Line Honours for Carlo Alberini s Pendragon in the the Regata dei Tre Golfi by Rolex Capri Sailing Week 16 May 20:53 BST 10-17 May 2021
A memorable and unprecedented Tre Golfi regatta is currently under way, with weather conditions providing racing that is as fast as it is demanding. The weather forecast prior to yesterday s start proved to be correct, with competitors facing a long upwind leg against rough seas in order to round the natural mark of the island of Ponza.
A serious incident marked the early hours of this morning, when at 3 a.m. the Salona 37 Le Pelican, enrolled in the Tre Golfi in Class C as a participant in the ORC European Championship, disappeared from tracking screens. The conditions were particularly challenging, with two-metre waves, and we were sailing upwind on a port tack - commented a crew member who was on deck at the time of the accident - a result of a bad manoeuvre, in minutes we found ourselves in a critical situation with a carg
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19 Apr, 2021 Exceptional sighting of grey whale off coast of Italy.
A grey whale was spotted in the Gulf of Naples over the weekend, three days after another sighting in the waters off the island of Ponza, in what is described as an exceptional event.
Experts believe the whale seen off the coast of Pozzuoli on the evening of 17 April and the port of Baia the next morning, is likely the same animal seen off the Pontine Islands last week, in what is hailed as the first visit to Italy by a grey whale.
Regional maritime authorities have dispatched boats to allow for observation of the whale - estimated at eight metres long - while the local coast guard has ordered all ships away from the area to avoid obstructing the whale s journey.