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The Finn Gold Cup remains New Zealand’s Cup as Andy Maloney sweeps to victory in Porto




It took more than 60 years for a New Zealand sailor to win the Finn Gold Cup, and now two have come along in a row. Andy Maloney has led the 2021 Finn Gold Cup since Day 1 and on Wednesday, though he briefly lost the lead, did just enough to take the cup from his teammate Josh Junior, who was the first ever Kiwi to win the Cup in 2019.


Joan Cardona, from Spain, took the silver and won the European Continental Qualifier for Spain in Tokyo, while Junior took the bronze. Leo Davis also qualified South Africa ...

Maloney and Junior run the show on penultimate day
New Zealand’s Andy Maloney has extended his lead at the 2021 Finn Gold Cup in Porto, Portugal, to take a five-point lead into the final day on Wednesday, with three races possible. Zsombor Berecz, the 2018 champion, from Hungary, moves up to second, while defending champion Josh Junior, also from New Zealand, climbs to third.


Race wins went to Brazil’s Jorge Zarif, in the very light first race, before Nenad Bugarin, from Croatia, and Junior won the next two races in ...

Energy Observer, the vessel of the future due to make a stopover in San Francisco from 10 to 13 May


© Energy Observer Productions - George Conty


Energy Observer is a French project that set sail from Saint Malo in northern France in 2017 on a 7-year expedition around the world.
A world first, Energy Observer is a technological triumph: the laboratory vessel powered by renewable energies and hydrogen, ...

Energy Explorer is making slow but steady progress up the San Mateo County Coast and is due to arrive at the Golden Gate at 5:50



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PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The Coast Guard rescued three people from a burning vessel Tuesday evening five miles east of Port Angeles.

At approximately 6 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a call from a distressed mariner reporting ...

Innovation to accelerate energy transition

Energy Observer is a laboratory where engineers, researchers and scientists are developing innovations, which will make renewable energies a reality for
all. With this in mind, they put to the test the latest, cutting-edge technologies in terms of hydrogen,batteries, solar and wind power and hydroelectricity
production in the most demanding and at times hostile environment known to man: the ocean.

These are tried-and-tested technologies optimised over the course of a voyage spanning more than 30,000 nautical miles. ...

France and the United States lead the first day in Cascais
38 boats in the Portuguese sailing Mecca

On the first day of the 2021 Cascais 49er & 49er Fx Championship, the Olympic fleet composed of 28 boats, of the 49erFx class, plus 10 ...

RYE, NEW YORK (May 3, 2021): The Melges IC37 Class traveled to a new venue for the East Coast Championship April 30-May 2, 2021. The spring regatta hosted in Rye, NY by American Yacht Club was the first event of the class’s one-design season.

A mix of race leaders and sporty conditions kept sailors on their toes. ...

Teamwork Leads J-OK into First Overall at the 2021 Yachting Cup





all images © mark albertazzi





San Diego, CA (May 2, 2021) It wasn’t exactly a day of smooth sailing on day two, the final day of San Diego Yacht Club's 2021 Yachting Cup. With misty weather and large, choppy ocean swells, teams used to sailing in champagne San Diego were in for a bit of a challenge, especially compared to yesterday's ...