Sailing-Black Jack 100 takes monohull line honours at Rolex Middle Sea Race

Remon Vos' 100-foot ​maxi Black Jack ​100, skippered ‌by Tristan ​Le Brun, won monohull line honours in the 2026 ‌Rolex Middle Sea Race on Monday, crossing the finish line in Malta at 3:51 p.m. The yacht’s ‌elapsed time for the 606-nautical-mile (1,122-km) course around ‌Sicily was two days, three hours, 51 minutes and zero seconds.

The 47th edition began on Saturday from ⁠Grand ​Harbour with ⁠107 yachts and 945 sailors from 55 countries. The race ⁠is a blast around Sicily, starting and finishing ​in Malta’s Grand Harbour.

Monohull line honours go ⁠to the first single-hulled boat across the finish line, ⁠regardless ​of handicap. The overall winner is decided separately on corrected time under the ⁠IRC handicap rating system, and multihulls race for their ⁠own ⁠honours under a separate Multihull Offshore Cruising and Racing Association (MOCRA) rating system.