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ROBERT DEAVES Josh Junior is the only New Zealander to win the Finn Gold Cup, claiming the golden goblet at the last championships held in late 2019. Josh Junior admits he’s under-prepared for his defence of the Finn Gold Cup that has huge ramifications to the New Zealand yachting team for the Tokyo Olympics. Snaring the title again in Portugal over the next week would be huge for Junior, but simply beating his good friend and America’s Cup team mate Andy Maloney might be more important. They are in one of the most hotly contested positions for any Kiwi athletes hoping to make the Games...

Close racing in the Mens 470 on Day 2 at Vilamoura © Joao Costa Ferreira A beautiful sunny day in Vilamoura Portugal, delivered light breeze in the afternoon. The 81 teams sailed two races with a southerly 7-9 kt breeze. In the 29 strong Men’s fleet the New Zealanders Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox moved to 1st place followed closely by the Spanish crew Jordi Xammar and Nicolas Rodriguez just 2 points behind, with Olympic champions Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan completing the top 3 another 2 points behind Xammar. In the Women’s fleet, the World Champions, Silvia Mas Depar...

Mat Belcher and Will Ryan - 2021 470 European Championships © Joao Costa Ferreira Australia's hopes for a medal in the 470 men's division at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are pinned on class veteran Mat Belcher and crew Will Ryan and the pair found their rhythm on day two in Portugal after 18 months away from international competition. Vilamoura, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, delivered light southerlies in the afternoon and the 81 teams battling for positions at the 470 2021 European Championship completed two races. Both representative teams and Australian Sailing's Dire...

Mat Belcher and Will Ryan at the 2021 470 Europeans © Joao Costa Ferreira With less than three months until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Australia's two 470 representative teams have been given the opportunity to join the international fleet at the class' 2021 European Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal. Eighty-one teams from 25 countries are contesting the last major 470 event before Tokyo 2020 and the first international regatta since August 2019 for Australia's Mat Belcher and Will Ryan in the men's division and Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries in the women's division. Many ...

2021 470 Europeans: Anton Dahlberg & Fredrik Bregstrom (SWE) © Anna Suslova At the top of the Men's fleet scoreboard is the Spanish crew Jordi Xammar and Nicolas Rodriguez after a 10th, 2nd and 4th in the three races of the day. With less then three months to go until the Olympic Games, 81 teams from 25 countries are sailing what is the last 470 major event before Tokyo. Two months after the 2021 470 World Championship, also sailed in Vilamoura, the European Championship has attracted the elite of the 470 Class, including 34 out of the 40 Olympic teams, to sail in Vilamoura. The ...