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Just twelve hours now till we finally get to see the most exciting boats in the history of the America’s Cup go head to head. Do the Swiss have any chance against such a mighty wing?

30 days to the start of the International Moth Worlds in Dubai. I’m starting to feel happy with the boat now. Not that I think you will see me lead the fleet but I think I should now be in a position to get a more respectable result then at my last world championships. The new rig went up for the first time on Saturday and all seemed very good. The branding went on the sail over the weekend for a new supporter! More on that later.

32 days to the start of the F1 season. This year could go any way. With the last two champions driving identical cars neither will have an excuse this year. Another past champion teamed up with the 2008 runner up driving what looked like a very quick Ferrari in last weeks practice will both need close attention. As will returning 7 times world champion driving for last years winning team. I’m sure a few others like Red Bull will not go unnoticed this season. Can’t wait to see who will have the upper hand this year.

In no more then 43 days we should know if Frank Cammas and his team on Groupama have been successful in beating the Jules Verne Record on this their third attempt.

In 195 days the Little Americas Cup will be held in New York with several new boats in the build. The British challenger was out training in Weymouth this weekend. It was great to see them sailing well. Higher and similar speed upwind with a better vmg. Downwind it seemed harder to keep in the groove but when it was going flat out it didn’t seem too far off the moth

So there is plenty of exciting stuff going on in the world at the moment. And what virtually all of them have in common is that they aren’t attempting to make lead weights travel as fast as possible!