The sixth edition of Sailing Arabia – The Tour will begin on February 15, 2016 with a new route and a combination of long distance open water legs and intense inport racing.

The tour has been revised at the request of sailors seeking new challenges and will see the fleet cross the Arabian Gulf twice with stop overs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Khasab, Sohar and Muscat over the course of two weeks.

Starting on February 15 in Dubai, the tour will kick off with an inshore race before the fleet head off on the first offshore leg to Abu Dhabi.

Two more inshore races in Abu Dhabi and Doha, with valuable points up for grabs, will combine with two of the trickiest offshore legs of the race, the first from Abu Dhabi to Doha through the notoriously difficult oilfields and the second from Doha to a new destination, Khasab in Oman’s northernmost Governorate.

A fifth and final leg, a sprint from Sohar to The Wave, Muscat starting on February 28, will present a double points opportunity designed to end the region’s number one offshore race on an exciting high.  - TradeArabia News Service