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we underneath the racer

the start of the 40th edition of the

Rolex middle series

four letters Grand Harbour is a majestic

site on any day but exceptional for the

commencement of this offshore classic

the light winds start is congested and

close fort exiting the harbor first has

little impact on the race result but the

competitive spirit urges these cruise

ever forward

all these amateurs to those expanding

their sailing horizons to those tackling

the challenge with youthful enthusiasm

and the most focused a professional

cruise this is the beginning of an

enduring challenge the circular 606

nautical mile course guides the fleet up

the east coast of Sicily to the volcanic

island of Stromboli bent into favignana

on the northwest of Sicily that sounds

run Pantelleria Lampa doozer before

returning to Malta and the finish in

Valletta

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in 1982 Timmy cammalleri competed in his

first Rolex middle C race the maltese

ammeter has been on the winning yachts

three times including 2001 went straight

dealer became the first and so far only

Maltese boat to take line honors as he

takes part in his 26th race the veteran

is Coe skippering Maltese entry ex

packed with one of the youngest ever

sailors to participate in richard is now

14 just came second in the Miss World

Championships so he's you know all out

into sailing and racing but he also

since he was 7 has been around the boat

expecting and you know he's always been

longing to stay onboard you know so now

this time when he's finally 14 and he

can join us he's really really key my

dad has started 2012 ones freshman

series and since then I wanted to take

part they had an age limit of 14 so I

had to wait I'm super excited to join

their the expect and as well and

skippering in the boss

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he's a nothing cleared very good sailor

so I think for him it's important to

feel that he's the co skipper himself

that he might not have the experience to

make some calls so I'll try and help him

out and tighten wherever I can at the

head of the race a select group led by

Rambler manages to capitalize on what

wind is available and makes steady

progress to the Strait of Messina

passing through the Strait with its

unpredictable tides and currents is one

of the races key navigational challenges

before the fleet breaks into the tyranny

and sea

lying in seventh place is Aragon the

Martin 72 is being campaigned by the

ocean challenge Yacht Club from Poland

we passed for boast we are now on a big

drag race with group of the sea to

Stromboli and these guys we are fighting

with them for the second place in our is

you won we formed five years ago this

ambitious project aims to increase the

profile of the sport into an

underdeveloped territory the aim of our

club through a participation is that in

such events like Rolex middle C race is

to educate Polish people about how

fantastic his offshore sailing the town

Otsuki family is central to say in

Poland Cham ex-father branislav was part

of his country's groundbreaking entry in

the 1973 Whitbread round-the-world race

for this enthusiastic crew of amateurs

the race is the latest round of an

intensive induction to offshore

competition that also included this is

Rolex Fastnet race sailing with our clap

is definitely life transforming for most

of the guys because they they touch

another world that they have never

thought before it's gonna be light when

start for the middle C rice 2019 you can

see supporting the amateurs a Recor of

world-class professionals including

navigator mile 7 a Volvo Ocean Race

veteran everybody can always add 1% to

the speed by being in the right place

sailing with the amateur crews really

quite interesting because we're trying

to get them to be involved and take

ownership of things and so we've tried

to let them make the mistakes and that's

the way that they really work best I

think we love to challenge ourselves we

want the fresh oxygen to circulate in

our blood we heard that Rolex middle

series is a challenging event that we

will be better sailors are they and here

some 30 nautical miles ahead of the

Polish team Ramba seeking a fifth

victory in these waters reaches that

turning mark of Stromboli in the

afternoon of day two the american maxi

has more than a two-hour advantage over

Wild Joe followed by arabesque and this

year's Rolex Fastnet race winner wizard

a witness to every single Rolex middle C

race start forts and Angelo is an

irreplaceable symbol of Maltese identity

in the very heart of the Grand Harbor

the embodiment of the nation's

resistance during the great siege of

Malta and the Second World War this year

marks the 40th anniversary of all Navy

leaving the fort and its cessation as an

active military installation a position

it had held since medieval times fort

st. Angelo has a great association with

this event because this was the last

military establishment which was vacated

by the British forces in war time

therefore this was the last place which

was controlled by a foreign power and it

was the last remaining military site and

more as long military history to finally

be given back to the Maltese it became

to symbolize victory and in fact we

nowadays think of st. Angelo as a

building on the same terms as another

country's for example the Colosseum

symbolizes around the Eiffel Tower

symbolizes Paris same way fort st.

Angelo symbolizes

strongly an early night is one of the

races memorable sights in the morning of

day three

Timmy camel Aryan x-pac reached the

active volcano just seconds apart from

elusive to the to Maltese entries once

again joined in their customary closed

fort but friendly rivalry

just over 30 minutes in arrears my score

a recommendation on Tasos jpk 1180

took a famous win here last year and the

French entry is looking to defend that

title

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after close to 48 hours of racing

Rambler approaches Sicilies most

northwestern point the only odd to have

escaped the clutches of the great wind

shadow off the islands north coast as

the rest of the fleet struggles

rounding favignana the American Maxie

picks up favorable winds reaching 15

knots as she now leads on corrected time

as well as line honors

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almost 200 miles behind jys Jen is

exiting the strait of messina the jys

what jarhead young sailors foundation

was created as a charity aimed at

promoting the sport in Malta the entry

is headed by Nicky Henderson the

youngest ever skipper in the history of

the clipper round-the-world race the

foundation wanted to run an all-girl

team for quite a long time you know they

really do struggle to get girls in to

their sailing program so there's a lot

more boys so and definitely when they

said hey we're running an all-female

team that was quite a lot more girls

interested than would have been

otherwise just because you know there

are those jobs they maybe don't

naturally fall into maybe they you know

they feel like you know the boys are

taller than them so they'll be on the

mark and actually with the old girls

idea they do get a chance to to do every

job on the boat without feeling like

they're hindering the team and Jill it's

also really fun like they have a really

good time

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down a little bit you just generally a

little bit too high

stand up many use your body there you go

the crew includes five sailors under the

age of 22 and came together just days

before the rates start I've never seen

Donnie odd before and I really love the

learning process sort of we started out

from scratch and I think now we're in a

good level to actually raise together so

they actually only obey each other two

days ago

and if I don't know each other for years

it's brilliant I mean there is a slight

air of they don't quite know what

they're getting themselves in for they

are slightly fearless and that's the

beauty of it

I think it's that bit of fear that turns

into excitement eventually I just love

having that feeling where you know

you're unsure of what's about to hit you

and you know just have to expect the

unexpected

in the battle for line honors ramblas

lead is unassailable Aragon lies over 17

hours behind but the polish team is

involved in a tight technical battle in

IRC 1 as she approaches Pantelleria just

keep down at this angle this line

through we are here just approaching

Pantelleria we're just starting to get

caught in the wind shadow of it so we've

got a gia just ahead of us and Pendragon

I think I just do them further offshore

and they're both parked up in the wind

shadow so we're just trying to cut the

corner off a little bit guys close to

the island as we can we've got to go

through the wind shadow as well but

hopefully we'll just sneak through it a

little quicker and cut some distance off

as the medium-sized boat round the

northwestern tip of Sicily the

contenders for victory on corrected time

are beginning to show themselves Rambo

retains the virtual lead but the 1st of

the Maltese yachts lease Italiano's all

new RT 3 begins to threaten well

Renzo grata Z's Cubs 1:40 to be wild now

lies second in IRC standings

yotz that had seemed to be running out

of steam now appear reinvigorated by the

strong southerly filling the channel

between Sicily and North Africa none

more so than two constant contenders for

victory elusive to the Podesta families

entry is a habitual challenger in this

race but never a winner could this be

her year within touching distance curry

a recommendation a kid back-to-back

victories at the head of the race

ramblas dominance is absolute by the

time she passes lamb producer

she holds a lead of over 170 miles over

the next Manohar

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arriving in Valletta in early night

after close to 2 days and 20 hours at

sea the American Maxie secures line

honors for an unprecedented fifth time

in a row

the win is so comprehensive it gives

George David's team an outside chance of

taking victory on corrected time this

year could be corrected time when in

line honor to be nice to bookend 12

years apart in different boats lots of

things that happened in all of our lives

since then so I'm kind of hoping that we

might actually pull this off we'll see

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parcel and producer arrogance battle

with in her class continues

we are now going to enter rich for

multiple rich we are fighting for the

second place with wild Joe it looks like

these guys are much more quicker on the

rich but we are just putting all our

resources right now the guys are on the

rail 24 hour 7 and yeah it's going to be

tight for the returning fleet the

letters distinctive skyline is a welcome

sight in recent years that Maltese

capital has undergone an architectural

Renaissance architects have to lay down

their ego a little bit when working in a

city like this and fitting in is the

most important one thing that's also

extremely important when dealing with

such buildings is ensuring that the

fabric is still respecting the whole

street the most striking of the city's

new designs is the Parliament building

but world-renowned Italian architect

Renzo Piano they opted to have two

different masses with rich connecting

them and I thought that really was

important to change the scale of the

building so it was very nice elegant

design it is a very unique city and

historically it's an amazing opportunity

for for any architect and extremely

challenging as well

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Aragog completes the course after three

days and 17 hours their endeavors are

rewarded with a highly creditable sixth

place in line honours and second in IRC

one behind the all-conquering random

for sure is the best result for our club

best experience best racing experience

sailing neck-to-neck

four days with with big boats you know

there are mothers so they are not

professionals and they they just tested

themselves 100% and they are they are

witness today Poland is one of 23

nations represented in this year's race

a reflection of the Royal multi Yacht

Club's enormous success in attracting

international entries just eight yachts

started the first event in 1968 this

year's 40th edition sees 113 yachts

entered an arena diva letter is now one

of four yacht havens that accommodate

the fleet

however the prestige of being the first

Maltese entry home remains a source of

great local pride this year that honor

goes to east at Ariano and our t3

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Ramblers tenure at the top of corrected

time classification ends as stronger

winds effect the contest be wild takes

full advantage of her ability at my care

and then as the winds pick up makes

dramatic progress over the last 200

miles

the Italian entry crosses the finish

line at 13 36 on the fifth day to take

the lead by just over an hour in questa

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elusive is maintained all the way to the

finish with both yards never more than a

few miles apart

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as the wind increases the turnovers come

thick and fast and rusev - leaves x-pac

behind Aaron Meyer and Christoph

Podesta's first 45 crosses the line at

1931 on day five

sixty-six minutes ahead of camel Ares

craft and inherits the overall lead

within 50 minutes curry a recommendation

is with a time fast enough to take first

place

however illusive are just one of a

number of yachts requesting redress for

lending assistance to a diss mastered

yacht and the final results are likely

to be recalculated the fact Jerri

Toronto so acknowledges with customary

good grace

we will see and if we want is very nice

if we finish the guns is very nice also

elegy the elusive crew sir very well

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out on the course jaywehrs germ are

enjoying the upturning conditions

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on the final stretch to the finish in

Valletta the fleet persists in Paul's

Island Christianity has almost 2,000

years of history and Malta and according

to tradition was brought here by sin

Paul the Apostle in around 60 AD

the maritime tradition linked the st.

Paul is rooted in the story of his

shipwreck on the islands the story has

him traveling from the eastern

Mediterranean getting caught in a very

big northeasterly storm and Paul

proceeds to spend a number of months on

this island

st. Paul's grotto as it is known today

is believed to be a place where Saint

Paul lived and prayed most extraordinary

of all is the impact that the story has

on the maritime landscape there are a

number of chapels around the coast that

are actually listed on sailing

instructions ship graffiti which are

etched into the limestone were probably

dedications by seafarers paying their

respects to the Apostle for safe

deliverance when sailing past st. Paul's

Bay one cannot but notice the statue of

Saint Paul with his arms outstretched

and Thanksgiving facing out to sea

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jys jens sails into harbour after close

to six days at sea the scratch crew has

performed magnificently finishing 47th

out of 113 craft on corrected time and 6

in their class they become the first

ever all-female crew to complete the

race an achievement to be celebrated

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the middle series with the champ

Foundation was an experience some pretty

brutal sailing we had lightning we had

rain conditions you can expect during

the mid-80s so we had the 35 knots we

had to drop the main a little bit

stressful but amazing you know when you

go offshore you see the worst and the

best parts of people I'd like to tell

you I saw the best part of every single

one of these girls following the final

hearings for redress elusive to is

confirmed the winner of the 2019 row

Lakes middle C race for Erin Chris

offered by a Podesta this is a highly

emotional moment it's been a dream

that's actually almost I fear that it

would never actually come true and now

it's just all falling into place in the

most magical way when the trio started

racing it was with their father Arthur a

legendary figure in the races history

ever present from the inaugural event in

1968 until his untimely death in 2015

Arthur Podesta was a three-time winner

but never with his own boat it is quite

an emotional thing for us because we're

here because he has led us where we did

always all those races with him and

we've had to sort of take over what he

used to do I think you could easily say

that what we've done is thanks to him

but we will continue to do it for him

in a race which required patience and

persistence and in conditions that

veered from mentally sapping to the

physically punishing it was fitting that

final glory should go to the crew of

illusive and the Podesta family sailing

at all Corinthian Maltese boat and part

of the very fabric of the race since its

creation fifty-one years ago next on

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