The curtain was officially raised on the much anticipated 2016 Extreme Sailing Series™ today in the historic old town of Muscat, Oman, with the new breed of hydro-foiling GC32 catamarans more than living up to the pre-season hype.
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The top six sailing teams in the world will converge in Muscat, Oman, at the end of the month for the first of six Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series events this year.
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France will host the fifth Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event of 2016 in September when racing comes to the Mediterranean city of Toulon.
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The World Match Racing Tour announced its plans for 2016 at the Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate event on the 2015 World Match Racing Tour. Håkan Svensson and his team at Aston Harald AB, led the meeting with sailors and interested parties about the World Match Racing Tour and the M32 Series following the initial announcement last July.
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Red Bull Sailing Team made a dramatic and unexpected exit at the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act in Istanbul today after their mast broke in the second race.
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The fleet might have lost yesterday’s racing because of 45 knot gusts on Sydney Harbour, but today the city delivered in style and the sailors patience was rewarded with some of the best racing of the season so far, at the final Act of the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series™.
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The 2016 Extreme Sailing Series™ was officially launched at the Dubai International Marine Club today (10 February) with a full line-up of eight world-class teams, from eight nations confirmed.
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British multihull racer Leigh McMillan was officially crowned the most successful skipper in the nine-year history of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Sydney today when he clinched an unprecedented third championship title.
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Cool, calm and in control, whether he is addressing the world’s top sailors at the morning briefing or on the radio coordinating fast-paced inshore racing, Phil Lawrence commands total respect.
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Extreme Sailing Series™ owners and organisers OC Sport, who recently announced a switch of racing platform to a foiling yacht, can now confirm that the Series will fast track to the GC32 catamaran to replace the existing Extreme 40 fleet in time for the 2016 season, as part of a long-term strategy and collaborative partnership with The Great Cup BV.
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