AKL, 0600 Tuesday

It's DAY ONE of the inaugural Auckland Match Racing Cup. Practice sailing this afternoon and opening ceremony this evening. Racing begins tomorrow (Wednesday) and runs through Sunday. Here's the full sked:

Tuesday 24 January 2006
11am to 3pm Practice sailing
6pm Opening ceremony

Wednesday 25 January
10am Racing begins

Thursday 26 January
10am Racing begins

Friday 27 January
10am Racing begins

Saturday 28 January
10am Racing begins

Sunday 29 January
10am Racing begins
Prizegiving follows final race

The event is being run out of the old Alinghi base in the Viaduct, with racing just outside on Waitemata Harbour.

As mentioned in an earlier post here on the BOB, and on our main team website (which will have formal race reports all week), BMW ORACLE has is the only AC team with two entries in this prestigious event:

TEAM BERT
Bertrand Pace, skipper
Rod Dawson, main
Sean Clarkson, pit
Zac Hurst, trim
Brad Webb, bow

TEAM DICKO
Chris Dickson, skipper
Paul Westlake, main
Jamie Gale, pit
Robbie Naismith, trim
Kazuhiko Sofuku, bow

Forecast today is for heavy winds and rain, so there may not be much of a chance for practice sailing. Regardless, we'll try to get a few snaps of the goings on today afloat and shoreside and post them this evening.