The Rolex Middle Sea Race is one of the classic top three yacht races together with the Fastnet and Sydney Hobart race
The race starts and finishes in Malta and takes you round Sicily, the Aeolian Islands, including Stromboli which is a permanently erupting volcano, and the islands of Pantelleria and Lempedusa, a distance of approx 607 nautical miles.
As a warm up, there are two Coastal Races off Malta in the week before the main race
