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H A V S O R N E N
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THE DEBATE
CIM
IRC
VS
Can you really race classic boats from different eras on the same race course and expect a level
playing fi eld? Surely not, and you’d think that would be the end of it, but every few years the
same debate rears its head over whether classic regattas should be run under this or that
handicap system. The latest comes on page 58, a proposal that the Med circuit should switch from
CIM to IRC. Under CIM, the Med fl eet has blossomed and CIM’s authenticity factor has been key to
keeping the boats close to their original state. No system is perfect, however, and the current discussion is
an opportunity to bring the camps closer together, even if one rating system is unlikely to satisfy all-comers. A new
system in the Med is by no means a certainty or even a necessity, but whichever system is used there or elsewhere,
the guardianship of the boats should remain a central tenet.
ROB PEAKE, EDITOR
IT’S ABOUT THE BOATS
12. TELL TALES
26. SALEROOM
29. OBJECTS OF DESIRE
31. ADRIAN MORGAN
32. BOSUN’S BAG
77. NEW CLASSICS
79. GETTING AFLOAT
94. LETTERS
97. LOOKING AHEAD
98. STERNPOST
84. YARD NEWS
90. YARD VISIT
92. BOATBUILDER’S
NOTES
93. TRADITIONAL TOOL
COVER STORY
4. SEA EAGLE FLIES AGAIN
Tore Holm’s Havsörnen takes wing
19. CENTENARIAN AWARD
In association with Gstaad YC
COVER STORY
20. BRITISH CATBOAT
Flycatcher is launched in Chichester
COVER STORY
34. TIMBER FOR NEW BUILDS
What do experienced builders use?
COVER STORY
42. SOLO TRANSATLANTIC
Young Max Campbell’s rite of passage
COVER STORY
50. GUN PUNT HISTORY
And their infl uence today
54. TOM CUNLIFFE
GPS follies in Mystic, Connecticut
COVER STORY
56. THE NEXT HERRESHOFF?
On the lookout for the next Capt Nat
COVER STORY
58. CIM VS IRC
Owners and others enter the fray
COVER STORY
62. ADMIRAL’S CUP REGATTA
Classic race yachts gather in Sydney
70. LAKE STEAMBOAT
A launch on Windermere
COVER STORY
74. AFFORDABLE CLASSIC
Th e Blackwater Sloop
NEW
SERIES
BUDGET
BOATING
Blackwater
Sloop
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