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نم ديدعلا دعب ىلعأ يف ةسفانملا ءاقبإ ىلإ ةضهنلا قيرف حمطي ،صاخلا نأ ذنم .ةكراشملا قرفلا نم هريغو جوملا قيرف عم اهتايوتسم قابس نم 2011 ماع ةرود يف ىلولأا ةرملل ينسحلا دهف كراش قوف فوقولا ملح هيدل ناك ،”يج فإ يإ“ كنب نم يبرعلا فاوطلا نم اًي ّ لك ل ّ كشم قيرف عم قحتسم زوف دعب لولأا زكرملا ةصنم ققحي نأ قيرفلا داك SATT يضاملا ماعلا قابس يف .نيينامع ةراحب .”ادريفأ“ قيرف نع ةدحاو ةطقن قراف لاول ملحلا ىدل ،لولاا زكرملاب زوفلل ةعباسلا هتلواحم يفو ،ةنسلا هذه ةكرش ةياعرب ةضهنلا قيرف دئاق هنوك ةيبهذلا ةصرفلا ينسحلا نيينامعلا نم 90% ةبسنب ف ّ لؤملا قيرفلا يوتحي .ةينامعلا طفنلا هيجناريب مويغ“ يسنرف حالم ىلع نم نير ّ دصتملا عم رارمتساب قاب ّ سلا انيهنأ دقل“ :ينسحلا دهف لاق نوكي فوس ،كلذل .ةيضاملا ةنسلا عبا ّ رلا زكرملا يف انكو ،قرفلا

The Omani teams have welcomed the new, challenging route for 2017, announced earlier this year by organisers Oman Sail.

Comprising of 90 per cent Omani talent, Team Renaissance also has French navigator Guillaume Berenger aboard, who has to brush up on his Arabic to offer directions.

Fahad Al Hasni said: “We have consistently finished in the top half of the fleet, with a fourth last year. So it would be great to be on the podium this time.” He has become Oman’s most accomplished offshore sailor with the Round Ireland world speed record among his many accolades. “I have always found EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour challenging and with a 90 per cent Omani crew, it will be even more of a test of our skills,” Fahad explained. For its part, Team Al Mouj brings a new skipper to the 2017 edition, with Frenchman Christian Ponthieu stepping into Nico Lunven’s shoes after being part of the successful campaign in 2016. As with last year, the team will comprise two Omani sailors, Sultan Al Balushi and Nawaf Al Ghadani as well as some familiar faces. Gilles Favennec returns as trimmer while Erwan Le Roux takes on the role of navigator with another French sailor Gregory Gendron and Will Harris from Britain ready to turn up the heat at the front of the fleet.

Christian Ponthieu commented on the thrilling route of EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour, which continues to draw the top-class sailors back to the Gulf sea-race track: “With the changes to the Tour de France a la Voile, EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour has become one of the only events in the calendar where we can test our offshore skills in the long legs and our match racing skills in the in-port races. “This is a very interesting and varied regatta which rewards the best all round crew. We scored a lot of points in the in-port racing last year and felt we could have done better offshore so we will work hard at improving our performances on the long legs to get more points,” he admitted. “Plus, the sunny weather in the Gulf also means we can keep up our racing and training through the winter months, which is a real bonus. We get to visit places in this race that sailors don’t often see and we really enjoy that aspect of the event.”

The all-Omani crew comprising Team Renaissance features some familiar faces including three teammates from Oman Sail’s MOD70 MusandamOman Sail Sami Al Shukaili, Ali Al Balushi and Yasir Al Rahbi, all of them experienced EFG SATT campaigners. Abdul Al Mashari, a member of Team Renaissance last year and Akram Al Wahaibi will also be on board.

“I like pushing the guys to the limit since I know we are good as a team and we can get the most out of each race, whether we are inshore or offshore,” Fahad said. “We train very hard to be ready to face any challenge but the main reason for doing EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour is to improve our overall sailing skills and get to be on the podium.

“It would be great to win but with our knowledge and experience, we are aiming to go one better than last year and finish on the podium in third place. Most of all we intend to enjoy the sailing, represent Oman with pride and have some fun,” he smiled. The Omani teams have welcomed the new, challenging route for 2017, announced earlier this year by organisers Oman Sail. The fleet of identical Farr 30s will start at Al Mouj in Muscat with an inport race, then head north on the first leg to Sohar, a relatively short sprint of 105 nautical miles. www.sailingarabiathetour.com

The second leg (140nm) will take them to Khasab, the capital of the Musandam Peninsula before the fleet heads to Abu Dhabi on a 153nm leg. It will be back to sea for a 160nm dash to Doha in Qatar where more points will be up for grabs in the second round of in-port races before the last and longest leg (205nm) to Dubai for a final round of in-port racing.

The 2017 EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour is the seventh edition of the race, which combines long offshore legs with high action in-port racing at venues along the 763nm course.

اذه نم اًقح عتمم بناج اذهو نايحلاا نم ريثكلا يف .”ميظعلا ثدحلا ضعب مدقيف لماكلاب ينامعلا ةضه ّ نلا قيرف ا ّ مأ باحصأ ةثلاثلا باحصلأا اهنمض نم ةفولأملا هوجولا يماس EFG SATT تاقابس يف ةريبكلا ةربخلا

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