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Crew Space on Neo 400+ Upscale for Rolex Middle Sea Race 2026

Cost

€4,200

Event dates

17th Oct 2026 - 24th Oct 2026

What's included

The price includes Professional Skipper, all boat and race costs and meals when racing. Additional costs include flights, transfers, meals and accommodation ashore and personal insurance.

What to expect

The Mediterranean’s Quintessential Offshore Race. The Rolex Middle Sea Race encompasses one of the most scenic and tactically challenging courses in the world.

Starting from the Grand Harbour in Valletta, beneath Fort St Angelo and the Saluting Battery, the fleet heads northeast along the coast of Sicily, towards the Straits of Messina. You can usually spot Mount Etna and hear the Volcano rumble.

The course heads north from the Straits in the direction of Stromboli, another active volcano, where the yachts then turn west to the Egadi Islands. After reaching Favignana the fleet heads south towards the island of Lampedusa with the island of Pantelleria on their port side. Once they have passed Lampedusa the fleet is on the home straight towards Malta and the finish at Marsamxett Harbour.

Join the crew of Neo 400+, Upscale to take on the challenge of this 606 nautical mile race, where the demanding and often changeable conditions means that everyone has to be on their A Game.

Itinerary

Tuesday 13th October: Crew arrive
Wednesday 14th October: Training Day / Coastal Race
Thursday 15th October: Training Day
Friday 16th October: Boat Preparation
Saturday 17th October: Race Start
Saturday 24th October: RMYC Prize Giving

Crew information

The Skipper will be Tom Wehde, who has over 15 years racing experience including the Rolex Middle Sea Race, RORC Caribbean 600 and RORC TransAtlantic.

Prerequisite experience

Previous offshore experience is required and at least 30% of the crew must have completed training to Section 6 of the World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations. We would therefore strongly encourage you to have completed your ISAF Offshore safety and sea survival.

Where

The race starts and ends in Valetta, Malta. The nearest airport is Malta International Airport, which is approximately a 20 minute drive to Valetta. Scheduled flights are available with Malta’s national carrier Air Malta, as well as other airlines including Air France, KLM, Swissair, Turkish Airlines, Emirates, Lufthansa, Ryanair, Easyjet and WizzAir.

Accommodation

Crew will need to find accommodation ashore in the days before the race. Good options for Malta can be found on Airbnb.

Crew Space on Neo 400+ Upscale for Rolex Middle Sea Race 2026

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Neo 400 is a fast light cruiser / racer designed and built with a special eye to ORCì and IRC rules to be the smallest yacht of the A group (Orc) /class 1 IRC. The Neo 400+ is a high-performance carbon racer cruiser designed by Ceccarelli Yacht Design and built by Neo Yachts & Composites. Renowned for exceptional speed and...
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