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February 08th 2011 Full Team Line-Ups Unveiled
THE 2011 EXTREME MAGAZINE IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE...
World Champions and ocean racing record holders, will be squaring
up against Olympians and America's Cup hotshots, in the
impressive roll call for the Extreme Sailing Series™ this year.
The full crew line-ups are unveiled today ahead of the first
Extreme Sailing Series™ Act to be hosted in Muscat, Sultanate of
Oman in February (20th-24th, stadium days 22nd-24th).
With a wealth of new teams and crew representing 15 nationalities
, the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series season promises to be the most
competitive yet with 11 boats manned with talent from every
corner of competitive yacht racing – and the stats are
impressive:
29 Olympians
12 Records set/broken
97 World Championships contended
11 Round the World navigations
69 America's Cup sailed
4 Olympic Gold Medals
2 Olympic Silver Medals
2 Olympic Bronze Medals
You can find the full crew line-ups in the TEAM
[http://www.extremesailingseries.com/teams] section of the
website and the 2011 EXTREME magazine
[http://issuu.com/ocvision/docs/extreme2011?mode=embed&layout=http://skin.issuu.com/v/light/layout.xml&showFlipBtn=true]
is now available to browse online.
Olympic and America's Cup sailors dominate the teams this year -
Terry Hutchinson (USA) Artemis Racing, Dean Barker (NZL) Team
New Zealand, Roland Gaebler (GER) Team Extreme, Roman Hagara
(AUT) Red Bull Extreme Sailing and Sidney Gavignet (FRA) Oman Air
, are just some of the superstars for 2011 who will be raising
the bar ever higher.
Torvar Mirsky (AUS) The Wave, Muscat will inherit the 'young-gun'
title from the skipper he is replacing, Paul Campbell-James.
Campbell-James' unabashed and aggressive style saw him grab the
2010 title from the more seasoned skippers and, no doubt, his
new Luna Rossa team will be hoping for a repeat performance. At
the other end of the age spectrum the experience is mind-blowing
- Olympian Roman Hagara has attended the Olympic Games six times
, winning two gold medals and Team Extreme skipper Roland Gaebler
won bronze. 2008 Yachtsman of the Year Terry Hutchinson and his
Artemis Racing team have between them competed in the America's
Cup an impressive 15 times.
Terry Hutchinson onboard Extreme 40 Artemis Racing
Groupe Edmond de Rothschild will return for their third Extreme
40 season having finished second overall for the past two years,
but this time the all-French team will be headed up by Pierre
Pennec replacing Yann Guichard who is now driving for Alinghi.
Pennec, who represented his country at the Sydney Olympics in
the Tornado Class, has been instrumental in the team's success
to date and is relishing the chance of leading the team.
Guichard, having made the switch to Alinghi, is in good company
under the leadership of Tanguy Cariou (previously with Franck
Cammas' Groupama 40) and seasoned mulithull sailors Nils Frei
and Yves Detrey. On team Niceforyou an all-Italian line-up,
skippered by Alberto Barovier, will use their combined America's
Cup experience to the max. Team GAC Pindar will return for a
full season in 2011, at the helm match racing supremo Ian
Williams who is stepping from one hull to two in his first
Extreme 40 venture. This diverse range of competitive skills
and experience is going to turn up the heat on the 2011 circuit
making the outcome almost impossible to predict.
Going into this season probably at least two thirds of the teams
have the experience, talent and sheer nerve to win, and they
could all climb on to the podium. Paul Campbell James, helmsman
of the 2010 winning team, now signed with Luna Rossa gives his
assessment: "Artemis Racing and The Wave, Muscat again will be
strong. They [The Wave, Muscat] have Torvar, who has done a bit
of 49ering and a lot of match racing and they have Nick [Hutton]
and Khamis [Al Anbouri] back with them. You can't rule out
Alinghi and Team New Zealand. It is going to be wicked season!"
Torvar Mirsky and his 2011 team onboard The Wave, Muscat
Read the full Form Guide
[http://www.extremesailingseries.com/inside-the-series/view/get-inside-the-2011-series]
by DailySail editor James Boyd.
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THE 2011 EXTREME MAGAZINE IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE... Find out
more about the skippers and crews, read entertaining and
insightful features by BBC Sport's Rob Hodgetts, DailySail
editor, James Boyd and YachtSponsorship.com guru, David Fuller.
Packed with stunning photography and vital stats for the season
ahead. To request a copy, please email media
@extremesailingseries.com.
OMEGA Onboard as Official Timekeeper for a Fifth Season
OMEGA's role as Official Timekeeper to the Extreme Sailing Series
™ is confirmed for another season, making the Swiss watchmaker
the longest-running official series partner since they came
onboard at the inception of the circuit in 2007. OMEGA is proud
of its nautical history and has an undeniable connection to the
sea, being the only company ever to have produced a wristwatch
that received marine chronometer certification. Its timepieces
have long been the preferred choice of some of sailing's
greatest names. Last year, 2010 champion, Paul Campbell-James
won the UK round at Cowes Week and was presented with an OMEGA
Seamaster Planet Ocean watch. Find out more about Omega here
[http://www.extremesailingseries.com/partners].
Paul Cambell-James wearing his OOMEGA Seamaster Planet Ocean
watch
[http://www.extremesailingseries.com]
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