The 44th Rolex Middle Sea Race has welcomed its first finisher, as the MOD70 Limosa, skippered by Alexia Barrier, rolled over the line at 1.30pm on Monday afternoon.

Taking multihull line honours for the second year in a row, as skipper of a maxi trimaran, is an important achievement Barrier.

She and her Famous Project team have their eyes set on the greater prize of an all-woman round-the-world record attempt in 2025.

The 2023 Rolex Middle Sea Race was regarded as an important rung on the ladder to that goal. Elsewhere, the majority of the monohull fleet continues its circumnavigation of Sicily, with close battles ongoing throughout the 100 entries still racing.

Limosa’s elapsed time of 50 hours, 10 minutes and 42 seconds was well off the record pace of 33 hours, 29 minutes, 28 seconds set by Argo in 2021.

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