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Feb 00

2000 Millennium Cup

Auckland, New Zealand 36º36’04″S 174º51’30″E

Onboard Belle Aventure during the 2000 Millennium Cup on the Hauraki Gulf.  You could picture the Havana cigars flying into the Beluga caviar and the Dom Perignon being indecently shaken … $1 billion worth of superyachts were leaving behind lazy harbour moorings for a taste of salt and sailing action. More than 40 superyachts set sail in winds ranging up to 25 knots yesterday when the starter’s gun sounded for the Auckland to Kawau Island Millennium Cup – the official race and party for the fabulously wealthy.