WWQP Bulletin Board Chat

The America's cup !!

That's what the yachts are racing for ! "Alinghi" (the Swiss boat,) won it off NZ, back in 2003. To earn the right to challenge for it , boats had to compete in the Louis Vuitton cup. Boats from all over the world entered that race.(inc. America, who were expected to win..). NZ competed with Spain in the semi finals, the best of nine races. We won , five nil. The "word" among those who know (?) is that Alinghi is the faster boat and would see NZ off, five / nil , with no difficulty... The score at the moment is two all.... the next race is tonight (NZ time) I'll keep you posted !!

I must refocus and get busy preparing for the arrival of the family on Monday. DD#2, her husband and three children are coming for the holidays.. DSIL will be down on business for the first week but the rest of them will stay for two weeks. It's pouring with rain and very cold at the moment so I am hoping that the weather will improve by next week. 8 and 10 yr old boys need to be able to get out and kick a ball !!! DGD is 11 and easy enough to amuse with sewing and scrapbooking. It will be fun to have them here. It's almost a year since they left to live in Auckland .

Have a good day. I hope it's nicer where you are than it is here today !!

Marion.

posted by Marion in NZ. @ 5:21 PM