Thousands turned out to witness the Extreme 40s race on one of the most impressive stadiums the Series has ever visited on Saturday (7 July). The 'apprentices' on the circuit SAP Extreme Sailing Team were at the centre of most of the day's action -- including a collision with Oman Air which saw Jes Gram Hansen, the Danish skipper of SAP Extreme Sailing Team, launched into the water. Gram Hansen talked us through what happened in that race, and also spoke about his winning tactics in the final race on the penultimate day in Porto.

Episode 5: Act 4, Porto - Race of the Day - Day 3

The Extreme Sailing Series is an international inshore racing circuit bringing together the best skippers on the planet - from Olympic medalists to round-the-world record holders - competing against each other in state of the art 40-foot catamarans. 
The crews, racing identical speed machines, battle it out on short courses set very close to the shore and at the heart of cities, in order to bring the action to the public, who sometimes stands less than 5 metres away from the boats! 

http://www.extremesailingseries.com/

The Extreme Sailing Series 2012 kicked off in February in Muscat, Oman, and will visit 8 countries spanning Europe, Arabia, Asia and South America, including China, Turkey, Portugal, the UK, Italy, France and Brazil.

Sports

Double Olympic gold medallist Hagara was chipping away at the leaderboard all day in Porto on day 2, steadily narrowing the gap between him and his French rivals on Groupe Edmond de Rothschild. Race 16 of the event was where Hagara started to make real in-roads leading his Austrian team to a race win, while the French could only muster an eighth. That set the tone for the final race of the day, and when Groupe Edmond de Rothschild careered into submerged rocks, forcing them to retire, that ultimately paved the way for Hagara to leapfrog them on the leaderboard and go into the penultimate day in second place. We went onboard with him and his team in race 16 and got his analysis after. http://extremesailingseries.com

Episode 4: Act 4, Porto - Race of the Day - Day 2

In Istanbul we have seen The Wave, Muscat and Red Bull Sailing Team trade places at the top of the leader board for four days, until the penultimate race of the event. Leigh McMillan, skipper of The Wave, Muscat analyses the race that he felt decided the overall event. http://www.extremesailingseries.com

Episode 3: Act 3, Istanbul - Race of the Day - Day 4

Red Bull Sailing Team Skipper Roman Hagara is hard on himself as he analysizes race 22 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Istanbul - a blip in a near perfect day for the Austrian team who lead going into the final day of Act 3. http://www.extremesailingseries.com/

Episode 2: Act 3, Istanbul - Race of the Day - Day 3

Great tactics from Morgan Larson on Oman Air saw his team sail to victory in the Extreme Sailing Series race 3 on day 2 in Istanbul. He talks us through how they did it. http://www.extremesailingseries.com/

Episode 5: Act 4, Porto - Race of the Day - Day 3

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