Year: | 2016 Extreme Sailing Series |
Edition: | 10th |
Dates: | 16 February–11 December 2016 |
Yachts: | GC32 |
Winner: | Alinghi |
Prev: | 2015 |
Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 Extreme Sailing Series was the tenth edition of the sailing series and the sixth year of it being a fully global event. 2016 saw the series move away from the Extreme 40 catamaran, and into the GC32 foiling catamaran.[1] [2]
The first act of the series was held in Muscat, Oman on the weekend of 16–19 February 2016.[3]
Qingdao, China was the host of the second act of the 2016 series, on the weekend of 27 April–1 May 2016.
For the fifth time, Cardiff, Wales was again a host city, it was held on the weekend of 24–26 June 2016.
Hamburg, Germany was, for the second time, a venue for the series, held on 14–17 July 2016.
The fifth act was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the second time as a venue in the Extreme Sailing Series. It was held on the weekend of 25–28 August 2016.
The sixth act was held in Funchal at Madeira Island, for the first time, on the weekend of 22–25 October 2016.
Lisbon hosted the Series on the weekend of 6–9 October 2016. (Previously, it was scheduled to be in Istanbul, Turkey.)
Act 8 was held on the weekend of 8–11 December 2016 in Sydney, Australia. This was the third year that Sydney hosted the series.
The crews included:[4]
Co-Skipper/Helm: Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI)Co-Skipper/Mainsail Trimmer: Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI)Tactician: Nicolas Charbonnier (FRA)Headsail Trimmer: Nils Frei (SUI)Bowman: Yves Detrey (SUI)
Skipper: Bleddyn Môn (GBR)Helm: Leigh McMillan (GBR)Crew: Ed Powys (GBR)Academy trialists: Adam Kay (GBR)/Oli Greber (GBR)/James Peters (GBR)/Neil Hunter (GBR)
Skipper/Helm: Morgan Larson (USA)Mainsail Trimmer: Pete Greenhalgh (GBR)Headsail Trimmer: Ed Smyth (NZL/AUS)Bowmen: Nasser Al Mashari (OMA)/James Wierzbowski (AUS)
Skipper/Helm: Roman Hagara (AUT)Tactician: Hans-Peter Steinacher (AUT)Mainsail Trimmer: Stewart Dodson (NZL)Headsail Trimmer: Adam Piggott (GBR)Bowman: Brad Farrand (NZL)
Skipper/Helm: Diogo Cayolla (POR)Tactician: Bernardo Freitas (POR)Mainsail Trimmer: Javier de la Plaza (ESP)Headsail Trimmer: Luís Brito (POR)Bowman: Winston Macfarlane (NZL)
Co-Skipper/Helm: Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN)Co-Skipper/Tactician: Rasmus Køstner (DEN)Mainsail Trimmer: Mads Emil Stephensen (DEN)Headsail Trimmer: Pierluigi De Felice (ITA)Bowman: Renato Conde (POR)
Co-Skipper/Floater: Edhem Dirvana (TUR)Co-Skipper/Helm: Stevie Morrison (GBR)Mainsail Trimmer: Cem Gözen (TUR)Headsail Trimmer: Alister Richardson (GBR)Bowman: Anil Berk Baki (TUR)
Rank | width=220 | Team | width=50 | Act 1 | width=50 | Act 2 | width=50 | Act 3 | width=50 | Act 4 | width=50 | Act 5 | width=50 | Act 6 | width=50 | Act 7 | width=50 | Act 8 | Overall Points |
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1 | Alinghi | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 101 | |||||||||
2 | Oman Air | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 99 | |||||||||
3 | Red Bull Sailing Team | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 91 | |||||||||
4 | SAP Extreme Sailing Team | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 83 | |||||||||
5 | Land Rover BAR Academy | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 70 | |||||||||
6 | Sail Portugal-Visit Madeira | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 63 | |||||||||
7 | CHINA One | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 29 | |||||||||
8 | Team Turx | 6 | 5 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 11 |
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