Quick Pix -- Thursday Jan 26, 06:37
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Today the breeze was all over the map, but for the most partthe start-finish line was just off the RNZYS breakwater at the
foot of the Auckland Harbour Bridge...
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...affording the fans and TV crews a good vantage pointon shore.
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Mr Peter Martin, of the Royal Ulster YC in Ireland, made aspecial trip to Auckland to take in the Auckland Match Racing
Cup "and these great pro sailors I have been reading so much about."
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Mid-afternoon the breeze became light and fluky, leading to a longpostponement -- note the red-and-white striped "AP" flag on display on
the Race Committee boat in the background as Team Bert sails by and
gives a friendly wave to the spectators.
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Likewise, Dicko, who killed time cruising around Westhaven Marinalooking bemused by the attention of the spectators. The forecast
had been for a mostly sunny day today, but the sun largely failed to
break through the clouds.
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Ivor Wilkins, Kiwi photo-journalist extraordinaire, is on handdoing double duty covering the regatta for BMW ORACLE Racing
(see the daily race reports on our main team website)
as well as for the AMRC oganizers.
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AC veteran umpire Bill Edgerton (GBR, left) heads the team of topinternational umpires that includes Shane Borrell (NZL, right).
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After an hour-plus postponement, and with the wind failing tocooperate, at 1630 PRO Harold Bennett pulled the plug on the day's
racing with 11 of the 18 scheduled round-robin flights completed.
This means there are seven flights to complete tomorrow, leaving
time for the semis on Saturday and finals on Sunday.
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Speaking of Harold Bennett, today we foundthis interesting poster tacked up on the RNZYS
official notice board. Luigi and Dyer, beware!
by TFE
