Established in 1991, Dubai's biggest sailing event, the Al Gaffal traditional dhow race, returns after missing last year's event. Some 106 participants took part in this year's race.
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00:00Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai and the Chairman
00:07of the Executive Council of Dubai, directed the 30th edition of the Al-Ghaffar Long Distance
00:12Race as a continuation of the message and path of the heritage sports founded by the
00:17late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
00:19Sheikh Hamdan was behind the insightful idea and the development of the Al-Ghaffar race
00:23since 1991, which was held annually for over three decades now.
00:29Finally, after missing the Al-Ghaffar race last year due to the pandemic, the participants
00:33of the Al-Ghaffar traditional dhow race are back in action.
00:37The race started back in 1991 with 53 participants, and this year 106 participants took part.
00:43It took place near the island of Sir Buner and ended near the Dubai Eye on Friday, June
00:494th at 6am.
00:50They sailed through the distance of 53 nautical miles.
00:53Leading the race was boat number 211, which is owned by Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan bin Zayed
00:58al-Nahyan and skippered by Ali Abdullah Jumaa al-Marzouki.
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