Extreme Sailing Series

Extreme Sailing Series
First held 2007 (2007)
Organizer OC Sport
Class(es) Extreme 40 (2007-2015)
GC32 (2016-)
Most recent champion(s) SAP Extreme Sailing Team (2017)
Most titles The Wave, Muscat (4)
Leigh McMillan (3)
Official website extremesailingseries.com

The Extreme Sailing Series (ESS) (formerly the iShares Cup) is an annual global racing series, organised by OC Sport and since 2016 raced in GC32 catamarans. Before 2016 Extreme 40's were used. According to ESS, the GC32 is faster than the Extreme 40 and considerably more challenging for the crew.[1]

The series started in 2007 with its main attraction being the stadium racing which puts the race course inside a stadium environment for the ease of spectators' viewing.[2]

Many of the sailors taking part in the series are around-the-world yachtsmen, Olympic medallists, America's Cup sailors, World and European champions and even world record holders.[3][4]

Results

Extreme 40s at the 2011 edition in Cowes
An Extreme 40 catamaran
Year[5] Venues Entries Winning team Winning skipper
2007 6 9 United Kingdom Basilica United Kingdom Rob Greenhalgh
2008 5 9 Switzerland Alinghi United States Ed Baird
2009 6 9 Oman Oman Sail Masirah United Kingdom Pete Cumming
2010 5 8 Oman The Wave, Muscat United Kingdom Paul Campbell-James
2011 9 11 Italy Luna Rossa Italy Max Sirena
2012 7 8 Oman The Wave, Muscat United Kingdom Leigh McMillan
2013 8 8 Oman The Wave, Muscat United Kingdom Leigh McMillan
2014 8 11 Switzerland Alinghi United States Morgan Larson
2015 8 8 Oman The Wave, Muscat United Kingdom Leigh McMillan
2016 7 8 Switzerland Alinghi Switzerland Arnaud Psarofaghis
2017 8 6 Denmark SAP Extreme Sailing Team Denmark Jes Gram-Hansen
2018 8 6

References

  1. ↑ About the GC32 Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.extremesailingseries.com/about-the-series#.UtgbF_RdV8E
  3. ↑ "All Star Cast lined up for 2012 Extreme Sailing Series". mysailinr.com.au. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Laven, Kate (28 September 2011). "Ben Ainslie faces challenge in Extreme Sailing Series". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "About the Extreme Sailing Series (including past results)". Extreme Sailing Series. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
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