Teams
Another top lineup in Muscat to kick off the 6th Extreme Sailing Series
The Act 1 team line-ups have been confirmed, revealing a stellar cast of top professional sailors including 21 Olympians, 36 AC campaigns, 7 circumnavigations and 47 World Championship wins. Following the final event of 2011 in Singapore last December, the team managers and skippers have spent the last two months securing the best crews possible to help take them to overall victory in 2012.
Once again, the team rosters include world-renowned sailors from a multitude of backgrounds representing 9 different nationalities. French sailing superstar Loick Peyron, Britain’s three-times ISAF World Match Racing Champion Ian Williams, Austria’s double-Olympic Gold medalist Roman Hagara return to the circuit, whilst American double-Olympic Gold medalist Charlie Ogletree and five-times America’s Cup sailor, Bernard Labro from France are two new faces gracing the roll-call. The teams boast an array of Olympic, America’s Cup, match racing and round the world credentials, as well as a sprinkling of ocean racing record setters. The two key cornerstones for success in this highly competitive circuit are experience and consistency and to this end 2011 runners-up Groupe Edmond de Rothschild from France and the Swiss team of Alinghi are keeping their crew changes to a minimum, whilst the two Oman Sail teams are sporting a near new line-up with only Leigh McMillan and Nasser Al Mashari retaining their places. And there are plenty of new team combinations for this season to spice up the competition!
Alinghi 
- Skipper
Ernesto Bertarelli
America’s Cup veterans who will now be pushing their Extreme 40 to the max in their third season of competition with new skipper Ernesto Bertarelli. This team has a…
GAC Pindar 
- Skipper
Ian Williams
A debut team in 2011 who adapted to Extreme 40 racing quickly, even showing the seasoned sailors some new tricks. For their second season this team will be sure…
Groupe Edmond De Rothschild 
- Skipper
Pierre Pennec
This all-French team have been runners-up in both 2010 and 2011 losing out by a mere whisker both times – fuelling their thirst for the 2012 title, against another…
Oman Air 
- Skipper
Morgan Larson
This team is part of the Oman Sail well-managed project that aims to help Omani sailors excel in the sport. To this end skipper Morgan Larson will have Omani…
Red Bull Sailing Team 
- Skipper
Roman Hagara
A veteran Extreme 40 team who have competed on the circuit since 2009 will be approaching their fourth season totally focused. This team approach racing with a ‘hard and…
The Wave, Muscat
- Skipper
Leigh McMillan
This is the second Oman Sail team going into their second season alongside Oman Air. They had an impressive year in 2011 securing two event wins back to back…
ZouLou
- Skipper
Erik Maris
A new name for 2012 is ZouLou, headed up by Frenchman Erik Maris. It is not Maris’ first Extreme 40 experience though as he competed in the same boat…
Countdown to Oman 2012
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