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Nettled by nature - Qingdao Green returns



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The creeping green weed that has been choking the Olympic yachting course in Qingdao is still a problem and fears are beginning to surface that it may affect the regatta - making it into something of a lottery.

Weather elements have combined to bring in some especially thick fog for Olympic sailors training before the regatta begins on August 8.

They have also boosted the proliferation of an ugly, smelly weed that is being picked from the water by an armada of boats and taken to shore for trucking away.

New Zealand Olympic Finn sailor Dan Slater, speaking from Qingdao, has first-hand knowledge of the conditions after eight days there and said the fog was so thick and could come in so fast that he one day he had to use GPS to locate the harbour to return to shore after training.

'The fog's one thing - you can't do anything about Mother Nature - but the weed is still a big problem,' he said. 'I am looking out the hotel window over the sea through the fog and smog and I'd guess there are about 500 boats out there.

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by Paul Lewis, NZ Herald   8:42 PM Sat 19 Jul 2008 GMT




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