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NOVEMBER 2014

PEDERSEN WINS SILVER CUP

REGIONAL ROUND UP

SCOTT IS WORLD CHAMPION

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Opening shot – Egor Terpigorev has it all under control in Santander

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Dear Finn Sailors,Dear Friends of the International Finn Community,

With the 2014 ISAF Worlds and first Olympic qualification regatta in Santander now over the focus of the Finn Class has shifted to the various Finn national championships around the world as well as to the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi and the 2015 World Cup series.

Congratulations to those already securing a spot for their country at the 2016 Rio Olympics and good luck for the rest of the international Finn fleet in their preparation for next year’s challenges. Weymouth showcased a great fight for Olympic Finn medals with Ben Ainslie becoming an Olympic legend in the Finn Class, however there are new heroes in the making further strengthening the reputation and traditions, as well as the liveliness, of our class.

With ISAF focusing more on the sustainability of Olympic sailing, and the Olympic classes now able to focus on class development in the longer term, the International Finn Association (IFA) will continue with the Finn International Development Support (Fides) programme with supported sailors currently being identified and determined for the 2015 sailing season. The Dinghy

President’s Letter

Academy in Valencia has done a great job, in cooperation with IFA, to bring the training of young talent to a new level, and also strengthening the camaraderie and cohesion between young Finn sailors from around the world.

Class development has also its technical aspects in the field of which IFA will continue its pivotal role to guide technical gear evolution and enforce both pre-production tooling control and post-production equipment measurement.

All in all, in 2014 we saw the Finn in extremely good and healthy shape with large fleets sailing on every competition level from juniors to masters and from national championships to world cup events and major Finn championships.

Last but not least let me wish good luck to Rafa Trujillo, our long time Finn fellow, sailing currently on the Atlantic in one of the Volvo Ocean Race boats.

Dr. Balazs HajduHUN-1

IFA President

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Cover photo: Jonathan Lobert in Santander (Pic: Robert Deaves)Insets: Anders Pedersen, Swedish Nationals, Podium in Santander.Next issue: March 2015 Back issues: Back issues are available through the Finnshop on the IFA website from GBP 5 each including postage.


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Finn newsProvence Winter Training Centre There is a great international training possibility for the winter in the Cote d’Azur, France, in Bandol, primarily for Finn sailors. It is supported by Pata Sailing Promotion with boats and masts.

The Head Coach is Daniel Dahon - ex Finn France Olympic Team Coach. Nicknamed ‘Le Chef’ Daniel Dahon has been a main feature in the Finn arena, coaching Philippe Presti and Xavier Rohart for many years before continuing with Rohart in the Star. Bandol is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, between Marseilles and Toulon. In Bandol the winter temperatures are moderated by the Mediterranean; days of frost are rare. The average daily low temperature even in December and January is close to 10°C. More info: [email protected]

New Chairman for the BFAJohn Heyes was recently elected as the new Chairman of the British Finn Association at the AGM during the National Championships. John takes over from Graham Brookes who served for two years. John has been involved in the Finn Class since the mid 1980s, when he was One Design Manager at North Sails UK and has sailed Finns since 2006.

First nations qualify for RioThe first 12 countries in Santander to qualify for a place at the Rio 2016 Olympics are: Great Britain, Croatia, France, New Zealand, Norway, USA, Sweden, Denmark, Slovenia, Australia, Hungary and Finland. The next chance to qualify is the 2015 Finn Gold Cup in Takapuna, New Zealand, next November.

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Bernt Andersson honoured Before the start of the International Punch Cup at KKF in Karlstad, Sweden on October 13, the club paid tribute to one of its most successful sailors, Bernt Andersson. Bernt was part of the Swedish team at the

1964 Tokyo Olympics, which had begun 50 years ago to the day. At 72, Bernt then donned his wetsuit and put in a good showing in the Punch Cup, placing third in his group before being knocked out during the semi-final. The photo shows Bernt (left) receiving a presentation from Torsten Jarnstam, President (again) of the Swedish Finn Association.

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Giles Scott nominatedGiles Scott is one of the five male nominees ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2014 following a very successful season that included winning both the World and European titles. He picked up seven consecutive regatta victories and has been a formidable force in the Finn with no one able to match him on the race track. Scott looked untouchable in his build up to the Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds and with his eyes on the prize he delivered in the Spanish city with a cool, calm and collected performance to comfortably win his second Finn world title.

We all wish Giles all the best at the award ceremony during the ISAF conference in Palma in November.

Dinghy Academy is first ISAF Approved Training Centre

The Dinghy Academy, Valencia has successfully undergone a formal audit from ISAF and has become the first venue to become an ISAF Approved Training Centre. A full report can be found on the ISAF website.

Luca Devoti, Owner and Head Coach at the Dinghy Academy Valencia said of this approval, “Sailing is and has been my life. For the Dinghy Academy and for all those working, training and racing here, to be recognised by ISAF is a great honour. We will not only strongly promote the Olympic values in the athletes we train but also try to do our best to introduce as many young sailors as possible, from all over the world, to enjoy our beautiful sport.”

The overriding objectives of the training centres are:- To encourage and assist in the development of Olympic and/or Paralympic level Sail Training pathways for National Sailors and Coaches in all ISAF MNAs;- To increase the number of nations attending and regularly participating in ISAF events;- To assist all MNAs with developing ‘performance’ training programmes that will help give their National Sailors more of a chance to increase their skills and ultimately qualify to and attend the Sailing Competition of the Olympic and/or Paralympic Games.

ISAF Training and Development Manager Dan Jaspers said of this news, “I thank Luca Devoti for his vision and passion in helping promote sailing in all its forms. If we can point all of our MNAs towards Approved Training Centres such as the Dinghy Academy Valencia, in order for them to be able to choose the right programme that suits their needs, then we have made yet another development option available to those national sailing federations that would not otherwise know where to go to receive support in turning good sailors into great sailors and even potential Olympic athletes.”

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Giles Scott dominates Finn Gold Cup in Santander

2014 Finn Gold Cup - Final Results1 GBR 41 Giles Scott 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 (4) 8 182 CRO 524 Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic 5 3 (6) 6 4 1 5 6 2 323 GBR 11 Edward Wright 9 (dnf) 1 1 19 5 1 8 6 504 FRA 112 Jonathan Lobert 3 (25) 2 4 2 7 6 19 18 615 NZL 24 Josh Junior 12 7 8 8 8 10 11 (33) 4 686 NZL 16 Andrew Murdoch 9 5 11 (24) 11 6 16 2 12 727 USA 6 Caleb Paine 18 6 15 3 6 12 (19) 5 10 758 NOR 1 Anders Pedersen 5 3 3 14 16 (38) 7 13 14 759 FRA 29 Thomas Le Breton 14 10 5 5 13 4 9 (36) 16 7610 SWE 33 Max Salminen 10 12 7 10 12 9 (23) 11 20 91

Held as part of the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander,

Spain, the 2014 Finn Gold Cup was dominated by Giles Scott, with five race wins from the nine races sailed. With two days lost with no wind it was a challenging week, but as ever the best sailors rose to the top. Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic rounded off a great season with the silver while Ed Wright picked up his fifth Finn Gold Cup podium in a row.

The 78 boat fleet was split into two fleets, which for the first day was based on the world rankings. This created two very uneven fleets, which then because of the disrupted schedule remained the same for the whole opening series of four races. There were then six finals series races scheduled for gold and silver fleets before the medal race for just the top 10.

Monday – No windDespite six hours on the water, the light breeze never stabilised for long enough to get a race away and the sailors came back empty handed.

Tuesday – One race and a long waitYellow fleet was won by Oliver Tweddell who led the entire race from Deniss Karpak and Josip Olujic. The Blue fleet was stacked with big names but the returning Jonas Høgh-Christensen, the London 2012 Silver medalist, back after a two year lay-off, led round the top mark from London 2012 bronze medallist Jonathan Lobert. Giles Scott rounded in tenth and made gains throughout to pass Høgh-Christensen at the last mark to take the race win. The Dane crossed in second with Lobert third.

The fleet then waited afloat for another six hours with no further racing as the wind performed circles around the fleet. There was plenty of wind around, at one point 15-

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GOLD FLEET (cont)11 DEN 2 Jonas Høgh-Christensen 2 7 9 17 20 17 2 (37) 7412 SLO 573 Vasilij Zbogar 7 4 10 16 10 19 (29) 9 7513 AUS 41 Jake Lilley 6 dnf 5 4 15 13 12 22 7714 CRO 69 Milan Vujasinovic 6 2 8 8 (28) 25 14 16 7915 HUN 40 Zsombor Berecz 13 17 4 7 14 15 (21) 10 8016 FIN 218 Tapio Nirkko 19 14 2 7 18 20 (27) 3 8317 GRE 77 Ioannis Mitakis 11 15 24 6 5 3 (28) 24 8818 EST 2 Deniss Karpak 2 13 12 3 17 8 (39) 34 8919 CAN 5 Gregory Douglas 16 20 4 2 7 (28) 18 23 9020 ITA 146 Michele Paoletti dsq 2 3 9 3 18 36 21 9221 SWE 6 Björn Allansson 8 13 6 20 27 (35) 13 7 9422 TUR 21 Alican Kaynar 13 18 10 15 9 14 15 (30) 9423 AUS 261 Oliver Tweddell 1 9 7 22 (31) 31 4 25 9924 ESP 8 Pablo Guitian Sarria 11 5 14 14 (32) 26 8 28 10625 ESP 7 Alex Muscat 16 11 (29) 26 22 23 17 1 11626 NED 842 Pieter-Jan Postma 4 9 ufd 18 26 22 25 14 11827 POR 5 Frederico Melo 4 1 17 24 30 (32) 22 20 11828 DEN 4 Mads Bendix 14 22 16 16 23 11 (33) 18 12029 CRO 1 Josip Olujic 3 19 13 12 25 21 32 (35) 12530 ITA 123 Filippo Baldassari 8 15 15 5 29 29 (37) 26 12731 URU 301 Alejandro Jose Foglia 17 8 12 12 (35) 34 30 15 12832 GBR 29 Peter McCoy 19 19 13 15 21 16 26 (27) 12933 POL 17 Piotr Kula 10 23 25 10 (38) 30 20 12 13034 CRO 52 Nenad Bugarin 15 10 11 31 37 (39) 10 31 14535 SLO 5 Gasper Vincec 21 4 27 11 36 24 24 (38) 14736 RUS 57 Egor Terpigorev 21 16 26 2 (39) 33 38 17 15337 CZE 1 Michael Maier 22 8 20 13 (34) 27 34 29 15338 BRA 109 Jorge João Zarif 15 22 14 11 24 37 31 dns 15439 GER 259 Phillip Kasueske 24 16 19 17 33 (36) 35 32 176

SILVER FLEET40 ITA 117 Giorgio Poggi (25) 14 18 22 10 1 1 2 6841 CAN 110 Martin Robitaille (32) 24 22 9 2 9 2 1 6942 RUS 6 Arkadiy Kistanov 22 21 21 (27) 5 4 6 4 8343 GBR 91 Ben Cornish 24 20 (33) 13 1 7 7 14 8644 POL 1 Milosz Wojewski 17 21 18 28 15 2 ufd 5 10645 CZE 85 Tomas Vika (31) 29 25 19 8 3 8 16 10846 RUS 7 Anatoliy Korshikov (27) 12 23 19 26 10 13 6 10947 CHN 1226 Lei Gong 20 27 22 25 6 6 ufd 11 11748 ITA 66 Enrico Voltolini 12 26 16 25 25 dnf 12 3 11949 DEN 31 Stig Steinfurth (35) 23 17 31 21 15 5 9 12150 RUS 9 Eduard Skornyakov 29 18 (32) 28 17 20 3 7 12251 RUS 1 Alexey Selivanov (33) 17 24 20 11 11 30 18 13152 EST 11 Lauri Väinsalu 25 25 9 (32) 9 5 27 32 13253 CHN 1225 He Chen (34) 26 30 21 7 24 19 10 13754 ITA 747 Simone Ferrarese 20 30 (34) 21 14 12 16 24 13755 UKR 5 Andriy Gusenko 26 (35) 19 23 18 22 4 25 13756 POL 13 Michal Jodlowski 31 11 34 26 3 21 ufd 15 14157 ESP 500 Jose Alejandro Aran. Tormo 27 28 23 (34) 12 14 15 23 14258 CZE 5 Ondrej Teply 7 34 31 23 30 8 9 dnf 14259 FRA 177 Fabian Pic 18 24 21 18 13 26 26 (27) 14660 GER 252 Eike Tjark Martens (37) 32 20 29 20 17 23 8 14961 GBR 18 James Hadden 28 27 27 (33) 27 13 14 17 15362 FIN 99 Jesse Kylänpää (36) 28 26 33 16 16 22 19 16063 GBR 88 Mark Andrews 28 6 28 27 4 27 dnf dnf 16064 IRL 4 Ross Hamilton 26 (33) 32 30 19 25 18 13 16365 CRO 6 Dan Lovrovic 34 34 30 ufd 29 19 10 12 16866 TUR 211 Alican Basegmez (36) 31 28 30 23 23 11 22 16867 ESP 112 Fernando Ros ufd 31 35 29 24 18 21 21 17968 NED 972 Tobias Kirschbaum (33) 33 31 32 32 28 20 20 19669 POL 16 Mikołaj Lahn 32 30 33 (37) 22 32 17 30 19670 GER 713 Lars Haverland 23 35 (37) 36 28 30 24 28 20471 FRA 89 Benjamin Montagut 30 29 29 35 34 dnf 28 26 21172 AUS 22 Joseph McMillan 29 32 (36) 34 33 31 29 29 21773 BUL 13 Valentin Nedyalkov (38) 37 35 35 31 29 25 31 22374 ESP 24 Victor Gorostegui 23 36 dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 25975 TUN 1 Karim Esseghir 39 (ret) dnf dnf dnf dnf 31 33 26376 ESP 161 Miguel Fernandez Vasco 30 (dnf) dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 27077 USA 69 John F Dane 35 (dnf) dnf dnc dnf dnf dnf dnf 27578 USA 23 James Hunter 37 (dnf) dnf dnc dnf dnf dnf dnf 277

20 came off the land in a very hot blast, but that only lasted 30 minutes before the fleet were left wallowing on the left over swell. By the time they were sent in the fleet had been on the water for more than eight hours.

Wednesday – Finally some windScott was in perfect form on day three, picking up three more bullets for a perfect opening series score after four races to lead from Jonathan Lobert and Ed Wright. Scott was never really threatened in any race though Zsombor Berecz did steal a large lead on the opposite side to Scott in race 3, a lead that soon evaporated as the race progressed. The offshore wind proved taxing to sailors and race committee alike as they took nearly two hours to anchor the start boat due to the conditions. The day started with 25 knots and gradually reduced during the day until the final race where it all but died and then swung through 180 degrees in the closing stages.

Second placed Lobert recovered from a double capsize in the first race of the day to score 2, 4 and trail Scott by six points. Wright was unable to sail the opening race after picking a black flag disqualification in Tuesday’s abandoned race but channelled his energies into the remaining two races to pick up two race wins and sit in third overall.


Thursday – Scott extends leadScott continued to extend his lead on the fourth day to build a 13 point lead after six races from Lobert and Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic. It was another windy and shifty day with some big shifts mixing up the fleet.

The anchoring problems of Wednesday were gone with the course set further inshore in shallower water and a buoyed line used for the start and finish to keep things simple. There were some great downwind finishes as the wind rose and fell between 15 and 25 knots. Though three races had been scheduled by amendment, only two were sailed as the championship was not allowed to get ahead of schedule.

Now into gold and silver fleets after four races the early leader in race 5 was Ioannis Mitakis, who ended a great day after a 5, 3 in

eighth overall. Scott recovered from a mid-fleet first mark rounding to record his fifth race win of the championship from Lobert and Michele Paoletti, who had rounded the top mark in second.

Scott then looked to have a sixth race win all wrapped up, but Kljakovic Gaspic had other ideas and picked the right course on the final run to take advantage of a late surge in the wind and passed underneath Scott just metres from the finish line to deny the Brit a perfect scoreline. Mitakis crossed in third.

Friday – Leaders emergeScott moved into, what turned out to be, a decisive 20 point lead on day 5. Kljakovic Gaspic moved up to second with Lobert dropping one to third. The day began windy again but soon moderated once racing was started to 15-18 knots. However with the

course set close to the land, it produced some very tricky and shifty conditions with large pressure changes and wind bands funnelling down the course causing more than a few upsets. There were a lot of high scores throughout the fleet and patience was a much needed quality as sailors rose and fell through the fleet.

Jonas Høgh-Christensen owned the pin end of the start line in race 7 and immediately tacked to cross the entire fleet. He only trailed Wright and Tweddell around the top mark and moved up to second on the run. Wright extended down the run to hold the lead at the gate, but the Dane was never far behind and pushed all the way. Wright managed to hold on for his third race win, with Scott recovering from around tenth at the first mark to cross in third.

In race 8 Alex Muscat held a narrow lead at the top mark from Andrew Murdoch and Tapio Nirkko. To the delight of the locals Muscat managed to lead the fleet across the finish line after a very tricky race with some big pressure changes across the course. Murdoch crossed second with Nirkko third.

Despite his worst scoring day so far, Scott still had the best day on the water with a third and a fourth. His nearest rival Kljakovic Gaspic placed fifth and sixth, giving the Brit a crucial points cushion.

Saturday – Full circleThe championships came full circle on Saturday with the last of the fleet racing series abandoned in almost identical conditions that led to the abandonment of Monday’s racing, six days before. After a four hour wait afloat the fleet was sent home.

Top � in Santander: (clockwise from top left) - Giles Scott, Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic, Ed Wright, Andrew Murdoch, Josh Junior, Jonathan Lobert

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Sunday – The Medal raceThe day started windless and racing was postponed, though a light sea breeze was expected later in the day. A light, fickle breeze duly arrived and the Finn medal race was characterised by big shifts and pressure changes across the course that ultimately decided the bronze medal.

Josh Junior led out of the right side of the start from Scott and rounded the top mark first. Scott took the lead on the first downwind, but on the second upwind the left side proved heavily favoured. Kljakovic Gaspic found the best route to take the lead and he never looked like relinquishing it.

Lobert just had to beat Wright to take the bronze, and led him through the gate. However Wright chose the opposite gate and sailed straight into a pressure zone and moved from ninth to third, leaving Lobert stuck in less wind. From there Wright held on up the third beat while Lobert was helpless to recover. Lobert finished fourth overall again and it still looking for his first major championship medal. Junior sailed a great race to finish second and moved up to fifth overall, passing his team mate Andrew Murdoch, who had been ahead going into the medal race.

Giles Scott’s only job was to finish the race cleanly to wrap up his second world title in the Finn. Fourth place gave him a winning margin of 14 points. He said, “It’s a been a great season for me and I can’t really think of a better way to round it off than with the world title. It’s been a great event and I am really pleased with the way I have sailed. There’s always a lot to learn from it, but I’m over the moon about it. It’s a big milestone. I try to stay realistic, but my big goal is in two years time. But this is a very big step towards that so I am really looking forward to the next two years.”

The silver medal for Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic is his best ever world championship result and proves he is on course for Rio. It concludes a great season for the double Olympian, who is arguably one of the best, and most successful,

sailors in the fleet never to win an Olympic medal. This is clearly something he is planning to put right in Rio and this medal is a great boost at the half way stage in his campaign.

He said, “The week has been great for me, a really excellent performance. Today I knew I had to be relaxed and keep calm and I did exactly that and it put me right into the lead. Then I had really clear lanes through the race and really good moments. I sailed pretty consistently today, as I did all week, and it turned out to be a winning combination for me.”

On his consistent performance he said, “All my life I was always struggling in the breeze but this week was three days of pretty strong, shifty and breezy conditions which proved I can perform in any kind of wind. That’s what I have been focusing on the last couple of years, trying to get myself in shape to sail in all conditions. So I am

pretty happy I have succeeded in this and it makes me quite me quite confident and sure about the future.”

Wright’s bronze is his fifth successive world championship medal and perhaps an indication that Scott needs to keep pushing to maintain his advantage. He said, “On the second beat I got a gust on the left hand side and moved up to third and held that all the way. It was a nail biting race and I really enjoyed sailing in it. It means a lot to me to get a medal at the worlds and I needed this medal, so I’m really happy with that.”

“It’s been a hard week after I had a OCS early on and I’ve been struggling a bit with that. But it was all to play for today and it was a real fun race to be part of. I now just need to wind it up a bit more and try to catch Giles. I am putting together some big winter plans, with training in Rio and then Miami, so it should be fun.”

Seventh to tenth: (clockwise from top left) - Caleb Paine, Anders Pedersen, Max Salminen, Thomas Le Breton


Anders Pedersen wins Silver Cup in Hoorn

The 16th Junior Finn World Championship - for the Jorge Bruder Silver Cup – was

sailed in Hoorn, The Netherlands from 6-11 July. Despite getting off to a great start, the final three days were plagued by too strong or too light winds and no further races were possible. Anders Pedersen took his first major title in his last year as a junior.

Sunday – Pedersen gets best startAnders Pedersen had a nearly perfect start to Silver Cup after a win and second place on the Sunday. The forecast was for strong winds for most of the day. After launching in 18 to 20 knots the 32 young Finn sailors found a steep, short chop on the race course, but during the day a few rain clouds passed down the course and the wind decreased by the hour to 8-10 knots by the end of race 2.

Arkadiy Kistanov had the best of the first upwind to round ahead of Pedersen and local favourite Tobias Kirschbaum. Kistanov and Pedersen sailed away into a comfortable lead and the Russian extended on the second upwind. However on the reaches he perhaps sailed too low early on and allowed Pedersen to close the gap and they rounded the wing mark side by side.

Pedersen clearly enjoyed the second reach as made his move to sail over Kistanov and then extended to win. Kistanov crossed in second. The battle for third was finally won by Jakub Marciniak.

Race 2 was started very promptly in slightly less wind, with a double windward-leeward loop. Marciniak continued his good form and was the early leader rounding ahead from Pedersen. They separated at the gate which allowed Pedersen to be further inside the Pole as a major shift changed the landscape on the second upwind. Marciniak tacked back early to get to the left but dropped through the fleet, eventually finishing 12th. Pedersen hung onto the middle and stayed in second, but the lead went to Mikolaj Lahn. Pedersen almost caught Lahn on the final downwind as the breeze faded to 8-10 knots. However it was Lahn who just crossed ahead with Fabian Pic gaining 12 or more places on the second upwind to cross in third.

Monday - Kistanov fights backKistanov, the 2011 Finn Junior World Champion, took the lead on Monday, though only one race was possible as the

breeze faded during the race and eventually switched off after the first boats finished. After a tricky first beat, Peter McCoy emerged from the middle left to round ahead from Dimitar Vangelov and Kistanov. The wind dropped soon started to drop and the front group sailed away in more wind creating a large split in the fleet. After some yellow flags and wind changes, Vangelov emerged in the lead at the second upwind mark to lead down the final run as the wind eventually disappeared completely. Michael Kamp crossed in second with Lars Johan Brodtkorb in third.

Monday - Pedersen and Kistanov slug it outPedersen and Kistanov engaged in a battle of wits on the third day with Kistanov narrowly missing out on all three race wins but the final score was one win for Pederden and two for Kistanov. This left Pedersen leading Kistanov by two points with Nenad Bugarin 23 points back in third.

The race team did a great job running three races in quick succession as a procession of dark clouds and rain kept everyone eager to keep the pace up. The three tough races brought the regatta back on schedule. Starting with 15-16 knots the offshore wind produced a range of conditions across the course making the racing very tactical and challenging.

Pedersen was the early leader in race 4 and though Kistanov got past him on the second beat, the Russian headed off down the reach rather than the run and Pedersen sneaked through to win from Kistanov and Martin Robitaille.


Kistanov led at the top mark in race 5 from Ondrej Teply and Philip Kasueske. Kistanov still led at the gate but Pedersen took a long tack to the right and came back just ahead to lead down to the finish. However it wasn’t over and Kistanov eased through for a photo finish on the line to take the win from Pedersen. Teply crossed in third.

The wind decreased slightly for Race 6 and it was another tight race with Pedersen leading McCoy and Lahn round the top mark. Kistanov was up to third by the gate and the positions remained the same up the second beat. The final downwind with free pumping removed was a more sedate end to the day though the wind picked up again for the approach to the finish line. Kistanov used the wind to the best advantage to first move past McCoy and then Pedersen to claim his second win of the day, with another photo finish on the line.

Wednesday – too much windNo racing was possible on the fourth day as strong winds caused the abandonment of all racing. The fleet was sent out on time for the scheduled start at 12.00 but it soon became apparent that the wind was above sensible limits with many boats capsizing in the fierce gusts. After one postponement the race officer abandoned racing as the wind hit 31 knots and sent the fleet back to the harbour, where racing was eventually abandoned for the day later in the afternoon after the wind refused to moderate.

2014 Finn Silver Cup - Final Results1 NOR 1 Anders Pedersen 1 2 (22) 1 2 2 82 RUS 6 Arkadiy Kistanov 2 (4) 4 2 1 1 103 CRO 52 Nenad Bugarin 4 5 7 4 (13) 13 334 POL 16 Mikolaj Lahn 15 1 (17) 11 4 4 355 DEN 5 Jacob Stachelhaus 9 7 8 (14) 6 9 396 CAN 110 Martin Robitaille 5 15 (bfd) 3 5 12 407 GBR 29 Peter McCoy 10 13 6 8 (14) 3 408 CAN 2 Kyle Martin 8 (19) 10 12 8 8 469 CZE 5 Ondrej Teply 12 23 (24) 5 3 6 4910 POL 111 Jakub Marciniak 3 12 (18) 13 9 15 5211 ARG 1 Santiago Falasca 14 11 12 (16) 11 7 5512 GER 259 Philip Kasueske 7 16 16 7 (dsq) 10 5613 DEN 31 Stig Steinfurth 11 9 (19) 10 12 16 5814 GER 595 Simon Gorgels 6 8 (21) 21 7 17 5915 ITA 214 Riccardo Bevilacqua 17 6 (ret) 15 10 11 5916 NED 972 Tobias Kirschbaum 13 10 13 (18) 17 14 6717 FRA 177 Pic Fabian 19 3 (bfd) 9 dns 5 6918 RUS 28 Artur Kotlyarov 18 (32) 5 22 16 18 7919 RUS 7 Anatoly Korshikov 20 17 23 6 19 (ocs) 8520 BUL 8 Dimitar Vangelov (24) 18 1 24 23 22 8821 ITA 83 Matteo Savio 22 20 14 (26) 15 19 9022 AUS 22 Joe McMillan 16 14 (25) 20 21 20 9123 NED 963 Michael Kamp (27) 26 2 25 18 26 9724 RUS 27 Denis Kotlyarov 21 (29) 9 17 22 28 9725 GBR 28 Jack Arnell 25 22 20 23 (ret) 21 11126 HUN 11 Elemer Peter Haidekker (29) 25 11 27 26 24 11327 CAN 99 Riley Finch 23 21 28 19 25 (30) 11628 POL 22 Jeremi Zimny 26 27 15 (31) 20 29 11729 NOR 5 Lars Johan Brodtkorb 28 24 3 (dnf) dns dns 12130 POL 7 Matthew Kobylinski (31) 31 27 28 24 23 13331 ESP 117 Carlos Ordonez (30) 28 26 30 27 27 13832 ITA 53 Leopold Starke 32 30 (bfd) 29 28 25 144

Thursday- not enough windAnother day was lost Thursday with not enough wind. The day was spent in sweltering temperatures and no wind, and while one race was started, it was abandoned at the windward mark as the wind vanished into the humid Dutch air. Brodtkorp proved his ability in light wind to lead round the top mark from Bugarin and Matthew Koblinski, but by then the water was like glass and the race was abandoned shortly afterwards.

A light breeze filled in nearly an hour later, but the conditions were very humid with bad visibility to the east, and the wind didn’t stay. At 13.00 the race officer sent the fleet shore to wait, hoisting AP over 6, for a first possible start at 17.00. More wind

was expected later in the day, but by 16.00 nothing had developed and racing was abandoned for the day.

Friday - Pedersen is the ChampionAnders Pedersen won his first ever Finn Silver Cup, and in his last year as a Junior, without any more races being held. Arkadiy Kistanov took the silver and Nenad Bugarin the bronze. For the third day in a row the 32 Finn sailors set out from Hoorn and came back with no more races sailed.

It was a day for ices, swimming and sunbathing but no racing. Everyone, well almost everyone, was willing it to happen, but it just wasn’t to be. The sailors launched for a start at 11.05, and that got away on time in 5-6 knots. At the first mark Brodtkorb


again led at the top mark but it was soon clear the wind was going and the race was stopped at the gate. An hour and a half later, the racing was officially abandoned for the day and Pedersen declared the winner.

Pedersen said of his win, “It feels very good. It’s my third try to get the Silver Cup, so it’s great. It means a lot to be Junior Champion in Norway. I had a bit of a tough fight today with the Russian. He had a really good series with no bad races, so for him it didn’t mean anything but for me I needed a good result. So he was giving me a hard time around the race course. I was glad when they abandoned it.”

Second placed Kistanov, the 2011 Junior World Champion, put on a great show today and had almost done enough to regain the title. “Today was a nice day but not very nice for sailing. We only raced three days, so I am a bit unhappy about that and Anders is a bit lucky, but that’s competition, so congratulations to him. I thought that I could be first here so I’m not happy to just get the silver. But I still have two more years to go so I will come to those Silver Cups and try to be better.”

The Bronze went to Nenad Bugarin. “I am very happy with this week. I sailed well all week so I am very happy with the bronze. It could be a little bit better but in these circumstances I am very happy. I only started in the Finn in January this year, so I am not so long in the class. I will be back next year to try again.”

WSV Hoorn has an idyllic setting in a beautiful harbour, which was the starting point for many famous voyages and home to navigators in past centuries. The sailors enjoyed exploring the town with its varied buildings, canals and back streets. They left with prizes, memories and the desire to do better next time. For some it was their last chance at the Silver Cup as they are now too old, but for the younger sailors, they are inspired to train harder to come back faster and better.

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We are continuing to work on checking that our various Plans, Coordinates and Templates all agree with each other. One

of the Finn Sailors in my club (Andrew Wylam, GBR 22) is a design draughtsman and has been helping with various details on the digital drawings. What was good twenty years ago has to be carefully checked now, because the builders are now using CNC cutting for moulds and working nearer to the limits of our tolerances. We have to be sure that our specifications for the boat and for the measurement equipment are adequate.

I have been reading the report from Andre Blasse, who served as Finn IM at the Santander Gold Cup/ISAF Sailing World Championships. Our objective is “to establish a class of boats which is one-design in all matters that affect basic speed”. The good news is that there were few problems over whether each boat was a Finn: a couple of boats were slightly underweight because of alterations to toestraps, and in a couple of boats one corrector had come unstuck and gone walkabout inside the boat.

The bad news is that there were some masts, booms, rudders and centreboards without identification marks, and sometimes with the certification labels worn off. Even this is not all bad news: it seems that our equipment lasts longer than the equivalent in some other classes!

Many mast certification cards were missing, and copies had to be emailed by the manufacturer. Once again we were let down by the

number of Measurement Certificates that had not been completed by the owner’s Certification Authority. We have tried to make things easier by allowing for this process to be done by Email. PLEASE folks, keep the paperwork and certification marks correct. In a similar situation a few years ago (in an Olympic Equipment selection year) we had an Equipment Inspector report to ISAF that 50% of the Finn fleet “didn’t measure”.

Several builders are producing new moulds, and some claims have been made about “longer waterline lengths” and “new designs”. Please be reassured: there is one design for the Finn! The tolerances are small, and they have been exploited in a similar way for more than 50 years to my knowledge. I believe that our boats are more “one-design in all matters that affect basic speed” than almost any other large dinghy class, due to our measurement control and the Lamboley Swing Test.

We had hoped that my expected replacement Rory Barnes would be at Santander, but due to unforeseeable work requirements he had to miss the event. However we have arranged that he will attend the ISAF Annual Meeting in November at Palma, to help him get to know that part of the work.

Richard HartChairman of the Technical Committee

Technical review

2014 Finn Gold Cup Sail Foils Boom Boat Mast1 GBR 41 Giles Scott North DEM Needlespar Devoti Wilke2 CRO 524 Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic North Devoti Devoti Devoti Pata3 GBR 11 Edward Wright North Devoti Devoti Devoti Concept/Hit4 FRA 112 Jonathan Lobert WB Devoti Needlespar Devoti Wilke5 NZL 24 Josh Junior North Devoti Needlespar Devoti Wilke6 NZL 16 Andrew Murdoch WB/Doyle Devoti Devoti Devoti Wilke7 USA 6 Caleb Paine North DEM Needlespar Devoti Wilke8 NOR 1 Anders Pedersen North Devoti Needlespar Devoti Wilke9 FRA 29 Thomas Le Breton WB Devoti MM Devoti Wilke10 SWE 33 Max Salminen WB Devoti MM Devoti Wilke

2014 European Championship Sails Hull Masts1 GBR 41 Giles Scott North/North Devoti Wilke/Wilke2 SLO 573 Vasilij Zbogar North/WB Devoti Concept/Concept3 GBR 11 Edward Wright North/North Devoti Hit/Concept4 FRA 112 Jonathan Lobert WB/WB Devoti Heol/Heol5 CRO 524 Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic North/North Devoti Pata/Wilke6 GBR 85 Andrew Mills North/North Devoti Wilke/Wilke7 FRA 29 Thomas Le Breton WB/WB Devoti Wilke8 NED 842 Pieter-Jan Postma North/WB Devoti Hit/Hit9 HUN 40 Zsombor Berecz WB/North Devoti Concept10 NZL 16 Andrew Murdoch WB/North Devoti Wilke

Gear in 2014

Gear at Europeans in numbersHulls: Devoti: 94; Wilke: 6; Sport Sail Centre: 1Masts: Wilke 83; Hit: 36; Concept 17; Pata: 11; Heol: 2Sails: North: 116; WB: 57; Doyle: 14; V-One: 6; Dieball: 2


First test event in Rio

Giles Scott once again proved to be almost unbeatable in the latest

demonstration of his domination of the Finn class. At the Aquece Rio Olympic Test Event he won six out of the 11 races, and apart from a seventh in the opening race was never out of the top five all week. In what was generally thought to be quite shifty and tricky conditions, he wrapped up the week with another dominant race win in the medal race.

The week got underway on the Ponte course inside the harbour with local favourite, and current world champion, Jorge Zarif leading the field with a 1, 2. Scott was in third behind Ed Wright, but he had to wait two more days before being able to move up, with the second day of the competition lost to all classes because of the lack of wind.

Piotr Kula described the third day, when the fleet was outside the bay on the Niteroi race area. “Huge waves rolling downwind, plus some that bounced from the cliff made it physically demanding. From fully hiked to nose touching boom on upwind. Downwind was bit tricky. If you lost pressure once, so you couldn’t surf for a while, you lost a lot of distance. Our racing day started late due to postponement. Three races took about four hours. On the last downwind we had a sunset. The sun hid behind the Sugar Loaf mountain. When we got back ashore, it was already dark, but the beautiful view of the

Rio lights from seaside was relaxing after the exhausting races.”

Scott made the best of the conditions to move to the top to take the lead from Zarif, a lead he strengthened to 18 points the following day with two more race wins. Behind him, Wright, Jonathan Lobert and Zarif were trading places each day to remain in the medal zone for the medal race. Scott took his fifth bullet on the final qualification day to win the regatta with a day to spare.

The medal race was then a formality for Scott, but crucial for the other two medals. Lobert sailed well in the breezy conditions to finish third to snatch the silver, while Wright hung onto the bronze with a fifth. For a while Zarif was heading for a medal but a broken tiller extension put paid to that and he ended the week in fourth.

Scott said, “It’s been a windy week which was kind of unexpected in all honesty but the week’s gone great and we managed to complete a full series. For a lot of the sailors it’s been a bit of a surprise as to how good the breeze has been for the two weeks we have been here. We haven’t seen too much wind under 9 knots. The majority of the fleet came here expecting 7 knots tops. This week it wasn’t quite like that so I think in that regard, actually knowing what the wind speed is, is a big step for learning.”

He added, “The venue was actually quite good, but there is still a little way to go to get it to Games standard. The only thing that I can see being an issue is the lack of daylight with sunset at 5.30 and with no racing before 11 am, the window to get sailing if the sea breeze doesn’t come in until 2.00 to 2.30 is very small. Personally I think they may need to look at trying to race in the drainage breeze in the early morning, especially with the classes with more than one fleet on the one course.”

Wright summed up his week. “I am happy with my result. To medal in the Olympic venue is always a good sign. The most important thing was to spend time on the water and see what to expect during the Games. The race committee was good but need practice. They abandoned a race at the last mark to the finish, by accident and we sailed home in the pitch black one day, but that’s why it’s a test event.”

“I have spent some time in Rio in the past so I was ready for the good wind we had, although there was a little more on some of the days than I expected. The racing was shifty and very interesting on the harbour courses. I spent lots of time on the Menai straights when I was young (a very tidal venue) so this place was not such a shock tidally to me.”

Before the event the water quality was the biggest talking point, but it was not as bad as many expected. Wright said, “Sailors having to cope with the dirty, polluted water in Rio was in all the news before the racing began but I must admit it was not so bad. Yes, it was not the cleanest but where we were racing there was a good flow of water flushing it out into the ocean. It needs improvement of course. The worst was after a couple of days rainstorms.”

Silver medalist Lobert added, “The water is not crystal clear for sure but there was no problem for racing. Inside we sometimes had to avoid some plastic bags but most of the time you can see it. I really think that the Rio

for now we are still learning and collecting information. I don’t know yet what would be the best gear set up yet.”

But, “To be successful in Rio you will have to be a very complete sailor, you never know what condition you will get day after day.”


city is aware of the problem and is already trying to clean the bay. We saw some special boats collecting the trash on the water.”

He continued, “It was a great chance to be able to actually race on the different courses. When you train we don’t do such big races as in regatta so the tactics are always different. It’s also very different inside the bay or outside the bay.”

Has the perception that Rio will be a light airs venue changed after last week? “The

wind was not as light as we were told it would be. But you know that we never can predict the conditions we will have for the Games. I think we were lucky to be able to race the full schedule of races in six days but for the next test event and the Games there will be rest days so if we face some lack of wind we will be able to race the day after.”

“So I think it’s a still a very open question, I don’t know yet what to say. For this regatta the Finns were able to race in good breeze most of the time but for some other classes it was not the case. So for now maybe we still have to wait and see.”

How will he develop gear for the widely different conditions? “Across the courses, the range of sailing conditions is very large,

Aquece Rio Olympic Test Event 2014 - Final Results1 GBR 41 Giles Scott (7) 1 5 1 2 1 4 1 1 4 2 222 FRA 112 Jonathan Lobert 9 3 6 6 9 4 3 2 (13) 8 6 563 GBR 11 Edward Wright 2 4 7 10 (14) 2 5 5 8 3 10 564 BRA 109 Jorge Zarif 1 2 (13) 5 5 8 6 9 3 6 18 635 POL 17 Piotr Kula 3 6 11 8 11 5 8 5 (ret) 9 8 746 NZL 16 Andrew Murdoch 10 12 8 4 3 3 1 10 4 (14) 20 757 ITA 117 Giorgio Poggi 13 10 4 2 4 7 12 8 5 (16) 12 778 FRA 29 Thomas le Breton 6 7 1 11 10 9 (16) 3 2 15 14 789 NZL 24 Josh Junior 5 16 (dsq) 3 1 6 7 16 7 1 16 7810 NED 842 Pieter-Jan Postma 11 (ocs) 3 9 6 10 2 13 14 7 4 7911 SWE 33 Max Salminen 8 8 12 7 12 11 (15) 7 10 5 -- 8012 USA 6 Caleb Paine 14 5 (16) 15 8 16 9 6 12 2 -- 8713 FIN 218 Tapio Nirkko (15) 14 2 12 7 15 10 11 9 13 -- 9314 CHN 1226 Gong Lei 12 9 9 14 (ocs) 12 11 15 6 10 -- 9815 SWE 6 Björn Allansson 4 11 14 (17) 15 13 13 12 15 12 -- 10916 SLO 5 Gasper Vincec 16 15 10 13 13 14 14 (dnc) 16 17 -- 12817 BRA 1 Bruno Prada (17) 13 15 16 16 17 17 14 11 11 -- 130


Focus on youth - six stories from juniors

During the year we have spoken to a large number of juniors. The strength

of the junior fleet was highlighted by both the super competitive Silver Cup in Hoorn in July, and in Santander, with the Junior World Champion Anders Pedersen finishing in eighth in the most competitive senior fleet of the year. Here are some of the stories we covered this year.

Lars Johan Brodtkorb - NORLars Johan Brodtkorb (below) came to the Silver Cup as the current Europe class European champion. He was also awarded the ‘Sailor of the Year’ by the Norwegian Sailing Federation for his strong performance last season in the Europe dinghy. “I started in the Finn in the Norwegian National Championship last year, and then I didn’t sail again until Spring this year. I am enjoying the Finn very much. I am used to sailing the Europe, and they are very similar. The Finn is fun to sail, just a bit bigger. Right now I am not so fast in the heavy winds. I really like sailing downwind, very equal to the Europe which is no surprise, but surfing is always fun.”

While he struggled in the breeze in Hoorn, in the two light wind races, that were later abandoned, he was the clear leader. “The knowledge is the same; usually I am one of the heavier sailors but now I am the lightest, so it is different because my sailing trim is a bit different as I now have to depower more. I have to do what I am telling the lighter sailors in the Europe to do.”

On his future plans, “I am going to try and get a new boat and sail the Finn more. After

this regatta I will sail the Europe worlds, and after that I will probably order a new boat and then we’ll see. I haven’t had that much time to train so far.”

Martin Robitaille - CANThe 2012 Junior World Champion, Martin Robitaille (right) sailed his final junior regatta in Hoorn. He described how Finn sailing is progressing in Canada. “We are three junior Canadians training together. We had some awesome training this spring. Two of the guys have only joined this year and they have made huge improvements and I’m really glad to be there to give them some advice on the Finn, but so far I’m pretty happy for them where they are.”

“Kyle Martin and Riley Finch are still in High School, but they are both showing great potential. In training they are both a similar speed to me. They are both from the Laser, just 19 and 20, so both young, but still very big. We eat well in Canada.”

Before Santander he said, “I have made some huge improvements over the few months so the fight for Rio is going to be tight, but I just need to do some more racing I think. That’s why I am happy to come back to Europe and to train with more Finn sailors. I’ve already been in Valencia at the Dinghy Academy with Luca Devoti. Luca is great. He has a really good gig going for all the athletes. I have a lot of gratitude for what he does for all the athletes. It’s really good.”

Santiago Falasca - ARGSantiago Falasca, aged 18, only started sailing the Finn in March at the Dinghy Academy in Valencia. “I started because I knew some Argentinian and Uruguayan guys were sailing in Valencia so I thought it was a good opportunity to have some progress in my sailing.”

Falasca (right) gets some help through the Finn class development programme, FIDeS. “The Finn Class is giving me help through Luca, accommodation in Valencia, a boat to train in, and some financial help to come to the regattas. It’s a big help for me to do this and sail the Finn in Europe.”

“I have been sailing the Laser since I was 14 and now I have just turned 18.” What attracted him? “The challenge of the Finn,

the opportunity to do an Olympic campaign. The fact that coming to Europe and sailing the Finn was much easier for training every day with good guys. That wasn’t so possible in the Laser in Argentina. I am training every day in Valencia with Vasilij Zbogar, with Zsombor Berecz, and with many great guys who know how to sail properly, so that’s a really great way to improve my sailing.”

“Hopefully I will be able to go to Takapuna (for the second Olympic qualifier in 2015) because now with the continental spots I might have a good chance, so I would like to take that chance. That’s why I am training so hard in Valencia every day.”

What does Falasca most like about the Finn, “I like many things about the Finn. At first when I started I wasn’t very fit and didn’t like the free pumping but now I am starting to like it a lot. If you put in proper effort you

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can overtake many boats. I like the upwind much more than in the Laser even though it is harder, because I really like the way the boat moves through the waves.”

“In the Finn I have learned more about sailing than in all the other years I have been sailing. In these six months I have learned more than in all my previous sailing career because the Finn is a very complete boat, from rigging the boat, to materials, everything is very complete for sailing.”

Riccardo Bevilacqua – ITARiccardo Bevilacqua started sailing Finn last year, with his first major event at the 2013 Silver Cup in Malcesine. “I started in Optimist and then in Laser 4.7, Radial and Standard. Later I became too big for these and I didn’t know what to sail until one day I met Lanfranco Cirillo and he suggested I try the Finn. That was just perfect and once I sailed one, it was a beautiful experience.”

At the 2013 Silver Cup, “I was invited to be part of Team Fantastica. I already used one of their boats in Anzio. Then Lanfranco invited me to join the team after we had a conversation about my sailing and my life and everything.”

“Now I can race without any problems. Before I would have to think about where is the accommodation, and who can help me to do this or that. But now we have perfect coaches who can help me with this and Fantastica organises this for me. I need only to think about the racing and this is much better for me to improve my sailing.”

“My coaches are teaching me everything. I need to learn how to sail in every condition, and they teach me everything about the Finn. I started from zero and slowly I will arrive at some good results.”

“For me downwind in light winds are good at the moment, but what I really need to work on is my starting. I need to train with more and more people and do some more starts and improve to get better, to try and arrive better at the first mark. But in one year I feel I have improved a lot in all conditions. I am very good at physical preparation, on a bike and in the gym. But in the summer my focus is sailing training.”

“I really enjoy reaching at good speed with the water in your face. It’s an incredible feeling and I really love those moments.”

Anatoly Korshikov – RUSTeam Fantastica also took on Anatoly Korshikov (left) late in 2013. “I started in Fantastica last year in November. I met with Lanfranco Cirillo in Gelendzhik, near Sochi on the Black Sea and he asked whether I would like to start training with his team. I go to Gelendzhik to train with Lanfranco and then I went to Palma to start sailing with the team.”

“I started in the Finn last year in May. I sailed in the Russian Cup and then went to the Silver Cup on Garda. That was my first big completion.”

“A normal day for me is one session on the water of two hours, some time in the gym, or about two hours on my bike. We do a lot of our training in Torbole, on Garda, with Michele and Bambi, but I still live in Russia.”

He described the benefits of being with an established team. “The team gives me everything. When I joined the team I didn’t have a good boat, or a good sail or mast, and they gave me this and much more. It provides me a lot of help.”

He says he has always been fast upwind in strong winds. “But now I am getting better downwind. I used to lose a lot of positions on the downwind but I am getting better. Now I started training with Fantastica with some good guys, every time I go out I get a bit better, day by day.”

“I like sailing every time I go, every day. I like the adrenaline in strong winds, upwind and downwind in nice waves. I like being around and on the water.”

Anders Pedersen – NORAnders Pedersen (above right) has had an amazing year. He capped off his final year as a junior by winning the Silver Cup in

Hoorn and then exceeded all expectations by not only qualifying Norway for a place in Rio, but also finishing top 10 at the Finn Gold Cup in Santander.

“It was my third try to get the Silver Cup, so it’s great. It means a lot to be Junior Champion in Norway.”

“My dream goal was to qualify Norway for the Olympics, though I didn’t really dare to say it out loud. But it was a good week and it turned out well for me.”

“I’d known for the previous few months that I had really good speed so I was just trying to use that and follow the good guys and use simple tactics and hang with the group. Getting into the medal race was just a real bonus.”

“There is not a lot of funding in Norway, especially for the Finn, so now I hope I get the right openings and get some funding that will allow me to train a bit easier than it has been.”


Finn sailing from across the world

2014 Austrian National - Final Results1 AUT 3 Florian Raudaschl [bfd] 2 4 5 1 1 132 GER 8 Jürgen Eiermann [12] 1 3 8 3 2 173 AUT 111 Michael Luschan 2 16 6 [19] 5 4 334 CZE 33 Ivan Rames 5 4 11 12 2 [bfd] 345 AUT 11 Bernd Moser 1 [14] 1 10 11 12 356 AUT 333 Gerhard Weinreich 8 12 9 [15] 4 3 367 GER 39 Karl-Heinz Erich 4 7 2 [29] 13 15 418 CZE 70 Vaclav Cintl [34] 6 5 17 6 8 429 AUT 7 Michael Gubi 14 5 17 2 7 [bfd] 4510 GER 206 Klaus Reffelmann [27] 11 19 1 9 13 53

11 GER 82 Alfons Huber 5512 AUT 303 Gerd Wayrethmayr 6013 ITA 83 Matteo Savio 6414 GER 157 Frank Dinnebier 7315 AUT 9 Gerhard Vellusig 7716 CZE 67 Josef Jochovic 8017 CZE 318 Martin Plecity 8318 AUT 18 Lukas Höllwerth 8319 GER 145 Kai-Uwe Göldenitz 9220 CZE 7 Vaclav Cintl 10421 AUT 5 Nikolaus Lehner 11322 GER 164 Claus Wimmer 12223 CZE 8 Jiri Outrata 12524 AUT 288 Hannes Blaschke 12725 AUT 273 Markus Schneeberger 12826 CZE 75 Vladimir Skalicky 12927 GER 701 Klaus-Dieter Götz 13928 AUT 511 Gerhard Schwendt 14229 AUT 8 Hartwig Gfreiner 14530 AUT 2 Wolfgang Zeiner 14531 GER 3 Walter Mai 156

32 AUT 36 Helmuth Gubi 15633 AUT 302 Alfred Braumüller 15834 GER 114 Jacek Kalinski 16335 AUT 72 Georg Schöfegger 16436 AUT 6 Bernd Rohlfs 16537 AUT 400 Bernhard Klingler 18238 GER 55 Herbert Sondermann 18339 SUI 63 Thomas Gautschi 18540 RSA 539 Klaus Weixelbaumer 18541 AUT 307 Georg Pommer 19342 ITA 53 Leopold Starke 20243 GER 162 Gerd Hübner 20444 AUT 382 Emanuel Braumüller 20445 AUT 17 Andreas Moosgassner 20446 AUT 19 Gerald Raschke 20647 ITA 93 Nikolaus Mair 21048 AUT 7361 Helmut Mayr 21749 GER 5 Herbert Straub 22150 GER 62 Uwe Barthel 22251 GER 12 David Guminski 22352 GER 248 Eckehard Zülow 227

53 AUT 110 Klaus Schiller 23054 GER 179 Helmut Lömker 23755 GER 63 Michael Pandler 24456 AUT 21 Erich J Scherzer 25557 AUT 10 Engelbert Prutsch 26058 GER 19 Andreas Bollongino 26159 SUI 1 Hans Fatzer 26460 GER 36 Dr. Adalbert Wiest 26761 GER 3228 Anton Steinberger 26962 AUT 272 Andreas Polanka 28063 AUT 244 Andreas Poell 28664 GER 91 Nadine Zülow 29665 GER 131 Horst Schlick 29866 AUT 295 Johann Raudaschl 30367 CZE 58 Jirí Silhavý 30668 AUT 318 Bernard Embacher 30869 ITA 57 Fritz Starke 31270 GER 49 Horst 31871 AUT 320 Csaba Gal 32772 AUT 286 Wolfgang Kronsteiner 328

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AUSTRIAAustrian Nationals 2014An international fleet of 75 Finn sailors from six nations gathered on Lake Wolfgangsee.The conditons proved very difficult with unstable winds ranging from 5 to 25 knots. Florian Raudaschl used his knowledge of his home waters and won the regatta from Jürgen Eiermann, who was the fastest sailor upwind by far.

Copa ZarifColin Reed writes: Regatta for the late Jorge Zarif Sr. Antonio Carvalho Moreira is very fast and still young and one to be watched for the future.

1 BRA Antonio Carvalho Moreira 32 BRA 16 Arnaldo C 63 BRA 15 Mario Soerensen 94 BRA 33 Ricardo 145 BRA 35 Colin Reed 16


DENMARKChristian Qvist writes: Since the last issue of Finnfare, things have been nice and easy in Denmark. We had the Open Danish Championships in Kerteminde, with 48 participants from six nations; DEN, SWE, FIN, NOR, GER and NED.

The series had everything from no wind, to postponement on land due to heavy wind. Normally when the Dutch arrive at a Danish Championship they are pretty confident of winning, and normally we have to nicely applaud when they receive their prices. This year however, that was not the case. Not because the Dutch performance overall was worse than previous years, but because the next generation of Danish Finn sailors are a really tough crowd to handle. The first four places were Danish. Defending his title Mads Bendix won again, followed by Stig Steinfurth and Jørgen Svendsen in third. In fourth place was André Højen, who more than tripled his amount of hours in the Finn during the series, coming from four hours to more than 12 hours.

The bay of Kerteminde and the facilities are some of the best you can get in Denmark, however due to the heavy wind on the last day of the series only 5 races were completed.

11 DEN 5 Jacob Stachelhaus 4212 NED 7 Cees Scheurwater 4913 SWE 14 Stefan Nordström 5214 NED 29 Bas de Waal 5515 FIN 225 MIkael Hyrylainen 5916 DEN 21 Otto Strandvig 5917 DEN 23 Martin Boidin 6618 NED 31 Jan Willem Kok 6719 DEN 231 Kenneth Bøggild 7220 DEN 22 Jens Chr. Jurlander 7821 DEN 20 Stefan Myralf 8022 DEN 80 Michael Staal 8723 NOR 64 Pette Fjeld 8924 NED 27 Paul Kamphorst 9425 DEN 112 Jesper Bonnesen 9426 DEN 140 Michael Bæk 9927 DEN 211 Christian Qvist 10128 DEN 11 Jens Makholm 10329 DEN 201 Nikolai Ratzlaff 10330 DEN 17 Lars Juel Christensen 10431 DEN 220 Michael Nielsen 10932 NED 18 Johan van Stralen 11133 DEN 1 Frank Hansen 11634 DEN 183 Jens Kristian Andersen 126

35 DEN 33 Christian Poulsen 12636 DEN 246 Johnny Aagesen 12937 GER 26 Willi Meister 12938 DEN 14 Jan Verner Nielsen 13039 NED 126 Maarten Godschalx 13040 DEN 18 Richard Berg-Larsen 13241 DEN 250 Jacob Nielsen 13442 DEN 249 Svend Andersen 13843 SWE 100 Petter Hartman 15844 DEN 13 Lars Tjørnvig 16045 DEN 277 William Millard 16746 DEN 8 Peter Malm 17247 DEN 69 Gunnar Gudmundsson 17648 DEN 192 Ole Blichfeldt Madsen 176

Photos: Right: Danish Championships; left:Frederik Svendsen, Stig Steinfurth and André

Højen ‘Scouting for wind’; top: Stig Steinfurth in training

2014 Danish Championship - Final Results1 DEN 4 Mads Bendix 1 (10) 1 1 2 52 DEN 31 Stig Steinfurth (9) 4 7 2 3 163 DEN 3 Jørgen Svendsen 4 2 (12) 3 7 164 DEN 2 André Højen 2 6 8 (12) 1 175 NOR 1 Anders Pedersen 3 1 (15) 5 9 186 DEN 7 Frederik Mads Svendsen (19) 7 2 7 4 207 NED 41 Karel van Hellemond 5 3 (25) 10 8 268 NED 80 Sander Willems (25) 8 6 8 5 279 FIN 5 Robert Nyberg (20) 15 11 4 6 3610 DEN 9 Thomas Mørup-Petersen 10 (12) 9 6 12 37Aarhus Festugestævne 2014

30-31 AugustNext up was the all-time favourite Aarhus Sailing Week. 12 Finns and several hundred in other classes met for two days of sailing. In the Finn fleet eight high quality races were completed. Aarhus also hosted its annual week of mid-town festivities so the Finnsters went all-in on Saturday night and hit the town. After some beers we all headed back to the marina, where Aarhus Sailing Club had arranged boats for us to sleep in. Nice.

1 DEN 31 Stig Steinfurth 60 2 DEN 5 Jacob Stachelhaus 130 3 DEN 2 André Højen Christiansen 130 4 DEN 231 Kenneth Bøggild 210 5 DEN 80 Michael Staal 290 6 DEN 249 Svend Vogt Andersen 350 7 DEN 1 Frank Hansen 380 8 GER 231 Denny Jeschull 390 9 DEN 211 Christian Qvist 530 10 DEN 14 Jan Verner Nielsen 560 11 DEN 33 Christian Poulsen 610 12 GER 26 Willi Meister 710

The last regatta before the deadline was the traditional Dragør Mesterskab, first weekend of October. Again 12 Finns competed on this beautiful fall day, with perfect sailing conditions in Dragør. Dragør is well known for the strange currents dominating the race area. Maybe they are not strange, but let’s just say that local knowledge isn’t to your disadvantage. Case in point, the first two places were taken by locals Frank Hansen and Michael Staal, followed by Svend Andersen.


GREAT BRITAIN 2014 British National Championship - Final Results1 GBR 720 Julian Smith 1 2 1 2 (3) 3 92 GBR 2 Allen Burrell 4 (11) 3 1 1 1 103 GBR 567 Martin Hughes 5 1 2 (10) 4 5 174 GBR 5 John Greenwood 2 (13) 5 3 5 2 175 GBR 635 Simon Percival (15) 4 4 9 2 8 276 GBR 11 Colin Leonard 6 9 (12) 5 7 4 317 GBR 59 Pete Ashworth 9 7 6 (12) 8 6 368 GBR 65 Dave Potter 12 3 7 14 6 (ocs) 429 GBR 20 Andy Denison (21) 14 9 6 9 7 4510 GBR 37 Steve Hayles 13 12 8 4 (dnf) 12 49

11 GBR 61 John Heyes 5112 GBR 52 Will Patten 6413 GBR 80 Ray New 6514 GBR 672 Daniel Farrimond 6615 GBR 78 Robert Temple 7016 GBR 595 Edward Thorburn 7717 GBR 27 Jourdon Swindon 7718 GBR 617 Jean-Louis Simons 7819 GBR 679 Neil Robinson 8320 GBR 99 John Torrance 8521 GBR 533 Guy Cokill 9122 GBR 682 Ted Mount 9823 GBR 727 Paul Smith 100

Julian Smith, Finn National Champion receives the Sunday Times Gold Cup from Commodore David Taylor and organiser Catherine Hartley

British Nationals 2014West Kirby Sailing Club, July 10–13. 2014Martin Hughes writes: Twenty three Finns contested the 2014 British Finn Association National Championships, held at West Kirby Sailing Club over a long weekend July 10–13. The venue of West Kirby was a new and exciting venture for the class, who were not disappointed.

Friday morning dawned with the forecast light south-westerly and a vast expanse of sand at the end of the slipway to greet competitors. The sand was rapidly replaced by fast moving water as the tide raced in, filling the Dee estuary and allowing the Finns to launch and sail to the race area.

Early leaders in race one, John Greenwood and Neil Robinson, were soon overwhelmed on the run by Julian Smith who then stretched out his lead as the tide began to slacken. In race two Martin Hughes tacked onto port early and took full advantage of the stronger ebb tide on the right and extend over the next two legs to win the shortened race. Afternoon sailing continued on the marine lake with six boats making the most of the opportunity of close quarters racing with a competitive upwind downwind series of races. West Kirby Sailing Club hosted a fantastic barbecue for the sailors on Friday evening.

Saturday’s forecast for a 5-6 knot breeze from the south-east ensured the wind against

tide situation required use of the black flag. Simon Percival rounded the windward mark first followed by Pete Ashworth, both bore away onto a run towards the leeward mark. Smith and Hughes took a higher line to get into the shallower water and weaker tidal stream and rolled over the other sailors to establish a commanding lead by the leeward mark. Race four commenced in barely 6 knots of breeze with Allen Burrell taking line honours followed by Greenwood and Smith.

The overnight rain cleared Sunday morning to reveal a bright and breezy day with 14-20 knots blowing straight into the Dee estuary. Hughes and Greenwood looked best placed to round first but the strong tide favoured those who stood inshore longest, allowing Percival to lead around the mark. The race was won by Burrell with Percival in second and Smith again in third.

Race six started with a flurry of activity especially at the pin end of the line with the young ebb pushing the fleet over the line. Greenwood and Burrell rounded the windward mark first and began the sleigh ride downwind. The wind had increased to over 20 knots and the waves were beginning to increase in size providing a great opportunity to surf and really get up speed. Colin Leonard took fourth, Smith third, Greenwood second and Burrell first. All that was needed was time for the results to be computed. The final reach home was exhilarating with wonderful rolling waves and plenty of wind.

Ashore the sailors were treated to yet another slap up feed before the prizegiving. Julian Smith took a well-deserved first place followed by Allen Burrell and Martin Hughes.

ITALYCoppa Italia 2014The final event of Coppa Italia Finn took place in Malcesine, Lake Garda, the first weekend of October. Before the start, the top three in the provisional results were within three points, with Enrico Passoni leading with just one point on the Junior Matteo Savio and two more points on Giacomo Giovanelli. They all fought hard in Malcesine, but Enrico had a very strong and consistent series, keeping his competitors behind and managed to gain his second consecutive victory in Coppa Italia. Enrico was one of the best Italian Finn sailors in the International circuit in the early 90s and has been back in the Finn for a few years.

Matteo Savio, who has just turned 18 and is on his second year in the Finn, took the second place just a single point away from the Trophy. He is fast improving and is for sure one of the future hopes for the Italian

Finn class. Giacomo Giovanelli in third is also on his second year on the Finn and is very fast and consistent.

In 2014 18 races were sailed in Coppa Italia during five weekends and 86 Italian sailors plus many foreign friends participated in the event. Coppa Italia is supported by a pool of sponsors which offer their products for the final prizegiving: KevLove Bags, Grappa Bertagnolli, Quantum Sail Design Group, 3FL Saildesign, HitechSailing.com, Gill-Tomasoni Fittings, Bertacca Sail Equipment, Essemarine, Residence Ca’ del

Lago, Azienda agricola Valpanera, Hotel Piccolo Malcesine.

1 ITA 6 Enrico Passoni 3692 ITA 83 Matteo Savio 3683 ITA 202 Giacomo Giovannelli 3554 ITA 2 Marco Buglielli 3445 ITA 52 Franco Martinelli 2796 ITA 67 Gino Bucciarelli 2737 ITA 11 Paolo Cisbani 2408 ITA 55 Walter Riosa 2209 ITA 4 Francesco Faggiani 20710 ITA 1022 Filippo Petella 202


Malcesine International Finn Cup47 Finns from nine countries gathered in Malcesine at the beginning of October for the traditional International Finn Cup - Andrea Menoni Trophy. The weather was warm and a nice wind allowed all the scheduled races to be completed in the three day event.

Three tough and long races were sailed on the first day with a 10-12 knots Ora and Giorgio Poggi showed his intentions with two bullets and a third place, with Enrico Voltolini winning the second race. On the second day the fight between Giorgio and Enrico continued and they shared victories in the two races of the day. Again a nice Ora which picked at 14 knots allowed perfect sailing conditions and free pumping in almost all downwind legs.

On the last day only one race was left and the Race Committee decided to wake everybody up early, with a start at 8.30 in order to make the most of the Northerly Peler. A good race was sailed but the wind was not as strong as usual in the morning, blowing only at 7-8 knots. Again Giorgio and Enrico were neck and neck all the race, with Giorgio Poggi going to win the race and the series. Second place went of course to Enrico Voltolini, while third was the Russian Vladimir Krutskikh, coach of Lanfranco Cirillo’s Fantastica Sailing Team and former Olympian in Athens. The Austrian Florian

NORWAYZelimir Saljic writes: From our last report in November 2013, our Norwegian sailors were very active in various international events. At home we had successfully organised an open National championship in 2014 at the Fredrikstad Sailing Club. The championship took place between the 30-31 of August at the same venue as last year, in front of the beautiful island of Hankoe. During the two days of the competition, there were nice winds, from 5 to 15 m/s and warm weather. The pleasant social atmosphere in the historical clubhouse, located in old wooden boat shipyard, made this event unforgettable.

1 NOR 5 Lars Johan Brodtkorb 62 NOR 64 Petter Fjeld 133 SWE 59 Lars Edwall 164 NOR 11 Jens Makholm 205 NOR 7 Paal HH Lindenskov 286 SWE 725 Jan-Erik Floren 427 NOR 6 Zelimir Saljic 468 NOR 739 Tom Bråthen 54

In June this year Norwegian Finn sailors participated in the Norwegian Cup organised by Norwegian Sailing Federation for dinghies in Asker Sailing Club. In the two days of sailing five Finns sailed with another 150 boats and demonstrated the advantages and excitement of Finn sailing to younger sailors and others from the dingy world.

We would like to mention young Anders Pedersen (NOR 1) who continues to improve his international World Cup rankings. After sailing in the Europeans and Kiel Week he won the juniors World Master. This year Anders greatest success was the Gold Cup where he finished in eighth place, qualifying Norway for the Olympics in the Finn. This was the last year that Anders sailed as a junior and we hope that he will continue with the good results in the future. Our new star is another Norwegian junior: Lars Johan Brodtkorb who joined Finn in 2013 after he

won the Europeans in the Europe dinghy. This year he competitor in the Europeans in Finn, Kiel week as well as the juniors Worlds.

Behind the brilliant juniors, older sailors were also active internationally. Petter Fjeld, NOR 64, sailed in Australian Finn Championship in Brisbane. In Cannes, beside Anders, was Jens Makholm; At Finn Masters in Poland Norway was represented by 3 sailors.

The plan for next year is to hold the three events in home waters. The Norwegian Championship will be on west side of the Oslo fjord, organised by the Sandefjord Sailing Club. Two other regattas are planned to be within the Norwegian Dinghy Cup.

Lastly, an interesting curiosity; this year the Norwegian Finn Association was joined by a new member whose Finn (new Devoti) is, probably, the most northeast located Finn in the world. His name is Robert Rahn (NOR 10) and he sails his Finn in areas north from city of Trondheim in small place named Frosta. (63°34’22.27”N; 10°44’40.17”E). It will be interesting if we can discover through Finnfare, if this really the most northerly located Finn.

Raudaschl followed in fourth and Christoph Burger from Switzerland was fifth.

The organisation put in place by Fraglia Vela Malcesine was perfect as usual, with plenty of space and facilities, pasta party every day and nice gadgets for all the sailors. The Andrea Menoni Trophy was awarded to Giorgio Poggi as first Italian in the leaderboard.

1 ITA 117 Giorgio Poggi 62 ITA 66 Enrico Voltolini 103 RUS 7 Vladimir Krutskikh 214 AUT 3 Florian Raudaschl 235 SUI 7 Christoph Burger 236 CZE 3 Rudolf Lidarik 337 CZE 1 Michael Maier 358 ITA 14 Yury Tokovoy 389 ITA 6 Enrico Passoni 3810 ITA 83 Matteo Savio 54

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Ronald Ruiter writes: Dear fellow Finn sailors. Here some stories about the Dutch Finn sailing this summer. And what a summer it was. We probably had more hours of sun than Italy, Spain and France together. And rumours are that the next Les Voiles de Saint Tropez will be held in Scheveningen, because the weather and the terraces are so much better.

But seriously; we had a busy schedule this summer. With more than 10 national regattas between June and October, our wives, families and friends became strangers, but it was worth it. And after all, we still have each other…We made a small selection of these races, because we don’t want to take all of Robert’s space in this beautiful magazine.

At the Vrijbuiter weekend in Loosdrecht there were a lot of competitors from the area, and in Loosdrecht that means trouble. As one of our most honest sailing guys said, if the stakes are lower, the worst the rules are followed. And at the end, it was the battle between long international experience and local talent. Bob Heineke won from Martijn van Muyden and Eric Bakker.

Top 10 from 28 entries1 NED 17 Bob Heineke 92 NED 42 Martijn van Muyden 113 NED 703 Eric Bakker 164 NED 60 Luuk Kuijper 195 NED 29 Bas de Waal 196 NED 49 Jan Mark Meeuwisse 247 NED 881 Thierry van Vierssen 268 NED 4 Albert Kroon 319 NED 101 Chris Frijdal 3510 NED 7 Cees Scheurwater 37

And then we went to Friesland, land of ice-skating, beautiful blond women and Beerenburg. Peter Aukema had challenged everyone to compete on the famous Sneekermeer for the Summerraces. Although the racing was great, the party and BBQ afterward are even a better reason to join next year. With wind shifts of 60 degrees and more, it was difficult, but in the end, always the best sailor wins. And so Nanno Schuttrups won his third event of the year (after Nijkerk and Steinhude) just ahead of locals Peter Aukema and Bart Brijder.

Top 10 from 24 entries1 NED 787 Nanno Schuttrups 62 NED 40 Peter Aukema 123 NED 57 Bart Brijder 164 NED 101 Chris Frijdal 165 NED 64 Wietze Zetzema 186 NED 45 Bas Weijman 237 NED 67 Ronald Ruiter 248 NED 76 Klaas Bood 269 NED 10 Nanne Boot 2710 NED 112 Michel Miltenburg 29

And than to the real gig on the Sneekermeer: the Sneekweek. This is really a survival of the fittest. The combination of Frisian women, booze, beer and a 10.00 start make it one of

the toughest races in the world. Even getting to the start is an ordeal. So after a long week, Tijmen van Rootselaar was definitely the best from Ronald Ruiter and local Bart Brijder.

Top 10 from 19 entries1 NED 94 Tijmen van Rootselaar 92 NED 67 Ronald Ruiter 203 NED 57 Bart Brijder 234 NED 62 Tim Van Rootselaar 255 NED 76 Klaas Bood 286 NED 112 Michel Miltenburg 297 NED 982 Maarten Russchen 378 AUS 8 Dirk Seret 489 NED 43 Ronald Van Klooster 5210 NED 6 Rob De Cocq 53

One of the best hosted regattas of the year is the Randmeerrace. Not only on the water, but definitely on shore it is worth joining next year. After six beautiful races, Karel van Hellemond proved to be in great shape for our nationals and he won. Tobias Kirchbaum came in second, from Bas de Waal.

Top 20 from 52 entries1 NED 41 Karel van Hellemond 72 NED 972 Tobias Kirschbaum 173 NED 29 Bas de Waal 184 NED 94 Tijmen van Rootselaar 235 NED 881 Thierry van Vierssen 236 NED 69 Jelte Baerends 337 NED 67 Ronald Ruiter 348 NED 40 Peter Aukema 359 NED 55 Eddy Huisman 4810 NED 999 Dennis de Ruiter 52

And than to the main event of 2014, our National Championships. And we think we have to apologise to our German and Swedish friends who came from far, but experienced an event, that was not always worth being called a National Championship. We invite you for next year and we promise to host you the best event ever.

And despite the starting times, the fog, the green soup at the ramp and the unnecessary missing of a few starts, it was a great event. Especially the well known traditional Finnborrel (boozing with friend) was perfect. And all the frustration of the first two days were forgotten after a beautiful last day with three races between 16 and 26 knots of wind.

Karel van Hellemond is our National Champion (masters and young heroes). Sander Willems lost the victory in the last race with more than bad luck. Gert van der Heijden had a great Finn comeback with a third place.

Dutch Nationals 2014 - Final Results1 NED 41 Karel van Hellemond 2 9 (21) 2 6 2 2 232 NED 80 Sander Willems 5 (43) 1 4 3 5 11 293 NED 62 Gert van der Heijden 4 8 4 9 2 (dns) 4 314 NED 927 Douwe Broekens 6 (15) 8 10 4 3 3 345 NED 17 Bob Heineke 15 1 (20) 6 7 9 8 466 NED 787 Nanno Schuttrups 1 18 3 (dns) 16 4 7 497 GER 799 Cornelius Schollmayer 3 (27) 2 15 9 6 14 498 NED 54 Joos Bos 9 2 9 8 (25) 25 15 689 NED 29 Bas De Waal 12 11 6 (bfd) 11 10 24 7410 NED 101 Chris Frijdal 10 14 (29) 16 14 12 9 75

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11 SWE 825 Olof Lundqvist 8112 NED 94 Tijmen Rootselaar 8313 NED 841 Hein van Egmond 8714 NED 965 Robert Thole 8815 NED 66 Ewout Meijer 8816 NED 60 Luuk Kuijper 9417 NED 7 Cees Scheurwater 11218 NED 67 Ronald Ruiter 11419 NED 770 Hein Bloemers 12120 NED 88 Chiel Barends 12221 NED 100 Arend Arendvandersluis 12622 NED 86 Stefan Marechal 13123 AUS 8 Dirk Seret 13424 NED 966 Sander Jorissen 13625 SWE 59 Lars Edwall 14926 NED 27 Paul Kamphorst 15427 NED 902 Pieter Risseeuw 16428 NED 43 Ronald van Klooster 16629 NED 922 Roel van Olst 16930 NED 50 Jan Zetzema 17731 NED 35 Bas Proper 17832 NED 22 Peter Hubregtsen 18133 NED 2 Wouter Molenaar 18234 NED 704 Erik Verboom 18435 GER 202 Rolf Elsaesser 19036 NED 126 Maarten Godschalx 20537 GER 62 Uwe Barthel 20638 NED 18 Johan Van Straalen 21039 NED 924 Fred van Arkel 21440 NED 82 Roel Lubberts 22141 NED 31 Hans Zuurendonk 22342 NED 58 Maxim Berrens 22843 NED 8 Rodrick Casander 23644 NED 931 Hessel Hoekstra 23945 NED 823 Nico Van Wirdum 24646 GER 707 Uli Breuer 25747 NED 112 Michel Miltenburg 26348 GER 52 Reinhold Gross 26349 NED 963 Paul Douze 27250 GER 45 Dirk Sundermann 27351 NED 982 Maarten Russchen 27752 GER 165 Dirk Meid 28053 NED 32 Peter Verhoef 29054 GER 751 Benedikt Jost 308

So now we prepare for the Boerenkoolcup and Fons van Gents’ Roermond. And than we will join the winter series in Hellevoetsluis or Nijkerk. We hope and expect to have more summer days this winter.

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RUSSIAFinn Russian CupVasiliy Kravchenko writes: The Finn Russian Cup is organised by the Russian Finn Association and consists of several stages held in almost all Russian regions where the Finn is present. In 2014 it consisted of stages in Gelendzhik, Sochi, Taganrog, Togliatti, Krasnoyarsk and Moscow. Thanks to this, more athletes have the opportunity to take part, which promotes the further development of Finn class in these regions.

1- Gelendzhik, 11-14 April 14 athletes from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Italy took part in the competition. Splendid weather with variable strong and medium winds, with good waves, allowed eight races in three days. Borisov from Sevastopol, won five races. Andre Gusenko from Dnepropetrovsk was second. Alexander Kulyukin from Togliatti won the final race and came third. At the same time a joint meeting of the Russian and Ukrainian Finn Associations was held. Plans were discussed for joint activities and confirmed plans to hold the CIS Open Championship for Finn Masters in Sevastopol in October.

2 - Alexander Novikov regattaAlexander Novikov joined the Russian Finn Association almost since its foundation and made a great contribution to its development and the training of young sailors. On July 10, 2013, Alexander was killed in a car accident. After that the Finn Association decided to hold an annual regatta dedicated

to his memory, in Taganrog. This year there were 14 sailors from seven regions. The first day was lost because of the lack of wind. On the second day the organisers carried out six races. But there were tricky lake conditions with wind streaks, shifts and other surprises. Dmitry Petrov won, with second place taken by a girl, Svetlana Shnitko, having shown others how to go downwind. Alexander Kulyukin was third.

� - SochiThe competition attracted 14 participants. Egor Terpigorev confidently won ahead of his opponent from the national team Alexei Selivanov. The duel for the third place was between juniors Arkady Kistanov and Anatoly Korshikov and only the final race decided the destiny of the bronze medal. Kistanov did his best, used all his skills in match-races and gave no chance to Anatoly.

4 - Volga River, Konakovo, June 1�-22This is for the second time that the rapidly developing resort Konakovo River Club has hosted a Finn competition. The club provides motor boats and comfortable accommodation for the competitors. This year there were eight athletes, who received a fantastic welcome. On the first day the gusty wind reached 25 knots, then became more moderate. There were 12 well organised races. Felix Denikaev confidently won from Alexander Kravchenko who had good results on the final day. Alexey Borovyak was third, one point ahead of Vasiliy Kravchenko.

5 - Povolzhye regattaPovolzhye regatta is one of the most famous Russian sailing competitions. The history of this event began in 1937. Then, in Kuibyshev on the initiative of the legendary pilot Valery Chkalov, the first Povolzhye regatta started. In 1967 the regatta moved to Stavropol-on-Volga (Togliatti at present time). And since then this place has become a permanent base for the competition. Ivan

Izmestev was first, Alexander Kulyukin took second and Dmitry Petrov was third.

� - Crystal Cup, Moscow, 12-1� July The competition attracted 21 sailors from Moscow and the Moscow region. The weather favoured the sailors and the organizers with two sunny and windy days. Eight races were carried out, all held in a friendly atmosphere. It was an exciting fight with each sailor from the top 10 leading a race at least once. Felix Denikaev won from Alexander Kasatov and Alexander Kravchenko.

� - Siberian Cup, Krasnoyarsk, �-10 Aug.The races took place at the Krasnoyarsk water basin in the Shumiha river bay. The Admiral eco-park hosts the competition, which attracted 16 Finn sailors. The fight was tough so that it was difficult to know who would be at the top until the final race. Alexander Makogonov won and retained the title from Vladimir Kovalenko, a winner of international competitions in kite surfing, and Eugene Vertohvostov.

� - Open Russian, Moscow, 2�-�1 Aug.The Open Russian is one of the most popular Russian Finn regattas. It started in 2007 and regularly attracts 50 to 80 sailors from Russia and abroad. Traditionally it includes the Russian Finn Masters and Russian Championship in the Finn.


11 RUS 21 Vladimir Butenko 109 12 RUS 161 Aleksandr Kulyukin 111 13 RUS 3 Aleksey Borovyak 123 14 RUS 171 Aleksandr Kravchenko 124 15 RUS 23 Sergey Akulinichev 138 16 RUS 57 Anton Sadchikov 148 17 RUS 25 Anatoliy Voshhenikov 159 18 RUS 34 Aleksandr Kasatov 160 19 RUS 205 Sergey Stepanov 168 20 RUS 17 Vasiliy Kravchenko 175 21 RUS 51 Mihail Petriga 175 22 RUS 13 Lev Shnyr’ 190 23 RUS 16 Oleg Hudyakov 190 24 RUS 5 Sergey Zabotin 192 25 RUS 311 Evgeniy Deev 200 26 RUS 711 Yakov Rusin 208 27 RUS 414 Daniil Vostorgov 218 28 RUS 142 Yuriy Polovinkin 226 29 RUS 524 Petr Oleynikov 227 30 RUS 163 Vitaliy Kuvaev 230 31 RUS 46 Aleksey Moskalev 230 32 RUS 69 Denis Haritonov 241 33 RUS 14 Sergey Bezruk 249 34 RUS 87 Pavel Selivanov 261 35 RUS 1117 Andrey Bill 263 36 RUS 212 Lanfranco Cirillo 263

Open Russian 2014 - Final Results1 RUS 6 Arkadiy Kistanov (J) (ocs) 4 1 4 5 rdg 4 (6) 1 2 6 32 2 RUS 7 Anatoliy Korshikov (J) 6 (29) 3 1 9 1 1 3 (14) 8 4 36 3 RUS 1 Aleksey Borisov (26) 1 (bfd) 5 6 4 3 5 2 4 8 38 4 RUS 27 Denis Kotlyarov (J) 2 5 4 (29) (42) 7 6 1 9 1 11 46 5 RUS 111 Dmitriy Petrov (20) (18) 2 13 1 6 2 4 3 17 1 49 6 RUS 707 Viktor Pil’gunov (J) 1 8 9 2 4 (ocs) 11 12 4 3 (40) 54 7 RUS 29 Artur Kotlyarov (J) 10 7 (22) 3 7 3 9 13 10 10 (33) 72 8 RUS 91 Kirill Luzan (J) 12 (23) 7 8 3 12 (zfp) 15 7 9 2 75 9 RUS 41 Feliks Denikaev 4 2 15 6 (17) 13 10 16 13 (26) 14 93 10 RUS 32 Aleksey Zhivotovskiy 11 17 6 (26) 15 14 5 (23) 12 14 3 97

37 RUS 55 Ivan Zabotin 274 38 RUS 83 Kirill Mel’nikov 285 39 RUS 4 Sergey Kovalenko 309 40 RUS 77 Egor Abramov 312 41 RUS 88 Mihail Yacun 322 42 RUS 54 Vladimir Kovalenko 322 43 RUS 75 Ivan Potapov 332 44 RUS 74 Yan Mahanek 345 45 RUS 28 Viktor Kozlov 362 46 RUS 739 Mihail Korchagin 367 47 RUS 45 Artem Kalganov 368 48 RUS 131 Aleksandr Lauhtin 370 49 RUS 118 Vladimir Volodin 372 50 RUS 20 Sergey Bolotin 379 51 RUS 9 Aleksandr Anan’ev 385 52 RUS 63 Yuliy Cheremisov 401 53 RUS 96 Boris Razuvalov 432 54 RUS 97 Maksim Gromov 458 55 RUS 18 Evgeniy Dzhura 479 56 RUS 11 Valentin Danilov 485 57 RUS 61 Dmitriy Volovik 499 58 UKR 17 Valeriy Krupenin 558 59 RUS 37 Aleksey Aleksandrov 558 60 RUS 81 Gleb Slobodov 558 61 RUS b/n Nikolay Gil’bert 558

This year despite the difficult economic and political situation 61 sailors from 15 regions of Russia, Ukraine and Italy arrived in Moscow. The first racing day was rainy and the sky was gloomy. However, despite this the opening ceremony was held in a festive and friendly atmosphere. On the first day Felix Denikaev, the winner of Moscow Championship, led after two races, with Denis Kotliarov and Victor Pilgunov breathing down his neck. Arkadiy Kistanov had picked up an OCS.

On the second day of the regatta there was good weather with a little more wind. After five races Kistanov took the lead with another junior, a newcomer to the Finn class, Victor Pilgunov in second. Anatoly Korshikov was third. On the third day Kistanov had bad luck again and did not finish the first race after his false start. Korshikov had great results and took the lead.

The weather decided to test the sailors on the fourth day with rain and wind up to 20 knots. In four hours the Race Committee carried out three races and Kistanov re-took the lead. The gap in points between the top three was small, and each one was hoping for the medal race to improve his position. Out of top ten, six were under 22 years of age.

Everybody was ready to see the medal race battle, but the weather was nearly exhausted, and there wasn’t enough wind. However a start was made for the Team Fantastica prize. The race attracted top sailors including Victor Potapov, Luca Devoti and Viktor Kozlov and was exciting and unpredictable. The great Finn sailors showed their high skill level using unexpected techniques, sometimes leaving the young sailors behind. By the end of the race the junior Denis Kotlyarov confidently led, but he made a mistake rounding the last mark, and the race win and prize (a new sail) eventually went to Borisov.

Luca Devoti visited Open Russian as a guest. He said: “Open Russian is a unique event. Such a massed regatta allows any athlete racing in a big fleet. It’s nice that if you cannot win the regatta overall, it is possible to win in the age category. As far as I can see the youths from the beginning showed that they would not yield to the adults. The juniors Korshikov and Kistanov were first and their main victories in the Olympic yachting are yet to come. They raced well in different weather conditions, which shows me, an experienced sailor,

their high potential and professionalism especially in Moscow waters. Last winter for a long time Kistanov trained in Valencia. His determination amazes me. Let’s wait for a few years; I’m sure he will show himself at a new level.”

Other results include: Legends: Viktor Kozlov; Grand Grand Masters: Yuri Polovinkin; Grand Masters: Felix Denikaev; Masters: Dmitry Petrov; Junior: Arkady Kistanov.

The Open Russian prize giving ceremony was held near the house of the Race Officials in CSP Khlebnikovo. The atmosphere at the ceremony was festive and friendly. As usual, at Open Russian there were no losers, each participant received a souvenir and an issue of the annual magazine.

Andrey Balashov Cup Besides the overall results of the regatta, the results of Andrey Balashov Cup were summed up. This year Andrey Balashov Cup attracted 130 athletes. This year the most active and accomplished sailors at home competitions were Alexander Kasatov (third), Alexey Borovyak (second) and the winner Felix Denikaev (first).


SWEDENSwedish Masters 2014September 13-14, 2014 KKFTwenty-five Finns rigged up on the banks of Lake Vänern at Karlstad KF on Saturday, 13 September for the 2014 Swedish Masters and Open event ‘Sola Cup’. The weekend forecast was for light winds and sunny weather.

The first race on Saturday was sailed in a north-easterly at 6-10 knots, together with sunshine. On the first run Stefan Fagerlund found a good course and pulled out a solid lead to go on to win from Lars Edwall and Henrik Rydell. For the second race there were similar conditions at the start but the wind dropped a bit and got patchy. Round the first mark it was quite crowded with Martin Pluto in the lead. Pluto was overtaken by Edwall just before the bottom mark and the battle was really on going up the second beat. Pluto played the shifts perfectly to retake the lead and then showed good nerves to cross the line first followed by Fagerlund and Stefan Nordström who climbed a few places thanks to good downwind speed.

For the last race of the day the wind was becoming a bit unstable which divided the fleet into two groups, one heading right and one left. On the first beat it looked good on both sides but half way up it was settled when a big shift gave the eft side a huge advantage. Leading the pack was Svante Collvin just ahead of Per Friberg. One meter before the finishing line Friberg was overtaken by Christofer Finnsgård who made his comeback to the class after a long break.

On Saturday evening the fleet enjoyed a very good meal in the clubhouse of Karlstad SS with a chance to share stories and prevarications from the day’s event. As usual a very nice social event amongst good sailing friends.

Sunday morning was as sunny as the day before but unfortunately the forecast predicted even lighter winds for the day. The entire fleet was launched and headed out to the race area to find all the fears regarding the wind come true. After almost three hours of waiting the race committee decided to abandon racing and send the fleet ashore leaving the overall standings unchanged.

The prize giving crowned, for the second consecutive year, Stefan Fagerlund as first Swedish Master, Svante Collvin as first Grand Master, Jens Makholm as first Great Grand Master and Jan-Erik Florén as first Legend.

Yet another well organised regatta in Karlstad ended the 2014 season and the Swedish Finn fleet will return next year to this nice sailing venue to battle for glory and fame at the 2015 Swedish Masters and Open event Sola Cup.

1 SWE 22 Stefan Fagerlund - M 112 SWE 2 Svante Collvin - GM 113 SWE 14 Stefan Nordström - GM 114 SWE 59 Lars Edwall - GM 155 SWE 60 Martin Pluto 176 SWE 8 Christofer Finnsgård 197 SWE 3 Christian Finnsgård - M 238 SWE 91 Pär Friberg - GM 259 SWE 6 Olof Lundqvist - M 2810 SWE 16 Henrik Rydell - GM 3211 SWE 68 Jesper Åberg 3512 DEN 11 Jens Makholm - GGM 3613 SWE 800 Erik Åberg 3814 SWE 66 Ulf Bjureus - GM 4315 SWE 688 Håkan Stööd - GGM 4816 SWE 698 Peter Bernstein - GGM 4917 SWE 111 Torsten Jarnstam -GGM 5018 SWE 0 Gunnar Åberg - GGM 5219 SWE 52 Johan Forsman - GM 5220 SWE 44 Bengt Strömberg - GGM 5421 SWE 88 Hans Gustavsson - GM 5622 SWE 9 Veine Jutmar - GGM 6123 SWE 702 Gert Pluto - GM 6724 SWE 725 Jan-Erik Florén - L 7025 SWE 35 Christer Jakobsson - GGM 7426 SWE 75 Johan Wijk - M 81

Swedish Championship 2014Lerkils BS on the west coast of Sweden, south of Gothenburg, organised the 2014 Swedish Championship. The fleet of 24 gathered on Thursday and prepared for the coming three days of sailing. On Friday morning the forecast predicted winds around 20 knots.

Björn Allansson was the man to beat but the fact remains, no other sailor in the fleet stood a chance. Ranked number two in the world Björn showed the reason for it and in the strong winds and high seas he took the gun in both races. His boat handling skills and free pumping technique paid off and it was with quite a margin he finished first.

On day two the fleet was reduced due to the strong winds and even higher waves but there were still around 20 boats heading for the racing area. Again Björn dominated the scene and took all three victories of the day.

The regatta dinner on Saturday evening was held at a local restaurant where good food and drinks was served to a quite tired bunch of Finn sailors. There were a lot of discussions around, for several sailors, the death-defying downwind legs accompanied by thoughts about the coming conditions for the last day of sailing.

Sunday morning was like the previous days. A lot of wind and even higher waves made it impossible for the organisers to anchor the starting vessel and the marks. With gusts hitting 30 knots some of the sailors started to pack the boats and eventually the race committee decide to abandon sailing and the overall standings remained unchanged.

As an indisputable winner, Björn Allansson took the gold medal and was crowned Swedish Finn Champion 2014 with Olof Lundqvist winning silver (third overall) and Stefan Fagerlund bronze (fourth overall). Martin Boidin from Denmark made a very good regatta to finish second overall.

Yet another windy regatta was closed and everyone left the venue with aching muscles but also very good memories from Lerkil. Good facilities, racing area close to the harbour and a very friendly atmosphere makes it very likely that the Finns will come back. Thanks to Lerkils BS for this year’s Swedish Championship.

Next year the Swedish Championship is celebrating its 60th anniversary and will be


sailed on Lake Runn in Falun. All sailors are welcome to join the event and hopefully it will attract participants from all over Europe.

1 SWE 6 Björn Allansson 42 DEN 23 Martin Boiden 83 SWE 825 Olaf Lundqvist 124 SWE 22 Stefan Fagerlund 175 SWE 14 Stefan Nordström 236 SWE 59 Lars Edwall 247 SWE 16 Henrik Rydell 318 SWE 60 Martin Pluto 339 SWE 800 Erik Åberg 3910 SWE 91 Pär Friberg 4011 DEN 210 Oscar Johansson 4312 SWE 3 Christian Finnsgård 4313 SWE 726 Håkan Olsson 4414 DEN 7 Frederick Svendsen 4815 SWE 66 Ulf Bjureus 4916 SWE 68 Adam Svärd 6017 SWE 2 Svante Collvin 6018 SWE 88 Hans Gustavsson 6419 DEN 14 Jans Verner 8220 SWE 44 Bengt Strömberg 8521 SWE 111 Torsten Jarnstam 9022 SWE 725 Jan-Erik Florén 9723 SWE 7 Hans Wiberg 10424 SWE 52 Johan Forsman 10425 SWE 827 Thomas Dansk 104

Sverigecupen 2014 (Swedish Cup 2014)The annual Swedish regatta series was started with the Olympic Class Regatta in Gothenburg, followed by USS-Regattan in Uppsala, the birth place of the Finn dinghy, Swedish Championships in Lerkil and finally the Sola Cup in Karlstad.

Throughout this year Stefan Fagerlund has been in the driving seat with eight race wins to take the regatta victory in Gothenburg, third place at the Swedish Championships and finally ending the season with another regatta victory at Sola Cup. Runner up was Christian Finnsgård who turned 40 this year and began the celebration by purchasing a new mast and sail (on the advice of his wife!) to finish 19th at the Finn World Masters in Sopot, Poland. Struggling a bit in the Swedish waters the newly found speed and height was enough for silver.

1 SWE 22 Stefan Fagerlund 71 2 SWE 3 Christian Finnsgård 133 3 SWE 52 Johan Forsman 163 4 SWE 60 Martin Pluto 284 5 SWE 16 Henrik Rydell 286 6 SWE 800 Erik Åberg 309 7 SWE 14 Stefan Nordström 352 8 SWE 825 Olof Lundqvist 362 9 SWE 89 Lars Edwall 372 10 SWE 111 Torsten Jarnstam 385

Punch (C)Up at the KKF13 October, KarlstadTonny Nyrén took out the prestigious invitation only 2014 International Punch Cup for the fifth time at the KKF in Karlstad, Sweden with an emphatic win in the winner takes all final after benefiting from both the reduced wind speed as well as confused team leadership from the five strong British team that had dominated the racing all day, but scored an own goal right at the end.

The unique format for the Punch Cup involves a series of round robins followed by knock out stages for a winner takes all final. It is sailed in previous generation Finns and in recent years this has been 10 pre-1990 Vanguard built hulls with Dacron sails all loaned by club members. KKF has the largest Finn fleet in Sweden with upwards of 30 boats in recent years.

There were 31 sailors entered, including five from the UK, two from Norway and one from Denmark for perhaps the most competitive fleet in the 33 year history of the event. It was pointed out at the briefing that even Fredrik Lööf had tried and failed to win, however the trophy had been won by British sailors for the past two years. Though the trophy is diminutive in size, it is far from it in stature. Both Lawrence Crispin and John Greenwood had overcome the Swedish home advantage to lift the trophy in the last two years and the Swedes wanted it back. Badly. So badly it actually hurt.

The round robins seeded the sailors for the semi-final. Each of the four round robins

was won by team GBR. David Potter, Robert Deaves, John Greenwood and Lawrence Crispin all easily won their heats, setting down a clear marker for the Swedes to respond in kind. The three semi-finals were then won by Greenwood, Deaves and much to relief of the Swedes, Nyrén. Local hope was rising that the Swedes could finally keep the coveted trophy in its homeland.

In the B-Fleet final, Stefan Nordström, host to the British team, streaked ahead in the lighter winds, with the 2012 winner Crispin knocked out in a shock result that left team GBR outnumbered in the 10 boat final.

After a tactical delay for the wind to die even more, the boats set out for the final battle in barely a breath of wind. Nyrén relished these conditions and sailed away for a big win. As for the British challengers, the defeat was deeply felt though they had no one to blame but themselves. It is not called the Punch Cup for nothing and perhaps through inexperience or following Greenwood’s misplaced and unauthorised ‘team orders’ and enforcing the ‘bottoms up’ rule, the imbication went too far. Deaves was in contention for a while, rounding the downwind mark second but it all fell to pieces on the final leg with some unplanned acrobatics, aggressive enemy action against Fredrik Tegnhed and ultimately penalty turns. It was all over for the British hat-trick. Deaves finally ended fourth behind a full podium of Swedes.

The Swedes are making the most of their first victory in three years as they know the Brits will be back in 2015, stronger, and more focused than ever before.

Results (top 10 from 31)1 SWE Tonny Nyrén (below)2 SWE Fredrik Tegnhed3 SWE Svante Collvin4 GBR Robert Deaves5 GBR Tim Tavinor6 SWE Stefan Nordström7 SWE Adam Svärd8 GBR John Greenwood9 GBR David Potter10 SWE Christofer Finnsgård


Swiss Nationals 2014

Words and pictures by François Richard

Central Europe Finn sailors are seldom seen at major events apart from Finn Masters and other regional events located in south of France or south Germany and Garda Lake. Swiss sailors meet at their many lakes and race most times in light conditions, including their yearly Finn nationals. Over 10 years ago they already organised their Nationals at Port Camargue, on the Med coast, in the true south of Rhone valley.

The historical site (home port of crusades) offers a large bay, most days sunny conditions but also, often, very heavy winds from south-east, west (Tramontana) and possibly north (Mistral). This is a long way from Swiss conditions. Anyhow the organisers of Swiss Finn Association kept nice memories of their previous event and decided to do their 2014 nationals, off Port Camargue. Being only 4 hours away from Swiss border this huge marina hosts numerous Swiss yachts and their owners could help with the organisation.

With almost 40 entrants the event was a success including mainly the best Swiss of several generations, two UK sailors, several German and six French.Marc Allain des Beauvais as well as Thomas Morel could foresee the event as an easy challenge, if the conditions were windy.

The first two days turned this way with a wild south-easterly wind, often above 25 knots. In these conditions only 14 Finns left the modern marina to enter two races.

As expected, the best French fought well ahead in the fleet but they found a serious dominating opposition. Christoph Burger,

one of the Swiss North Sails experts won race 1 ahead of Peter Theurer, the last Swiss Olympic rep at 2000 Olympics. Despite lack of practice, Theurer won race 2 followed by Christoph Christen, well known for his top results at Masters worlds. All three are tall, talented and heavy around 100 kg.

Behind the Swiss trio, French Thomas Morel and Marc Allain des Beauvais were the most consistent, often fighting neck and neck with Beat Steffen and the other top three Swiss.

On day two, the breeze was a bit easier around 20 knots and most entrants sailed out. The same top six leaders kept wins and top scores. The promising young French sailor Morel achieved three second places that day while Burger was gaining three more bullets.

Race 5 was a fierce fight between Burger and Allain des Beauvais who held the lead after the second upwind. He then mistakenly sailed directly to the finish line, while there was still another lap to do. He thus gave an easy lead to Christoph Burger who won his fourth race.

Day 3 was very light and only one late race could be completed after a long wait out on the bay. While most top guys started at pin end of line and played left side, Christen was right to set his strategy a bit more central upwind. He cleared top mark with a sufficient lead to keep Allain des Beauvais second while Franz Buergi, a lighter sailor took third on finish line.

The wind was almost gone on day 4 and no more races could be done. Together with Jiri Huracek, and before ending 14th overall, Swiss class vice president Peter Kilchenmann was the key man around the event. He convinced his mates to opt for this location, he worked a lot to set the

SWITZERLAND Swiss Nationals 2014 - Final Results1 SUI 7 Christoph Burger 1 3 1 1 1 (5) 72 SUI 67 Peter Theurer 2 1 3 3 4 (7) 133 FRA 114 Thomas Morel 3 (5) 2 2 2 4 134 SUI 5 Christoph Christen 4 2 (5) 5 3 1 155 FRA 99 Marc Allain des Beauvais (6) 4 4 4 5 2 196 SUI 83 Beat Steffen 5 6 (8) 6 6 8 317 SUI 25 Till Klammer (14) 10 6 8 8 11 438 SUI 63 Thomas Gautschi 8 8 9 11 14 (25) 509 GER 19 Andreas Bollongino 11 9 12 9 9 (29) 5010 GBR 61 John Heyes 9 (dnc) 7 7 7 21 51

11 SUI 12 Franz Buergi 5212 SUI 1 Hans Fatzer 5713 FRA 55 Arnaud Baudin 6614 SUI 13 Peter Kilchenmann 7015 FRA 214 Franck Morel 7916 GER 7 Reiner Heinings 12917 SUI 32 Urs Huber 9918 SUI 3 Carlo Lazzari 10819 GBR 46 Patrick Moore 11020 GER 161 Ralf Kratz 15121 SUI 94 Andreas Friderich 11622 SUI 18 Peter Rísti 122

23 FRA 800 Yves Zoccola 16924 SUI 69 Jean-Pierre Weber 13525 FRA 50 Michel Baudin 14226 SUI 29 Hans Althaus 14627 SUI 100 Alan Kennedy 15428 FRA 74 Jean Louis Duret 15629 SUI 4 Jiri Huracek 15830 SUI 23 Rolf Megert 16031 SUI 60 John Ulbrich 16332 FRA 40 Joseph Rochet 16433 SUI 2 Helmut Klammer 16634 SUI 99 Kathrin Wagner 175


Bärgluftwoche, June �-1�Franz Buergi writes: The Finn fleet on Lake Biel shows an impressive growth and prosperous activities. Nine Finns participated at the Bärgluftwoche, a series of evening races during a whole week. The local Finn gang even organised the two Finns of the Swiss Finn association in order get two more local sailors out on the lake. Five races were sailed in variable conditions with Peter Theurer as the clear winner followed by Philipp Grünig and Jan Fischer. In 2015 Lake Biel will host the national championship.

1 SUI 67 Peter Theurer 42 SUI 13 Philipp Grünig 103 SUI 80 Jan Fischer 194 SUI 54 Eddy Röthlisberger 245 SUI 88 Daniel Müller 316 SUI Markus Römer 377 SUI 541 Konrad Schüpbach 398 SUI 3 Ueli Appenzeller 52

Niederhornkanne, July 11-1� 2014Thirty Finn men and two Finn ladies from five countries met for the traditional Niederhornkanne on Lake Thun. Once again the regatta was part of the Alpencup with events in Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Though the weather forecast didn’t look too promising a light westerly wind allowed two races on the first day. Rolf Megert secured his first race win ever. Day two brought similar conditions with three more races. The tricky conditions brought a bad race for most of the top sailors. In the evening the sailors were invited to a tour of the Wilke shipyard followed by an excellent dinner in the boat hall. The last day started with a longer waiting period out on the water. Shortly before the time limit another nice race could be sailed in a light southerly wind. Christoph Christen was the clear dominator of the long weekend followed by a small pack with Peter Kilchenmann in second and Andreas Friderich in third place.

1 SUI 5 Christoph Christen 102 SUI 13 Peter Kilchenmann 323 SUI 94 Andreas Friderich 334 SUI 71 Philipp Grünig 335 AUT 333 Gerhard Weinreich 376 FRA 817 Bertrand Baumann 417 SUI 3 Carlo Lazzari 418 AUS 8 Dirk Seret 429 ITA 89 Florian Demetz 4810 SUI 1 Hans Fatzer 5011 SUI 12 Franz Bürgi 5112 SUI 63 Thomas Gautschi 5213 SUI 80 Jan Fischer 56

14 SUI 441 Ruedi Christen 5615 FRA 40 Rochet Joseph 5716 SUI 60 John Ulbrich 6417 SUI 23 Rolf Megert 6518 SUI 57 Ruedi Baumann 7319 SUI 18 Peter Rösti 7320 AUT 18 Christian Scheinecker 7921 SUI 30 Urs Wenger 8622 SUI 50 Gérard Birbaum 9523 ITA 93 Nikolaus Mair 9624 SUI 2 Helmut Klammer 9925 SUI 9 Andrea Roost 10026 SUI 29 Hans Althaus 11927 SUI 4 Jiri Huracek 12028 SUI 99 Kathrin Wagner 12529 SUI 10 Roland Schneider 13330 SUI 82 Lukas Schenk 13531 ITA 91 Hubert Sparer 14032 AUT 22 Tina Sperl 151

Steckborn, August 2�-�0 2014Only eight boats made it to Steckborn despite the good weather forecast promising westerly winds. Saturday started with nice and warm weather and an increasing westerly breeze. Four nice races could be sailed. A completely different picture on Sunday with cold and rainy weather and a strong breeze ended in a stormy last race. With a total of eight races it was a perfect sailing weekend with great hospitality from the organising club. Piet Eckert was in a class of his own winning five races. With quite a distance in points Hans Fatzer finished in second place and Thomas Gautschi in third. 1 SUI 86 Piet Eckert 102 SUI 1 Hans Fatzer 213 SUI 63 Thomas Gautschi 234 FRA 40 Joseph Rochet 235 SUI 32 Urs Huber 386 SUI 82 Lukas Schenk 487 SUI 61 Andreas Küenzli 508 SUI 564 Thorsten Koch 57

Briefing for Bart’s Bash at Port Camarque

organising team, get numerous gifts from several sponsors and every evening did a friendly daily prizegiving and lottery. The French class and its sponsors also helped to make the event possible and fun.

Christoph Burger is now 38. Twice in 2004 and 2008 he was set to become the Swiss rep at the Olympics...but Swiss Olympic Committee decided not to send a Finn. Apart from Finns, as known partner of North Sails, he races on various classes like Stars, GC 32, and just the week after Finns, he became 5.5 JI meters world champion as tactician for Flavio Marrazi.

Being busy with family and career concerns Peter Theurer, now 45, has for long left Finn international meetings. He still races the Finn he raced at Sydney Olympics 2000 and does most of his racing from Bien Lake, in central Switzerland. At the 2014 nationals he did it all on experience and strength and ended second despite total lack of pre practice.

John Heyes, current Finn GBR president was at Port Camargue to compete; at his light/medium weight, he did well against the heavy weight leaders. He was DNC in the very windy race 2 but remained very consistent between 7 and 9th in most races. Surprisingly he only missed the right tacks (or speed) during final light weather race to end 21st. Patrick Moore the other GBR entrant lives in central France and often meets French sailors here and there. With certainly less practice than many he managed to end 19th despite missing the first two races.

Among its now, more than 100 members, The Swiss Finn class has 60 active sailors and 20 well known at international events. The ever enthusiastic Thomas Gautschi is probably the most seen at ISAF events and Finn Gold Cups for many years. Next to all these males, there was one female sailor, Kathrin Wagner. At just 48 kg she only raced the light weather final days.

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USA Peter Conally writes: The USA Finn class continues to grow with the San Diego fleet leading the charge. San Diego Yacht Club will host the 2015 nationals in September. They hosted the Pacific Coast Championships earlier this year won by Phil Toth. Mike Dorgan was second with Jim Hecht third.

The state championships were hosted by Mission Bay Yacht Club in San Diego with 21 Finns on the starting line. Caleb Paine won the regatta followed by Phil Toth and Eric Lidecis. Good inside the bay sailing.

Labor Day regatta in Long beach was won by Henry Sprague followed by Toth and Robert Kinney.

The 2014 Toilet Bowl Regatta consisted of 20 boats and five races. Darrell Peck, won, just 5 points in front of Josh Revkin in second, with Chuck Rudinski third and top Grand Master. Gus Miller was top Legend pictured right of top rookie Eric Anderson, and Darrell Peck.

Vanguard Finn, which had never been in the water, Needlespar mast and T3+B sail out of the lobby of his factory and raced it in the regatta. The gear looked beautiful and did well on the flat water in moderate wind. The only thing that betrayed him was his body as evidenced in double tacks, interesting gybes and bloody knees. It was not the first time one of Peter’s outdoor sports had left him bloody. Good thing he is married to an MD.

The regatta of eight races in three days was won by Kiwi / American Indian Rob Coutts from Oklahoma and original sailing educator of brother Russell.

Picture is of Peter and Olaf Harken who were the principals of Harken/Vanguard, Charlie Miller of North Sails Midwest, Art Diefendorf President of USAFA, Pat Healy Secretary of USAFA, Olympic Committee Finn Rep Tony Herrmann who is also the Finn Class Faith Healer but here without his masks, feathers and rattles, and Gus Miller, Finn Coach.

Good tight racing enjoyed by all.

1 NZL 9 Rob Coutts 112 USA 33 John Marshall 303 USA 117 Mickael Mark 324 USA 3 Bob Biwer 355 USA 40 Chuck Rudinsky 406 EST 11 Scott Griffiths 427 CAN 11 Jim Cameron 508 USA 23 Jim Hunter 519 USA 31 Peter Frissell 62

10 USA 975 Gus Miller 7311 USA 140 David Jackson 7312 USA 1129 Eric Wilson 7513 USA 15 Pat Healy 7614 USA 303 Joe Chinburg 7915 USA 22 Mitch Moylan 8016 USA 401 Craig Johnson 8017 USA 22 Terry Greenfield 10418 USA 7 Peter Harken 11919 CAN 5 Joerg Kemnade 127

Much training is taking place in Southern California. Also many new younger sailors are coming aboard through the US Finn development programme.

2014 NA Finn Masters Pewaukee YCGus Miller writes: 19 Master Finn sailors from the Midwest, Rocky Mountains and the East, Gulf and West Coasts of North America came to Pewaukee, Wisconsin for the 2014 Finn Master Championship. It was a pilgrimage as Pewaukee is the home base of the Harkens which built Vanguard Finns and started the 1974 revolution that put North American Finn gear and sailors at the top of the world for a decade.

Peter Harken, who had not raced a Finn in 40 years took the 1984 Olympic model

Above: Sailmaker Eric Wilson reminding Peter how to rig a Finn

Below: Launching the 1984 Finn for the first time

Above: Pat Healy, Peter Harken, Olaf Harken, Tony Herrmann, Gus Miller,

Art Diefendorf, Charlie Miller Below: Ruth, Edit, Peter and Olaf Harken

outside the Detroit YC after being inducted into the

National Sailing Hall of Fame class of 2014

Rob Coutts on his way to winning the NA Masters

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