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  8th May 2021 The spirit of Irish sailing – Ian Hickey's veteran Granada 38 Cavatina (Royal Cork YC) making a perfectly-timed start in the Dun Laoghaire-Dingle race. A successful participant in Fastnet, Round Ireland, Dingle and AZAB races, Cavatina is in the entry list for this year's Dingle Race on June 9th Credit: W M Nixon The welcome announcement that the National Yacht Club's biennial 280-mile Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2021 will be going ahead on Wednesday, June 9th, is encouraging. But it should not be seen as a clarion call to get the 2021 sailing season into full boisterous ...

It comes at a time of limited 5.5 Metre racing because of COVID-19, but at time of great optimism and growth within the class with new boats being built and even some new designs hitting the water this year. This issue includes features on the new boats as well as interviews with John Bacon, Jaouen Gurvan, Christof Wilke and Johan Barne, reports from the major events in 2020, and class updates from around the world. Here is a brief preview of some of the content. With two newbuilds under way in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, Dave Hollom explains the design process and how it all came about.

It comes at a time of limited 5.5 Metre racing because of COVID-19, but at time of great optimism and growth within the class with new boats being built and even some new designs hitting the water this year. This issue includes features on the new boats as well as interviews with John Bacon, Jaouen Gurvan, Christof Wilke and Johan Barne, reports from the major events in 2020, and class updates from around the world. Here is a brief preview of some of the content. With two newbuilds under way in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, Dave Hollom explains the design process and how it all came about.

A Hipgnosis image created for Nick Mason's 1981 album 'Ficticious Sports' © Hipgnosis This time 40 years ago the drummer Nick Mason released an album called Fictitious Sports. As with his band Pink Floyd (who released a few slightly more well-known albums), Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis were called upon for the album art, creating the image you see above, which seemed apt as an intro for this editorial. When the International Olympic Committee came to World Sailing to say they had concerns with the Mixed Two Person Offshore Keelboat for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, asking for a...

Community Can you imagine trying to judge a contest when everyone rode different equipment? Photo: Jeff Divine Watching the webcast of the recent Rip Curl Narrabeen Classic brought to mind professional events I’d seen held at the very same spot back in the late 1970s. The top surfers of the day included guys like Mark Richards, Simon Anderson, Rabbit Bartholomew, Peter Townend, Terry Fitzgerald, Terry Richardson and Dane Kealoha, with hot groms Tommy Carroll and Cheyne Horan nipping at their heels. These were the best surfers in the world, competing in front of throngs of enthusi...