• Team Messe Frankfurt and Team Renaissance fight it out during the Bahrain - Doha race of the EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour 2014. Lloyd Images
    Team Messe Frankfurt and Team Renaissance fight it out during the Bahrain - Doha race of the EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour 2014. Lloyd Images
  • Team Messe Frankfurt during the Bahrain - Doha race of the EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour 2014. Lloyd Images
    Team Messe Frankfurt during the Bahrain - Doha race of the EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour 2014. Lloyd Images
  • EFG Bank, the sponsor of the race, receives branding on each of the boats as part of their sponsorship package, says Bryan Winning, Oman Sail’s business development director. Lloyd Images
    EFG Bank, the sponsor of the race, receives branding on each of the boats as part of their sponsorship package, says Bryan Winning, Oman Sail’s business development director. Lloyd Images
  • Oman Sail aims to reignite the region’s sailing talent, says David Graham, the Oman Sail chief executive.
    Oman Sail aims to reignite the region’s sailing talent, says David Graham, the Oman Sail chief executive.
  • Oman Sail was set up in 2008 with a government grant to create a round-the-world, Muscat-to-Muscat sailing race and build a sailing school for young Omanis. Lloyd Images
    Oman Sail was set up in 2008 with a government grant to create a round-the-world, Muscat-to-Muscat sailing race and build a sailing school for young Omanis. Lloyd Images
  • The Oman Sail race series, EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour during its stop in Abu Dhabi. Lloyd Images
    The Oman Sail race series, EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour during its stop in Abu Dhabi. Lloyd Images
  • The fourth edition of EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour has produced a stronger level of competition. Above, the boats during their stop in Abu Dhabi. Lloyd Images
    The fourth edition of EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour has produced a stronger level of competition. Above, the boats during their stop in Abu Dhabi. Lloyd Images
  • Abu Dhabi boats will join next year's EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour as part of the capital’s bid to raise awareness of the country and region as a sailing. Lloyd Images
    Abu Dhabi boats will join next year's EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour as part of the capital’s bid to raise awareness of the country and region as a sailing. Lloyd Images
  • In the first year the Sailing Arabia event yielded US$1.5 million of media return. Lloyd Images
    In the first year the Sailing Arabia event yielded US$1.5 million of media return. Lloyd Images

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In pictures: Oman yacht racing sails into the wind

Liz Claus

March 05, 2014

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An altogether less ostentatious side to the region’s sailing ambitions was revealed recently when the Oman Sail race series, EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour, stopped off in Abu Dhabi.

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