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VOLVO OCEAN RACE Halfway stage report LUNA ROSSA Latest Cup progress from the Italian team

LEEBOW TACK Step by step guide to perfect your technique

On board with the Match Racing World Champ

JOG RACING Secrets to success from coastal race winners

DINGHY DESIGNS A look at the latest developments for 2015

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VOLVO OCEAN RACE Halfway stage report LUNA ROSSA Latest Cup progress from the Italian team

LEEBOW TACK Step by step guide to perfect your technique

On board with the Match Racing World Champ

JOG RACING Secrets to success from coastal race winners

DINGHY DESIGNS A look at the latest developments for 2015

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New directions at the top

T

he so-called Chinese gybe can be an intimidating experience at the best of times, but imagine contending with this in pitch darkness, at the start of a four-week leg through the formidable Southern Ocean in the world’s toughest ocean race. This is what some of the sailors in the VOR were tackling, just days after leaving Auckland.

It is pretty incredible what these sailors go through in maintaining highly tactical, almost dinghy-style racing over thousands of miles of ocean. As our analysis on page 24 reveals, we’re witnessing this top end of our sport enter a new era, one with which Corinthian sailors are ever more able to identify.

It’s great to see that Team SCA’s campaign is also ushering in a new attitude towards women’s sailing, as Andi Robertson finds out from Annie Lush (page 14); the girls are in it to give the race their best shot, not merely for novelty value.

Back on dry land, another battle in the war that is ever the America’s Cup has broken out, with teams divided over the suggestion of abandoning the AC62 in favour of smaller catamarans for 2017’s final. The one refreshing thing this time round is that the motivation for the suggestion See us on Facebook.com/sailingmagazine

seems to be on protecting the longevity of the event, rather than any sort of conceited motivation from the defender. There will be losers – Luna Rossa, one of the most advanced in terms of design (see our report on page 36) has threatened to withdraw – but there will also be winners – Team France, it would seem, would be back in the game, with skipper Frank Cammas anticipating a shoestring budget of €15-20m needed to win the Cup. Not exactly sport for all with that price tag, but a positive step away from uber-elistism.

For those of us with more down-to-earth budgets, it’s time to start planning as the 2015 season gets under way with plenty of regattas planned up and down the UK – don’t miss our regatta guide, which has something for everyone this summer.

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Writers this month include…

Lucy Macgregor was the British Olympic Match Racing representative for the 2012 Olympics and now campaigns a Nacra 17

Mark Rushall coaches at the highest levels of the sport, covering all types of racing from dinghies to round the world events

One of the world’s most respected sailing commentators, Bob Fisher has a depth of knowledge that’s second to none

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30 OPINION

EQUIPMENT AND TRAVEL

News 6 Hot topics from the racing scene

test 56 Boat Rupert Holmes tests the Huzar 28

spotlight 10 News 505s Worlds: The right venue?

Europe 60 Destination Cover Story: Our guide to Europe’s most popular regatta destinations and how to get there

13 Opinion on the biggest sailing stories Bob Fisher

14 Discusses Team SCA’s performance Andi Robertson

Andy Rice 16 Are simple dinghies the future?

INSIGHT & ANALYSIS to head 18 Head Cover Story: Inside the mind of record-breaking, five-time world match racing winner, Ian Williams

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Dinghy developments

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Italian style

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World Cup shake-up

Snakes and ladders 24 Cover 68 Story: Bob Fisher analyses the first half of the Volvo Ocean Race

Cover Story: We focus on the latest trends in the dinghy scene

Going behind the scenes with the Luna Rossa America’s Cup challenge

Lucy Macgregor on the new World Cup format

Dynamic Stability Systems Investigating the lateral foil that is making its way to the IMOCA60 class

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Group – plus tips for coastal racing

Nailing the lee-bow tack 50 Mark Rushall gives tips and tricks for pulling off the perfect lee-bow tack

regattas 72 Summer Cover Story: The annual Y&Y guide to the best summer events from around the UK

innovations 82 Kit New kit launched to revolutionise your sailing in 2015

boats 84 New A 46-footer ready for the Northwest Passage, a British-built offshore racer and a brand-new foiling dinghy

ESSENTIALS Clubs & classes 86 This month’s event round-ups Sailors of the month 91 Inspirational winners announced Boats on the water 92 Best buys on the water big and small Position 98 On thin ice

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