Al Busaidi, who had never sailed before joining the Sultan of Oman's Navy as young man, was joined aboard the "Musandam-Oman Sail" by his fellow 29-year-old countryman Fahad Al Hasni who has only been sailing for three years.
Similarly, Sultan Qaboos of Oman has repeatedly urged the Omani young to help to create a modern country by never refusing a job, even one that lacks glamour.