Oman practice day

Oman

The final stop in the Extreme 40 Asia series begins on the 1st Feb and runs until the 5th, We have been in Oman for a week now and its been a very productive one for us so far. After a 6 week break after Singapore we needed some time to get back in the groove again as well as getting our new Italian up to speed with the twin hull show.

As a warm up for the event the organizers decided it would be a good idea to have a long sail (18nm) to Muscat town and then do a couple of short races there before another long race back to the Wave resort where we are based for the event. I use the term “resort” very loosely for the Wave, I am sure it will be nice in the end but right now it’s a dusty construction site with nothing of any use (water, power, toilets…) within easy reach.

The sailing yesterday was mainly so the media guys could get some shots of the boats with nice backgrounds… but it was a useful speed test for us as well as a couple of short practice races. I was in the coach boat all day and it was quite good to check out the other boats and compare them to how we have our setup.

On the kite run to muscat the boys managed to hit a submerged UFO and wedged one of the boards into the back of the case, it took us about ten minutes to sort out once they reached the finish, no real damage to the board which is comforting considering the speed at which they hit!

Today (1st Feb) is the first days racing and there are up to 6 races planned, Lets hope it all comes together!!

Will post pics and vid as i get sorted out with sources.