Ecover Sailing Team - Blowing hot and cold in Kiel day 3

7:00 PM Sat 28 Aug 2010 GMT

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Ecover Sailing Team - It's been the trickiest day so far in Kiel, the shifty conditions that the fleet were expecting Kiel to deliver arrived in force this afternoon. It was a succession of sunshine, squalls, breeze and then no breeze on the race course, as conditions fluctuated from zero to plus fifteen knots all day. /b> Moments before racing started a massive squall cut through the race course engulfing the fleet and spectator boats in rain and creating limited visibility for the teams. If one thing was clear by the end of day three it was that staying consistent ...

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