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3 reasons... 1. It's cheap, each sail panel is relatively small and bear in mind she's effectively a square rigger AND a cruising boat then you are not looking at the 'nth' degree of sail shape... 2. The most important one... What happens when your furling system shits the bed... topsails are...

Tis Jamie's boat in John's shed

This didn't happen in Sydney did it by any chance?

Oceanco Y714 - 110m Lobanov design - Longest Superyacht launched in Holland... That's all I can say...

The story of the bow is unusual, but not to be told I am afraid. She will float on her lines when completed, no problem... For all the doubters out there - just think of what 100m of waterline gives for a hull speed... With 3 Dyna rigs fully wicked up...

I can confirm that Better Than.. didn't have anything modified that would have taken us out of One-Design or made us any faster than any of the other 42's, as someone pointed out at times we were anything but rather than better than! Still hurts to hike that hard! Congrats to the regatta team...

that's Cowes, Isle of Wight unless I am mistaken...

Was most likely a rigging failure, but it was never confirmed (the rig was deep sixed) - though it wasn't being pushed at the time the rig failed, only a staysail and full main, underwicked for the conditions for sure. There was more sail up the day before whilst training... As it was only 1...

Surely you'd just bear away in Osbourne bay (on Port at the moment) and then gun it for the outer end of the line (which is what in the SI's?) - may require a tack but hopefully they'll get the lift on Port close in to the Medina?

29.7kt for the last couple of mins... Hauling the mail!!!

Just managed a 27.7kt average for the last little tracker section... Wish I was in a Rib watching this... 1 tack and in I think...

Don't go sailing and adjust the bottlescrews under load! Having done plenty of miles on the boat, not using the mast jack is a good way of trashing the rigging screws! We would adjust the shims upand down from a base setting depending on the wind strength, that is how the system is designed...

I think AD might be gybing... Don't think they could get onto GP4's line though...

Not unless they finished it in the 2 weeks since I was there, which I very much doubt... Ker 40 - Dutch I think...

Know Sammie well, very good yachter... She has sailed on both Weapon and Gladiator in the TP fleet...

Memory Lane from when she was 'Bounder' for a year... (Not Jess, but hi!)

Not my video, but I was onboard... Hell of a ride when the wind got up!

Years ago, when sailing on a J-105 on a very windy day in the Solent... Discussion at the back regarding which chute to put up, big one or little Chicken chute (bearing in mind it was blowing a good 25 gusting 30) - mainsheet (also a sailmaker) to the tactician, 'real men don't eat Quiche'...

Coming to work this morning Leopard was tied up in her normal berth in Ocean Village - Rig was still in the boat so no idea what went wrong!

Make sure you get the Highlife Chicks on, and embarrass Kirsty by telling her lots of people are watch it in the UK!