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
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
A young Oman Sail team is heading into the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships with the goal of finishing in the top group at the event in Gdynia, Poland. Aged between 16 - 17, the four selected sailors from the Omantel Youth Sailing Programme will be part of a competitive 280-strong international boys’ fleet which
Oman Sail’s young Laser 4.7 sailors have taken a significant step forward in their development with some strong performances at the Asian Sailing Championships in Jakarta. Three members of the Omantel supported youth programme competed at the Indonesian venue, racing against an international field in a competitive 38-strong fleet. Abdulmalik Al Hinai again showed his
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
A nautical rush to Oman is expected as registration opens for the internationally popular Mussanah Race Week in February next year. The ninth edition of the Oman Sail organised youth regatta will again offer a mix of competitive but friendly racing and world-class coaching based at the Millennium Resort Mussanah, with 250 competitors expected. Mussanah
Team Oman Air has taken a well-deserved podium place in challenging conditions on Lake Garda at the GC32 World Championships to strengthen their bid for the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series title. The event saw a larger than usual fleet of 13 of the high-speed foiling GC32 catamarans competing for the title. Oman Air – who
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
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
The final Ranking Race selection event has concluded with two Omantel youth squads chosen to represent Oman at international sailing competitions later this year. Mussanah Sport City was the venue for the 3rd Ranking Race regatta of 2018 which saw young sailors from all four Oman Sail sailing schools compete for a place in the
The School Olympic Days sailing event has been hailed as a great success after 72 young sailors took to the water at Mussanah Sport City. The two-day regatta – held in ideal sailing conditions – resulted from a new partnership between Oman Sail and the Ministry of Education after sailing was approved as an extracurricular
After a busy winter that saw Oman’s ideal weather conditions put to good use for training and a variety of early season events, Oman Sail has announced a dual approach for its European squad which encompasses different race teams. The focus is firmly on success for the Diam 24 race team as they build towards
Sailing is to be included as a new sport as part of the School Olympic Days event being organised by the Oman Schools Sports Association at the end of March. Oman Sail will organise a two-day regatta in Mussanah Sport City which will see around 90 Omantel-supported youth sailors racing in Optimist and Laser 4.7
Team Oman Air confirmed their podium place at the Muscat opener to the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series after another dramatic day on the water. The hometown team secured their place on the third step of the podium with a second place finish in the penultimate race and then a third in the concluding double-points finale.
The breeze and tension increased in Muscat on Day 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series, with the Oman Air team holding a podium place with all to play for ahead of Saturday’s deciding races. Team Oman Air started the third day with a flourish, winning the first race to keep the pressure on the overall
The Oman Air crew maintained their positive start to the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series on a day of swings and roundabouts in Muscat that saw five different winning boats in the six races held. Oman Air was the only team to post two victories on the second day of racing, and they remained secure in
The Oman Air team have put down a marker at the start of the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series in Muscat, taking the fight to their opposition in the opening races of what is set to be a long and highly competitive season. Making the most of the home waters off Al Mouj, the crew came
The buzz surrounding the Extreme Sailing Series’ return to Muscat will reach a peak this weekend with the opening of the free public access Race Village at Al Mouj Golf. Adding to the excitement of the already high-octane international stadium racing event – with high-speed racing taking place just metres from the shore – the
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
As part of an initiative to develop leadership and inter-personal skills among young people, Oman Oil Company Exploration & Production (OOCEP) and Oman Sail have concluded a three-day pilot Future Leaders’ Programme in Musandam. The programme targeted young grade 10 and 11 schoolboys in Bukha, Khasab, Dibba and Madha in order to develop their self-leadership
