Musandam Oman Sail claims victory in Cowes
Date
8/14/2015 5:32:51 PM
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times)Oman Sail's celebrity 'express' crew lived up to their name when their MOD70 Musandam-Oman Sail swept across the finish line at Cowes in first place to take line honours in the 2015 Artemis Challenge.
The brakes were definitely off when Sidney Gavignet's record-breaking crew turbo charged for the day by French rugby legend Serge Betsen and polar explorer Ben Saunders hurtled across the finish line at a remarkable 35 knots. They had spent 3 hours and 32 minutes on the water which was more than an hour outside the 2012 multihull record set by Foncia but two minutes faster than Ned Collier-Wakefield's trimaran Concise 10 and five minutes ahead of old rivals Prince de Bretagne who beat them across the line in 2014. From a wet start when the 16 strong Artemis Challenge fleet set off on the 50 nautical mile course around the Isle of Wight in torrential rain the conditions proved testing with winds reaching around 16 knots and seas at the half way point around St Catherine's Point whipped up and uncommonly rough. But such a test brought sailing skills and strength under the spotlight and Gavignet's Omani crew of Fahad Al Hasni Yassir Al Rahbi Sami Al Shukaili and Abdulrahman rose to the occasion with flying colours.
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