Dear Finn sailors, Dear friends, The International Finn Association wishes you a Happy New Year, with the very real hope that everything will return to normal sometime in 2021. 2020 has been a challenging year for the Finn class in many ways, and while looking back with pride at the few international events that the class managed to hold, a […]

After the entry process was opened last week, more than one hundred entries have already been received for the 2021 Finn World Masters in Medemblik, The Netherlands. It is being held from 21-28 May. For an event that is used to setting records, getting the first 100 entries in just four days is another new record. People clearly want to […]

The Notice of Race for the 2021 Open and U23 Finn European Championship has been published and registration is also now open. The 66th Finn Europeans will take place in Hyères, France from 16-23 April. The championship is part of a carefully planned event strategy for the class that leads from the Trofeo Princesa Sofia, in Palma, in March, through to […]

Having already won the event a day early, Arkadii Kistanov, from Russia, comfortably won the final race of the International Finn Cup at Malcesine, Italy, on Sunday. Christoph Burger, from Switzerland, took second while Matteo Iovenitti, took third and won the XVII Andrea Menoni Trophy as the first Italian. 34 sailors from eight nations took part. It was an early […]

  Arkadii Kistanov, from Russia, has taken the early lead at the International Finn Cup – XVII Andrea Menoni Trophy at Fraglia Vela Malcesine, Italy after two races in light and wet conditions on Lake Garda, on Friday. Michael Beyeler and Carlo Lazzari, both from Switzerland are second and third. The opening race was won by Juan Ignacio Perez, from […]

Nicholas Heiner wrapped up victory at Kieler Woche on Sunday after two more races. A fifth and a second left him with an 11 point lead at the top. Facundo Olezza, who has spent all week in third place moved up to second with a 2, 6, while Nils Theuninck dropped to third after a 4,7. However the day belonged […]

Kieler Woche delivered some epic conditions on Day 3 with three more races in 15-20 knots in the first race, rising through the day to 25-30 for the final race. Nicholas Heiner took two more race wins to go into the final day nine points ahead of Nils Theuninck. Facundo Olezza is in third, one point behind Theuninck, after winning […]

Nicholas Heiner continues to lead after the second day at Kieler Woche, despite losing the lead after the second race of the day. Nils Theuinck won both of the first two races to briefly take the lead, while a win for Heiner in the third and final race of the day put him back on top, tied on points with […]

A small fleet of Finns is taking part in Kieler Woche, many fresh from last week’s Europeans in Gdynia. While many had a turn at the front of the fleet, at the end of Day 1, Nicholas Heiner leads with a 1,2,1. Nils Theuninck picked up a 2,4,2 to lie in second while third is Facundo Olezza with a trio […]

The 2020 U23, Open and Masters Finn European Championship in Gdynia, Poland, concluded on Sunday with the three titles assigned. Zsombor Berecz, from Hungary, took gold without winning a race and with a race to spare. Giles Scott, from Britain, took the silver while Joan Cardona, from Spain, took the bronze. In addition Cardona won the U23 European Championship while […]

Zsombor Berecz, the 2018 World Champion, from Hungary, has taken the lead at the 2020 U23, Open and Masters Finn European Championship in Gdynia, Poland with one day left to sail. Going into the last day on Sunday he has a three-point lead over defending champion Giles Scott, from Britain, while overnight leader Alejandro Muscat, from Spain, drops to third. […]

Alejandro Muscat, from Spain, holds on to the lead at the 2020 U23, Open and Masters Finn European Championship in Gdynia, Poland, after two tough races in very shifty offshore winds. He sits one point ahead of Britain’s Giles Scott, with Zsombor Berecz, Hungary, just two points further back. However, the day belonged to Alican Kaynar, from Turkey, who won […]

After three more races at the International Finn Cup – XVII Andrea Menoni Trophy at Fraglia Vela Malcesine, Italy, Arkadii Kistanov, from Russia, has secured the overall win with a race to spare. Christoph Burger, from Switzerland, is up to second while Italy’s Marko Kolic goes into the final day in third. The race wins went to Roberto Strappati and […]

Spain’s, Alejandro Muscat has taken the lead at the 2020 U23, Open and Masters Finn European Championship after two more races in Gdynia, Poland. Giles Scott, from Britain drops to second, while Zsombor Berecz, from Hungary, moves up to third. The race wins went to Joan Cardona, from Spain, and Nils Theuninck, from Switzerland. There are 70 Finns from 27 […]

Defending European champion, and current Olympic gold medalist, Giles Scott, from Britain, dominated the opening day of the 2020 U23, Open and Masters Finn European Championship in Gdynia Poland to lead after the first day from Henry Wetherell, from Britain, and Alejandro Muscat, from Spain. The races were won by Scott and Facundo Olezza, from Argentina. There are 70 Finns […]

The 2020 U23, Open and Masters Finn European Championship has been opened in Gdynia, Poland. The final event in the Gdynia Sailing Days festival, it has attracted 70 entries from 27 countries for first and only major Finn event of the year. Earlier in the day the practice race attracted a small fleet to the water for a foretaste of […]