The 2011 Extreme Sailing Series is the fifth edition of the sailing series. This is the second year without the original sponsor

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. The 2011 series started in

Muscat Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total population of Muscat Governorate was ...

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

on 22 February 2011 and ended in Almeria, Spain on 11 December 2011 and took place in 9 cities around the world.

Acts

Act 1: Muscat, Oman

The first act of the series was held in

Muscat, Oman Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total population of Muscat Governorate wa ...

between 22 and 24 February 2011.

Act 2: Qingdao, China

Qingdao, China was the second act for the 2011 series, and was held on 15–17 April 2011.

Act 3: Istanbul, Turkey

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Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

was the host of the third act of the 2011 series, on the weekend of 27–29 May 2011.

Act 4: Boston, USA

The fourth act of 2011 was in

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, United States and was held between 30 June - 4 July 2011.

Act 5: Cowes, UK

The second act of the series was held again in Cowes, UK. The birthplace to the America's Cup, this act was held during

Cowes Week Cowes Week ( ) is one of the longest-running regular regattas in the world. With 40 daily sailing races, up to 1,000 boats, and 8,000 competitors ranging from Olympic and world-class professionals to weekend sailors, it is the largest saili ...

between 6–12 August 2011.

Act 6: Trapani, Italy

Trapani Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an imp ...

, Italy was the sixth act this year, held between 16 and 18 September 2011.

Act 7: Nice, France

Between 30 September and 2 October 2011,

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...

, France hosted the seventh act of the series.

Act 8: Almeria, Spain

Almeria, Spain was the host for the penultimate act of the 2011 series, being held on 12–16 October 2011.

Act 9: Singapore

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

was the final act in 2011, and was held on 9–11 December 2011.

Teams

The teams included:

Alinghi

Tanguy Cariou, Yann Guichard,

Nils Frei Nils Frei (born 19 January 1973) is a Swiss sailor who has sailed for Alinghi in the America's Cup and Extreme Sailing Series. A six-time Swiss champion in the dinghy class, Frei finished third in the 1995 world championships in the H-boat class. ...

and Yves Detrey.

Artemis Racing

Terry Hutchinson, Santiago Lange,

Sean Clarkson Sean Clarkson (born 1969) is a New Zealand sailor who has sailed at the Summer Olympics and in multiple Whitbread Round the World Races and America's Cups. Clarkson grew up in Kerikeri and attended the University of Auckland for marine biology ...

Rodney Ardern Rodney Ardern is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in multiple America's Cups and Volvo Ocean Races. Ardern attended the University of Auckland, where he studied chemistry. He was a part of New Zealand Challenge at the 1992 Louis Vuitton ...

, Morgan Trubovich, Julien Cressant and Andy Fethers.

Emirates Team New Zealand

Dean Barker, Adam Beashel, Chris Ward, Andy McLean,

Glenn Ashby Glenn Thomas Ashby (born 1 September 1977) is an Australian sailor from Strathfieldsaye, a suburb of Bendigo, Victoria. He is a multiple multihull world champion. He has been part of Team New Zealand as the wing trimmer for the 2013 America's ...

, James Dagg, Jeremy Lomas and Richard Meacham.

Groupe Edmond de Rothschild

Pierre Pennec, Christophe Espagnon,

Thierry Fouchier Thierry Fouchier (born 14 March 1966) is a French sailor who has competed in multiple America's Cups. From Marseille, Fouchier sailed with Le Defi at the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup and with Victory Challenge at the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup. He then jo ...

and Hervé Cunningham.

Luna Rossa

Max Sirena, Paul Campbell-James, Alister Richardson and Manuel Modena.

Niceforyou

Alberto Barovier, Alberto Sonino, Mark Bulkeley, Daniele De Luca and Simone de Mari.

Oman Air

Sidney Gavignet, Kinley Fowler, David Carr and Nasser Al Mashari.

Red Bull Extreme Sailing

Roman Hagara, Hans-Peter Steinacher, Will Howden and

Craig Monk Craig John Monk (born 23 May 1967 in Stratford, New Zealand) is a competitive sailor who won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Monk also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta after narrowly ...

Team Extreme

Roland Gäbler, Bruno Dubois, Sebbe Godefroid, Nicholas Heintz, Michael Walther and William Wu.

Team GAC Pindar

Ian Williams, Brad Webb, Mark Ivey, Mischa Heemskerk, Gilberto Nobili and Jono Macbeth.

The Wave, Muscat

Torvar Mirsky, Kyle Langford, Nick Hutton and Khamis Al Anbouri.

Results

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References

External links

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