ACT 2 - MUSCAT, 20 - 22 MARCH RACE VILLAGE INFORMATION THE WAVE, MUSCAT ACT 2: MUSCAT 6 1 > AL SEEB 3 2 9 4 8 18TH NOVEMBER STREET 5 RACECOURSE 7 MUSCAT < ALMOUJ GOLF COURSE TRY SAILING ALMOUJ GOLF COURSE RACECOURSE MAP KEY 1 RED BULL SKATE PARK 4 SHUTTLE FOR TRY SAILING 7 KIDS ZONE 2 CAR PARKING 5 VIEWING PLATFORM 8 TRY GOLF THE AWARD WINNING GLOBAL 3 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT6 TRY SAILING 9 LAND ROVER EXPERIENTIAL ZONE EXTREME SAILING SERIES RACE VILLAGE ACTIVITIES FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT RED BULL SKATE PARK Enter your own team to compete for the top prize Obstacles, ramps, railings… Available for all IS BACK IN MUSCAT of OMR 500! There are 36 places available. skaters and roller bladders. Come and join us To register your team, please call 91395518. for a weekend of fun! THE WAVE, MUSCAT - AL MOUJ GOLF, 11 AM - 6 PM TRY SAILING FOOD STALLS Sailing is a fun and easy sport and teaches A selection of your favorite food and beverage HOST VENUE PARTNER LOCAL EVENT PARTNERS HOST VENUE SUPPLIERS transferable skills, such as teamwork, leadership retailers, will be on hand, to provide you and the and problem solving. Space is limited so be sure family with a delicious variety throughout the day. you register your interest on site! TRY GOLF A mini version of golf designed specifically for SERIES PARTNERS SERIES SUPPLIERS KIDS ZONE A variety of fun activities will be on offer for young children. Grab a club and enjoy something children including bouncy castles and face new! painting. Come and enjoy the fun! ABOUT THE EXTREME 3 WELCOME MESSAGE 4 1 BOOM MARK CAMERON Horizontal pole which extends along the bottom JAGUAR LAND ROVER GLOBAL of the mainsail, and helps pull the sails in and out. 9 BRAND EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR 2 JIB Used for upwind sailing, made from strands Welcome to Muscat and the beautiful setting of the Sultanate of Oman, for the second Act of the 2014 Extreme of carbon fibre and Kevlar (an incredibly light, Sailing Series™. Land Rover is proud to be a Series Main Parter to the only elite-level global sailing series. strong fibre used in flak-jackets) sandwiched in a plastic film. We are sure that the next four days will see thrilling racing as 55 of the world’s very best sailors take to the water onboard the dynamic Extreme 40 catamaran. 3 MAST 2 62ft (18.9m) high, and made in two sections. We wish the competitiors the very best winds for a fair fight on the water and for all our Guests and visitors The stiffness varies along its length to allow the today, we hope you have a wonderful day at the Extreme Sailing Series™. mast shape to be altered to increase performance. 6 Can also rotate for improved mainsail control. 8 Mark Cameron 5 Global Brand Experience Director 4 MAINSAIL Jaguar Land Rover. The powerhouse of the boat - big enough to 7 accommodate four parked London buses! 5 DAGGERBOARD Prevents the boat from slipping side-ways. GET THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE 6 HULLS LENGTH: 40FT / 12.2M 40ft long to fit in a standard container for WIDTH: 23FT / 7M THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE! easy transportation. MAST LENGTH: 62FT / 18.9M 7 RUDDERS Take a ‘selfie’ in front of our Extreme 40 boat, stationed in the Steering fins at the back which are attached to MAST WEIGHT: 100KG food court at Muscat Grand Mall a stick called a tiller. There are two because, as the boat heels over, one rudder often lifts out of MAINSAIL AREA: 764FT2 / 71M2 the water. Post the image on Instagram using the hashtag #ExssMuscat JIB AREA: 258FT2 / 24M2 8 TRAMPOLINE Held taut between the two hulls and made of GENNAKER AREA: 1,141FT2 / 106M2 Winner will be announced on March 18th. Good luck! lightweight but tough nylon mesh, this allows the crew to move from side to side. WEIGHT: 1,400KG 9 GENNAKER TOP SPEED: 30 KNOTS / 35MPH / 56KPH VISIT OMANSAILíS SOCIAL PAGES Large foresail unfurled when sailing downwind. 11 ELITE-LEVEL TEAMS, 9 NATIONS ALINGHI (SUI) GROUPAMA SAILING TEAM (FRA) The first European team to win the America’s Cup and then successfully A team jam-packed with sailing titles, including skipper Franck Cammas, defend it, the Swiss team were 2013 Extreme Sailing Series™ runners up. who won the latest edition of the Volvo Ocean race. Skipper/Helm: Morgan Larson (USA) Skipper/Helm: Franck Cammas (FRA) Tactician: Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) Tactician: Sophie de Turckheim (FRA) Mainsail Trimmer: Pierre-Yves Jorand (SUI) Mainsail Trimmer: Tanguy Cariou (FRA) Headsail Trimmer: Nils Frei (SUI) Headsail Trimmer: Thierry Fouchier (FRA) Bowman: Yves Detrey (SUI) Bowman: Devan Le Bihan (FRA) EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND (NZL) J.P. MORGAN BAR (GBR) The legendary America’s Cup team will field some of the hottest talent on Led by the most successful Olympic sailor of all time, this team comes the international sailing scene, including skipper Dean Barker. teeming with Olympic pedigree, with three gold medallists onboard. Skipper/Helm: Dean Barker (NZL) Skipper/Helm: Ben Ainslie (GBR) Floater: Edwin Delaat (NZL) Tactician: Nick Hutton (GBR) Mainsail Trimmer: Glenn Ashby (AUS) Mainsail Trimmer: Paul Goodison (GBR) Ben Ainslie Ben www.extreme40.org Headsail Trimmer: James Dagg (NZL) BenAinslieRacing Headsail Trimmer: Pippa Wilson (GBR) Bowman: Jeremy Lomas (NZL) Bowman: Matt Cornwell (GBR) GAC PINDAR (AUS) OMAN AIR (OMA) Skipper Seve will make his Stadium Racing debut in 2014 alongside a One of two boats representing the Sultanate of Oman, skipper Rob crew bursting with multihull know-how from the America’s Cup and the Greenhalgh won the first ever Extreme Sailing Series™. Extreme Sailing Series™. Skipper/Helm: Seve Jarvin (AUS) Skipper/Helm: Rob Greenhalgh (GBR) Mainsail Trimmer: Troy Tindill (AUS) Mainsail Trimmer: Tom Johnson (AUS) Headsail Trimmer: Ed Smyth (AUS) Headsail Trimmer: Will Howden (GBR) Bow: Sam Newton (AUS)/David Gilmour (AUS) Bowmen: Hashim Al Rashdi (OMA) /Musab Al Hadi (OMA) GAZPROM TEAM RUSSIA (RUS) REALTEAM (SUI) A brand new entry for 2014 with Russia’s 2014 Olympic Laser sailor as skipper, who 2014 is the second year on the circuit for the Swiss Realteam, who have a proven will be supported by some of the UK’s top Extreme 40 sailors. multihull background having dominated the D35 Championship in 2012. Skipper/Tactician: Igor Lisovenko (RUS) Skipper/Mainsail Trimmer: Jérôme Clerc (SUI) Helm: Paul Campbell-James (GBR) Helm: Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI) Mainsail Trimmer: Alister Richardson (GBR) Floater: Nils Palmieri (SUI) Headsail Trimmer: Pete Cumming (GBR) Headsail Trimmer: Bryan Mettraux (SUI) Bowman: Aleksey Kulakov (RUS) Bowman: Thierry Wasem (SUI) RED BULL SAILING TEAM (AUT) ABOUT THE Spearheaded by the Austrian double Olympic gold medal-winning duo Hagara and Steinacher, the team have serious podium potential. Skipper/Helm: Roman Hagara (AUT) Tactician: Hans-Peter Steinacher (AUT) Floater: Stewart Dodson (NZL) RACING Mainsail Trimmer: Mark Bulkeley (GBR) Bowman: Nick Blackman (NZL) THE START: DURING THE RACING: The start is one of the most exciting parts of any Teams use all of their tactical prowess to sailing race, and with such short races, (each out-maneuver each other and can call a protest lasts between 10-12 minutes), a good start is a on the water if they think another boat has SAP EXTREME SAILING TEAM (DEN) vital part of winning tactics. Each race is started infringed the rules. Umpires are on the water like Back for their third year on the circuit, the duo of Danish skippers are with a four-minute countdown. If any boat football referees and can give penalties, which looking to rectify so narrowly missing out on the 2013 podium. jumps the line before the start gun, they will are normally a penalty turn. Co-Skippers: Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) / Rasmus Køstner (DEN) have to restart – a substantial penalty! Helm: Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) Tactician: Rasmus Køstner (DEN) FINISH: Trimmers: Thierry Douillard (FRA)/Peter Wibroe (DEN) THE COURSE: Bowman: Nicolai Sehested (DEN) First past the post wins – it’s as simple as that! Depending on the number of boats and wind The winner of each race will get 10 points, conditions, Race Management may decide to second place is nine, and so on. The last race of run racing over different shaped courses around each Act counts for double points, putting the THE WAVE, MUSCAT (OMA) a number of large, inflatable coloured marks. A pressure on for a great finale! The 2012 and 2013 Extreme Sailing Series™ champions are back for more typical course could look like this. in 2014 and are a serious contender for a podium position. Skipper / Helm: Leigh McMillan (GBR) Tactician: Sarah Ayton (GBR) Mainsail Trimmer: Pete Greenhalgh (GBR) Headsail Trimmer: Kinley Fowler (NZL) Bowman: Nasser Al Mashari (OMA) SAP’s Sailing Analytics bring the excitement of sailing even closer to the fans through their dynamic leaderboards. Check out the results for yourself, here: http://ess40-2014.sapsailing.com.