Extreme Sailing Series Act 2 day 1 to Emirates Team New Zealand

11:57 PM Wed 13 Apr 2011 GMT

'2011 fleet on the start in line in Fushan Bay, QIngdao - Extreme Sailing Series Act 2, China' Lloyd Images ?

Extreme Sailing Series, Qingdao, China Act 2 of the 2011 global series in underway. On day 1 the horseshoe shaped Fushan Bay is home to the Extreme 40 fleet for the next five days surrounded by high-rise buildings of this huge industrial city, which is China's fourth largest manufacturing port also known as the 'City of Sails'. Qingdao hosted the Olympic sailing events of the 2008 Beijing Games in addition to being a stopover port for both the Volvo Ocean Race and the Clipper Race but the people of Qingdao haven't seen anything like the Extreme 40s before and although ...

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