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forum member MG45 relates this story:
On a recent trip
to New York City (Sunday, 6/18/06) we were on the observation deck at 30 Rock
Plaza (which was only quite recently open to the public).
There was a small
commotion behind me -- look about and there are a bunch of official folks with a
photographer...and a battered Louis Vuitton trunk...and the AMERICA’S CUP!!!
One of my
longstanding hobbies is photography, and on this day I had none of my digital SLRs, just a good
point-and-shoot. Wouldn't you know it? I took essentially
the same pics that the photographer took. I guess it was an advertising shoot.
I also
thought these shots looked especially cool because of the late afternoon light
-- about 6:30 pm in New York. No doubt the official photographer felt the same
way.
One other side
note....several years ago, not too long after Team New Zealand won the cup in San Diego, I
was back in NZ and made a pilgrimage out to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron to see the Cup. I was
invited in and asked to wait. Another member came out to apologize that it just
would not work that day! The America's Cup was the feature display in a lunch
meeting at the squadron...and they could not be disturbed. Fair enough. Strike
one.
My next trip back
to New Zealand included another visit to the RNZYS, but an agitated Maori had
other plans for that visit, beating it up days before my arrival. Strike two.
Thus my surprise
at this happening at Rockefeller Center in NYC. It was quite the epiphany. In
fact before taking any shots, I went up really close and scrutinized it, as I
was sure it was a fake for display purposes only!
Well that's about
it. As I said before, it was indeed a “had to be there” moment.
Links of Interest:
Another high-altitude Cup photo at the
BMW Oracle Racing Blog plus
additional
photos of the BMW Oracle visit to New
York.
Rockefeller Center Observation
Deck
At CupInfo:
A Bit of History: BMW Oracle at Rockefeller
Center
Update 2015:
New York City will host the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series Regatta on
May 7-8, 2016.
Read Press Release
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