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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 (, ) is the capital and most populous city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the population of the Muscat Governorate in 2022 was 1.72 million. ...
,
Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...
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 (, ) is the capital and most populous city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the population of the Muscat Governorate in 2022 was 1.72 million. ...
between 22 and 24 February 2011.


Act 2: Qingdao, China

Qingdao Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...
, China was the second act for the 2011 series, and was held on 15–17 April 2011.


Act 3: Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
,
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
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
Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
, 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 Cowes () is an England, English port, seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east bank. The two towns are linked b ...
, UK. The birthplace to the
America's Cup The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known ...
, 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, around 500 boats, and 2500 competitors ranging from Olympic and world-class professionals to weekend sailors, it is the largest sailing ...
between 6–12 August 2011.


Act 6: Trapani, Italy

Trapani Trapani ( ; ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') with 54,887 inhabitants, 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 important fishing port and the mai ...
, 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 ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionAlmeria, 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 an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
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 and Yves Detrey.


Artemis Racing

Terry Hutchinson Terry Hutchinson (born May 20, 1968) is an American sailor eleven-time world champion in the Corel 45, J/24, TP 52, Farr 40 and IMS classes, and a winning tactician of the Louis Vuitton Cup. In 2008 and 2014, he was named Rolex Yachtsman of ...
,
Santiago Lange Santiago Raúl Lange Roberti (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect. Sailing career He studied Naval Architecture at Southampton College of Higher Education (now known as Solent U ...
, Sean Clarkson, Rodney Ardern, 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 Americ ...
, James Dagg, Jeremy Lomas and Richard Meacham.


Groupe Edmond de Rothschild

Pierre Pennec,
Christophe Espagnon Christophe Espagnon (born 6 January 1976) is a French sailor, who specialized in the multihull (Tornado) class. Together with his partner Xavier Revil, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the mixed multihull catamaran for the 2008 ...
, Thierry Fouchier and
Hervé Cunningham Hervé is a French masculine given name of Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also ''Haerveus''), an early (8th-century) latinization was ''Charivius''. Anglicized ...
.


Luna Rossa

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


Niceforyou

Alberto Barovier, Alberto Sonino, Mark Bulkeley,
Daniele De Luca Daniele De Luca (born 10 April 1963) is a sailor from Verona, Italy. who represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia as crew member in the Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Saili ...
and Simone de Mari.


Oman Air

Sidney Gavignet,
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, David Carr and
Nasser Al Mashari Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 a ...
.


Red Bull Extreme Sailing

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 ...
, 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 Roland Gäbler (born 9 October 1964 in Bremen) is a German sailor and member in the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein as well as in the Kieler Yacht-Club. He competed in five Olympic Games. Roland Gäbler grew up in Bremen, where he started sailing o ...
,
Bruno Dubois Bruno may refer to: People and fictional characters * Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880) * Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...
, Sebbe Godefroid, Nicholas Heintz, Michael Walther and William Wu.


Team GAC Pindar

Ian Williams, Brad Webb,
Mark Ivey Mark Ivey (born July 11, 1973) is an American college football coach who is the linebackers coach at the University of Louisville. A longtime high school football coach in Florida, he joined the college coaching ranks at his alma mater, Appalach ...
, Mischa Heemskerk, Gilberto Nobili and
Jono Macbeth Jonathan "Jono" Macbeth (born 26 March 1973) is a former New Zealand professional yachtsman who has participated in 6 America's Cup campaigns and won 3. Macbeth was born in Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. He joined Team New Zealand in 1997 ...
.


The Wave, Muscat

Torvar Mirsky, Kyle Langford,
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and Khamis Al Anbouri.


Results

= Did not finish


References


External links

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Official gallery
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