After the America’s Cup boats, the Extreme 40s are now also turning to foils. Exit the venerable Extreme 40s, catamarans which are nevertheless very spectacular, and welcome to the GC 32s, foil-equipped catamarans chosen by the circuit to renew its appeal. For this tenth season, the circuit will be stopping in eight towns, including (for the first time) Lisbon. As for the crews, we will once again find eight teams coming from both the America’s Cup and the Olympics, and there will be no fewer than 27 World titles, as many Europeans and 106 Nationals doing battle on the water. The racing will be hard fought, especially as the GC 32 is a very spectacular machine, and particularly suited to close racing.
2016 ExtremeSailingSeries™ calendar
16th – 19th March, Muscat, Oman
29th April – 2nd May, Qingdao, China
23rd – 26th June, Cardiff, United Kingdom
28th – 31st July, Hamburg, Germany
1st – 4th September, St. Petersburg, Russia
22nd – 25th September, Istanbul, Turkey
6th – 9th October, Lisbon, Portugal
8th – 11th December, Australia
2016 ExtremeSailingSeries™: Crews and Skippers
Alinghi (SUI) – Ernesto Bertarelli (SWI)/Arnaud Psarofaghis (SWI)
Land Rover BAR Academy (GB) – Bleddyn Môn (GB)
Oman Air (OMA) - Morgan Larson (USA)
Portuguese crew (name to be confirmed) – Diogo Cayolla (POR)
Red Bull Sailing Team (AUSTRIA) – Roman Hagara (AUSTRIA)
SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DK) – Jes Gram-Hansen (DK)/Rasmus Kostner (DK)
Team Turx (TUR) – Edhem Dirvana (TUR)
The 8th crew will be announced shortly.
