Photo Dump

With a bit of a break between events, there was time to clean off the digi- and phone-cams of accumulated miscellaneous pics from the past few months. Some of our favorites are below in no particular order....



As many times as one sees photos of this classic piece of "modern art," had never seen it first hand until we stumbled across it while in NYC for the AC exhibit at Rockefeller Center in June. In fact, I had no idea it was in NYC (6th Avenue, in Midtown).



Relaxing with friends and family at the Team Base after racing one evening last month during Act 12: (from left) Sue Dickson (NZL), Ian "Fresh" Burns (AUS), Dr Hugh Clarkson (NZL), sister Cristine Ehman Arnold (GER), Stephanie Walz (GER) and her partner Mirko Groeschner (GER).



Some of the gang made their way back to the "Round Table" on the porch at Casa Ehman for a late-night BBQ. As you can see, Meg, too, was having a blast.



Cristine, Meg and Leslie on the bridge of the MY Zurga, one of our team's VIP spetactor boats and from which I do the VIP commentary, in late June during Louis Vuitton Act 12 here in Valencia. Captain Sophocles (between Meg and Leslie) and his crew were great hosts.



Brooke Nicholas, daughter of our San Diego friends Jim and Linda Nicholas, stayed with us for a few days last week. Brooke was doing a little advance work in and around VLC (to say nothing of some shopping) for her Mom and Dad, who both say they hope to get over here for some of the AC racing next year. Brooke said that her t-shirt did not mean she was an Alinghi fan!



Leslie looks on as AC Regatta Director Dyer Jones (USA) uses one of our serving trays, with a chart of the waters off Newport, RI, to help explain a historical point to Alinghi General Counsel Hamish Ross (NZL). The Ross family (Hamish, his wife, Sally, and two boys) are neighbors. Hamish is nearing completion of a book on the history of the Cup. At our home in Valencia, last Saturday.


Finally, if you really want to know why we live in the suburbs and drive 25 mins into and out of town each workday, it should become, er, clear in this next photo....



The morning drive in on the V21 (before "commuting chaos" took hold last week) with Valencia not-so-clearly in the background, about 15km hence. On many days VLC has an air quality problem a la Los Angeles in the 1960's. In the 'burb north of the city where many of us live we are far enough out, and high enough up in the hills, to enjoy clear, blue skies -- and clean air -- most days of the year.