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.
Three months of sea trials, modifications in the yard at Lorient and a 3,500 miles of sea between Brittany and Porto Lotti via the islands of Sardinia and Sicily: Maserati and Giovanni Soldini have had a very busy first three months with their new boat Maserati Multi70.
Maserati Multi70’s 2016 competitive season spans two events: the Rolex Middle Sea Race and the RORC Transatlantic Race.
The new Maserati Multi70 trimaran’s sporting schedule for 2016 was announced on June 29 to a high profile audience at an event hosted by the Yacht Club de Monaco and attended by Giovanni Soldini, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles chairman and challenge patron John Elkann and Pierre Casiraghi, all of whom will also be competing on the team.
