ApocaDocs: Algal sludge greets Olympic sailors

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Posted Sat Jun 28 2008: from Stuff.co.nz (New Zealand):


	Algal sludge greets Olympic sailors http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1214619824 ... in Qingdao, the 2008 Olympic sailing venue, this week for a training camp only to find the sailing course blighted by tonnes of the algae.... Astonishing photos taken by coaching staff show conditions that create the illusion the sailors -- world No 1 men's pair Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page and women's crew Tessa Parkinson and Elise Rechichi -- are training on a lush green lawn instead of open blue water.... "We're not exactly sure what sort of algae it is, but it's not kelp -- it's very fluffy and spongy. It looks like the guys are sailing on grass." ... "*This week, their boat's called Dead Calm* -- quite appropriate, really, given the circumstances,**" Browne joked.

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The ApocaDocs say:

"Calm" is not how we think of it, in the Apocadocs context.