This year's race started in light winds, but the wind soon filled in across the course from the south west and mostly the race was sailing in a 10-12 knot southerly - champagne sailing! The sun was out, the seas were quite calm and a very pleasant day on the water was had.
Club Results
1st - Somers YC
2nd - Westernport YC
3rd - Merricks YC
Full Marathon - OTB Catamaran Division
1st - Mosquito Cat with Spinnaker - The Joker - Matthew Stone - Somers YC
2nd - Taipan 4.9 Cat - TNT- Ant Richards - Westernport YC
3rd - Taipan 4.9 Cat - Jacks Up - Adam Smith - Westernport YC
Full Marathon - OTB Monohull Division
1st - Impulse - Just One More - Colin Franke - Westernport YC
2nd - Impulse - Escape - Cameron Kent - Westernport YC
3rd - I14 - Dutch Courage- Tom Watson . Rafael Heale - Westernport YC
Full Marathon - Keel Boat / TY Division
1st - Ross 780 - Offshore Account - Simon Morris / Katrina Harris / Lynden Roberts - Somers YC
Female Skipper
1st - Hobie 16 - Felix- Naomi Chiu / Tim Chiu - Somers YC
2nd - Pacer (without spinnaker) - Between the Sheets - Sahaja Wood / Tom Clark - Merricks YC
3rd - Ross 780 - Offshore Account - Emma Morris / Simon Morris / Katrina Harris / Anthony Davenport / Lynden Roberts - Somers YC
Junior Skipper
1st - Pacer (without spinnaker) - Between the Sheets - Sahaja Wood / Tom Clark - Merricks YC
2nd - Windsurfer LT - Issy - Issy Barden - Westernport YC
3rd - Windsurfer LT - AUS 874 - Zac Barden - Westernport YC
Somers Half Marathon (ex Sailboards)
1st - Tasar - The Darkside - Mike Sandiford / Carla Lechner - Somers YC
2nd - Melges 14 Gold - Mojo Pin - Derek Hollander - Merricks YC
3rd - Contender - Now or Never - Michael Vandenberg - Somers YC
Flinders Half Marathon (ex Sailboards)
1st - Nacra 430 - Serious - Rob Cave - Flinders YC
Half Marathon - Sailboards
1st - Windsurfer LT - Pole Dancer - Scott Fleming - Parkdale YC
2nd - Windsurfer LT - Fly - Luke Meyers - Parkdale YC
3rd - Windsurfer LT - Shagga - Mark Lloyd - Sorrento SCBC
Please find below corrected times for all 2026 Montalto Marathon competitors, sorted in overall ranking
Individual Rankings
Note 'YS Adj to full marathon' is elapsed time adjusted for yardstick and, for boats sailing half marathon, adjusted by a factor based on relative time that boats sailing full marathon spent on each half marathon course. This year that factor was 1.102 for Somers end half marathon against 0.952 for Flinders end half marathon.
Club Result
