Alinghi sailing in the Chinese waters of Qingdao (Photo Xaume Oleros / OC Sport)

The Alinghi crew were crowned as the kings of Qingdao for the second consecutive year after taking the second act of the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series ™ "Mazarin" Cup season ahead of the other six international teams. The Helvetic pattern, Arnaud Psarofaghis, led his men to victory in a breeze of between 8 and 18 knots, after adding 11 podium finals in 17 sleeves with four wins. The Alinghi domain was consecrated in the fifth manga of the day when, after completing a penalty for crossing the exit line before time, they managed to cross the arrival line first.

On the same day, the young people of Land Rover BAR Academy completed their promotion from being a talented promise team to becoming a serious threat and climbed into the second podium drawer despite being forced to leave the last two sleeves for damage to their boat. It is the best result of the British team since they began to compete in the Extreme Sailing Series in 2016, and it comes just a month before joining the Red Bull Youth America's Cup in Bermuda.

Oman Air achieved a sensational recovery in the regatta field of Fushan Bay in which they joined three victories and moved from the sixth to the third place of the Act's classification to complete the podium of Act 2 in Qingdao. Alinghi is at the top of the general classification of the season after two Acts. SAP Extreme Sailing Team ahead to Oman Air, which is placed in third place. Red Bull Sailing Team took a fifth place, followed by NZ Extreme Sailing Team and the guest crew Team Extreme, with Chinese crew member Liu Xue (Black) and Portuguese Bernardo Freitas as co-employers. The latter won the Zhik Trophy "Speed Machine" for having reached the highest speed in the water with 29.8 knots in the first sleeve of the first day, with data from the official technical sponsor of the Series, SAP.

The fleet is heading in just eight weeks to Madeira, to contest the third Act from June 29 to July 2. The Extreme Sailing Series Classification, as regards Act 2, the Qingdao "Mazarin" Cup after four days of competition and 17 valid sleeves is as follows:

1 Alinghi (SUI) Arnaud Psarofaghis, Nicolas Charbonnier, Timothé Lapew, Bryan Mettraux, Yves Detrey 184 points
2 Land Rover BAR Academy (GBR) Rob Bunce, Chris Taylor, Will Alloway, Adam Kay, Sam Batten 173
3 Oman Air (OMA) Phil Robertson, Pete Greenhalch, James Wierzbowski, Ed Smyth, Nasser Al Mashari 168
4 SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DEN) Jes Gram-Hansen, Rasmus Køstner, Mads Emil Stephensen, Pierluigi de Felice, Richard Mason 168
5 Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) Roman Hagara, Hans Peter Steinacher, Stewart Dodson, Adam Piggott, Will Tiller 166
6 NZ Extreme Sailing Team (NZL) Chris Steele, Graeme Sutherland, Shane Diviney, Leonard Takahashi Fry, Josh Salthouse 164
7 Team Extreme (CHN) Liu Xue (Black), Bernardo Freitas, Martin Evans, Rob Partridge, Tom Buggy 121

The general, for her part, is left in this way, with the Swiss "Alinghi" of prominent leader:

1 Alinghi (SUI) 23 points
2 SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DEN) 21
3 Oman Air (OMA) 20
4 Land Rover BAR Academy (GBR) 18
5 Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) 17
6 NZ Extreme Sailing Team (NZL) 15