Auckland calls itself the City of Sails and looking around, you would think the America's Cup was here last week. Right next to our marina is the NZ Maritime Museum. It houses "Black Magic" the ACC yacht that won the America's Cup and a wonderful memorial to Peter Blake, NZ's god of sailing.
Today, Andy and I sailed for two hours on NZL 41, an ACC boat that was one of Team New Zealand's trial horse boats. What a rush!! It was blowing 20kt gusting to 25 and the boat was rarely below 10-12 kts. Everyone got a chance to be a grinder and to steer. A dream come true!
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