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Franck Cammas to add his skills and experience to Oman Sail campaigns in 2019
Muscat, December 8th 2018: The renowned French yachtsman Franck Cammas has joined the Oman Sail team to manage their ongoing Diam and new Figaro campaigns next year. Cammas will also join the race squads during the 2019 season as Oman Sail looks to build on its successful global sailing programme. Regarded as one of the highest-profile sailors of his generation, Cammas, 45, has a glowing
Oman youth sailors achieve best ever results racing at championships in Asia and Africa
Mohammed Al Qassmi Muscat, December 3rd 2018: Young Omani sailors have shown their emerging skills and abilities racing against world-class competition at two international championship regattas, producing their best ever results at each event. In an intensive period of back-to-back events a four-strong Oman Sail youth team raced at the 2018 Optimist Asian and Oceanic Championship held in Myanmar in mid-November, quickly followed
Omani sailors dominate in UAE National Day Regatta
Muscat, November 18th 2018: Young Omani sailors have again demonstrated their emerging racing skills with wins in three of the four classes they competed in at a regional event in Abu Dhabi. A total of 17 sailors from the Oman Sail Youth Team took part in the National Day Sailing Regatta and came away with victories in the Laser Standard, Radial and 4.7 classes as
Oman Sail are first ever Diam World Tour winners after latest success in the Pacific
The victory was sealed when the race team of skipper Stevie Morrison, Abdulrahman Al Mashari and Quentin Ponroy completed the Grand Prix Pacifique des Jeux, the last of three events counting towards the 2018 World Tour title. The Oman Sail team ended their winning season ahead of Bernard Stamm’s Cheminees Poujoulat in second and the Beijaflore team who finished third. Consistency throughout the international season
Young Oman Sail racers earn a clean sweep of class victories
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 in particular distinguished themselves, filling seven of the top-10 places
Duqm Refinery and Oman Sail Join Hands to Conduct Employability Skills Development Courses for Omani Youth
Duqm Refinery and Oman Sail have signed a pioneering agreement to improve the employability prospects of 100 students and young Omani graduates, by connecting them with Oman’s maritime heritage. A signing ceremony was held at Oman Sail’s headquarters, in presence of H.E. Maitha bint Saif Al Mahrouqi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Chairwoman of Oman Sail, and Eng. Hilal bin Ali Al Kharusi,