Quick Pix -- Wednesday Jan 25, 05:32
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This afternoon we checked in at the Auckland Match Racing Cup regattacenter upstairs in the old Alinghi base in the Viaduct. They directed us
to the racing area off Wynyard Wharf.
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What will appear in the background of these tourists' photos whenthey get back to China?
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The start-finish area for the AMRC. By mid-afternoon the breeze haddied down, but not the rain which came and went all day.
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The windward mark was up under the bridge.)
After four flights Dicko, Dean Barker and Mathieu Richard had allgotten off to a good 3-1 start. Bert managed a 2-2 while Alinghi's Ed
Baird went 1-3. The RC will try to complete five flights today.
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BMW ORACLE Racing continues to maintain a small office here in Aucklandwhere, among a couple others, accountant Mark Kokich (NZL) was hard
at work today.
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Also working out of our AKL office, at least temporarily until headingback up to VLC, is Auckland resident and sail designer Mickey Ickert
(GER).
by TFE
