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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posts: 1,182
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Well I wouldn't call myself a 'sailor', but I spend an awful lot of time on boats, including sailing boats.
I'm smack bang in the heart of America's Cup territory, so a lot of my work is out in the Hauraki Gulf where the boats are currently racing in New Zealand.
My work is mostly marine ecology and fisheries, although recently I've been doing invasive species surveys in the Gulf. I just so happened to be taking some samples last tuesday INSIDE the race course, which was pretty cool. We just had to stop our boat and watch (ie, within about 50 metres) of the startline, amoungst the flotilla of observing vessels.
Auckland truly is the City of Sails. If any of you Americans want to watch your cup stay firmly within the capable hands of the Kiwis, you're more than welcome to give me a call and I'll show you around the Cup Village and talk Porsches.......
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