After a spectacular night-time passage of the Stromboli volcano and passed the Aeolian Islands, the heated battle between Maserati Multi70 and Phaedo3 continues.
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.
The countdown to the Rolex Middle Sea Race has begun. The Maserati Multi70 Team is back on the water and ready to head to Malta. On Saturday October 22, a volley of cannon shots from the fortress in La Valletta will signal the start of the 37th edition of this classic Mediterranean offshore event first raced in 1968.
First trimaran in the world to fly with effortless stability on the horizontal loading-bearing surface of her centerboard, Maserati Multi70 brilliantly puts into practice Guillaume Vernier and his Team’s idea of flying on three resting points using a load-bearing centerboard, L-foil and a rudder instead of the two rudders and single foil adopted on America’s Cup cats.
A week after being lifted out of the water for a complete check at the Cantiere Picchiotti in La Spezia, Maserati Multi70 has been completely dismantled from her appendages all the way up to her mast so that every single component can be meticulously checked by her Team.
