Champagne sailing in BMW Auckland Regatta - Day 2

10:13 AM Sat 19 Mar 2011 GMT

'BMW Auckland Cup, Day 2' Ivor Wilkins/Offshore Images

From unlikely beginnings, the BMW Auckland Regatta produced a champagne day of sailing today ? finishing up with a spectacular full moon BBQ on Motuihe Island. The day began with the racing fleet totally becalmed on glassy seas. But, slowly a southerly breeze filled in and some superb racing got under way. 'It was a difficult day from a race management point of view,' said Megan Kensington, Principal Race Officer on the Eastern Beach course. 'When we tried to move the course left to align with the wind, the wind would go right, and vice versa. It was just one ...

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