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| Auckland Tower as seen from Boat |
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| Another view of Auckland Tower |
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| Auckland Tower sitting on top of the Catamaran Boat |
Sheer Sailing Pleasure o/b Americas Cup Racing Yacht (Part 2)
The famous saying "pictures tell a thousand words" is truly applicable to the City of Auckland as seen from the Bay. Truly awesome and true to the words "City of Sails". Owing to her windy nature the City's weather changes very fast. Now you see clear sky and within a jiffy cloudy and overcast sky. This frontal depression weather system, is the opposite to the one I'm used to in the UK. I don't want to confuse anyone here ! In the UK the centre of low pressure (which we called depression) runs roughly in a North Easterly direction. However, in New Zealand the centre of low pressure runs in a roughly South Easterly direction. It is not necessarily so, but only as a general rule. The wind generally flow from the High pressure area to the Low pressure area. That way it tries to equalise the pressure difference or pressure gradient. That's how Mother Nature works. It always try to bring the earth back to a state of equilibrium.
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| Boat Crew preparing as we leave Auckland Harbour |
As we proceeded into the Bay, the water turns slightly choppy. We were told that the boat is going to take us to a position near Rangitoto Island (see map below). That's about half an hour of sailing. A lot of small yachts and cruiser were seen criss-crossing and zig-zagging around us. Not seen so much sailing activities as I have seen here in New Zealand. I have been told that the Kiwi's have many notable sailors : Sir Russell Coutts, Sir Peter Blake, Dean Barker and Chris Barker just to name a few. Winning the America's Cup have brought fame and much needed publicity to the Country which was famous for her meat and dairy products.
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