GC32 Championships 2017: Day 1 by Jesús Renedo
All photos Jesús Renedo / GC32 Championship Oman 2017 – First day for the inaugural joined GC32 Championships, an unofficial ‘Worlds’ indeed for the Class. 11 teams present from both European & Extreme Series circuit. Oman Air leads after 5 races held today at Muscat. Second place for SAP Extreme Sailing and third overall for Alinghi with Bertarelli at the helm. Ernesto’s multihull experience is paying at the helm, I doubt many other top notch teams owners can a handle a GC32.
Team Engie with Sebastien Rogues at the helm and three french F18 sailors onboard (Bontemps, Amiot & Joubert) holds 5th place.
Day 1 results below, official event web and more info at gc32championship.com/:
| Rank | Team | Total | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 |
| 1 | Oman Air | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | SAP Extreme Sailing Team | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Alinghi | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Team TILT | 18 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Team ENGIE | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Red Bull Sailing Team | 31 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Land Rover BAR Academy | 34 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | Tawera Racing | 37 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Argo | 38 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| 10 | SVB Team Germany | 49 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Youth Vikings Denmark | 55 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
