Great photos...
Thank you Doris for posting the photos. Just lovely to see those crosses. Aren't the carving amazing ?Cold day here today. A good day for sitting around ! I plan to be up most of the night watching the first of the America's cup races !! Best of nine again, so I hope it doesn't go on all week !! NZ has a bit of a history here . We won the cup in 1995, successfully defended it in 2000 and lost it in 2003...the sad thing was that we were beaten by a Swiss boat, crewed by the best of NZ sailors who had been given an "offer too good to refuse" following our success in 2000... Made a lot of us quite sad but that's the name of the game nowadays and you can't blame the guys for taking up the offer of more pay and of having more money going into the campaign. The NZ team was just about bankrupt after their loss (we are a small country, low on multi- millionaires who like to race yachts ...!) However, key members of our crew stayed on and Grant Dalton was persuaded to take on the campaign. They have kept a low profile and worked very hard. We were all thrilled a couple a weeks ago, when they won the right to challenge for the cup, after weeks of competitive sailing. Tonight is the first of the main races.. Unfortunately, it happens in Valencia (Spain) so starts at 1am. NZ time..... Could be a long day tomorrow !!! The Swiss boat is still crewed by several NZers, I guess sailing isn't a number one sport in land- locked Switzerland and our boys are good !!
Fingers crossed !
Marion.
posted by Marion in NZ. @ 11:56 PM
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