IRC - Middlesea Race - La Valetta MLT - Start today, the Swiss

This morning at 11 a.m., the start to the 37th Middlesea Race will be given in La Valetta MLT harbour. The race will lead over 608 miles from Malta around Sicily, Stromboli and the Lampedusa and Pancelleria islands back to Malta. 120 teams from 22 nations participate, among them the Xc-42 'Dreaming Swiss' of Stefan Kunz SUI and the Baltic 45 'Roccabella' of Gaudenz Troesch SUI. The focus will without doubt be on the duel of the two MOD-70-Trimaranen 'Phaedo 3' of Lloyd Thornburg USA and 'Maserati' of Giovanni Soldini ITA. On their dislocation to Malta, the Italians damaged the rudder system in a collision with flotsam, but the multihull was repaired an will be at the start today. The report) In the monohulls, the Super-Maxi 'Rambler' of George David USA is the favorite to beat.
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