Win/Loss records of the ten teams entered in the AMRC at the end of Round Robin 2 this (Friday) afternoon, with both BMWOR teams (Dicko & Bert) advancing to the semis tomorrow:

Dean Barker - 15 / 3
Cameron Appleton - 12 / 6
Bertrand Pace - 12 / 6
Chris Dickson - 11 / 7

Mathieu Richard - 10 / 8
Ian Williams - 9 / 9
Ed Baird - 8 Wins / 10 Losses
Sebastian Col - 6 / 12
Magnus Holmberg - 6 / 12
Staffan Lindberg - 1 / 17

At the outset we predicted a 70% winning rate would get a team through to the semis; turns out 61% (Dicko's 11 of 18) was good enough.

Strong NE breezes today made for great racing. We caught up with sailing team manager Craig Monk (NZL, grinder) who was on the quay watching the action through the binocs.

"Impressive work by our guys for both to qualify," Craig said. "The competition has been strong, racing very close, and there are several top teams not going forward tomorrow."

On the 6pm TV news this evening, the racing has gotten nice coverage. One angle has been that every time ETNZ chief Grant Dalton shows up to watch the racing Dean Barker suffers a loss. Dean said he hopes Dalts goes car racing this weekend. Full marks to Dean and crew for their strong performance so far.

The commentators have also noted how particularly close and aggressive the matches have been between Dicko and Bert. Good stuff.

Congrats to our guys on both teams for solid performances so far. Go get 'em tomorrow.

Check our main team website later this morning (Europe time) for a full race report.

Auckland yachting denizen John Street (left) joins BMWOR's Craig
Monk to take in some of this afternoon's great racing. In the background
Teams Bert and Dicko are both in control of their RR2, Flight 7 matches.