The 47th Rolex Middle Sea Race has witnessed the fleet arrival back in Malta, following Black Jack 100’s dramatic Monohull Line Honours finish in the afternoon of 19 October.
Since then – Tuesday 23:00 hrs – some twenty yachts have finished in Grand Valletta Harbour. Another 80+ are still racing.
Django 7X is provisional leader of IRC 1 although it looks assured, and also of the provisional leader of the overall standings on time correction.
In IRC 2, Daguet 5 is the provisional leader with Artemis Bleu second, 58 minutes and 46 seconds behind, and Wild Joe third.
The Swiss Stell Nova leads Class 40 is another expected over Tuesday night, ahead of Optimus Prime.
Leading IRC Double-Handed is Italy’s Colombre of Massimo Juris and Pietro Luciani.
The leading multihull, Calamity is expected overnight Tuesday.
Leading monohull finishers Tuesday 23:00 UK
1st Blackjack
2nd Django 7X
3nd Balthasar
4th Pace
5th JaJo
6th Artemis Bleu
7th Wild Joe
8th Daguet 5
9th Aragon
10th Ocean Breez