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Oman Sail youngsters make history with double medal win at Asian Championships
Muscat, March 11th 2019: Two young Omani sailors have made history by both winning medals at the high-profile Asian Laser Championship in Singapore. Laser 4.7 racers Abdulmalik Al Hinai and Al Moatasem Al Farsi each delivered multi-race winning performances at the international regatta on their way to taking silver and bronze medals respectively in what is Oman Sail’s most successful regatta to date at this
Oman Sail’s Zimam programme to instil employability skills within members of the Omani Academy for Special Skills
Muscat, February 21st 2019: Oman Sail’s corporate personal development programme, Zimam, is organising a three-day physical outdoor activities and practical experiential learning exercises for students from the newly-launched “Omani Academy for Special Skills” in an effort to develop employability abilities and provide on-the-job training for people with learning disabilities. The academy will be run by the Oman Down Syndrome Association and will begin its programme
Oman Sail joins Middle East’s first ever Special Olympics World Games with a team and race boats
Muscat, February 24th 2019: An Oman Sail team is making final preparations before heading to the first Special Olympics World Games ever held in the Middle East. The six-strong Omani team will be among more than 7,500 athletes from no fewer than 176 countries who will gather in Abu Dhabi for the start of the Games on March 14th. Sailing is one of 24 individual
Young sailors seize opportunity to impress Oman Sail’s national team selectors
Muscat, December 10th 2018: The final youth sailing event of 2018 brought together 56 racers from Oman Sail’s four sailing schools, all determined to qualify for next year’s high-profile Mussanah Race Week and impress Oman national team selectors. Two days of intense but friendly competition at the last Ranking Race of the year in Mussanah saw local sailors joined by schoolmates from Sur, Al
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