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The breeze filled in and the boats took off on the third day of racing in the Extreme Sailing Series Hamburg but Oman Air stayed doggedly at the top of the leaderboard after fending off a dynamic challenge from rivals Alinghi in a contest that is set to go down to the wire. The Swiss
Last year’s wild and gusty winds gave way to light simmering airs in Hamburg today but the Oman Sail squad onboard Oman Air were quick to master the conditions to take maximum points from the two races completed and go top of the overall Extreme Sailing Series Hamburg leaderboard. The compact River Elbe race course,
The halfway point of the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series will bring new challenges for Oman Air as they head to Hamburg in Germany to try to consolidate their position at the top of the table on a compact city centre race course which has become one of the trickiest on the circuit. Race organisers have
As the 2016 Tour de France a la Voile fleet leaves the west coast of France behind them and kicks off the second half of the month long event in Roses, Spain, on the Mediterranean coast today, the crew on Oman Airports by Oman Sail have successfully maintained their top 10 position after some challenging
Final Update: all crew safely ashore in Newfoundland – the race to recover the boat begins The Musandam-Oman Sail crew were safely transferred ashore in Newfoundland overnight following the capsize of the MOD70 trimaran on Sunday morning while racing the Transat Quebec-St Malo. The team has been medically assessed and they are well. Ireland’s Damian
After five days of full-on racing in high winds and big seas, Oman Airports by Oman Sail have claimed a top ten position in the prestigious 2016 Tour de France a la Voile (TDFV) with two weeks still to go to work their way up the rankings. Targeting a top five place on their debut
Fresh from setting a stunning new Round Ireland record in June, Musandam-Oman Sail have set their sights on another milestone record in the Transat Quebec-St Malo (TQSM) with a match against the world’s largest trimaran Spindrift 2 expected to push them to the limit. The Omani MOD70 – which at 70 foot (21m) is almost
رفع فريق الطيران العُماني كأس جولة كارديف من سلسلة الإكستريم الشراعية بعد فوز مستحق وسيطرة كاملة على المركز الأول طوال أربعة أيام، وبذلك حقق الطيران العُماني الهدفين اللذين كان يطمح لهما عند انطلاق الجولة، وهما الدفاع عن التميز العُماني في مياه كارديف التي دأبوا على الفوز فيها منذ عام 2012م وحتى اليوم، والثاني هو تعزيز
Oman Air raised the bar in Cardiff when they unleashed another level of performance to earn four outright wins, including three in three races, to reinforce their position at the top of the Extreme Sailing Series. Morgan Larson’s crew enjoyed an impressive and unbeatable run of form late afternoon to boost their total points for
Oman Air kept up a steady pace despite high winds and sudden gusts to extend their lead on the second day of the Extreme Sailing Series in Cardiff. Morgan Larson’s team fared well in the challenging conditions where some gusts were clocked at 22 knots, their trademark consistency underpinning another strong performance with four podium
Oman Air heads to Wales this weekend with a two-pronged strategy to defend their strong track record at the Cardiff Bay venue and extend their overall lead in the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series. In past years, Oman Sail teams have dominated the action in the Welsh capital with three consecutive wins in 2013, 2014 and
Musandam-Oman Sail set a new world record for sailing around Ireland* and posted a sensational victory in the 2016 Volvo Round Ireland Race after a cliff-hanger finish with just minutes separating the three giant trimarans on the line. Arriving back in Wicklow Bay, after a thrilling contest with the other MOD70s, Phaedo and Concise,
Trained and nurtured under the Omantel Youth Programme at Oman Sail, seven of Oman’s most promising young sailors will take a step towards fulfilling their Olympic dreams when they compete at the Kiel Week international regatta in Germany next week. Sixteen-year-old Zakariya Al Wahabi, who two years ago became Oman’s first ever Optimist national champion,
Oman Sail’s crew on the Sultanate of Oman’s giant trimaran Musandam-Oman Sail are determined to fly the flag for Oman in the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s classic Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race by beating the two other Multi70s and defending their Round Ireland world record. When the race starts in Wicklow on Saturday, Sidney Gavignet’s
Musandam-Oman Sail's ambitious summer season got off to an encouraging start at the weekend with a victory over MOD70 rival Team Concise in Britain’s 2016 Myth of Malham following a close fought contest. At the finish line in Cowes, just 12 minutes separated the two high speed trimarans despite some testing light airs that ruled
Oman Sail’s crew on flagship MOD70 trimaran Musandam-Oman Sail return to the race track on Saturday with their first big race of the season, the 2016 Myth of Malham off the south coast of England. This English classic, run by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, is a weekend race starting at the
Oman’s team for the upcoming Optimist World Championships, scheduled to be held in Portugal starting June 25th, will be picked from the squad of 10 young sailors confirmed by Oman Sail as having qualified to attend Oman Sail’s Omantel Youth Squad training camp in Portugal next month. Over the past few months,
: Oman Sail and Ahmad bin Majid Private School in Muscat hooked up to beat the drum for sailing recently in a special championship event at Al Mussanah Sports City to highlight the benefits of the sport among youngsters. The two organisations formed a close bond four years ago when the school,
The learning curve on the Sultanate of Oman’s flagship MOD70 Musandam-Oman Sail, supported by the Ministry of Tourism, is due for a shift in emphasis in 2016 with their early season programme of the Myth of Malham, the Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race and the Transat Quebec-St Malo races designed to hand
With less than two months before the start of the 2016 Tour de France a la Voile (TDFV), the Diam 24 crew on Oman Airports by Oman Sail have started an intensive dedicated training programme aimed at a top five finish for Oman. Over the past few months, the five strong squad