Dean's Diary: Extreme 40's in Qingdao - Dean Barker reports for Nexus

9:27 PM Mon 18 Apr 2011 GMT

'The Extreme Sailing Series 2011. Act 2. Qingdao. China.
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Dean Barker, Emirates Team NZ skipper and Director of Kiwi Yachting Consultants Nexus AB , reports from Qingdao on the recently concluded Extreme40 series, in which Emirates Team NZ finished second overall to Luna Rossa. Final day in Qingdao Today was the final day of the Extreme 40 event here in Qingdao, China. Conditions were very similar to yesterday with very light and fickle winds which never really got above 5 knots. Going into today there were 5 different boats all with a chance of winning the event and with 8 races planned including a double points final race it was always going to be ...

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