The radical new keel design by Howes Macnaghten Technology was put through the test on a Laser 1 on a breezy, cold winter's day at Grafham Water. Right-click (or control click for Mac users) on the following link and save to your machine. You can also hear Matthew Sheahan audio podcast. Click here. Both items are linked to this month's (April 07) issue Leading Edge special feature where Sheahan takes a hands on approach to understanding what makes the new idea tick.

Links to three of the speed campaigns mentioned in Leading Edge in the Feb 07 issue. Each has video making the concepts much easier to understand.

www.sailrocket.com
Paul Larsen's Sailrocket project has spent the late Autumn and winter
trialling in Portland Harbour.

www.monofoil.com
Jonathan Howe's Monofoil project is similar in concept to that of Sailrocket
but is able to tack and gybe allowing it to sail in both directions. Howe
believes a full size version could achieve 100 knots. Leading Edge feature: Click here for PDF of Leading Edge featurewhich appeared in the February 07 issue of Yachting World


www.hydroptere.com
Fast becoming a speed sailing classic, L'Hydroptere has been re-worked, re-launched and has shown great potential to break the world speed sailing
record.

Yachting World, 10 January 2007