Lebanon hosts sailboats for Middle East race

BEIRUT, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Forty-four sailboats taking part in the 19th Middle East race have anchored at Lebanon Automobile and Touring Club's port in Kaslik, north of Beirut, local Naharnet news website reported on Friday.

The boats, from 10 different countries in the world, were hosted by ATCL for a period of four days, said the report.

The 19th Middle East sailboat race starts in Istanbul, Turkey and finishes at Port Said in Egypt, it added.