Today’s announcement by the Pearl Qatar, Qatar Sailing and Rowing Federation and Oman Sail reveals details of the second edition of Sailing Arabia- The Tour – the only yacht race around the GCC, including the inclusion of a women’s team:
For the first time there will also be an all women’s team, Al ThurayaBankMuscat, led by British round-the-world sailor Dee Caffari. The team, which includes four Omani women, will compete as part of the Oman Sail Women’s Sailing Programme, which was launched in October 2011.
The women have undergone a rigorous selection and training programme which has not only qualified them as professional dinghy sailing instructors, but has seen them become Oman’s first professional female sailors.
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