Bright and breezy in Qingdao - picture time!
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| 'Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. 49er fleet heading towards an inshore gybe.' Guy Nowell © Click Here to view large photo |
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Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. AUT and GBR at the bottom mark. 49er. - Guy Nowell ©Click Here to view large photo |
Even the journo desk-jockeys in the Media Centre tore themselves away from the tv screens to look out of the window at the Real Thing.
It was a field day for the waterborne photographers, as the 49ers not only have their national flags on the mainsail, but also full size on their spinnakers. It is really rather grand to be able to stand on a boat at the bottom mark, watching the boats go round the top mark, and reading off the running order as the kites go up. Owners of white boats with white sails and white spinnakers please note - you're never going to be on the cover again.
Check out the pics -here they come.
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Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. No room at the finish. 49er. - Guy Nowell ©Click Here to view large photo |
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Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. GBR chases ESP at the top mark. 49er. - Guy Nowell ©Click Here to view large photo |
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Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. 49ers dancing in the sunshine. - Guy Nowell ©Click Here to view large photo |
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Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. Portugal drops in front of Italy. 49er. - Guy Nowell ©Click Here to view large photo |
(PS after three races the GBR duo of Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes lead by a tack line - 1 point).
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Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. Ben Rhodes and Stevie Morrison (GBR). 49er. - Guy Nowell ©Click Here to view large photo |
by Guy Nowell, Sail-World Asia
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