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Oman Air made a flying start to their final bid for championship honours on a wild and windy day in Sydney to lay the foundations for a gripping duel with rival Alinghi in the ‘winner takes all’ 2016 Extreme Sailing Series finals. A forecast for high winds with strong gusts across Sydney Harbour proved
For the eighth time since 2010, Muscat will bid a warm welcome to the Extreme Sailing Series fleet in March next year after Oman Sail announced that the Sultanate of Oman’s capital city will host the opening Act of the 2017 season. One of the circuit’s longest term and most popular venues due to
The last Act of the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series in Sydney in December is set to be a cliff-hanger finale with Oman Sail’s Team Oman Air starting the double pointer event ahead by just two points in the overall standings after finishing the Extreme Sailing Series in Lisbon in fourth place. A tough last
Team Oman Air maintained their third place in the Extreme Sailing Series Lisbon after a challenging day on the River Tagus where crews switched from drifting in no wind one minute to flying on all foils the next. After two hours of light airs action, a bracing 12 knot north-westerly breeze, forecast earlier in the
Top of the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series leaderboard Oman Sail’s Team Oman Air were locked in a three-way match on the opening day of Act 7 in Lisbon with French wildcard team Norauto spicing up the action on the River Tagus. By the end of the day, with just five races completed due to
Top of the table Team Oman Air are savouring the prospect of added competition and extra breeze as the penultimate Extreme Sailing Series event of 2016 gets underway in Lisbon, Portugal, later this week. After two events this year in St Petersburg and Madeira where light winds cut short the race programme, the Omani
Oman Air stayed top of the overall Extreme Sailing Series 2016 leaderboard after posting a third place in Act 6 in Madeira and immediately shifted their focus to the next Act in Lisbon, Portugal, in two weeks. Light winds once again took their toll on the racing programme with just two races completed bringing
Oman Air were in peak form in Marina Funchal today and made a clean sweep of podium places to boost their chances of a final day victory at the Extreme Sailing Series Madeira. A fresher breeze on the third day gave the GC32 fleet a chance to give the spectators lining the shores on
Madeira might be new to the Extreme Sailing Series circuit in 2016 but there was nothing new about the exciting contest shaping up in the GC32 fleet after Oman Air posted two podium places in four races to stake their claim as a contender for honours. Just four points separate the third placed Omani boat
Team Oman Air basked in the Madeira Island sunshine but the opening day of the Extreme Sailing Series held for the first time in the Portuguese archipelago was cut short by a breezeless calm that lasted most of the day. Just one race was possible as the wind struggled to reach 5 knots and
Team Oman Air is intent on upping the ante when racing gets underway at the Extreme Sailing Series’ brand new venue in Madeira in a bid to safeguard and increase their five-point overall lead throughout the remaining three events in 2016. Skipper Morgan Larson admitted that their second place in Act 5 in St
The lead chopped and changed all day and after a final race thriller in St Petersburg, Russia, Oman Air settled for second place against arch rivals Alinghi but stayed top of the overall 2016 Extreme Sailing Series leaderboard by five points. The two teams locked horns in a roller coaster contest across four races
The spellbinding rivalry between Oman Air and Alinghi tilted in the Swiss boat’s favour today in the Extreme Sailing Series following another tough day on the River Neva in St Petersburg. Light winds and a strong tide combined to test the fleet once more, with rhythm and consistency disrupted among even the most experienced
Oman Air produced a blistering performance in St Petersburg today and jumped to the top of the Extreme Sailing Series Act 5 leaderboard with two days still remaining. Starting day two in third place, three points behind leaders SAP Extreme Sailing, Morgan Larson’s team looked to be at the top of their game from
The first day of the Extreme Sailing Series in St Petersburg saw the crew on Oman Air claim a place on the podium overnight after a demanding and challenging series of seven races on the River Neva. Just three points separate Oman Sail’s GC32 from today’s leaders SAP Extreme Sailing Team with Alinghi sandwiched
Oman Air is leading the Extreme Sailing Series 2016 after four Acts and is backing a ‘sensible’ plan for St Petersburg to guard against mistakes on a notoriously tricky race course and trapdoor twists in the rankings. With a five-point lead on the overall scoreboard, following their last gasp win in Hamburg, the pressure
A nail-biting final day, waiting for breeze then trying to outmanoeuvre closest rival Alinghi, ended in a breathless victory for Oman Air in the Extreme Sailing Series in Hamburg which earned them their third Act win of the 2016 series. When Alinghi crossed the finish line in third place, Morgan Larson and his crew were
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
Oman Sail’s crew on Oman Air came face to face with some of Hamburg’s infamous challenges today but still came away with five podium positions, including three outright wins to maintain their overall lead in the Extreme Sailing Series in Germany. All seven teams made it onto the podium at some stage during the seven
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,