Successful Rotary Kontiki Race Held

Posted 
on Jul 11, 2015
 
The 2015 Rotary Kontiki race, a fund raising event now in its 4th edition in aid of Dar il-Kaptan, was held today in Balluta Bay, St Julians with 5 participating corporate teams from Corinthia Hotels, Elmo Insurance, Frank Salt Real Estate, Intercontinental Hotel Malta and Shireburn Software. Each year the teams have learnt from their designs and this year the boat from Shireburn Software was unbeatable by a long distance.
 
 
 
The 2015 Rotary Kontiki race, a fund raising event now in its 4th edition in aid of Dar il-Kaptan, was held today in Balluta Bay, St Julians with 5 participating corporate teams from Corinthia Hotels, Elmo Insurance, Frank Salt Real Estate, Intercontinental Hotel Malta and Shireburn Software. Each year the teams have learnt from their designs and this year the boat from Shireburn Software was unbeatable by a long distance.
 
Hand-built crafts compete along a course set in Balluta Bay.  Various businesses put together a team to design, build and race their craft and pay for the privalege a small donation towards Dar il-Kaptan, the respite home in Mtarfa.  Each year the teams learn their lessons from their limitations of the previous year.  The winners of the Rotary Kontiki Race 2015 were Shireburn Software, who put together an incredibly fast and efficient craft which seemed to take a lot less effort and had much better steerage than any other craft and they peddled their way to victory in the heats and the final race by a large distance.
 
Organised by Ulli Salomo, Past President of Rotary Club Malta and George Vassallo, a member of RC Malta, the event was held in conjunction with the Sliema Local Council and with the assistance of Diveshack providing rescue services and the Malta Red Cross providing any medical assistance that might have been required (luckily none was required).