ROLEX MIDDLE SEA RACE 2009 - OPEN FOR ENTRIES

07 April 2009

Having celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the first Rolex Middle Sea Race last year with another record-breaking international fleet, the Royal Malta Yacht Club might be forgiven for taking things easier this year. Not a bit of it. 2009 marks the thirtieth race in the forty-one year history of the 606 nautical mile course. Another excuse for a celebration in Malta later this year.

The Royal Malta Yacht Club has its work cut out. In November 2008, it locked the doors on its former club house in walls of the 18th Century Fort Manoel for the last time and moved half a mile further up the Marsamxetto to new premises in Ta'Xbiex. The Club is now hard at work upgrading the former-government building in readiness for its flagship race that starts on 17 October.

Seemingly one thing the RMYC need not worry about is entries. The trickle started soon after the finish of the last race and with the Notice of Race just published, a rush is now expected especially from the foreign c...