Emirates Team NZ: Light, shifty and unforgiving breeze costs lead

4:57 AM Sun 17 Apr 2011 GMT

'The fleet racing just meters away from the crowds in Fushan Bay - Extreme Saling Series Act 2' Lloyd Images ? Click Here to view large photo

Conditions were light for Day 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series China regatta. The breeze across the race course never got above four knots and was very shifty, the complete antithesis of the previous day's 30-knots gusts. Dean Barker:'Sailing in such light and fluky conditions in the close confines of the shore proved to be extremely challenging. No matter how well you think you are sailing a little luck is always needed to get the best of the breeze.' Today's racing on courses inside the Qingdao breakwater, starting with a flight of match races, followed by straight line duels and ...

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