Extreme 40
In 2008 Oman burst onto the global sailing scene by announcing an Extreme 40 team competing in the second edition of the hugely successful iShares Cup. Crewed by World and Olympic champions, 'Masirah', as the boat was named, featured a specially chosen Omani sailor during each race. As well as promoting Oman as a premiere tourist destination to the high end demographic which sailing attracts, the series gave the budding Omani sailors real time experience at the highest level of sailing. With events in France, Germany, Italy, Britain and Holland, the Oman Sail team came a very credible fourth overall after such talented teams as Alinghi, BT and Team Origin. The 2009 iShares Cup sees Oman being the only team turning out 2 boats, one of which will be purely Oman branded and the second which will be representing Oman under various sponsors. The Oman boat 'Masirah' will again be skippered by Pete Cumming and helmed by Chris Draper. The second boat will be skippered and helmed by Loick Peyron, the French legend of sailing who recently returned from a Vendee challenge.
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