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Oman Sail Masirah Crowned Overall iShares Cup Champions 2009
Oman Sail Masirah has won the iShares Cup 2009, but it came down to the last leg of the last race on the last day of the last regatta at the iShares Cup Almeria in Spain, with Gitana Extreme - LCF Rothschild pushing Oman Sail Masirah right to the very last minute with a superb final performance. Pet...
All set for the perfect duel at the iShares Cup final...
Today Oman Sail Masirah took control in the final of the 2009 iShares Cup in Almeria. Three race wins out of six, put Pete Cumming and his crew 10 points ahead of Yann Guichard’s Gitana Extreme – Groupe LCF Rothschild going into the final day tomorrow. Masirah clearly enjoyed the stronger 10-knot co...
Ecover Drama As Opening Day Goes to BT
At the end of day 1 of the final iShares Cup regatta in Almeria, Mike Golding's Ecover suffered serious damage to both hull and transom in a collision with LUNA. Gitana Extreme (Yann Guichard) won the final race by a good margin ahead of Oman Sail Masirah (Pete Cumming) who remain the dominant team ...
This Is It… The Final Showdown at the iShares Cup Almeria
Today the ten Extreme 40 teams competing in the final of the 2009 iShares Cup were out racing within the confines of the Almerian harbour in the official practice session. In the build up to the final, many of the teams have already been out training in earnest, not least the top three podium conten...
iShares Cup skippers feeling the heat
It’s all about keeping a cool head under pressure for the 10 iShares Cup Extreme 40 skippers at this weekend’s final in the Spanish city of Almeria, from Saturday 10th-Monday 12th October....
One week to go until iShares Cup final showdown…
The final event of the 2009 iShares Cup Sailing Series will reach its dramatic conclusion next week in Almeria, in the region of Andalucia, from Saturday, October 10th to Monday, October 12th....
Gitana Extreme Win Round 5, Masirah Keep Overall Lead
The best breeze of the day filled in for the final three races today producing some extreme racing - close calls, collisions, penalties and a nail-biting, final double-points race - entertaining the 10,000 strong crowd lining the IJ-Haven. There were seven different race winners in this penultimate ...
Overall Series Leader Holed on Day 1
Plenty of action on day 1 of the iShares Cup Amsterdam - the penultimate round of the six-stage series... The trickiest racecourse on the European circuit proved testing for the nine Extreme 40s but it was Oman Sail Masirah who ended up being the biggest casualty of the day. ...
First collision at iShares Cup Amsterdam
There was dramatic racing on the water during the preview media day of the iShares Cup Amsterdam this afternoon when in the fourth race of the day, Mike Golding’s Ecover was hit by Oman Sail Renaissance, skippered by Loick Peyron, in a classic port starboard confrontation....
iShares Cup teams prepare for Extreme sailing in the city
The penultimate round of the iShares Cup 2009 will be staged on its smallest, trickiest inner-city course when the fifth event of the 2009 Extreme 40 Sailing Series kicks off next week in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 25th-27th September. The six-event European series sees the iShares Cup return ...