[...]Out of interest, part of the VMG team are currently in the middle East training with a Muslim national multihull squad that will be major players in world sailing very soon and what I say is true and should not be overlooked.
Oman sail? They are throwing quite a lot of money on the table to hire teams at the highest levels of the sport as well as funding a sailing school. They are still far from qualifying for the Olympics however, but anything is possible in 4 years when you throw money at it... Having them building an AC boat is more likely IMHO as they can hire the team internationally with a couple of token Omanis on board. I expect to hear about Loïc Peyron AC plans soon and I'm not sure he is going to helm Alinghi this time
