Oman’s s ailing Teams Push F O r

Podium Finish thE oManI tEaMs aim high at this year’s EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour (EFG SATT) as former newcomers Team Al Mouj and all-star veterans Team Renaissance returned to the sailing competition.

At the 2015 edition, Team Al Mouj Muscat were the newcomers on the block with ambitious plans to spring a surprise, which they duly did when they finished on the podium in the opening round of the epic two-week quest for honours. With backing from the Sultanate of Oman’s ultimate leisure and lifestyle destination in Muscat, they proved to be masters of ‘round the buoys’ racing at the three in-port events and clinched an overall second place finish behind winners EFG Bank Monaco. With multiple years of the SATT course and their own sailing records, Team Renaissance plan to keep competition high with Al Mouj and the wider race line-up. Since Fahad Al Hasni first competed in the inaugural EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour (EFG SATT) back in 2011, he has dreamt of standing at the top of the podium, having won fair and square with a team made up of Omani sailors. The team came close in last year’s SATT with a near miss at the podium spot by just one agonising point behind Team Averda during a spirited offshore leg.