Rolex Middle Sea Race 2026 – Black Jack 100 repeats line honours success
by Quinag 19 Oct 19:05 BST
20 October 2026
Remon Vos's Black Jack 100, skippered by Tristan Le Brun, has won monohull line honours at the 2026 Rolex Middle Sea Race.
Crossing the finish line in Malta at 15:51.00 CEST on Monday 19 October, Black Jack 100 completed the 606-nautical-mile racecourse in an elapsed time of 2 days, 3 hours and 51 minutes. Founded in 1968, the Rolex Middle Sea Race is organized by the Royal Malta Yacht Club. Rolex has been Title Sponsor of the race since 2002.
This marks the second consecutive year that Black Jack 100 has won Rolex Middle Sea Race line honours. In doing so, she bettered her elapsed time from 2025 by over 13 and a half hours.
Black Jack 100 assumed leadership of the race in its early stages and maintained an impressive advantage over her rivals.
Now that monohull line honours has been decided, attention turns to who will claim the coveted title of overall race winner on corrected time. As of 16:00 CEST on Monday 19 October, a total of 103 yachts were out on the racecourse, most of them dispersed along the northern coast of Sicily. There have been only three retirements.