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Ya Biladi
28-06-2025
- Sport
- Ya Biladi
Italian racing sailboat Acrobatica found on Moroccan shores after 1300 mile drift
A racing monohull, the Class40 Acrobatica, has been found washed ashore near El Ouatia in southern Morocco, according to Ouest France. The Italian sailboat sank in the Atlantic in July 2024 following a violent collision with a tanker during the Transat Québec–Saint-Malo race. The skipper, Alberto Riva, and his two crew members were rescued by the cargo ship involved in the incident and later dropped off in the Azores. The boat, however, was left adrift and presumed lost at sea. «It drifted more than 1,300 miles, carried by wind and currents, before reaching the Moroccan coast near El Ouatia, off the Canary Islands», Riva wrote on Instagram. «After all this time, it feels like I've recovered a part of myself», he added, visibly moved. Riva's team is now working to recover the vessel. The sailor plans to travel to Morocco after his next race to oversee the operation and ensure the site is cleaned up. The story of the Class40 Acrobatica joins the rare and haunting ranks of ghost ships that reappear long after vanishing at sea.
CNN
13-06-2025
- Business
- CNN
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Alberto Riva, CNN Underscored Connect with Alberto at Alberto Riva is the senior money editor for CNN Underscored, responsible for coverage of credit cards, points and miles, and travel. A native Milanese, Alberto got his start in journalism covering business and transportation in Italy. He later moved to the US to work for CNN in Atlanta and then made a home in New York, where he has held journalism jobs including producing morning news at Bloomberg Radio and leading Vice News as managing editor. In 2017, he turned his passion for points and miles into a job, becoming the fist managing editor at The Points Guy. Alberto is fluent in French and Spanish, happy to mangle German, and sometimes even able to find a use for the Latin and classic Greek he studied. He lives in Brooklyn, and when he's not collecting those points and miles, he enjoys skiing, mountaineering, and indulging his love of aviation by flying on as many airlines as he can.
