[ClBBBaa January 2012 FEATURES Stars&Stripes team of 1988 finally reach modern fruition, TERRY HUTCHINSON is looking to a 24 On the hook busy winter, CAMPBELL FIELD is not getting over-confident and DAVID RAISON tells STEPHEN 'SPARKY' PARK is at the very PATRICE CARPENTIER why he is gratified to pointiest end in terms of the performance of have at last concluded his Mini Transat quest Team GBR in 2012. He talks to ANDY RICE 26 The next Step 14 World news Renowned for the quality of their boatbuilding, 'JP' survives (and prospers), BERTRAND FAVRE Ovington Boats are now moving into design and on diplomacy, Italy enters 'two' Cups, ANDREW development... starting with a slippery new skiff PALFREY on Cup coaching, Orma 60s go south and a new rule for the toybox... IVOR WILIONS, BLUE ROBINSON, PATRICE CARPENTIER, 30 Third time's a charm? BRICE LECHEVALIER, DOBBS DAVIS, How important? GKJLLANO LUZZATTO The honest answer is that no -Parti one can yet be certain about It didn't get off to a great start but no the implications of David one doubts the pace of Farr Yacht 22 Paul Gayard Raison's success, dominating Design's new VO70. BRITT WARD And the Artemis Racing CEO bids a the Mini Transat with his cautious welcome to Luna Rossa... radical new design, at the finish beating the best of a 34 Serious history well-honed Mini 6.50 fleet by There was gravitas mixed in with plenty 28IRG - be under no illusions 150 miles. When Raison's of conviviality when the Whitbread and Times they may be a-changing but the scow was first launched early Volvo race veterans gathered in Alicante principles underpinning the IRC system in 2010 many did not take it seriously, partly because the have not shifted one iota, says JAMES DADD boat, by any conventional 38 Step aside measure, was definitely not a The new America's Cup is certainly encouraging 43 RORG news thing of beauty, but more more young sailing talent... ANDY RICE and EDDIE WARDEN OWEN substantially because in early TERRY HUTCHINSON report from San Diego races it appeared to be a patchy performer. But this is 44 Design - Changing the game(sa) no amateur-built flight of 40 Textiles to composites fancy - Raison is a skilled -Part I marine engineer and an -Part VI MERFYN OWEN previews a report on the latest experienced competitor. He BILL PEARSON concludes this series with a look changes in Imoca 60 design with this look back had correctly identified the at more of the apphcations for thin ply techniques fact that using the best over his first 15 years of involvement in the class materials it is now possible to build a large box-structure, REGULARS 48 5ea^0r56 build table like a Mini scow, extremely hghtly, and so reduce wetted 4 Commodore's letter - Hold me down surface enough to minimise ANDREW MCIRVINE Is there no end to the new boats being launched the vulnerability of his design by the mighty McConaghy Boats pantechnicon outside its best condition of power reaching. Raison's 7 Editorial TeamWork may also feature ANDREW HURST 66 Seahorse regatta calendar a (now) reliable telescoping canting keel, to maximise working bulb 'extension', but 8 Update 67 Sailor ofthe Month even without deploying the CAM LEWIS is enjoying seeing the vision of his Two ofthe most respected... as well as the fastest keel and bulb Team'Work has form stability at rest to match Left: locked and most of her rivals - with their loaded, and on film own keels fully rotated. On of course, Mike top of this enormous reserve Pammenter of power, it is necessary to prepares to go up factor in the accepted key for the dally rig hydrodynamic characteristic check on Camper of a good scow, that once during leg 1 of the modestly heeled (assuming it VOR. The following is not too heavy), the boat day Pammenter assumes a rapidly narrowing would lose a front waterline profile which in tooth after being turn boosts speed through thrown Into the the water further. So the shrouds during a righting moment of a cat, sail change. That is with comparable heeled drag, certainly not what and all employed on a you want to see quasi-conventional monohull (inset) when you - one that is capable of look down at the crossing the Atlantic. This bottom of your will be one hell of a story... VO70 hull. This Is Sanya's flooded bow compartment after limping back COVER: Teamwork into port with major INSET: Jesus Ren edo hull damage February 2012 FEATURES SUpdate RODNEY PATTISSON has words on the way 24 Aussie reflections that Olympic sailing is going, as does BLUE BLUE ROBINSON considers some of die other ROBINSON - putting on his Finnster hat. Where heroes of Olympic sailing and ANDY RICE now for IAN WILLIAMS and for goodness' sake, discusses the perfect race with TOM SLINGSBY 'start smiling', says TERRY HUTCHINSON 28 A moose on the loose 14 World news Sanya skipper MIKE SANDERSON assesses Flying on the Big Blue with LOÏCK PEYRON and the performance lessons from Volvo Leg 1 while BRIAN THOMPSON, SAM's ftesh start, CHUNY WOUTER WERBRAAK looks at routeing choices BERMUDEZ and BUBISANSO stay focused, the heritage movement gathers momentum in Auckland and it's kick-ass for Quantum Key 30 Third time's a charm? West 2012. PATRICE CARPENTIER, Crucial times -Partn CARLOS PICH, IVOR WILIONS, Frank Cammas's Groupama BLUE ROBINSON, DOBBS DAVIS failed to impress on Leg 1 of BRITT WARD of Farr Yacht Design the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean explains the unusual deck layout Race, splitting early with the decided upon for their VO70 Azzani 22 Rod Davis rest of the fleet in a move that ultimately did not pay. Even 34 Finding balance -Legitimate disagreement if it had, to split with all of It's so great listening to Rod when he's Louis Vuitton Cup impresario and your competitors so early in a trying oh-so-hard to stay diplomatic... marathon 8-month contest former 12 Metre Cup skipper BRUNO goes against every rule of TROUBLE is comfortable with how AC34 is regatta sailing, something shaping up but has concerns for his wine cellar 26 ORG-Finessing the offer that Cammas's rivals will ALLESANDRO NAZARETH have noted with interest. This experienced and hugely 36 Rules of engagement (5) successful oceanic competitor While DAVE HOLLOM likes the big cats but 44 Design - Changing the game(sa) no doubt has immense worries whether we are chasing the right rainbow _ pgp^ || confidence in his strategy team and in the speed of his MERFYN OWEN moves on to the substantial extensively developed Juan K 40 Design for manufacture modifications recently made to improve the pace VO70 design, but his rivals and reliability of Mike Golding's Vendée steed will already be wondering -Parti about the old sailors' joke of ANDREW HURST attempts to set out a context the inherent paradox of a for a calm discussion-about improving reliability 47 RORG news French 'Team'. It was a - especially of prototype raceboats - plus some A change of guard and a look ahead to events confident move by Cammas case studies from ANDREW MACFARLAN further afield... EDDIE WARDEN OWEN to take his enormous and well-established sponsorship programme into the refined 42 Cherry picking 48 5da/7or56 build table competitive cauldron of a While DAN PRIMROSE looks further afield to modern crewed round-the- see if useful lessons can be taken from elsewhere - Overrated world race, but he will have Save on materials with HUGH WELBOURN's done his homework - and he typically elegant alternative to a Mini 6.50 scow also has the benefit of REGULARS knowing that Groupama's is a two-event Volvo Ocean 4 Gommodore's letter 66 Seahorse regatta calendar Race project. In the past MIKE GREVILLE there has been very little successful crossover by good 67 Sailor ofthe Month shorthanded sailors into 7 Editorial In the spirit of Christmas (huh! - ed) it's an top-level crewed competition ANDREW HURST all-American final for this month... (other than at a level below Left: Azzam lines skipper); encouragingly, up for the Cape however, the reverse is Town restart. It is currendy proving true with hard to exaggerate an expanding new generation the efforts of the of great all-round sailors shore crews In such as the Spanish pairing of getting the three Martinez and Fernandez who damaged VO70s are surely blazing the traU. ready for Leg 2 The route for the very best - just days after regatta sailors into the Volvo the boats came off Race has been established for their ships In bits. many years now, with Paul The improvements Cayard, winner in 1997/98, In oceanic race the pre-eminent example. sails still impress, Now it falls to Cammas to a new main (inset) carry the shorthanders' torch on the Open 60 in the same way. Just adding Gamesa bearing no to the pressure, mon ami! resemblance to the flappy bags that COVER: lan Roman/VOR used to get these INSET: Mick Anderson shorthanders around the world! SLtjili^Mit^l March 2012 FEATURES ANDY RICE looks at the Olympic state of play, 22 Right place right time IAIN MURRAY updates us on the good and the Sixty years young the RYA Dinghy Show still bad in Cup World and at Key West TERRY stands unique in the world of small boat racing HUTCHINSON is awarded some time out for good behaviour onboard a good 'ol one-huUer 26 My time BEN AINSLIE and BLUE ROBINSON discuss 14 World news keeping non-participants off the field of play..