I Attended a Sail Grand Party, and It Was Great!
This past Saturday was an amazing day to be in New York City. We were among the lucky ones to be on board a spectator boat at SailGP New York. It was a beautiful day for sailing with a breeze of up to 20 knots in the puffs. We arrived at Brookfield Place in the vicinity of the World Trade Center at about 4 pm. The spectator boat was waiting for us. Oh, it was actually an « adrenaline lounge hospitality boat. » Service was impeccable and the DJ was great. Despite the booze on board, adrenaline was clearly in the air. I did not pay much attention to what the MC was saying in the beginning, as I was busy chatting and taking some shots of Manhattan and spectators on the boardwalk. I also took some pictures and videos of the F50s preparing for the first race, and it was pretty amazing as in several instances they came pretty close - say, 10 or 20 meters to our boat. The 6 F50s were present, as the Great Britain boat, that capsized the day before prior to the racing, was re...