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Ocean Racing är ju den engelska versionen av franska Course Au Large. Och det allra bästa var att man läste den gratis på webben. Nu har de dock flyttat den till iPad (eller Andrioid) och bestämt sig för att ta 49:- per nummer.

As the Vendee Globe sailors enter the Pacific, in the latest issue of OceanRacing we look at life in the southern ocean and find out what can be learnt from the first few weeks of the race. With so many boats forced to retire so soon after the start, OceanRacing asks whether assistance should be allowed in the non-stop, solo round the world race. Looking towards the future, we examine the latest developments in the IMOCA class, which has just signed an agreement with Sir Keith Mills to ensure its commercial development. Has the America’s Cup bitten off more than it can chew with the AC72? Too expensive, too risky? What next? Just a few of the questions we attempt to answer this month. Staying with multihulls, Lionel Lemonchois tells us all about his new maxi. If you enjoy a good read, you’ll certainly enjoy the extracts from Kito de Pavant’s book, which you can discover in the latest issue of OceanRacing.

Det är inte helt lätt att hitta affärsmodellerna online. Sail Racing Magazine som skulle vara iPad only har ju haft uppehåll ett år men skall göra comeback både på iPad och på webben.

Som vanligt är det fullproppat med bra artiklar. Just nu mycket om Vendee Globe. Klart läsvärt.

Man har också en bra artikel om nya båtar i de olika klasserna i IRC. De brukar också vara duktiga på att gissa IRC-tal, så så jhär kan det se ut för ett antal nya båtar:

Grand Soleil 43 ~1.115 (SRS ~1.395)
Sun Fast 3600 ~1.040-1.050 (SRS ~1.30-1.31)
JPK 10.80 ~1.050-1.060 (SRS ~1.325)
Salona 35 ~1.004 (SRS ~1.255)
Dufour 36 ~1.030 (SRS ~1.29)
Xp 33 ~1.026 (SRS ~1.28)
First 30S ~1.020 (SRS ~1.275)

Det verkar också som det kommer en ny variant av First 30:

THE FIRST 30S IS ANOTHER NEW PRODUCT
FOR 2013 THAT YOU WON*T SEE IN PARIS

It’s an updated version of the 30-footer that was dominated by other boats of that size this year. With her pride wounded, the builder based in Vendee, who rather disappointed us with this Juan K design (although he was the designer behind Groupama 4) decided to launch a limited series with the same hull, but aimed at the S version. The differences from the original model racing in the IRC Group of 1.000 are that we are looking at a sandwich construction of infused balsa/vinylester to save weight and offer stiffness, while the original boat was in monolithic injected carbon and had a keel made of cast iron I lead. There are simplified and lighter fittings (bulkheads in sandwich too) as well as changes to a lot of the rigging and sails. “The fact that the stay was shifted back and the size of the sails reduced meant we gained many thousandths” explained Philippe Massu, who managed last year to improve the performance of his First 30 in association with Beneteau, Michel Desjoyeaux and the designer. In Beauvoir, they have understood that the idea of winning races with racing cruisers “straight out of the works” (as was the case with the 31.7) was no longer possible with the competition now in place. The price of this First 30 S which wi ll be on sale from the spring will be around 119,000 euros incl. tax without gear.