Young Oman Sail racers earn a clean sweep of class victories

October 24th, 2018|Home Slider, News, Omani Pride, Youth Programme|

Omani sailors are celebrating a clean sweep of class of victories at the competitive UAE Regatta Championship held in Abu Dhabi. Young racers from both the youth and national teams produced a series of impressive results to top the leaderboard in each of the four classes they competed in. Oman Sail’s Optimist youth team sailors

Team Oman Air celebrate Extreme Sailing Series success in San Diego

October 22nd, 2018|Extreme Sailing Series, Home Slider, News, Oman Air, Omani Pride|

There were huge smiles all round as Team Oman Air took their first event win of the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series with a dramatic single point victory in San Diego. The crew of the GC32 foiling catamaran had to scrap for every point in largely light wind conditions, and the overall result was in the

Oman Air go west aiming to continue their form in San Diego

October 16th, 2018|Extreme Sailing Series, Home Slider, News, Oman Air, Omani Pride|

Team Oman Air are heading to America’s west coast determined to steer their Extreme Sailing Series fortunes towards the top of the podium at the season’s penultimate event. The experienced crew of the high-speed GC32 foiling catamaran will be aiming to carry forward their exceptional final day form at the last event in Cardiff, UK

Oman Sail youth team emerges from Laser World Championships with new confidence

July 18th, 2018|Home Slider, News, Omani Pride, Omantel Youth Squad, Youth Programme|

A four-strong Oman Sail youth team have made impressive progress while racing against a highly competitive international fleet at the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships. Each of the sailors – all aged 16 or 17 and selected from the Omantel Youth Sailing Programme – posted a number of strong results during the intense six-day regatta

Oman Sail’s Diam 24 team #SailingArabia is in a podium position after early Tour Voile encounters

July 11th, 2018|EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour, Home Slider, News, Omani Pride|

Oman Sail’s Tour Voile team has completed the first phase of the highly competitive race around France in a strong third place overall in the 26-strong fleet. After the opening three days of stadium racing in Dunkirk the #SailingArabia powered by Oman Sail squad of skipper Thierry Douillard with experienced Omani sailors Ali Al Balushi

Well-prepared youth sailing team ready for challenge of World Championships in Poland

July 10th, 2018|Home Slider, News, Omani Pride, Omantel Youth Squad, Youth Programme|

A well-prepared Oman Sail youth team is heading into the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships confident they can hold their own against a competitive international fleet in Poland. The team consists of four young sailors – all aged 16 or 17 – selected from the Omantel Youth Sailing Programme based on their performances at recent

Oman Air team third in 2018 Extreme Sailing Series after competitive event in Portugal

July 9th, 2018|Extreme Sailing Series, Home Slider, News, Omani Pride|

The Oman Air team maintained their third place on the Extreme Sailing Series season leaderboard after a challenging and competitive encounter in Portugal. On a fourth day at the Cascais venue that again featured close racing and plenty of high-speed foiling with the GC32 catamarans, the team succeeded in taking five podium places – including

Oman Air focused on final day comeback at Extreme Sailing Series event in Portugal

July 8th, 2018|Extreme Sailing Series, Home Slider, News, Omani Pride|

A further day of dramatically changing wind conditions in the Extreme Sailing Series regatta in Portugal left the Oman Air team fully focused on making a comeback in the final day of racing. Shifting and unpredictable breeze with strong gusts alongside windless patches at times made the Cascais race course more like a game of

Team Oman Air shows true teamwork to take second place at Extreme Sailing Series event in Barcelona

June 20th, 2018|Extreme Sailing Series, Home Slider, News, Omani Pride|

The Oman Air team showed great character and determination to secure second place at the latest Extreme Sailing Series event in Barcelona after contact with another boat saw them miss three races. Following the setback on the third of four days of racing, the Oman Air crew were fully focused on getting back into contention

Young sailors make history as Oman team wins place at Youth Olympic Games

May 27th, 2018|Home Slider, News, Omani Pride, Youth Programme|

Oman’s young sailors have made history with the Sultanate earning a place at a Youth Olympic Games sailing event for the first time ever. A sailor from the Oman Sail youth squad will represent the country in the Men’s Windsurfing Techno 293+ class at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this

Success on ArMen Race shows potential of Oman Sail’s Class 40 development team

May 16th, 2018|Home Slider, News, Offshore, Omani Pride|

The potential of the newly-formed Oman Sail Class 40 team has been highlighted by the recent win in the ArMen Race, one of France’s largest offshore events. The development squad of experienced Omani sailors Akram Al Wahaibi, Raad Al Hadi and Mohammed Al Mujaini, with French skipper Guillaume Le Brec and co-skipper Vincent Riou, finished

Muscat the perfect venue as Team Oman Air launches its challenge for the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series title

March 7th, 2018|Extreme Sailing Series, Home Slider, News, Omani Pride|

Muscat is gearing up to provide a picture-perfect venue for the launch of the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series next week. One of the most popular stops for the globe-trotting Extreme teams, the pristine waters off Oman’s capital city have a deserved reputation for delivering sparkling sailing conditions that allow the high-speed foiling GC32 catamarans to

Oman Sail youth sailors make their mark at Kuwait Optimist Championship

February 22nd, 2018|Home Slider, News, Omani Pride, Omantel Youth Squad, Youth Programme|

Young Omani sailors are celebrating success after a great team performance at the Kuwait Optimist Championship held in Kuwait City. The eight strong squad – all members of Oman Sail’s Omantel Youth Programme – overcame shifty wind conditions and strong currents to post impressive results in the competitive 35 boat fleet. Al Moatasem Al Farsi

Team Oman Air confident of finishing Extreme Sailing Series season on a high note

November 29th, 2017|Extreme Sailing Series, Home Slider, News, Omani Pride|

The crew of Oman Air go into the concluding Extreme Sailing Series event confident they can wrap-up the 2017 season on a high note. With double points on offer at the finale in Los Cabos, Mexico, the highly experienced team also know that the ultimate destination of the Extreme Sailing Series title could go down

Oman Air crew confident of closing the gap as Extreme Sailing Series heads towards its conclusion

October 18th, 2017|Extreme Sailing Series, Home Slider, News, Omani Pride|

The Oman Air team head into the penultimate Act in the year-long Extreme Sailing Series confident they can close the narrow gap to the top of the overall table. San Diego is new territory for the high-speed GC32 foiling catamarans, but all six of the regular crews – along with two wildcard entries – will