Out to Qingdao and expecting a light wind Olympic Games..... needless to say our first Qingdao sail was in 20 knots and 3 metre waves! We launched from our training base at Yin Hai wih waves crashing over the breakwater and the 49er boys thinking we would never make it! Needless to say they didn't know what they were talking about and we had an awesome sail and surf down to the Olympic marina.
We joined in with the planned racing in a much depleted fleet as many thought better of having a sail in the big waves and wind.
The Olympic marina isn't much different to last year as the Chinese have been so well prepared. The boat park and container set up is all the same. Now the athlete village is all finished but we are not staying there as a British squad, opting instead to stay where we have been based for the last 2 years.
Monday, August 11, 2008
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