design - The steps top two places last year, and puttuig back together was some­ get bigger first and third this time, what more measured - though by no there is a need for more Bill Burns, design co-ordinator at means tardy. Composite's consultant international entries if the California-based DynaYacht standard of the event is to be HENRY ELLIOT talles to boatbuilding describes his company's advanced raised much further. In some maestro ERIC GOETZ about the chal­ new 52 footer respects the Tour has lenge of rebuilding Young America's USA-S3 reached a plateau; here is an outstanding event, among 48 5ea/r0r56 raceboat build table the most popular of any with REGULARS competitors, yet in some 50 RORG news ways Barlo, Team New 4 Commodore's letter Zealand and Belgium's PETER RUTTER Kateie teams have made it look too easy. Either the 65 5eaA0r56 calendar Tour will now swing back to In Italy they a principally domestic com­ just keep on petition - which would be no doing it; This indictment - or it must go the is the Frers whole way in search of a designed step forward. It is hard to Stiining, one conceive of a 'round-France' of the latest event ever being short, but a 'Open Class' lesson of modern regattas is racers that that such events must be compete on compact if they are to thrive. the Adriatic It may be possible to shorten and Med cir­ the Tour to three weeks cuits. Twin without losing its flavour. 1,500 litre That would be a start. The water tanks boats are perfect, the organi­ help things sation outstanding and crews along. Inset; are queuing up. But in terms 'Humpty of international appeal there Dumpty', is one more step still to take before being put back together Cover: Ricl< Tomlinson again Inset: Paul Bieker October 2000

FEATURES ioritiews New Zealand successful in defence of Kenwood 33 Big fish-big pond-Parti Cup (just), Neville Crichton back on the race However you cut it, the maiden race victory of circuit - in style. Team New Zealand pull some Kingfisher in the Europe 1 Star was an impressive new aces into the pack, Rolex Commodores' Cup achievement. Design co-ordinator MERFYN and the international launch of IRM, records fall OWEN and Wolfson Unit Director ANDY in breathtaking Quebec-St Malo race, 'Bidegorry CLAUGHTON describe the boat's development the Brave' takes the Figaro, French left stunned by Tour Voile result, Gennaker-gate fails to dampen 39 To the end - and beyond inaugural Baltic Nations Cup, and Sydney-Hobart Having won the Tour de France by a massive race enquiry draws to a close. ADRIENNE margin of over 80 points, TIM POWELL, main CAHALAN, IVOR WILKINS, PATRICE helmsman aboard Barlo Plastics, talks to CARPENTIER, MKE BROUGHTON, TIM PETER BENTLEY about the event and about JEFFERY and ROB MUNDLE The Big Apple III his own plans for the future takes a quick look down the mine during this 23 Rod Davis And a funny thing happened to me on the way to year's Kenwood Cup 41 Hey big spender... the ... After the Hght airs that It has been a sad fact that the majority of previous dominated the 1998 event, Whitbread Race boat sponsors subsequently moved competitors returned from on to other totally new areas of marketing activit}'. 26 Olympic and small boat news Hawaii this year re-enthused Swedish Match has been a notable exception, with the pleasures of racing Foiler update from MARK PFVAC switchmg dhection less dramatically to take over the in such perfect conditions. Nevertheless, despite the. Wodd Match Race Tour. DOBBS DAVIS talles to Tour President PIERRE TINNERHOLM 28 Seahorsektters obvious attractions of the NZL-60 - simply very fast, or a perfect fit for a venue, the organisers of this event have done a good job precisely predetermined task? in keeping the Kenwood Cup 44 A new beginning rolling through some diffi­ -Parti cult times in recent years, a 30 America's Cup news The creation and subsequent refinement of the period that has effectively Ellison goes for the heavy guns 'seen off several other major North Sails/University of Auckland Twisted and Rolf goes to Switzerland events - most of which are Wind Tunnel have brought new hfe to the recently (from Spain, Germany, the cheaper to compete at that largely neglected science of the wind-tunnel testing Netherlands...) Kenwood. Though the of sailboat rigs. JB BRAUN explauis what made Hawaii entry was down this the vital difference , year, at 29 boats, the series 31 ORG column was very competitive at the DAVID LYONS looks at the top end, the hnal result a REGULARS benefits or otherwise of the cur- ^tÊf^ real battle beUveen Australia rent well-matched cruiser-racer vs ^^^^ and New Zealand. Next time around, in 2002, Kenwood 4 Commodore's letter racer debate PETER RUTTER looks certain to adopt at least one offshore one And the first international event for IRM 46 Design - From a clean sheet design; talk of the Farr 40s UMBERTO FELCI describes the creation of the holding their world champi­ VIS, his office's new skiff-type singlehander onship the week before 7 Editorial Kenwood 2002 makes for ANDREW HURST the prospect of a mouth­ 48 Seahorse raceboat build table watering three weeks of sailing. The adoption of the 8 Update Kenny Read and Jason Carrington interviewed, Farr 40 already looks to 50 RORG news have given fresh impetus to the new science of 'Virtual Mark' rounding. Spud the Admiral's Cup for next Spedding passes away and Warren Johns' new-old year, and the same could 50-footer, Heaven Can Wait, makes a flying 65 56a/70r56 calendar well turn out to be true of debut at Hayman Island - and Sailor of the Month the Kenwood Cup. Four Farr 40s raced in Hawaii this year, though under IMS they Inset: Australian inevitably struggled against Tornado guru Mitch the better custom IMS Booth is among the designs. With a one design multihull talent to fleet of their own, there have been attracted would be no such deterrents to Grant Daltpn's cc to making the long trip. The Club Med campaign. ^ prospect of a unified three¬ Meanwhile, the > boat, standardised system for giant Oilier design u- the viforld's big regattas is is now back in § beginning to look realistic France, having H again. There is a long way to those very fine g go, but the benefits of find- 'sacrificial' bows g ing such common ground {left) rebuilt, after shouldn't be underestimated one 'sacrificed' itself during sea Cover: Thierry Martinez trials last month (Contents DecembeF 2QQ0

FEATURES S Update Sobstad vs North grinds on, Team Philips is back 24 Tough act to follow ashore once again - this time with near- For all, except perhaps the delegation from Athens catastrophic rig failure. Plus TIM JEFFERY takes 2004, the Sydney Olympics was a breathtalcing a ride south with GRANT DALTON aboard the experience. And the sailing regatta showed that it is relaunched Oilier 108 Club Med no longer necessary to be hidebound by traditional thinldng. PETER BENTLEY and ROD DAVIS 12 World news PATRICE CARPENTIER gives the inside track 34 At the pointy end on his Vendée Globe rivals. Middle Harbour YC ISAF president PAUL HENDERSON could cele­ teeters on the brink of ruin in Sydney, while Aus­ brate a great sailing regatta with the best of them, tralia's Soviet-born 470 coach Victor Kovalenko though he would not want it all to stop there... celebrates being the most important man on the waterfront, Jim Farmer's new Georgia turns heads in Auckland, as Paul Cayard goes lACC sailing star silver medallists lan 36 Under wraps again. Plus breezy Big Boat action in San Walker and Mark Covell Loïck Peyron's 10-year-old NIGEL IRENS- Francisco. FVOR WILKINS, ROB MUNDLE, power back in during the designed trimaran Fujicolor has developed into TIM JEFFERY and DOBBS DAVIS Sydney Olympic Regatta one of the enduring success stories of high-speed The standard by which all sailboat design. However, now such hiture events will be IRENS is faced with a new and 22 Rod Davis judged was a common daunting task, to go at least It didn't end up going entirely to plan... observation on both the one step better... but ROD DAVIS celebrates the suc­ Sydney Olympics and on cess of an Olympic Regatta to beat the Olympic Regatta itself. all Olympic regattas Certainly Australia put on a 39 Over and above... magnificent show, manag­ -Parti 31 America's Gup ing to combine an unus­ Accurate alertness British success in Sydney has given ually informal Olympic management is developing new life to hopes for a UK Cup atmosphere with rigorous as a science as fast as, or challenge in 2002/03 organisational efficiency. faster than, many other On the sailing site, three- aspects of solo ocean racing, time world champion DR CLAUDIO STAMPI 32 ORG Glen Bourke and his team describes some of tbe work done with ORC chairman Hans Zuiderbaan looks pos­ did a wonderful job, not Ellen MacTVrthur for the Vendée Globe itively on the merger with ISAF and on forthcom­ only putting on a great ing debate at the annual conference regatta, but also Icnocking down coundess preconcep­ 43 Giant steps - Part I tions about how regunented Philippe Poupon often used to claim how his 46 Design - For a purpose or two - and dull - a good ambition was always to absolutely minimise the GIOVANNI CECCARELLI knew it would be no Olympic regatta need be. time he spent steering during his solo races. BILL easy task to create a new class of one design Open The result was a contest BIEWENGA describes the strides made in autopilot 60, competitive in offshore events but also well- that took full advantage of design in recent years suited to grand prix-level match-race competition. a spectacular venue, and And he only had six months to do it... was cleverly adapted and managed so that the novel REGULARS variables - such as racmg 48 Seahorse raceboat build table within the harbour (Heaven 4 Gommodore's letter forbid...) - were presented PETER RUTTER 50 RORG news well enough to get the fleet's support. The racmg itself saw the usual number 7 Editorial 65 Seahorse calendar of Olympic upsets, as pres­ ANDREW HURST And December 2000 Sailor of the Month sure or simply bad fortune claimed several pre-event favourites. But every loser means a winner, and the Games saw some welcome new faces on the podium, such as Fmland's 49er pauring (winning with a race in hand) and Norway's medaUists. A seat-of-the-pants regatta also suited the sailing style Spectacular action in the Wally of Britain's Starboat crew, Fleet during this autumn's 'Not who made hay in style the Nioulargue' Voiles de St Tropez event. Some 200 boats of every description took part. Above: Fiat (and Ferrari) Coven Ocean Images supremo Giovanni Agnelli Inset: Peter competed aboard his new Bentley/PPL Frers-designed 'mini-Stealth'