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#PesaroRovigno - This year's Pesaro-Rovigno regatta in the Adriatic was marked by a serious collision between two competing boats at the weekend, as the photo above shows.

According to Liguria Nautica News, Michele Cinquepalmi's 83ft Maxi Chica Magnum was on a starboard tack and Kuka, the Sly 42 of Roberto Casadei, was on a port tack when they collided at the pre-start on one of the two scheduled races of the Italy-to-Croatia regatta.

It's not yet known how the boats came to cross paths but the damage to the much smaller Sly 42 was significant, and some of its crew were treated for minor injuries after the larger vessel's hull created a deep gash in its starboard side.

Liguria Nautica News has more on the story HERE.

And here's video from on board Kuka which appears to be from shortly before the collision:

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