Watching the paint dry in Qingdao
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| 'Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. Ho hum. Ben Ainslie (GBR) waiting for the breeze. Finn Medal Race (abandoned).' Guy Nowell © Click Here to view large photo |
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Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. Trying to spot the start line from the other end of the media scrum. Finn Medal Race (abandoned). - Guy Nowell ©Click Here to view large photo |
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Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. Days of Thunder. Concentration from Guillaume Florent (FRA) before the start of the Finn Medal Race (abandoned). - Guy Nowell ©Click Here to view large photo |
Railey mistook a sound signal at the start, thought it was an individual recall, and went back to re-start. Ainslie went back too, but stayed just in front of Railey, and then proceeded to sit on the American all the way round the course. Actually, it was somewhat less than half way round the course. The light and fitful breeze in which RO Peter 'Luigi' Reggio had managed to start the race (after two earlier 'false' starts interrupted by an AP within the last minute of the sequence) faded away to nothing and became insufficient to push ther boats against the incoming spring tide. Three guns, N flag, race abandoned.
As one of the photographers said, 'I am glad I'm not a tv commentator right now.'
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Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. Synchronised sailing. Finn Medal Race (abandoned). - Guy Nowell ©Click Here to view large photo |
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Qingdao Olympic Regatta 2008. Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO). - Guy Nowell ©Click Here to view large photo |
What a difference a day makes. There's water streaming down the windows of the Media Centre, and it's blowing old boots on the other side of the glass. The cynics are wondering whether racing might be cancelled again 'for a different reason' today, and the Canon Service Centre has run out of camera raincoats. Strewth, it's tough for the press corps at the Qingdao Olympic Regatta!
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Qingdao Media Centre Water Feature - Day 9 Qingdao - Sail-World.com- AUS© Click Here to view large photo |
by Guy Nowell, Sail-World Asia
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