The Rolex Middle Sea Race takes place in the heart of the Mediterranean and covers one of the most beautiful courses in the world. Unique in that it starts and finishes in Malta, the 607 mile route includes the deep azure waters of Sicily and the Straits of Messina, the islands of Pantelleria and Lampedusa, and even features Stromboli's active volcano as a course mark. Twenty nations, seventy-eight yachts ranging in size from the behemoth have taken part in the 29th Edition in 2008. The 607 nautical mile race has the reputation of the Mediterranean's answer to the Rolex Fastnet, the Newport Bermuda and the Rolex Sydney Hobart. Anyone in any doubt of this race's place in the yachting firmament need only look at the entry list in recent years and indeed, that of the 2008 edition.
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