Nine crews bidding for the 2016 EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour crown were officially presented at Palm Jumeirah in Dubai today and given extra incentive to push for victory when racing starts on Monday with the unveiling of the new specially commissioned trophy. After a few days of training in one-design
The Zain sailing team, who created a sensation in 2015 by winning one leg and coming third overall in their first ever Sailing Arabia – The Tour, were overwhelmed with crew applications for the 2016 edition kicking off next month, requiring them to run two extensive training and selection trials at Oman
Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC), the Sultanate’s airport management and operations entity, has announced their support of the all-female Oman Airports-Al Thuraya team in the region’s leading offshore sailing race, EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour. Speaking about the team, Sheikh Aimen Ahmed Al Hosni, Chief Executive Officer at OAMC said, "It
With two runners-up places to his name, Marcel Herrera, skipper of the ‘young guns’ Team Averda will be pulling out all the stops in the EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour 2016, the longest offshore race in the GCC, to turn a flair for adventure into the ultimate treasure trail. This will
The sailing crew of Swiss entry Bienne Voile includes a physicist, mathematician, physiotherapist, architect and a sailing ace who happens to be 17 years old and still at school. Strictly amateur but with a flair for inshore racing and high hopes of piling up points in port at EFG Sailing Arabia –
Team Delft Challenge has announced they will race the offshore sailing event organised by Oman Sail, EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour. The team, composed of a group of young Dutch students, is set to go head to head on February 14th in Dubai to face a unique sailing challenge, spanning 730
Team Mangold has announced that they will be making their debut in the upcoming edition of Oman Sail’s EFG Sailing Arabia – the Tour which will run from 15th - 29th February 2016. The crew are new to racing in the Arabian Sea but they are hoping their sense of adventure, inspired
EFG Sailing Arabia – the Tour reigning champions Team EFG Bank Monaco have confirmed they will be back in 2016 with sights keenly set on ‘the treble’ when the new look 2016 One Design race, once more sponsored by EFG, gets underway in Dubai next month. SATT champions for the past two years, EFG Bank
Even more commendable is the fact that the crew consists of enthusiastic novices, formed mainly from employees of Zain – one of the Middle East’s leading mobile telecoms operators. They managed to take the lead during the night on the windy, 90nm leg from Doha, and engage in a tough battle with Team averda in
The EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour is a demonstration of Oman Sail’s passion for the sport and its commitment to help bring together the best sailing talent in the GCC to race against elite international sailors. The inport racing today showed how Oman Sail’s fleet of identical one-design Farr 30s encourages healthy competition. The
