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if we ever reached them. The crew move about the trampoline like lightning and every nerve is singing as you concentrate on the wind, the other boats inches away, the angle of the craft as it rises up 45 degrees on one hull and the all important next turn coming up. Leigh and his crew hit each turn perfectly, catching the wind as they gibe and maintaining the speed on each turn of the course. We are nose to nose with Aberdeen Asset Management and they just pip us at the post. Second place is
still 11 points and Leigh does well in the next two races and wins the overall first place. Oman Air are jubilant as they are passionate sailors (they had two crews in the event, Oman Air and The Wave Muscat) and have won this leg of the series with one of their own (Khamis Al Anbouri) on crew with Leigh who starting his sailing career in Cowes, so a home and away win. For more information and a chance to sail in this unique race go here: www.extremesailingseries.com
The Extreme Sailing Series™ is in Cardiff from the 30th August to the 2nd September 2012 The Extreme Sailing Series™ races in The Muscat (Oman), Qingdao (China), Istanbul (Turkey), Porto (Portugal), Cardiff (UK), Trapani (Italy), Nice (France), and, finally, Brazil, starting in February until December 2012. Follow Extreme Sailing Series™ on Twitter.com extremesailingseries Facebook: Facebook.com/ extremesailingseries YouTube: YouTube.com/extremesailingseries
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