Rolex Middle Sea Race prize giving

Guest of Honour, Tourism Minister Mario de Marco, described the Rolex Middle Sea Race as the most prestigious international event in Malta. A packed house applauded each prizewinner with great enthusiasm, none more than Eddie De Villiers and his South African team on Hi Fidelity who were declared the overall winners of The Rolex Middle Sea Race.

Lee Satariano & Christian Ripard’s J/122 Artie RTFX were awarded The Transport of Malta prize for the top performing Maltese yacht and the award for the best performance by a three boat international team was awarded to Malta taking into account the performance of Artie RTFX, Comanche Raider II Gasanmamo and XP-ACT. This is an astounding achievement considering that 19 countries were represented in the race but only six of the record 83 entries were from Malta.