Wildcard entry granted to ROFF Cascais Sailing Team for Extreme Sailing Series™ Istanbul and Porto Acts

Extreme 40 fleet bolstered for the Istanbul and Porto Acts, with the participation of the Portuguese challenger for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup – ROFF Cascais Sailing Team

The ‘Stadium Style’ racecourses at the Istanbul and Porto Acts of the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series™ will have a fresh complexion as ROFF Cascais Sailing Team becomes the second Youth America’s Cup team to announce its participation in as many weeks alongside Team Tilt. The participation of the Portuguese squad, sponsored by ROFF, the Municipality of Cascais and the Municipality of Lisbon, will boost the fleet to nine boats for the Act in Istanbul, with a home nation invitational team to be announced next week.
The Act in Istanbul takes place from the 20-23 June where the fleet will race from the banks of Istanbul’s old town, before entering the second half of the 2013 Series and heading to Porto from the 25-28 July.

Day 2. Act 1 - Muscat, Oman. *LIVE*

ESS Muscat día 1, Leigh McMillan e equipa na frente

Fonte: Extreme Sailing Series

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Champagne sailing conditions kick-started a glamour first day for the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series at The Wave, Muscat, Oman today in a baptism of fire for the new teams who thrived on the Extreme 40 race course. After scoring first blood in the first race, Leigh McMillan and his crew on The Wave, Muscat start the 2013 Series where they left off in 2012 at the top of the leaderboard, but with new and existing teams stepping up to mark, the competition it set to be one of the closest and unpredictable in the history of the Series.

SAP EXTREME SAILING TEAM REVEALS STRIKING NEW LOOK AHEAD OF THE 2013 SEASON

Com o nosso grande velejador, Renato Conde intimamente ligado à equipa e especificamente a este trabalho a equipa está de parabéns pelo excelente trabalho.

Fonte : SAP Extreme Sailing Team

The SAP Extreme Sailing Team has revealed vibrant new branding on their state of the art Extreme 40 catamaran whilst training in Oman, ahead of Act 1 of the Extreme Sailing circuit 2013.



Rasmus Køstner, co-skipper of the SAP Extreme Sailing Team commented:

“Together with SAP, we have been planning the new look and feel for the Extreme 40 for several months now and it will be an extraordinary feeling to finally race in our new colours tomorrow.”

A sleek chrome effect has been applied to the hull and sails of the SAP Extreme 40 and the team hope this will reflect the highly polished performance they intend to put in on the water this season. The overall effect is visually striking and gives a more dynamic and edgy feel to the race boat.

Jes Gram-Hansen, co-skipper, SAP Extreme Sailing Team continued: “The restyling incorporates SAP’s current branding campaign and looks really slick. We are looking forward to revealing our new look when racing starts tomorrow”

Renato Conde and Pete Cumming, SAP Extreme Sailing Team, arrived in Oman at the beginning of February to work on the re-brand and prepare for the first Act in the series. To read more about their preparations, log on to www.sapextremesailing.com

Now in their second year on the circuit, the SAP Extreme Sailing team will be competing against seven teams in eight countries across the globe throughout 2013. SAP have implemented a range of innovative technology solutions to deliver cutting-edge analytics to the SAP Extreme Sailing Team in order to improve overall race and training performances.

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Inside Sailing - 7th Episode

Cardiff win bid to host UK round of the internationally acclaimed Extreme Sailing Series™

Fonte: Extreme Sailing Series

Atenção: Portugal vai receber a Extreme Sailing Series em Junho de 5 a 8 no Porto, a não perder!

The UK round of the award-winning Extreme Sailing Series™ now in its sixth year will be staged in Cardiff the capital of Wales between the 24-27 August, 2012. In a three-year deal, Cardiff won the bid to host the UK event of this global sailing circuit that is only one of four events with ISAF (International Sailing Federation) Special Event status, positioning the city alongside the other seven premium international sporting venues hosting an Extreme Sailing Series Act in 2012. The host venue agreement with Cardiff City is backed by a Welsh Government grant for 2012-2014.


Cardiff Bay © Nick Treharne

The Extreme 40 catamarans, raced by many of the world’s best sailors, will race on Cardiff Bay over four days with the event open to the public between the 25-27 August as the Extreme 40 fleet race in the circuit’s action packed ‘stadium’ format.

Executive chairman of the organising company behind the series, Mark Turner of OC ThirdPole, said: “The circuit continues to represent perfectly the developments in the world at large, with its balance of east and west, different cultures and languages and variety of conditions.

“Year on year the commercial value to the host cities of securing this event for the host venues has steadily increased, and this is reflected in 2012 developments. A pro-active and innovative host venue is critical to the success of the event, and we are very excited in this respect by the partnership with Cardiff and the Welsh Government.”
Cardiff Council’s Executive Member for Sport, Culture and Leisure Cllr, Nigel Howells commented: “It’s great news that Cardiff has secured the Extreme Sailing series for the next three years, as a council we will do all that we can to support the event.

“Cardiff has proved time and time again that it can play host to a variety of world class sporting events. From top class football and rugby to newer events like Extreme Sailing. Since the opening of Cardiff International White Water (CIWW) in 2010 more and more watersport events are coming to Cardiff, which is helping to attract a new audience to Cardiff and Wales.”



Red Bull Extreme Sailing racing in front of the crowds in Trapani © Lloyd Images


The 2012 Extreme Sailing Series will be staged at 8 different international venues across three continents, attracting hundreds of thousands of spectators. Alongside other significant media exposure, once again a dedicated TV series will be produced and broadcast on up to 40 channels around the world, including CNBC, Bloomberg, Channel 4 (UK), Sky (UK), Al Jazeera, Fox (Latin America, Australia Middle East), ESPN, Sport+ (France), RAI (Italy).


As we enter the final countdown to the first Act in Oman, the 2012 team line-up will be revealed this coming weekend at the Dusseldorf Boat Show.




2012 Calendar & Host Venues:
Act 1 : Muscat, Oman 28th February-2nd March

Act 2 : Qingdao, China 17th-20th April*
Act 3 : Istanbul, Turkey 7th-10th June
Act 4 : Porto, Portugal 5th-8th July
Act 5: Cardiff, UK 24th-27th August
Act 6 : Trapani, Italy 13th-16th September
Act 7 : Nice, France 18th-21st October
Act 8 : Brazil 29th November-2nd December

* Due to official Chinese naval activities in the port of Qingdao, Act 2 will now be staged between 17th-20th April instead of the 19th-22nd April as previously communicated