The 2013 Extreme Sailing Series was the seventh year of the series and the third year of it being a fully global event. The series started in

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

on 5 March 2013 and ended in

Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a populat ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

on 17 November 2013 and took place in 8 cities and across 3 continents.

Acts

Act 1: Muscat, Oman

The starting act of the 2013 series was held in

on the weekend of 5–8 March 2013.

Act 2: Singapore

The second act of the series was back in

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, borde ...

this year, and took place between 11 and 14 April 2013.

Act 3: Qingdao, China

The third act of 2013 was held in

Qingdao, China Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

on the weekend of 2–5 May 2013.

Act 4: Istanbul, Turkey

The fourth act took place in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

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

. Originally it was planned to be held between 20 and 23 June 2013, but had been postponed indefinitely.

Act 5: Porto, Portugal

Act 5 was held in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

on the weekend of 25–28 July 2013.

Act 6: Cardiff, UK

The fifth act of 2013 was in

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

, the second of a three-year deal to host the event there. The event was scheduled to be held over the August bank holiday, 23–26 August 2013.

Act 7: Nice, France

The seventh act took place in

Nice, France 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 ...

between 3–6 October 2013.

Act 8: Florianópolis, Brazil

Act 8, took place in

between 14 and 17 November 2013

Teams

Core Teams

Alinghi

Alinghi Alinghi, or Alinghi Red Bull Racing because of the sports marketing branding by Red Bull, is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup, as well as ...

is a professional sports team that was created in 2000 by

Ernesto Bertarelli Ernesto Silvio Maurizio Bertarelli (born 22 September 1965) is an Italian-born Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist. The 2017 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List estimated the family's wealth at £11.5 billion, an increase of £1 ...

in order to compete in the 31st

America's Cup The America's Cup, informally known as the Auld Mug, is a trophy awarded in the sport of sailing. It is the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one f ...

. Their team consisted of Ernesto Bertarelli ( Skipper), Morgan Larson (Skipper/

Helm Helm may refer to: Common meanings * a ship's steering mechanism; see tiller and ship's wheel * another term for helmsman * an archaic term for a helmet, used as armor Arts and entertainment * Matt Helm, a character created by Donald Hamilton * ...

Stuart Pollard Stuart Pollard is an Australian sailor and property developer at CHAPTER+CO. Stuart has won National, European and World Sailing Championships. Stuart won the 2011 Melges 32 World Championships in Palma De Mallorca, Spain. Stuart participated ...

Anna Tunnicliffe Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias (born October 17, 1982) is an American sailor and CrossFit competitor. In 2008 she won an Olympic gold medal in the Laser Radial single handed sailing class. In 2009 and 2011, she won the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Laser ...

Ben Lezin Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, ...

(

Tactician A tactic is a conceptual action or short series of actions with the aim of achieving a short-term goal. This action can be implemented as one or more specific tasks. The term is commonly used in business, protest and military contexts, as well a ...

Pierre-Yves Jorand Pierre-Yves Jorand (born 20 May 1963) is a Swiss speed skier and sailor who has competed at multiple America's Cups. Jorand joined North Sails Switzerland in 1984. Jorand was also a speed skier and was European champion. In 1984, he was the first ...

(

Mainsail A mainsail is a sail rigged on the main mast of a sailing vessel. * On a square rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest sail on the main mast. * On a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, it is the sail rigged aft of the main mast. The sail's foot ...

Trim),

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. ...

(

Headsail A sail plan is a description of the specific ways that a sailing craft is rigged. Also, the term "sail plan" is a graphic depiction of the arrangement of the sails for a given sailing craft.> In the English language, ships were usually describe ...

Trim) and Yves Detry ( Bowman).

ChinaSpirit

ChinaSpirit entered the series late, and competed in the Cardiff, Nice and Florianópolis acts. Their team consisted of

Phil Robertson Phil Alexander Robertson (born April 24, 1946) is an American professional hunter, businessman (Duck Commander company), and reality television star on the popular television series ''Duck Dynasty''. He is also featured on the television show ' ...

(Skipper/Helm), Garth Ellingham (Tactician), Llang Wu (Mainsail Trim), James Williamson/ Louis Viat (Headsail Trim) and Nick Catley (Bowman).

GAC Pindar

GAC Pindar GAC Pindar is a professional sailing team that competes in a variety of sailing competitions including the Extreme Sailing Series, M32's and the World Match Racing Tour. GAC Pindar was established in 2011 and is headquartered in Southampton ...

, in its third year sailing Extreme 40's, is a long-time sailing team competing in the World Match Racing Tour and supporting numerous sailors across all levels of the sport. The team this year will be skippered by

William Tiller William A. Tiller (Toronto, Canada, September 18, 1929 – Scottsdale, Arizona, February 7, 2022) was a professor of materials science and engineering at Stanford University. He wrote ''Science and Human Transformation'', a book about concepts ...

, an experienced match racer from New Zealand with the rest of the team consisting of Matt Steven (Tactician), Harry Thurston/ Stewart Dodson (Mainsail Trim), Brad Farrand (Headsail Trim) and Shaun Mason/ Ash Hammond (Bowman).

Red Bull Sailing Team

Skippered by

Roman Hagara Roman Hagara (born 30 April 1966) is an Austrian sailor who has won the gold medal in the Tornado class at two consecutive Olympic Games. Hagara, and his colleague Hans-Peter Steinacher won the gold medal in the Tornado class at the 2000 Summer ...

, Red Bull is another regular who has been competing in the Extreme Sailing Series for a number of years.

SAP Extreme Sailing Team

With skippers Rasmus Kostner and

Jes Gram-Hansen Jes or JES may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Jes (musician), American singer and songwriter * Jes Bertelsen, Danish spiritual teacher and author * Jes Bundsen (1766–1829), Danish painter and etcher * Jes Gordon (born 1969), American event produce ...

sharing the duties this year, SAP is in its second year of the series.

Team Korea

Team Korea was a new team for 2013, skippered by Peter Burling

The Wave, Muscat

The Wave, Muscat were the 2012 champions of the Extreme Sailing Series and are back again, with their skipper

Leigh McMillan Leigh McMillan (born 24 October 1980) is a British sailor who competed in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. McMillan has skippered ''The Wave, Muscat'' since the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series The Extreme Sailing Series (ESS) (formerly ...

Realteam

A new team for 2013, Realteam will be skippered by Jérôme Clerc who led his D35 catamarans team to victory in 2012 and who has now turned his sights to Extreme 40's.

Invitational Teams

As in previous years, host cities have the opportunity to enter their own entry into their home act. This year, all 'wildcard' entries will be amalgamated to give an overall score at the end of the series.

Act 1 team: Team Duqm Oman

Team Duqm Oman is the first invitational team of 2013 skippered by

Robert Greenhalgh Rob Greenhalgh (born 17 August 1977) is a British sailor who has competed in and won both the Volvo Ocean Race and the Extreme Sailing Series. Greenhalgh has participated in the Volvo Ocean Race aboard '' ABN Amro I'' in the 2005–06 Volvo Oc ...

, the winner of the first-ever Extreme Sailing Series in 2007 (helming Basilica). The rest of the crew are Bleddyn Mon (Tactician), Will Howden (Mainsail trim),

Andrew Walsh Andrew Hugh Walsh Order of Australia, AM is an Australian festival director. He has directed numerous ceremonies and public events. He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne. Among his career highlights, Walsh was Executive Produc ...

(Headsail trim) and

Nasser Al Mashari Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-re ...

(Bowman).

Act 2 team: Team Aberdeen Singapore

Team Aberdeen Singapore's crew consisted of Scott Glen Sydney (skipper/Tactician),

(Helm),

(Mainsail Trim),

Justin Wong Justin Wong, occasionally shortened to just Jwong, is a formerly American and now Canadian professional fighting game player. Wong has won more EVO titles than anyone else with nine tournaments won: seven for '' Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of ...

(Headsail Trim) and Rick Peacock (Bowman).

Act 3 team: China Team

China Team's crew consisted of Mitch Booth (Co-skipper/Helm), Wen Zijin (Co-skipper/Tactician), Yingkit Cheng (Mainsail Trim), Liu Xue (Headsail Trim) and Zhang Yiran (Bowman).

Act 5 team: ROFF Cascais

This Portuguese team consisted of António Mello (skipper/Tactician),

Bernardo Freitas Bernardo Freitas (born 18 February 1990, Cascais) is a Portuguese sailor. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi ...

(Helm), João Mello (Mainsail Trim), Ricardo Schedel (Headsail Trim) and João Matos Rosa (Bowman).

Act 6 team: Team Wales Land Rover

Competing for the second year, Team Wales consisted of Dave Evans (Skipper/Helm), Chris Grube/ Bleddyn Mon (Tactician), Will Howden (Mainsail Trim), Tudur Owen (Headsail Trim) and Trystan Seal (Bowman).

Act 7 team: ALL4ONE

This French team consisted of

Jean-Christophe Mourniac ''Jean-Christophe'' (1904‒1912) is the novel in 10 volumes by Romain Rolland for which he received the Prix Femina in 1905 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915. It was translated into English by Gilbert Cannan. The first four volumes ar ...

(skipper/Helm), Romain Petit (Tactician), Stéphane Christidis (Mainsail Trim), Arnaud Jarlegant (Headsail Trim) and

Julien Cressant Julien may refer to: People * Julien (given name) * Julien (surname) Music * ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier * ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973 * "Julien" (song), by Carly Rae Jepsen, 2019 Places ...

(Bowman).

Act 8 team: Team Brazil Mapfre

Team Brazil's crew consisted of Clínio de Freitas (skipper/Helm) with

Cláudia Swan Cláudia Swan de Freitas (born 3 October 1974) is a Brazilian sailor. She competed in the women's 470 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 199 ...

, André Mirsky, André Chang,

Daniel Santiago Daniel Gregg Santiago (born June 24, 1976) is a Puerto Rican former professional basketball player. A center, he had a collegiate career in the NCAA and NAIA. His professional career saw him play in the NBA, the Baloncesto Superior Nacional of ...

and Bruno di Bernardi.

Results

Invitational teams

References

External links

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Official gallery
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