Muscat, February 9 2019: Masirah Island was again the setting for an exhilarating day of racing on Saturday for the 10 international teams competing in EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour. Ideal sailing conditions under blue skies saw a steady breeze of eight to 14 knots, but with plenty of big shifts in wind
Muscat, February 9 2019: EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour returned to racing on Friday after a flawless logistical operation saw the entire fleet and support organisation relocated 284 kilometres from Sur to Masirah Island in time for late afternoon racing. With the fleet’s Diam 24 trimarans transported overnight to the ferry port at
Muscat, February 7 2019: All the 10 international crews taking part in EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour are set to make an early start on Friday to get ready for extra racing at the Masirah Island venue. The move came after continued strong winds and rough seas at Sur saw racing cancelled for
Muscat, February 4 2019: Only seconds separated the leading yachts on the first coastal raid of EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour as the international fleet took to the waters off Muscat, Muttrah and Bandar Al Khiran on Monday. After almost two hours and 36 minutes of racing the French team of Cheminée Poujoulat
Muscat, February 3 2019: EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour got off to a flying start in Muscat on Sunday, the two-week challenge getting underway in a brisk breeze that saw the international fleet hitting 20 knots as the seas began to build up off Marina Bandar Al Rowdha. The four races completed produced
The 2019 edition of EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour (SATT), organised by Oman Sail, has brought together a highly competitive mix of experienced stars of the international racing world, challenging young talent and the best of a remarkable generation of Omani sailors. Running for the ninth year, the Gulf region’s premier offshore yacht
French sailing star Thierry Douillard today led his EFG Bank Monaco (MON) team to their fourth consecutive EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour title as the Arabian classic came to a thrilling climax. Douillard's men sealed their victory in style by winning the final race of the event, a sprint around a short course
Team Al Mouj Muscat's hopes of winning EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour have been dashed after they were found to have sailed into a restricted area on their way to winning Leg 5. The Omani outfit looked to have finally got the better of arch rivals EFG Bank Monaco (MON), crossing the finish
Team Al Mouj Muscat (OMA) have kept their dreams of dethroning EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour champions EFG Bank Monaco (MON) alive by pipping them to victory in the nail-biting final offshore leg of the Arabian classic. In one of the closest leg finishes ever seen in seven editions of EFG Sailing Arabia –
The final offshore leg of EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour 2017 began today – and with double points up for grabs the quest for a podium place is set to reach boiling point. The 205 nautical mile Leg 5 from Doha, Qatar, to Dubai, UAE, is the longest of the five legs that
