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Qingdao Carpet? #146729
06/25/08 11:22 AM
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Yuck!

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Mike Dobbs
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Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Tornado] #146730
06/25/08 11:38 AM
06/25/08 11:38 AM
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Are you serious? That is from the sailing area in Quingdao?

Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Rolf_Nilsen] #146731
06/25/08 12:01 PM
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From:
http://livesaildie.com/
http://www.sail-world.com/australia/Green-seas-in-Qingdao---Olympic-Course-Area/45731
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Greenhorns sailing in Qingdao - 2008 Training Camp Qingdao China June 2008′ - Australian Sailing Team

No this image hasn’t been photoshopped, this is what it looked like as the Australian Sailing Team trained for the Beijing Olympic Games.

Seems that someone forgot to mow the lawn!

From Sail-World by Laura Baldwin

240 boats try and remove sea-weed from the Qingdao Olympic course area

Australia’s 470 Coach, Victor Kovalenko shared these photos and insight from the current training camp in China.

‘As you can see we have one more problem in Qingdao apart of light wind and strong current, it is seaweed. The local government has employed 240 fishing boats to clean Qingdao bay and they are working really hard but… Sailing is almost impossible now!’

Other days the fog has been so thick that a GPS has been needed to find the way back to shore.

470 stars Nathan Wilmot & Malcolm Page probably didn’t think they would be sailing in conditions like these when they named their boat ‘Dead Calm!’

How could the IOC let this happen to our sport…???


Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Tony_F18] #146732
06/25/08 12:05 PM
06/25/08 12:05 PM
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Holy... Weymouth sure will be an improvement!

Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Rolf_Nilsen] #146733
06/25/08 12:13 PM
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They need a few of these.
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Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Tornado] #146734
06/25/08 02:28 PM
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As my son just said " if there was a gust, you couldn't spot it in that lot!"

Last edited by TEAMVMG; 06/25/08 02:28 PM.

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Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: TEAMVMG] #146735
06/25/08 03:10 PM
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Just imagine a capsize.


Jake Kohl
Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Jake] #146736
06/25/08 03:20 PM
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I think a crew mutiny is more likely to cause you to go over in three knots of breeze .... Or you go crazy and jump overboard.

(I still think the Tornado team that finds an 80 or 100 lb crew will win)


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Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Jake] #146737
06/25/08 04:13 PM
06/25/08 04:13 PM
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Just imagine a capsize.


Whassa big deal? Walk to shore a la Jesus. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />


John Williams

- The harder you practice, the luckier you get -
Gary Player, pro golfer

After watching Lionel Messi play, I realize I need to sail harder.
Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Rhino1302] #146738
06/26/08 11:47 AM
06/26/08 11:47 AM
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Vancouver, BC
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Maybe they sould harvest the carpet and make Biodiesel !


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Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Tornado] #146739
06/26/08 01:31 PM
06/26/08 01:31 PM
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Indianapolis, IN - Midwest USA...
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Or maybe it will show up on the dinner menu as "Dugong Delight".


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Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: IndyWave] #146740
06/26/08 03:02 PM
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If you get mad at your helmsman you can just get out and walk home!

Last edited by zander; 06/26/08 03:03 PM.

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: zander] #146741
06/27/08 09:23 AM
06/27/08 09:23 AM
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Indianapolis, IN - Midwest USA...
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The Scuttlebut write-up says this is "blue-green" algae, which is the same stuff that was in the lake where I sail last year; and all the local health departments said it was too dangerous for swimming or boating. It wasn't nearly as dense here as those photos show, yet they were cautioning against any contact with the water. It scared a lot people off the lake all summer. I still sailed in it, but I always showered immediately afterwards.

Last edited by IndyWave; 06/27/08 01:54 PM.

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Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: IndyWave] #146742
06/27/08 09:27 AM
06/27/08 09:27 AM
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Nitrogen-rich fertilizers in Wheat and Cotton Fields upstream.... hrmmmm :P

Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: ThunderMuffin] #146743
06/27/08 10:20 AM
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The new Kudzu......


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Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: NCSUtrey] #146744
06/27/08 11:40 AM
06/27/08 11:40 AM
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From what I've heard, the whole place (China's industrial zones) is one big toxic landfil. I've heard that several of our Olympic Equestrian team members will -not- bring their expensive horses to the games, so they are in effect boycotting the competition, this is in regards to the heat and smog which they feel could do permanant harm to their horses.


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Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Timbo] #146745
06/27/08 01:10 PM
06/27/08 01:10 PM
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Anyone installing sharp blades on the leading edge of rudders and daggerboards? Tornados would need them in the bow too.


Luiz
Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Luiz] #146746
06/27/08 01:52 PM
06/27/08 01:52 PM
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Maybe get the Curling team "sweepers" to clear a path for the boat?


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Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: IndyWave] #146747
06/28/08 04:20 AM
06/28/08 04:20 AM
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Melbourne, Australia
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Re: Qingdao Carpet? [Re: Tony_F18] #146748
06/30/08 11:39 AM
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"How could the IOC let this happen to our sport…???" <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Same way they could let the Tornado disappear from the Olympic ranks.... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

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