Images from the NZ Marine Cup: Kiwi Kawau Challenge

Welcome and Captains' Briefing, 3 March 2010

Captain Pierre-Marie Feuille from SY Celandine

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Action from the NZ Marine Cup Kiwi Kawau Challenge, 4 March 2010

The Celandine crew in action
Shenandoah crew in action
Drumbeat with Auckland's skyline in the background
Millennium Cup superyacht contender Thalia sails alongside Shenadoah for some of the morning
Celandine with spinnaker flying
Drumbeat sails past North Head
Celandine showed excellent pace to win the Kiwi Kawau Challenge
Shenandoah looking glorious under sail
Drumbeat goes past islands in the Hauraki Gulf
The spectacular Shenandoah
Drumbeat being filmed by HeliTranz crew
The Drumbeat crew in action

All images by Gareth Cooke / Subzero Images. Click image for a larger version.

The Kiwi Kawau Party, 4 March 2010

The happy crew of Celandine with their 'kiwi' trophy
The crew of Shenandoah
Everyone enjoys a relaxed Kiwi-style barbeque beside Mansion House
Mark Wightman, NZ Marine chaiman, presents the trophies
The NZ Marine Cup committee
Mansion House in the twilight
Peter Harken and the body-painted models
Tranquil twilight in Mansion House Bay looking out to the moored yachts
Party guests

All images by Gareth Cooke / Subzero Images. Click image for a larger version.

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