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Competitors in the 2011 Rolex Middle Sea Race gathered in the Malta’s capital city of Valletta at midday today (Saturday) for the official prize giving. In keeping with this island’s rich and fascinating culture and history, the prize giving was held in the Mediterranean Conference Centr...
16.00 CEST The pontoons at the Royal Malta Yacht Club were full yesterday with crews from the Rolex Middle Sea Race fleet busily reloading gear and fresh supplies onboard -- and heading off for deliveries back to home ports throughout Europe. Malta’s location at the crossroads of the Mediterr...
16.00 CEST Putting an end to the drought of Maltese winners, the J/122 Artie, co-skippered by Lee Satariano and Christian Ripard, was named the overall winner of the 2011 Rolex Middle Sea Race today. Artie completed the 606-nautical mile course in an elapsed time of 4 days, 4 hours, 22 minutes, 54 ...
18.30 CEST After racing over 600 miles, the J/122 Artie crossed the finish line at 15.22 CEST, eight minutes in front of Jaru Team EC, a J/133, and, in doing so, was the first Maltese boat home. That finish also put the local entry, co-skippered by Lee Satariano and Christian Ripard, ahead of R&aac...
12.00 CEST Over the night and into this morning, a dozen of boats crossed the finish line in Marsamxett Harbour for the 2011 Rolex Middle Sea Race, after struggling on the ten-mile leg from Comino to the finish. The breeze had been solid on the leg from Lampedusa, and then drops off dramatically as...
Watch live as Oiltanking Juno finishes the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Paste this address in your browser. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/junoracingteam
Maltese Yachts update 0930 CEST on Wednesday 26TH October. With 18 yachts finished and two retirements the bulk of the remaining yachts in the 32nd Rolex Middle Sea Race are still battling to reach the finish at the Royal Malta Yacht Club. Lighter conditions have beset the fleet but those that hav...
17.00 CEST Crossing the finish line at 11.10 CEST this morning, Niklas Zennstrom’s J/V 72 Rán (GBR) was the second boat to complete the 606-mile Rolex Middle Sea Race. With Esimit Europa 2 taking line honours, Rán is dockside in Valetta having beaten Esimit Europa 2 on cor...
Early this morning, at 0054 CEST, the maxi Esimit Europa 2, crossed the finish line of the 2011 Rolex Middle Sea Race in Marsamxett Harbour, Valetta, Malta, to take the line honours win. The Slovenian maxi completed the course in an elapsed time of 61 hours, 24 minutes and 35 seconds. In 2010,...
Last night, as Esimit Europa 2 was cracking open the champagne, the remaining yachts competing in the Rolex Middle Sea Race were experiencing the roughest conditions of the race so far. Beating into a stiff southeasterly breeze with an agitated sea state, it was a rock and roll ride for the fleet, s...