The Louis Vuitton America's Cup in NYC, 2016 : 2nd day

It turned a beautiful day with good winds on Sunday, May 8^th.

I hadn’t thought I would go to the race on both days until the Saturday.

I had thought that it’s enough to just see the real America’s cup boats.

But, it was not enough.

My excitement got bigger and bigger, I found myself go to bed earlier on the Saturday night to prepare the race on the Sunday.

When I got to the place, there were already amount of people.

The rim of the harbor was already taken.

I needed to find a good place, but before that I should have gone to the restroom.

So I headed to the restroom walking behind the stage at which a show looked to be going on.

When I approached the backstage, I stopped walking.

I recognized some helmet-and-lifejacket styled guys behind the stage.

I could not help excited. Yes, they were the America’s cup top-racing crews!!

I saw team NZ, UK, SWE, and JPN guys.

They were waiting for their turns to show up on the stage.

I was so lucky to see them in such close distance.

Soon after I saw the top athletes, I went around the front of the stage.

Then, I caught a sight of the “cup”!!

Yes, that is “America’s cup”!!

The silver cup was shining brightly for its century old age.

Luckily, I found a small space on the edge of the boardwalk.

Though the place was a little bit backward than my place yesterday, still I have my own view in the front row.

The wind was stronger than yesterday, all flags from the official competition flag to national flags were flapping.

I felt north wind, which was different from yesterday’s south-southwest wind.

Today, the race began at the northwest side on time.

They were coming down with spinnakers.

In this distance, I had no idea how fast they were sailing.

3 races finished.

The team New Zealand got the 1^st place on the today’s race in New York City.

It was a pity that I had to leave the place without watching the prizegiving ceremony.

The team Japan finished at 4^th place, and the oracle USA was 2^nd place.

All teams gave me a lot of excitement, and impressed me.

Next race will take place in Chicago in June 2016.