The most interesting story of these Games continues to spin up as the Tornado's get closer to Race 1. A few things I heard yesterday: 1. While Mitch Booth and Pim Nieuwenhuis submitted a Code 0 for measurement, they also submitted a normal spinnaker and they don't have to pick which one they'll use until closer to the start of the regatta. 2. A sail maker for the Greek team told us last night that he "doesn't believe in Code 0s." He said they're only effective in less than 9 knots. We haven't seen more than 9 knots yet!

Finaly, there's the ever important forecast for the next week. The weather forecasts for Qingdao have been wrong virtually every day so far. So I don't really put much stock in what they predict, especially two days out. However, the curret forecast for Friday courtesy of the Qingdao Olympic Regatta service is for 12 to 16 knots from the northeast, which would be well above the range for the Code 0s.