The 13th edition of Oman Sail’s Mussanah Race Week proved incredibly successful for the hosts with an impressive haul of 10 medals across the five events. Concluding the competition with four gold, two silver and four bronze, including overall team bronze in the Optimist event, highlighting the depth of talent emerging at Oman Sail’s Sailing
Day two of Oman Sail’s Mussanah Race Week saw incredible action across all five categories with Omani sailors ending the day on top in three. Perfect conditions promised great sailing and it certainly delivered. Four races were completed in ILCA 4, ILCA 6 and ILCA 7, while Optimist completed three and RS Venture Connect sailed
The opening day of Oman Sail’s Mussanah Race Week brought great sailing, displays of sportsmanship and perfect conditions for the 104 sailors from eight countries to showcase their talents. Taking to the water in all classes at the event, the Optimist, ILCA 4, ILCA 6, ILCA 7 and para inclusive RS Venture Connect sailors showed
The Barceló Mussanah Resort is set to welcome over 100 young sailors from eight countries for the 13th edition of Oman Sail’s Mussanah Race Week. Having completed three practice days, racing gets underway on 4 October, talented young sailors from Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, India, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Thailand will compete in
Six females from Oman Sail recently took part in and completed a Technical Officials training clinic organised by the Asian Sailing Federation (ASAF) at Oman Sail’s Mussanah Sailing School. Joining cohorts from Kuwait, Pakistan and Iran, the six women participated in two days of classroom sessions designed to further understand the role of being a
Oman Sail reinforced its commitment to preserving the environment and keeping the nation’s beaches clean by organising a beach clean-up operation at Al Mussanah Public Beach to mark UN World Clean Up Day. A team of 60 volunteers from Oman Sail, Barcelo Mussanah Resort, Environment Society of Oman, Al Shirs School and the local community
Oman Sail’s youth sailing squad ended this year’s International Suleymanpasa Optimist Cup in Tekirdag, Türkiye with a top 10 place and four sailors finishing in the top 20. The team joined 274 sailors at one of the most prestigious youth events in the sailing calendar for five days of racing against teams from 12 nations
Twenty sailors from Oman Sail’s youth squad have taken to the water for the first day of this year’s Oman Sailing Championship, taking place from 18-22 August at Mokha Beach in the Wilayat of Sur. The sailors, who recently completed a Summer Camp at Ras Al Hadd in preparation for the event, will compete in
Oman Sail’s Mussanah Sailing School has been selected by the Asian Sailing Federation (ASAF) to become a Category A High Performance Centre. The facility, host venue for several high-profile international events including the 2021 Youth Sailing World Championships, was universally praised by ASAF for its facilities and ability to host international events and Olympic class
Oman Sail’s 49er teams of Musab Al Hadi and Waleed Al Kindi, and Ahmed Al Hasani and Abdul Rahman Al Mashari will aim to achieve their Olympic dreams at the Last Chance Regatta, being held as part of the Semaine Olympique Française, this week in Hyères, France. The four sailors will be part of nearly
Nine members of Oman Sail’s youth sailing team will represent the nation at the 1st Youth GCC Games, being held in the United Arab Emirates from 16 April until 2 May. Oman's sailors will compete in three event classes, Optimist, ILCA 4 and ILCA 6, which will be held at the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports
The 44Cup Oman, the final event of the 2022 44Cup Tour, concluded in Muscat with three races held further out to sea due to light winds. Team Nika won the second race of the day to claim the event trophy, but Charisma won the final race to bring a successful season to a fitting close.
Team Asyad Shipping, Oman Sail’s entry into the 44Cup finale at Al Mouj Muscat, began to show their skill on the third day of their first ever experience of the race. However, low winds brought this progress to an abrupt halt. The Omani team led round the starboard leeward gate mark, a few seconds after
Conditions proved perfect for the second day of racing at Al Mouj Muscat Marina where the nine teams in this year’s 44Cup finale took to the water for three races. A northerly wind peaking at 15 knots allowed the RC44 one designs to plane on the downwind legs and show their speed all afternoon. Oman
– Oman Sail’s Team Asyad Shipping team joined the eight regular crews for the finale of this season’s 44Cup, held at Al Mouj Muscat Marina. The 44Cup is back in Oman for the first time since 2014 for four days of high-speed racing on identical RC44 boats. Team Asyad Shipping’s participation marks the first time
The five-stop international 44Cup tour will conclude in Muscat from 7-11 December 2022 with nine teams representing Great Britain, Monaco, France, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and a wild card entry from Oman helmed by Mussab Al Hadi. This will be the first time since 2014 that the RC44 fleet has visited the country when Oman also
During an event to celebrate International Day of Disability, Oman Sail in collaboration with bp Oman and the Oman Paralympic Committee reflected on the progress made by the region’s first para sailing programme ‘SailFree’. It also highlighted the recent achievements of the para sailing national team launched on the same day last year – a
Oman Sail’s professional sailors will compete in the upcoming 44Cup Grand Final, taking place at Al Mouj Muscat from 7-11 December 2022. Supported by the shipping arm of Asyad Group, the Omani Team Asyad Shipping will join the ten teams representing Great Britain, Monaco, France, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland as the five-stop international RC44 tour
The 2022 RS Venture Connect World Championships organised by Oman Sail is underway at the Barceló Mussanah Resort where 39 teams from 19 nations took to the waters in light winds of between 5-7 knots. Racing is taking place ‘para’ and ‘open’ categories, which allows one para sailor to be accompanied by one non-para sailor.
Oman Sail welcomed 39 teams from 19 nations to the Barceló Mussanah Resort for the 2022 RS Venture Connect World Championships, the first exclusively para sailing event to be held in Oman. Over the next six days, sailors in both the para and open categories – including Oman Sail’s own SailFree squad - will compete