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Monkey Magic is a Italian Bistro which has now lost the flairs but gained full-beam solid wings, bucking current trends. There's still a little way to go with this boat, but the fundamentals are definitely now there. Ewan “Monkey” Harris and Ben “Speedy” Brown are now in high gear to get this boat on the water asap. Good work boys!

There are so many new boats being built it's difficult to keep up. Most have been allocated sail numbers (the most recent to be issued is 2696 - the third of the Breton stalwart Oleo Banjo designs (Your reporter was disappointed that Oleo Banjo did not translate into something rather rude). There are rumours out there of dark horse boats whose construction is being kept secret. Who knows, anything's possible…

Here is the latest shot of Natural Born Skiffeurs, a Slug being built by Ghislain Devouthon in Paris.

With all this activity speculation has started over who will get the coveted sail number 2700….