Maserati Multi70 took the lead of the Rolex Middle Sea Race overnight, after a tactical error by Phaedo3, which, after a blistering match race with the Italian trimaran, rounded the island of Linosa rather than Lampedusa as specified in the race rule.
The challenge between Maserati Multi70 and Phaedo3 continues as the two trimarans, with the Egadi Islands behind them, are locked in the passage between Pantelleria and Lampedusa in the last sprint towards Malta, where they are expected to arrive in the early morning.
Having now covered over half of the 608 miles of the Rolex Middle Sea Race route, including a spectacular passage past the Stromboli volcano at first light and with the Aeolian Islands now in her wake, Maserati Multi70 has just caught up with Phaedo3, which had been leading the fleet since the start, and the duo are locked in a heated battle for first position.
After a spectacular night-time passage of the Stromboli volcano and passed the Aeolian Islands, the heated battle between Maserati Multi70 and Phaedo3 continues.
Six hours after the start of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, Maserati Multi70 and Phaedo3 are sailing practically neck-and-neck along the east coast of Sicily, having rounded Siracusa and left Malta and Cape Passero in their wake.
The two MOD70s have thus far covered 80 nautical miles with a further 70 to go to the Strait of Messina which they will reach tonight, still sailing into winds that continue to drop.
A volley of cannon fire from the fortress overlooking Malta’s Grand Harbour marked the commencement this morning at 11.00 of the staggered start of the 37th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race which saw 107 out of the 117 […]
The 37th Rolex Middle Sea Race gets underway tomorrow morning at 11.00 with Maserati Multi70 amongst the 117 crews (IRC, ORC, MOCRA) jostling for position at the start-line. Maserati Multi70 will race with an MOD70 rudder replacing the T-foil rudder lost in an incident on October 16. She’ll also sport a MOD foil instead of the flying foil which would be incompatible with the MOD configuration.
The Maserati Multi7o Team has won its first race against time, fixing in record time the starboard foil and rudder destroyed during the incident that happened on the night of October 16, and will join the rest of the Rolex Middle Sea Race fleet at the start-line at 11.00 am on Saturday, October 22.
A serious damage for Maserati Multi70 that sailed into port at Malta’s Grand Harbour yesterday morning, October 17, where she was expected as one of the star competitors at the start of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, this Saturday, October 22 2016.
