We leave this evening for the US. It is Easter Sunday here and we arrive Easter Sunday in LA before the time we leave here. 21 hours back in time. We got our mandatory negative COVID tests and are ready to fly. We moved Arethusa over to the American Magic Base mid last week. Much … More Some parting pictures

After our walk on Friday and lunch we headed off towards Waiheke Island at 1:30. We sailed a bit over 10 miles to Rotoroa Island with the R3 and main. The breeze picked up near the end and we reached speeds of 20kts. We anchored in Home Bay off Rotoroa Island. For over 100 years … More Our last several days of Cruising

Monday, March 22nd, we left Tryphena, Great Barrier at 12:15 and headed upwind to Great Mercury Island on the East side of the Coromandel. It was a beautiful sail. The topography was quite a bit different than the Barrier Islands. The mountains of the Coromandel rise out of the ocean and there are many walls … More Mercury Islands and the Coromandel

The day after the Cup was over the village started to be broken down. We got organized to go off cruising for a little over a week. Our first destination was Great Barrier Island. From there we would see where the weather and wind took us. Great Barrier Island We left the Viaduct in Auckland … More Cleaning up and on to some Cruising

We went out with different guests to watch racing Monday through Wednesday. You can follow the races on all kinds of online posts. I will just highlight a few things from a spectator on the race course. The crowds were large and enthusiastic on land and on the water. The AC boats never cease to … More America’s Cup 36 is over

The America’s Cup Village was busy this morning. We started our day with a nice care package delivered from Luna Rossa, Prada, Pirelli team friend. Sure they didn’t even realize it was our Prada support day anyway. We have a Kiwi friend who worked on our board project last season and is now working for … More Day 4, Sunday, Waiting for Racing

We go out on the race course to our assigned hospitality spot to watch each race day. We bring out different guests each day. The teams have split the races each day. 3-3 now and we are ready for Day 4. Very light air right now and forecast doesn’t look too good. Hope they get … More More AC Racing

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