Juanpa Cadario: Extreme Sailing Series Muscat día 2

Extreme Sailing Series Muscat día 2


Foto copyright Carlo Borlenghi

Foto copyright Carlo Borlenghi

Foto copyright Carlo Borlenghi

Foto copyright Carlo Borlenghi

Foto copyright Carlo Borlenghi

Foto copyright Carlo Borlenghi

Foto copyright Carlo Borlenghi

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February 21st 2011
Act 1, Day 2: Pennec’s men lead going into the first public ‘stadium’ day tomorrow

Twenty knots and full-on racing today as the all-French crew onboard Groupe Edmond de Rothschild skippered by Pierre Pennec blasted around the race course, hardly putting a foot wrong with three wins out of five races on day 2 of the Extreme Sailing Series at The Wave, Muscat. The Swiss team of Alinghi led by Tanguy Cariou and helmed by Yann Guichard, ably supported by the crew of Nils Frei and Yves Detrey, won the first race and were in the top three in the first three races which secured them second place overall. Home team, The Wave, Muscat struggled to begin with then posted a 2nd, 1st and a 2nd to grab third place by the end of the day, nine points ahead of Roman Hagara’s Red Bull Extreme Sailing who were really consistent in their performance today.

Terry Hutchinson’s team on Artemis Racing didn’t quite have the day they hoped for, after ended up in a four-way tie at the top at the end of play yesterday. They have now dropped to fifth overall, just 2 points ahead of Sidney Gavignet’s Oman Air team. Some of the teams new to the circuit are finding the going a little tougher with little training time, they are at the beginning of the Extreme 40 learning curve. But that doesn’t seem to have dampened their spirits: “It was another fantastic day, it can not be better with the wind direction and the sea breeze we had today. I would say it's a sailing paradise here in Oman,” said Team Extreme skipper Roland Gaebler. “There was a lot more action on the water, a lot of nose-diving but at least no capsizes but it was close thing.”

The 11-boat fleet have enjoyed some fantastic sailing conditions here in Oman over the past two days on the open-water courses, but from tomorrow Act 1 at The Wave, Muscat will be open to the public and, as such, the racing will be staged close to shore in front of the spectators within the confines of a ‘stadium’ race course. An array of on shore entertainment has been arranged for the thousands of public expected to attend over the next three days.

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