Winner: Castles in the Sky by Taylor Steele
Nominees: Scratching the Surface, Idiosyncrasies, Who Is J.O.B., 180 South, Castles in the Sky
Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that he too is worried about the sound of F1’s new engine formula for 2013.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said recently that for “the top class of racing”, 1.6 litre four-cylinder power plants “sounds a bit pathetic”.
Triple world champion Niki Lauda agreed: “I am worried about the sound, which in Formula One has been so unique.
“Hopefully there will be  … More
Giant Steps – was the first of the gigantic multihulls that continue to capture the public imagination, especially in FranceDubbed the “aluminum octopus†because of its radical appearance, Eric Tabarly’s 68-foot trimaran Pen Duick IV was the forerunner of today’s record-setting ocean-racing multihulls. The boat had to withdraw a few days into its first Observer Single-handed Transatlantic Race (OSTAR) in 1968, but it won the quadrennial event in 1972 in a record 20 days, 13 hours and 15 minutes, with Alain Colas at the helm. Colas went on to sail Pen Duick IV singlehanded around Cape Horn as well. Tragically, Colas and Pen Duick IV were both lost at sea in 1978 during the inaugural Route du Rhum singlehanded race from France to Guadeloupe.
An Innovator’s Innovator – Dick Newick’s multihull designs didn’t just break with convention, they left it standing still. In the late 1960s, Newick created the 40-foot proa Cheers, which finished third in the 1968 OSTAR. (Unlike other sailboats, proas are double-ended and “shunt†back and forth instead of tacking, basically reversing direction rather than turning through the eye of the wind.) Newick’s 51-foot Moxie, pictured … Pictures & More
Seven surfers have been invited to join Jordy Smith for Red Bull Nightshift in Cape Town. The event, a night surfing session with tow-assist from jetskis, is being run to celebrate an incredible year on the World Tour for Jordy, who led the World Tour ratings for part of the year, and also won his maiden World Tour event, the Billabong Pro Jeffrey’s Bay, before finishing second on the ratings at year end.
The event will consist of surfers getting towed behind the jetskis into waves in such a way that they’ll be able to project into the sky on their boards and perform high-risk aerial moves. An extra twist is  … More