MARCH 2005 - Finn

MARCH 2005
Miami • Cannes • North American news • Focus on Italy

Congratulations to all SEVEN of our
customers who collected medals in Athens
FINN
Ben AINSLIE
Rafael TRUJILLO
Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ
Yngling*
Shirley ROBERTSON, Sarah WEBB, Sarah AYTON
Star**
Torben GRAEL, Marcelo FERREIRA
Ross MACDONALD, Mike WOLFS
Xavier ROHART, Pascal RAMBEAU
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now won 13 medals over the last 3 games
including a clean sweep of the Finn class.
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Opening shot: Chris Cook (CAN), winner of Rolex Miami OCR 2005
President’s letter
A few months ago, we were
reminded of the powers of mother
nature and the sea. We have all had
the privilege of experiencing the
might of the sea, but the pictures
of this disaster sent chills down our
necks. I speak for all of us when
conveying our sincerest
condolences to all those directly or
indirectly affected by the Tsunami.
2004 was a great year for the Finn
class at all levels and the
culmination of four years hard work
for many sailors. This ever repeating
cycle of endurance and acquisition of skills and experience sets up
these sailors for life, whether or not they actually make it to the big
tent. It is a journey that is full of pain, toil, cost and finally rewards.
The rewards are satisfaction, friendships, emotional control and
physical prowess. We believe the Finn class best embodies these
ideals, and will be looking to promote the Finn as the ultimate
singlehander with a rightful place at the Olympic Regatta.
Various development initiatives are under discussion. We had a highly
successful clinic before the Europeans this year and will be looking
to repeat this in the years to come. We are also looking at the feasibility
of having a ‘gear pool’ of old sails and masts to generate growth in
some of our ‘developing’ nations. If you have thoughts on this please
contact the Finn office.
2004 saw the expected showdown between Ben and Mateusz. Ben’s
victory in the stunning location of Rio marked him as surely one of
the best Finn sailors of all time with three consecutive Gold Cup wins.
Mateusz’s victory in La Rochelle at the Europeans was a long awaited
victory for him, his first championship win for four years, and set the
scene for the perfect finale in Athens.
Ben’s greatest victory and his greatest comeback will be remembered for
years, and along with Rafael’s and Mateusz’s medals made for a
memorable and satisfying conclusion to the 2004 Olympic regatta. It is
perhaps then justifiable that Ben and Mateusz were worthy additions
to the Finn Hall of Fame at the 2004 ISAF Conference in Copenhagen.
Of course elsewhere, countless other sailors had their moment of victory.
Those old enough to know better watched Larry Lemieux calmly take
his fifth World Masters title at Cannes in a fleet of 191 Finns. With more
front rank sailors reaching 40, this is going to get harder and harder for
the wily Canadian.
November marked the confirmation of the Finn in the 2008 Olympic
sailing programme. As always, the ‘powers that be’ take a long hard
look at some of the classes and we need to look at a number of points.
Even though the Finn was never really in danger, we need to seriously
reflect on some of the tendencies (Europe replaced by Laser Radial for
example) and decide how to act, if needed. I will start a working group
within the Executive Committee to look at these points for future reflection.
You may have been informed of the change in timing of the Moscow
Worlds. Whilst this late change was a shock to us all, for reasons outside
IFA or Russian organisers’ control, I have no doubt our Russian friends
will do their utmost to ensure the success of the Championship. Going
by the pre-registrations, it should be a tremendous success!
As this issue was going to press we received the sad news that John
Hofland had died as a result of complications after extensive heart
surgery. John was a very popular Finn sailor, IFA Vice President Sailing
from 1987 to 1990 and in 1997 married Josje Dominicus the IFA’s then
Executive Director. Our thoughts and sympathies are with Josje and
their two sons, Hidde and Sjoerd, at this time.
Good sailing and see you on the water.
Photo: Dan Nerney/Rolex
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Cover photos: Chris Cook crosses ahead
at Rolex Miami OCR in January. Inset: Bill
Hardesty. Photos: Dan Nerney/Rolex
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Executive Committee of IFA 2005
President of Honour
Gerardo Seeliger c/o ACNO
21 rue d'Artois, Paris 75008 France
Tel (W): +33 1 42 56 21 71
President
Philippe Rogge
Langevelddreef 5, 9840 De Pinte
Belgium
Tel: +32 9 244 5188
Email: philippe@rogge.com
Vice-President – Sailing
Ali Enver Adakan
Badstr. 46, 8590 Romanshorn, Switzerland
Tel (Turkey): + 90 532 275 58 20
Tel (Switzerland): +41 79 600 24 32
Email: ae.adakan@gmx.ch
Vice-President – Development
Clifton Webb
31 Gulf View Road, Murrays Bay
North Shore, Auckland, New-Zealand
Tel: +64 9479 3638
Fax: +64 9 479 3687
Email: cliftonwebb@xtra.co.nz
Vice-President – Masters’ Fleet
Rolf Lehnert
Sonnenhalde 26
D-88161, Lindenberg, Germany
Tel: +49 838 17116
Fax: +49 838 182614
Email: Rolf.Lehnert@allgaeu.org
Executive Director
Corinne McKenzie
3 Impasse de la Bousquette
66370 Pezilla la Riviere, France
Tel: +33 680 924 895 (m)
Fax: +33 468 380913
Email: ifinna@compuserve.com
Honorary Treasurer
Martijn van Muyden
Honingerdijk 67 A, 3063 AK Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Email: mvanmuyden@planet.nl
Chairman Technical Committee
Richard Hart
26 Lower Spinney, Warsash, Southampton
Hants SO3 9NL, England
Tel: +44 1489 575327
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Robert Deaves
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Finn news
UK Masters Championship
Reflecting the vast age and experience of the UK fleet, the British
Finn Association is pleased to announce the inaugural UK Masters
Championship in 2005. This will be sailed over October 7-9 in
Chichester Harbour, near Portsmouth. The Notice of Race and other
information will be produced nearer the time. The UK fleet would love
to welcome overseas sailors to the event. If you are thinking of
attending, then you can get more information from Phil Laycock on
phil.laycock@lineone.net or on +44 1480 811202 or check the British
website www.finnuk.org.uk
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Finn Masters 2005
The preliminary entry form is available on the Finn Masters website
at www.finn-world-master.com. Sailors thinking about going are invited
to fill this in. Preparations for the event at Bracciano in Italy are well
advanced, and it is set to be a fantastic event.
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2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais
ISAF has announced Cascais, Portugal, as the venue selected to
host the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championship. The selection of
Cascais was announced at the end of the Olympics in Athens. The
2007 ISAF Sailing World Championship will be hosted by the Clube
Naval de Cascais in association with the Portuguese Sailing Federation
and the International Sailing Federation. The dates are to be finalised,
but will be late July/early August to co-ordinate with the 2007 Olympic
Test Event in Quingdao, China. Held as a single event, the 2007 ISAF
Sailing World Championship will combine 11 Olympic Class World
Championships at the same time in one venue. With an anticipated
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1,000 entries, 1,500 competitors, 70 nations, and Olympic Qualification
it will be the most significant World Championship for the Olympic
classes. Cascais was chosen based on its ability to provide the sport
of sailing with a first class venue and administration infrastructure,
strong community and government support, and an outstanding sports
arena - excellent weather conditions, beautiful waters and a stunning
location.
ISAF Centenary
2007 will also mark the occasion of the ISAF Centenary, celebrating
100 years since ISAF, or the then IYRU, was formally created. A
diverse programme of celebrations will recognise the occasion,
including celebrations at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championship.
Looking ahead
The 2008 Olympic Games will take place in Beijing, China from 8 to
24 August 2008. The sailing events will take place at Qingdao
International Marina (still to be built) at Fushan Bay in Qingdao City,
which is 690 km to the east of Beijing. There are five sailing courses
each with a diameter of one nautical mile. ISAF has approved the
location as suitable for the 2008 Olympic Games sailing competitions.
The Qingdao International Marina will be a lasting legacy for the sport
of sailing in an important region of China and will be the future centre
of international and national sailing activities. It will also provide a
base to promote popular interest and development of this sport in
China.
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Finn Gold Cup 2005
Update
The dates for the 2005 Finn Gold Cup in
Moscow have been changed after a request
from the IOC. Moscow is one of the remaining
cities in contention for the 2012 Olympic
Games and the IOC has asked for the Finn
and 49ers World championships to take place
after the announcement of the chosen city in
early July.
Photos: Dan Nerney/Rolex
Chris Cook wins Rolex Miami OCR
Rolex Miami OCR
January 24-28 2005
Canada's Christopher Cook won the first
Grade 1 regatta of the year in fine style by
leading from the the first race in the 26-boat
Finn class. A two horse race between Cook
and the US Olympian Kevin Hall saw them
win 8 of the 11 races sailed. This year's event
was the first time the Florida regatta was run
over five days rather than the usual 4, and
this proved popular with sailors and aligns it
with the other Grade 1 events in Europe.
Fourth overall was 20 year old Zach Railey,
who recently switched from Laser to Finn to
try his hand against the more seasoned
sailors. It was his fourth year competing at
the Rolex Miami OCR but his first-ever Finn
regatta. “There are not as many boats in the
Finn class, but the sailors are good,” said
Railey.
Cook, a three-time North
American and Canadian
National Champion who
finished second at his country’s
2004 Olympic Finn Trials,
added that he was mostly
watching runner-up Kevin Hall,
who represented the USA in
Athens. Cook contends,
however, that Bill Hardesty, in
third overall, is ‘coming on
strong.’
1 CAN 41 Chris Cook 2 1 [4] 2 1 4 3 1 3 2 2 2 23
2 USA 12 Kevin Hall 1 4 6 1 2 8 1 5 1 3 1 [10] 33
3 Wright 6 6 5 6 3 3 7 2 7 7 4 [8] 56
4 USA 4 Zach Railey 4 5 11 5 10 2 [13] 6 4 4 6 1 58
5 USA 55 Bill Hardesty 5 8 1 [14] 7 1 4 4 5 6 9 11 61
6 USA 1140 Brian Boyd 8 3 3 4 12 6 9 [ocs] 10 1 5 7 68
7 DEN 7 Soren Holm 3 2 9 3 [dnf] dnc dnf 3 2 5 3 4 88
8 USA 1181 Darrell Peck 7 9 2 7 9 9 14 12 8 8 7 [15] 92
9 CAN 31 Casey 12 [15] 8 8 11 5 5 7 13 11 10 3 93
10 USA 78 Andy Kern 10 7 12 12 13 13 2 13 6 9 12 [14]109
11 IRL 10 Aaron O'Grady 109
12 USA 409 Rudinsky 130
13 USA 150 Louie Nady 131
14 USA 7 Bill Upthegrove 159
15 USA 1202 Phil Tate 161
16 CAN 115 Derek Mess 163
17 USA 3 David Branch 167
18 CAN 911 John Audley 178
19 USA 1213 Andras 215
20 USA 5 Arnest 218
21 USA 6 Mendenhall 219
22 USA 17 Charles Heimler 245
23 CAN Honey 291
The new dates, 9th to 18th of September,
have been proposed by the organisers and
approved by the IFA executive Committee.
A new contract has been signed by both
parties including the following:
• The organisers are providing free
transportation of 2 sails and masts per sailors
from Kalmar (after the European
Championship) to Moscow and from Moscow
to Lake Garda.
• A charter flight will be organised from
Frankfurt to Moscow return at special rates.
• Accommodation will be available on the
venue and should be booked directly through
the organisers.
• Ten coach boats will be provided free of
charge to be shared by the coaches.
• The entry limit has been fixed at 100 by the
organisers.
• 100 Finns will be provided free of charge
by the organisers, however sailors wishing
to use their own boat will be able to do so.
For more details please contact the IFA office
or the Organising Committee (charter flight,
accommodation, visas...) at:
gup@yachtsman.ru
Finn - Single-Handed Dinghy Open
Issue Date : 2 February 2005
1 Rafael TRUJILO VILLAR ESP 5375
2 Karlo KURET CRO 5339
3 Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ POL 5311
4 Ben AINSLIE GBR 5236
5 Sebastien GODEFROID BEL 5101
6 Jonas HOEGH CHRISTENSEN DEN 4969
7 Guillaume FLORENT FRA 4938
8 Anthony NOSSITER AUS 4893
9 Joao SIGNORINI BRA 4882
10 Michael MAIER CZE 4766
11 David BURROWS IRL 4721
12 Jaap ZIELHUIS NED 4699
13 Gasper VINCEC SLO 4676
14 Emilios PAPATHANASIOU GRE 4572
15 Dean BARKER NZL 4550
16 Ali Enver ADAKAN TUR 4543
17 Andrew SIMPSON GBR 4459
18 Soren HOLM DEN 4438
19 Michael FELLMANN GER 4433
20 Marin MISURA CRO 4345
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Contest in Cannes
4th Semaine Internationale de Cannes
February 16th-19th 2005
by Gilles Henaff (FRA 846), translated by Marc
Ribet FRA 830
The weather situation looked pretty good. A zone
of low pressures with located over the Gulf of
Genoa was generating moderate winds on the
bay of Cannes under a blue sky with few clouds.
During the regatta the wind never exceeded
Force 3 on the first day and then dropped to
Force 2 and 1, even less for the rest of the week.
You think you are dreaming when the rest of
Europe is hit by terrible weather. Cannes stayed
in its bubble during the event with a temperature
of 10°C.
The regatta saw 42 sailors, including 19 sailors
from 9 countries (5 from Germany, 4 from
Switzerland, 3 from Italy, 1 from Austria, 1 from
Denmark, 1 from Monaco and 1 from Sweden).
Day one
Two races were completed in the westerly bay,
with Force 3 then 2, shifting between south and
southwest. The first race was started without the
yellow flag, but it came out for the second race.
During that second race, we watched the ‘double
spin’ of some high profile sailors. At the end of
the day, 2 wins for Guillaume Florent left him
leading followed by Florian Raudaschl and Mario
Salini.
Day two
The wind was lighter (Force 1 to 2). 3 races were
completed without any problem. In the lead was
the same trio followed by Kenneth Boggild and
Woller Tam. The first French ‘veterans’ were not
far away.
Day three
The first race in the easterly bay with Force
1-2 (wind shifting from east to southeast) was
shortened at the end of the second upwind leg
as a cable ship from France Telecom came to
moor right next to the downwind mark. Apparently,
the ship was there to repair a telephone cable
between Corsica and the continent. Anyway,
Guillaume Florent was still in the lead, followed
by Jean Paul Gaston who seemed to be warming
up. The following race took place in the westerly
bay with a southerly wind and saw for the one
and only time a winner other than Guillaume
Florent. Clearly, our veteran, who had spent the
winter in the Caribbean (and therefore the only
one not to winter), stole the show.
Day 4
The last day was staged in the westerly bay,
and the 8th race started in a Force 3 wind.
Semaine Internationale de Cannes - Final Results
1 FRA Guillaume Florent 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 7
2 AUT 240 Florian Raudaschl 2 5 2 4 2 3 3 DNF 21
3 DEN 231 Kenneth Boggild 11 21 3 2 4 5 OCS 4 50
4 ITA 11 Mario Salani 3 2 OCS3 8 20 18 2 56
5 SUI 99 Thomas Brack 17 24 4 6 9 13 14 5 68
6 FRA 7 Woller Tamm 4 6 15 5 3 8 5 DNE 74
7 FRA 8 Jean Paul Gaston 12 4 6 24 17 2 23 11 75
8 GER165 Dirk Meid 5 11 20 10 13 14 4 OCS 77
9 SUI12 Franz Buergi 23 17 5 8 12 17 16 3 78
10 FRA77 Jean Duru 10 10 9 13 10 23 27 9 84
Locals were telling us that this is unusual in
the region and will not last. From the start the
wind gradually dropped and totally disappeared
when Pierre Mondeteguy rounded the first mark
with Jean Paul Gaston second. The race was
cancelled and we sailed back to the easterly
bay as a Force 2 wind was expected. Around
noon the easterly breeze kicked in and a new
race began. First place went again to Guillaume
Florent.
During that last race, rule 42 took it toll as three
top sailors were caught for the second time.
One of the three acknowledges the penalty
and retires from the race. The two others,
ignoring the rule, do a 720° and keep on racing.
They eventually get a DNF which cannot be
discarded. Some were pulling a long face that
afternoon on the parking!
The final podium: Guillaume Florent (FRA),
Florian Raudaschl (AUT) and Kenneth Boggild
(DEN). Thomas Brack (SUI) is 5th and gets
the Veterans Cup. There are six different nations
in the top 6.
This regatta was hosted by Cannes Yacht Club,
the organisation was first hand and (almost)
all sailors were delighted. It is worth mentioning
that in these tricky conditions, the extreme
options never paid off. Discerning sailing in the
middle and playing with the shifts allowed the
smart tacticians to fully express themselves.
As a conclusion we were asking for more, this
was great Cannes and we can’t wait for 2006.
Some would like this event to be postponed by
a month or two to benefit from warmer weather.
This proposition is being studied.
Thanks again to Cannes Yacht Club and to all
the volunteers for this exciting regatta.
11 HUN 8 Marton Beliczay 85
12 FRA 2 Pierre Mondeteguy 95
13 SUI 11 Hans Fatzer 97
14 HUN 70 Gyorgy Vas 105
15 FRA 846 Gilles Henaff 107
16 FRA 848 Jean Claude Roumaillac 120
17 GER 266 Michael Ellen 120
18 FRA 800 Yves Zoccola 120
19 FRA 862 Marc Allain des Beauvais125
20 GER 19 Andreas Bollongino 125
21 FRA 794 Jacques Fauroux 126
22 SUI 22 Harry Geisser 128
23 FRA 827 Jan Salin 131
24 ITA 43 Pietro Piram 133
25 FRA 829 Claude Vauthier 149
26 MON 234 Mickael Kurtz 153
27 GER 55 Herbert Sondermann 155
28 HUN 9 Peter Beliczay 163
29 FRA 1 Didier Poissant 180
30 FRA 858 Yann Philippe 184
31 FRA 76 Jean Pierre Hautecoeur 186
32 FRA 817 Herve Salomon 197
33 ITA 30 Stefano Neri 199
34 FRA 867 Henri Roumaillac 200
35 FRA 5 Jacques Lalanne 213
36 FRA 807 Rene Siot 218
37 FRA 6 Francois Limare 220
38 FRA 837 Alain-Pierre Guillou 237
39 FRA 83 Joel Godefroy 239
40 FRA 868 Philippe Vermersch 240
41 FRA 798 Bernard Michal 249
42 FRA 785 Jean Joseph Liguet 253
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What’s up with the Finn in North America
Charles Heimler, Solo Editor
An interactive web-page, an email listserve,
training and instruction clinics at major regattas,
and multi-boat trailers have helped us promote
Finn sailing in this three-thousand mile wide
Continent. There’s about 30 really active sailors
in the U.S. and Canada, and over 90 sailed
last year in nationally ranked regattas.
There have been many milestones for the
USAFA and Canadian Finn Association in the
past year and a half. We are getting better
organised which has helped increase the
turnout and participation on regattas.
For one, Solo, the North American newsletter,
is now available online at www.nafinnclass.org.
It’s a 26-page Microsoft Publisher document
with great photos. Charles Heimler (USA 32)
became editor in 2004 and has produced 3
issues. The current issue is a wrap-up of last year’s
sailing with announcements for the winter and
spring season.
In it you can find out about the renaissance of
the Finn in the USA and Canada. An article
last year in Sailing World magazine kindled
interest in and helped the class increase its
popularity. The Finn is proving itself as a great
singlehander among the different ages.
This year, a lot of the interest in boats has been
spurred on by renewing the class organisation.
There’s a Foundation set up now that uses
U.S. tax laws to help fundraise for class activities
like sailor support and training. The class is
also working to establish a new relationship
with U.S. Sailing so we can send our best
sailors to the big events in Europe. At the same
time, scores of older sailors are buying older
Vanguards, Teels, and Taylors to increase
vintage veteran racing at the regional and club
regatta. The association’s philosophy is that a
‘rising tide’ of good sailing in Finns benefits all
those interested in the boat.
Now in the U.S. and Canada, there is a strong,
four-seasons series of regattas and training
clinics that links the distances of the continent.
Events take place in Florida, New England,
Central Canada, Northern and Southern
California, and the Great Lakes. All these
regions of North America have seen fleets
sprouting up and major events scheduled. We
had 25 boats at the Nationals and North
Americans last year and sailors from UK, POL,
DEN, IRL, and NOR visited us.
In 2005, the Miami OCR and Lauderdale
January/February regattas are back in force
and included several Finn sailors from countries
outside the U.S.A. and Canada. In 2005, the
USA Finn Association is discussing a new ISAF
Grade 1 regatta in November in Clearwater, Florida
– this will further enhance the winter season.
In Spring there is a series of 2-3 regattas over
a month’s time in San Francisco and Long
Beach, California, as well as a summer series
in the New England and Great Lakes States.
And in Fall 2005, there is a California circuit of
Olympic classes regattas and the Pacific Coast
Championship. It’s now possible to sail a Finn
regatta somewhere in the U.S. and Canada in
forty-six events each year - from small club races,
regional regattas to major championships.
Kevin Hall, our Olympic representative, returned
from Athens to sail in Georgia and Florida
regattas, and is now campaigning for the top
spot on the U.S. Sailing Team. Junior Zack
Railey grew into a Finn this year and was a
top finisher at the Miami OCR. Longtime Finn
veteran Louie Nady was the top-ranked
competitor in our national rankings!
One barrier to further Finn growth is the dearth
of equipment on this side of the Atlantic and
the national government’s policy of a weakened
U.S. dollar as the Euro increases hurts us. So
we are exploring building and refurbishing boats
and equipment.
Information about the Finn in the U.S.A. and
Canada can be found at www.nafinnclass.org.
There is also a listserve at
finnclass@yahoogroups.com.
Candian Nationals 2004
Kingston, Ontario, October 2-3.
Chris Cook took five bullets in winning the 2004
Canadian Nationals. Seven hardy souls showed
up for the 2004 Canadian Championship, held
off Portsmouth Harbour in Kingston. Saturday
presented Big Dog, Heavy Chain Weather, as
in ‘the wind blew the (big) dog off the (heavy)
chain’. Chris Cook had superior speed, and
was especially fast on the offwind legs of the
trapezoid courses. During one run, sporting a
200 yard lead, Chris gallantly stopped to rescue
a Laser sailor who had become separated from
his boat. After depositing the sailor in a crash
boat, Chris cut short the sailor’s expression of
gratitude, saying ‘I’m still racing! I’ve got to get
back to my race!’ The jury later awarded Chris
first place points for that race, a well-deserved
redress. Sunday’s breeze eased off to merely
low 20s, and Cooker kept to his winning ways.
Derek Mess managed straight seconds to cling
the runner-up spot, with Evan King muscling
his way to 3rd place overall. Bill upthegrove,
Ross Emmans, John Miller, and Mike Honey
also enjoyed the windy frolic.
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Canadian Nationals 2004
1 Chris Cook CAN 41 1 1 1 1 1 4
2 Derek Mess CAN 115 2 2 2 2 2 8
3 Evan King CAN 1178 13 DNF 4 3 4 14
4 Bill Upthegrove USA 7 DNF DNF 3 4 3 17
5 Ross Emmons CAN 44 4 DNF DNF DNF DNF 25
6 John Miller CAN 1157 5 DNF DNF DNF DNF 26
US Nationals 2004 - Coyote Point YC San Mateo CA Oct 22-24
1 Bryan Boyd USA 1140 1 1 1 3 1 1 5
2 Darrell Peck USA 4 9 2 2 2 2 4 12
3 Louie Nady USA 150 2 4 3 11 6 2 17
4 Henry Sprague USA 74 12 3 4 1 7 3 18
5 Dave Branch USA 3 4 6 6 5 9 6 27
6 Ian Bostock CAN3 6 9 14 6 8 5 34
7 Riccardo De Sangro ITA60 11 7 10 8 5 7 37
8 Patrick Weaver USA 151 3 5 5 17 14 16 43
9 Gus Miller USA 975 7 11 9 7 12 13 46
10 Johnny Greene USA 181 13 8 11 10 4 14 46
11 Andras Nady USA 1213 49
12 Jeff Rey Case USA 1179 49
13 Charle Heimler USA 32 56
14 Joe D'Amico USA 1199 60
15 Bill Upthegrove USA 74 61
16 Robert Carlen USA 1109 72
17 Glenn Selvin USA 1066 78
18 Holger Grygiel USA 495 92
19 Lyndon Lee USA 15 96
20 Tom Falk USA 140 98
21 Andrew Bennett USA 1214 112
22 Brad Nieuwstad USA 1067 115
All photos: Jan Walker. www.RegattaActiveImages.com

Combined USA Finn Association/Canadian Finn Association Ranking List 2004
1 CN 6 Chris Cook 153.339286 39 CN 2 John Audley 37.500000
2 US 7 Louie Nady 149.329710 40 US 1 Jeff Annis 36.805556
3 US 5 Bryan Boyd 146.044686 41 US 1 Joe D'Amico 35.869565
4 US 5 Darrell Peck 143.120342 42 US 2 Fred Serafin 35.813492
5 CN 6 Derek Mess 141.422619 43 CN 1 Ed Steeves 35.142857
6 US 4 Jeremy Pape 135.458333 44 CN 3 Phil King 32.291667
7 US 5 Henry Sprague 127.234084 45 US 1 Kurt Taulbee 27.083333
8 US 9 Dave Branch 124.881731 46 CN 2 Ross Emmons 26.217532
9 US 3 Andy Kern 124.207341 47 US 3 Art Diefendorf 25.857143
10 US 3 Kevin Hall 117.396542 48 US 3 Wayne Myers 25.318182
11 US 10 Bill Upthegrove 112.015873 49 CN 1 James Hynes 24.428571
12 US 2 Geoff Ewenson 108.655754 50 US 1 Glenn Selvin 24.130435
13 CN 2 Richard Clarke 106.676181 51 US 1 Doug Carey 21.875000
14 US 5 Brad Nieuwstad 104.365079 52 CN 1 Paul Phelan 21.857143
15 US 2 Mo Hart 103.943452 53 US 2 Janusz Purwin 20.864899
16 US 2 Eric Oetgen 100.396825 54 US 2 Steve Burrell 20.738636
17 US 4 Phil Tate 92.759921 55 US 1 John Fallon 20.454545
18 CN 7 Ian Bostock 92.437198 56 US 1 Peter Frisell 20.142857
19 US 2 John Porter 91.369048 57 US 2 Eric Johnson 19.886364
20 US 7 Andras Nady 90.265700 58 US 1 Pat Healy 19.602273
21 US 4 Gus Miller 82.053571 59 US 2 Bruce Campbell 19.602273
22 BAR 4 Christopher Kent 77.172619 60 CN 2 Steve Cutting 18.465909
23 US 5 Patrick Weaver 76.916839 61 US 2 Lyndon Lee 17.946860
24 CN 3 Evan King 76.545455 62 US 1 Brad Cole 17.708333
25 CN 2 Mike Honey 76.024351 63 US 1 Tom Willson 17.187500
26 US 7 Charles Heimler 72.953910 64 US 1 Bob Smith 16.666667
27 US 1 Skip Dieball 64.285714 65 US 2 Tim Slater 16.493056
28 US 4 Dave Powlison 58.333333 66 US 1 Holger Grygiel 15.000000
29 US 5 Robert Carlen 57.706177 67 US 1 Bob Coyle 13.541667
30 US 2 Johnny Greene 57.500000 68 US 1 Phillipe Kahn 13.295455
31 US 2 Brian Huntsman 56.894841 69 US 1 James Castellano 12.500000
32 US 1 Rob Linden 52.714286 70 US 1 Robert Mendenhall 12.500000
33 US 2 Charles Burke 50.063492 71 US 2 Jeff Allen 12.500000
34 CN 1 Lawrence Lemieux 49.536082 72 US 2 Thomas Falk 11.086957
35 US 3 John Gutowski 46.552579 73 US 1 Larry Wagner 8.333333
36 US 1 Jeff Case 43.043478 74 US 1 Tyler Andrews 8.333333
37 CN 1 Mike Milner 38.194444 75 US 1 Joe Burke 8.035714
38 CN 3 John Miller 37.743506 76 US 1 Dave Bull 6.818182
77 CN 2 John Dzioba 6.818182
78 US 2 Andrew Bennett 6.123188
79 US 1 Jeff Norris 5.965909
80 US 1 Eric Mann 5.681818
81 US 1 Jerry Mentor 4.545455
82 US 1 Jim Stone 4.340278
83 US 1 Joe Romero 4.166667
84 US 1 John Milfen 2.272727
85 US 1 Chuck Andrews 2.083333
86 US 1 Robert Plant 1.736111
87 CN 1 Shirlene Johnston 1.136364
35th Toilet Bowl Regatta
Willow Bank YC, Cazenovia 2004
Serene Lake Cazenovia has been the scene
for many an outrageous weekend of Finn
Fraternity mayhem in its three-decade history
of hosting the Finn class in its upstate New
York locale. From the Friday night dinner, the
Saturday tri-tip barbecue, the camping on the
grounds of Willow Bank Yacht Club – this
midsummer event is like no other. As the
standings indicate, people head to Caz from
all over the map.
1 Dave Powlison
2 Darrell Peck
3 Dave Branch
4 John Fallow
5 Wayne Myers
6 Ross Emmans
7 John Miller
8 Art Diefendorf
9 Bryan Boyd
10 Steve Burrell
11 Robert Mendenall
12 Eric Johnson
13 Bruce Campbell
14 Ian Bostock
15 Charles Heimler
16 Dave Bull
17 Eric Mann
18 Jerry Senter
19 John Dzoiba
20 John Miilten
21 Shirlene Johnston
FINNFARE MARCH 2005
FINNFARE MARCH 200

Finn sailing from across the world
AUSTRIA
Ranking List 2004
1 Michael Gubi 347
2 Bernd Moser 332
3 Florian Raudaschl 327
4 Helmuth Gubi 291
5 Michael Fischer 268
6 Max Pfeiffer 223
7 Hannes Blaschke 221
8 Johannes Pöll 210
9 Peter Grögl 186
10 Harry Eder 181
11 Gerhard Gfreiner 148
12 Walter Schuster 125
13 Gernot Diem 116
14 Jörg Werner 112
15 Helmut Daxner 111
16 Tobias Drugovitsch 110
17 Michael Gerstmeier 86
18 Frank Schimak 66
19 Arthur Wallner 38
20 Hans Raudaschl 35
21 Andreas Pöll 33
22 Wolfgang Kronsteiner 27
23 Gerhard Schlpfinger 26
24 Peter Farbovsky 24
25 Hannes Stadler 19
26 Robert Erhard 14
27 Anbton Kossina 8
28 Philppe d ´Alligny 7
BELGIUM
Belgian ChampiOnship 2004
Ostend, October 9 -10
Best eight from nine races. Sebbe won all
nine.
1 BEL Sebbe Godefroid 8
2 NED 78 Pieter-Jan Postma 19
3 BEL 7 Carolijn Brouwer 27
4 BEL 10 Johan Pieters 30
5 BEL 8 Filip Verhaeghe 31
6 BEL 1 Filip Willems 47
7 BEL 5 Yves Verhofstede 65
8 NED 885 Maarten Oberman 72
9 BEL 5 Frank Lingier 81
10 NED 48 Boudewijn Kortbeek 82
11 BEL 7 Frank van Looy 93
12 BEL 11 Geert Dejaeghere 98
AUSTRALIA
The President Australian Finn Association,
John Shallvey, writes: “Over the last year
some excellent work has been done by an
older Finnster in Graham Lewis. He has
managed to track down many of us who have
either owned, sailed or thought about getting
into a Finn. This great work had led to the
organisation of three reunions of Finn sailors
at each of our three major regattas this year:
Sail Brisbane [Nationals], Sydney International
[SIRS] and Sail Melbourne. I understand that
there is a already great deal of footage and
photos being uncovered and ready to be made
public. No doubt by the time these reunions
take place the waves will have gotten bigger
the gusts at the gybe mark stronger and the
pain of screaming thighs and that long boom
taking all before it memory to be relived.
If you are an old Finnster that Graham has
not yet found you we want and need you to
get involved, so please contact me at
shalves@bigpond.com. We are currently
investigating how to run a ‘classic’ division to
cater for those older hulls, masts and sails –
even more reason to get those older boats
on the water.”
Sail Melbourne 2005
1 AUS 228 Josh Beaver 9
2 AUS 233 William Wild 20
3 AUS 224 John Shallvey 29
4 AUS 213 Jake Gunther 38
5 AUS 206 Michael Dicker 40
Sydney International Regatta 2004
1 AUS Anthony Nossiter 7
2 AUS 228 Josh Beaver 14
3 AUS 2281 Jim Turner 19
4 AUS 233 William Wild 27
5 AUS 221 Will McCarthy 31
6 AUS 206 Michael Dicker 43
Photos: Sail Melbourne/Sport the Library
NETHERLANDS
Ranking list as at 31.12.04
1 Ewout Meijer 16.619
2 Cees Scheurwater 14.784
3 Sander Willems 14.026
4 Wietze Zetzema 13.590
5 Jaap Zielhuis 13.325
6 Martijn van Muyden 12.033
7 Luuk Kuijper 11.567
8 Nanno Schuttrups 8.831
9 Karel van Hellemond 8.799
10 Eric Bakker 8.351
11 Stefan de Vries 7.949
12 Henk de jager 7.735
13 Bas de Waal 6.677
14 Jack van Hellemond 6.424
15 Richard Tobé 6.171
16 Thierry van Viersen 5.864
17 Fons van Gent 5.764
Pho
10

18 Jan Willem Kok 5.761
19 Wouter Molenaar 5.586
20 Loek Kruijer 5.241
21 Hans Schelling 5.230
22 Auke Woerdeman 5.144
23 John van Altena 4.748
24 Jan van der Horst 4.630
25 Chieli Barends 4.217
26 Olaf van Heusden 4.208
27 Gerko Visser 4.012
28 Nanne Boot 3.970
29 Willem Nagel 3.943
30 Peter Verhoef 3.681
31 Ab Schippers 3.639
32 Johan van Straalen 3.635
33 Johan Pieters 3.517
34 Hennie van der Brink 3.113
35 Bas Proper 2.836
36 Adriaan Otto 2.824
37 Jan Zetzema 2.796
38 Pieter de Gooijer 2.699
39 Ruurd Baerends 2.644
40 Albert Kroon 2.571
41 LacusJan Groenhout 2.543
42 Rodrick Casander 2.540
43 Lucio Nodari 2.039
44 Wiebe Schippers 1.940
45 Jan Jaap Lamme 1.935
46 Hans Willekes 1.933
47 Rutger Rozemuller 1.882
48 Eddy Huisman 1.776
49 Geert van Woudenberg1.655
50 Rudolf ter Haar 1.643
51 Pieter Risseeuw 1.602
52 Fred Richter 1.466
53 Wijnand de Leur 1.431
54 Pieter-Jan Postma 1.407
55 Jaap Goede 1.369
56 Harold Lensing 1.344
57 Wobbe de Schiffart 1.322
58 Ronald Top 1.311
59 Machiel de Groot 1.253
60 Boudewijn Kortbeek 1.220
61 Hein-Pieter Okker 1.164
62 Bart Kraan 1.131
63 Koen van Os 1.089
64 Hans Zomer 1.072
65 Robert Sledziewski 1.016
66 Norbert van Oosterom 936
67 Bastiaan Kort 792
68 Johan de Schiffart 702
69 Rene Sala 644
70 Gerard Jacobs 615
71 Maarten Oberman 574
72 J. Steenbeek 565
73 Rick Witteveen 539
74 Boudewijn Fehres 498
75 Kees Kruijer 456
76 Arjan Zweedijk 422
77 Jaap van derWeele 341
78 Marc Meijer 335
79 Adrie Vosselmans 326
80 Jobs Isselmann 314
81 Arthur van Son 305
82 Jan van Rhijn 299
83 Arne Feenstra 273
84 Rob van Mourik 272
85 Joost Houweling 264
86 Freark Zandstra 247
87 M. Boot 233
88 Evert Jan Nilting 224
89 Don van Arem 213
90 Pieter Adriaans 203
91 Erik Jan Veenemans 191
92 Matthieu Sonnemans 180
92 Frits Lafeber 167
93 Dirkjan van Dam 160
94 Maurits Boot 150
95 Edo Haitsma 143
96 Ad Hermus 138
97 W. van Lohuizen 122
98 Julien Willekes 122
99 Bart Rozemuller 121
100 Rob Woudstra 113
101 Mark Schéper 111
102 Rob de Bie 101
103 Andries Leibrand 101
UNITED KINGDOM
2004 UK Traveller Series
The winner of the 2004 UK Travellers series
is Allen Burrell. The series included results
from the National Championships and five
other non-world championship qualifying
reagatas. Allen won the trophy by one point
from Tim Carver and in third was Dave
McGregor. At the Finn's end of season dinner
he is seen here being presented the Silver
Finn Trophy by Phil Laycock Secretary of the
BFA and Gael Pawson the Editor of Yachts
and Yachting, who joined the Finn sailors for
the dinner.
Results: (Best 3 from 6)
1 GBR 2 Allen Burrell 6
2 GBR 8 Tim Carver 8
3 GBR 40 Dave McGregor 11
4 GBR 33 Graham Page 12
5 GBR 5 Graham MacDonald 18
6 GBR 611 Tony Lock 22
7 GBR 77 Howard Sellars 27
8 GBR 617 Andrew Wylam 27
9 GBR 599 Andy Dennison 31
10 GBR 596 Keith Fedi 34
11 GBR 55 Nick Bridges 50
12 GBR 536 Dave Ludgate 55
13 GBR 88 Mark Andrews 64
14 GBR 572 Mark MacDonald 75
15 GBR 598 Stuart Glover 77
16 GBR 55 Mike Till 81
17 GBR 58 Nick Daniels 84
18 GBR 51 Phil Laycock 85
19 GBR 595 Ed Thorburn 85
20 GBR 61 Matthieu Du Verdiere 89
21 GBR 44 Gordon Watson 92
22 GBR 14 Ian Kay 99
23 GBR 576 James Wyburd 105
24 GBR 6 Ed Greig 121
25 GBR 53 Rodney Cobb 121
26 GBR Dave Harcourt 122
27 GBR Chris Farrell 123
28 GBR 1 Keith Davidson 124
29 GBR 631 Richard Hart 125
30 GBR 23 Justin Chisholm 126
31 GBR 534 Dick Pratt 127
32 GBR 583 Brown 127
33 GBR 10 Robert Deaves 128
34 GBR 16 Mike Woodhead 128
35 GBR 4 Russ Ward 129
36 GBR 21 Peter Coburn 129
37 GBR 415 Billy Maguire 129
38 GBR 578 Mike Stringer 131
39 GBR 565 132
40 GBR Nick Bratt 133
41 GBR 15 Alistair Evans 134
42 GBR 15 Geoff Miles 134
43 GBR 542 Martin Allen 134
44 GBR 454 Peter Barr 135
45 GBR 608 Terry Doyle 136
46 GBR 1 Sander Kooij 137
47 GBR 603 Grant Simmons 141
48 GBR 100 Mathew Walker 146
49 GBR 612 Lawrence Maudsley 147
50 GBR 493 Mark Petty-Mayor 149
DENMARK
Danish ranking list 2004
1 Søren Holm 391.8
2 Thomas Laursen 289.4
3 Michael Staal 254.2
4 Michael Bøk 230.4
5 Kim Siestø 215.2
6 Frank Hansen 204.0
7 Flemming B. Jensen 200.2
8 SØren O Hansen 187.3
9 Kenneth Bøggild 183.4
10 Lars Vesterholm 178.8
11 Richard Berg-Larsen 176.1
12 Lars Juel Christensen 175.5
13 Peer Cederberg 167.7
14 Jørgen Lindhardtsen 165.1
15 Lars Hall 156.8
16 Thorsten Schacht 153.4
17 Lars Gelbjerg Hansen143.1
18 Thomas Bo Nielsen 100.9
19 Peter Malm 94.5
20 Jens Kristian Andersen 86.1
21 Lars Hermann Lyng 82.5
22 Lars Stenfeldt Hansen 77.2
23 Ole Vorm 71.0
24 Michael Zinius 60.8
25 Jan Rasmussen 57.5
26 Jesper Christensen 51.7
27 Jonas Hoegh-Christensen 48.0
28 Finn Andersen 46.0
29 Henrik Barslund 41.4
30 Lars Haushultz 32.5
31 Henrik Thomsen 32.3
32 Lars Erting 30.9
33 Johnny Jensen 30.0
34 Kim svare 28.8
35 Ole Svendsen 28.0
36 Kim Christensen 27.6
37 Moses Løvstad 25.2
38 Peter Dyrup 23.8
39 Lars Broen 20.3
40 Jørgen Jeppesen 18.0
41 John Rasmussen 15.8
42 Casper Elkkør Hansen 14.0
43 Martin Leifeldt 3.4
Danish Finn National 2004
Vallensbøk Sejlklub. 27-29 August
1 DEN 7 Søren Holm (photo) 9
2 SWE 7 Kristian Åderman 26
3 SWE 34 Anders Nielsson 27
4 DEN 9 Thomas Laursen 29
5 NED 804 Cees Sceurwater 56
6 GER 711 Andre Budzien 64
7 SWE 739 Olof Lundqvist 65
8 DEN 231 Kenneth Bøgild 68
9 DEN 22 Per Cederberg Aabenraa 69
10 DEN 180 Michael Staal 77
11 NED 66 Ewout Mejier 86
12 DEN 77 Flemming Jensen 97
13 DEN 140 Michael Bøk 102
14 DEN 43 Kim Siestø 108
15 DEN 215 Lars V. Lavesen 123
16 DEN18 Richard B. Larsen 143
17 DEN 147 Jan Rasmussen 144
18 DEN 196 Lars Hall 173
19 DEN 204 Lars G.-Hansen 174
20 DEN 5 Søren Oster Hansen175
21 DEN 190 Michael Z. Jørvang 179
22 DEN 210 Finn Andersen 189
23 DEN 8 Peter Malm 199
24 DEN 12 Thorsten Schacht 216
25 DEN 17 Lars Christensen 263
26 DEN 178 Lars Broen 267
27 DEN 195 Jørgen Jeppesen 292
28 DEN 152John Rasmussen 299
FINNFARE MARCH 2005
FINNFARE MARC

Focus on Italy
Marco Buglielli writes, “Finn activity doesn’t
stop in Italy during the winter, and many
winter championship were held this year,
with the participation of a record number of
sailors. There is a great anticipation for the
Finn World Masters which will take place in
Bracciano in May and all the Italian masters
are preparing for that event, with training
sessions and new boats, masts and sails."
Anzio
Ten races were run in the Anzio winter
championship, over 5 days from November
to February, always with good wind and often
with beautiful sun. This year there was a
record participation with 28 sailors. There
was a hard fight for the top places, and
Andrea Guidi managed to win with one point
margin on Francesco Cuccotti and 4 points
on the former Secretary Franco Martinelli.
Torre del Lago
Another winter championship was held in
Tuscany, in Torre del Lago Puccini, organised
by the local Circolo Velico Artiglio. After 5
races (with 38 Finns) the winner was Franco
Dazzi (2-1-6-5-7), with Italo Bertacca in
second place (3-3-2-7-9) and Alberto Taiti in
third position (4-4-7-12-4).
Livorno
The “Trofeo Daniele Lupidi” was held in
Livorno during January and February, over
4 consecutive Sundays, always with a good
northerly wind. The young local Riccardo
Cordovani dominated with a string of victories
(1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1), and the fight for the second
place was won by Simone Mancini (4-3-3-2-
dnc-3-1-2) who prevailed on Lorenzo
Marchetti (2-2-11-3-2-2-ocs-3).
Trofeo Bertacca
The second edition of Trofeo Bertacca Sail
Equipment was held at the end of October
in Torre del Lago. The weather forecast for
the weekend was not good, but 41 Finn sailors
were present and three races were sailed in
mainly light and variable conditions. The final
winner was Riccardo Cordovani (2-3-1),
followed by Paolo Visoni (3-1-3) and Nicola
Menoni (7-2-2). Everybody was very happy
with the perfect organisation of the event,
accurately prepared by Italo Bertacca, with
a nice dinner Saturday evening and a very
lavish prize giving ceremony.
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Malcesine Finn Cup 2004
1 SLO Vincec Gasper 1 1 6 2 1 5
2 GER 151 Matthias Miller 3 3 15 1 4 11
3 ITA 16 Harald Stuffer 5 18 1 3 7 16
4 ITA 64 Silvio Santoni 11 6 7 6 5 24
5 ITA Michele Marchesini 2 2 13 DNC 9 26
6 CZE 3 Rudolf Lidarik 6 17 9 8 3 26
7 ITA 101 Riccardo Cordovani 9 9 5 4 8 26
8 AUT 271 Florian Raudaschl 14 7 4 OCS 2 27
9 ITA 82 Roberto Bosetti 4 4 8 11 OCS 27
10 ITA 727 Marco Buglielli 7 26 11 7 10 35
Coppa Italia Finn 2004
1 ITA 101 Riccardo Cordovani 676
2 ITA 890 Jacopo Tacchino 640
3 ITA 872 Nicola Menoni 604
4 ITA 727 Marco Buglielli 560
5 ITA 52 Franco Martinelli 530
6 ITA 25 Armando Battaglia 468
7 ITA 72 Andrea Guidi 468
8 ITA 82 Roberto Bosetti 448
9 ITA 76 Lorenzo Marchetti 433
10 ITA 37 Paolo Visonà 406
11 ITA 43 Pietro Piram 356
12 ITA 30 Stefano Neri 354
13 ITA 64 Silvio Santoni 340
14 ITA 107 Francesco Cuccotti 333
15 ITA 38 Claudio Bosetti 312
16 ITA 16 Harald Stuffer 293
17 ITA 24 Peter Stuffer 276
18 ITA 54 Fabrizio Antolini Ossi 266
19 ITA 47 Maurizio Grati 246
20 ITA 911 Simone Mancini 225
21 ITA 793 Francesco Faggiani 221
22 ITA 27 Andrea Bianchi 213
11 ITA 24 Peter Stuffer 37
12 ITA 872 Nicola Menoni 39
13 GER 22 Martin Mitterer 51
14 ITA 27 Andrea Bianchi 54
15 HUN 11 Peter Lovas 56
16 CZE 318 Martin Plecity 56
17 ITA 52 Franco Martinelli 62
18 ITA 37 Paolo Visona 63
19 ITA 0 Armando Battaglia 64
20 CZE 8 Jiri Outrata 73
21 ITA 890 Jacopo Tacchino 74
22 ITA 80 Martin Atzwanger 83
23 GER 27 Matthias Wolff 88
24 ITA 47 MaurizioGrati 89
25 ITA 72 Andrea Guidi 91
23 ITA 80 Martin Atzwanger 197
24 ITA 1A Franco Maria Rao 188
25 ITA 78 Bruno De Angelis 186
26 ITA 722 Michele Tognozzi 183
27 ITA 88 Umberto Maria Giugni 180
28 ITA 1 Heini Unterhauser 170
29 ITA 48 Daniele Passani 163
30 ITA 39 Thomas Pichler 159
31 ITA 15 Michele Marchesini 154
32 ITA 105 Nicolò Lorenzo Passani 153
33 ITA 84 Pierluigi Pinzan 148
34 ITA 756 Giuseppe Lino 144
35 ITA 99 Andrea Sandini 140
36 ITA 866 Angelo Cuccotti 132
37 ITA 892 Paolo Cisbani 131
38 ITA 34 ITA lo Bertacca 126
39 ITA 60 Riccardo De Sangro 124
40 ITA 11 Mario Salani 123
41 ITA 31 Giorgio Neri 121
42 ITA 89 Florian Demetz 120
43 ITA 49 Ulrich Ladurner 113
44 ITA 3 Klaus Stuffer 105
45 ITA 28 Antonio Latini 105
26 AUT 250 Peter Grogl 91
27 AUT 260 Johannes Poell 92
28 ITA 1 Heinrich Unterhauser 93
29 AUT 240 Michael Fischer 101
30 HUN 70 Gyorgy Vas 101
31 SUI 441 Martin Nydegger 114
32 ITA 2 Francesco Cuccotti 114
33 GER 19 AndreasBollongino 117
34 SUI 486 Peter Kilchenmann 124
35 CZE 21 Jan Cajcik 124
36 ITA 43 Pietro Piram 125
37 ITA 102 Guido Salvi 126
38 ITA 76 Lorenzo Marchetti 127
39 ITA 30 Stefano Neri 130
40 ITA 96 Alessandro Turchetto141
41 GER 69 Simon Loffelmann 142
46 ITA 111 Bruno Catalan 104
47 ITA 827 Hans Peter Zischg 98
48 ITA 86 Stefan Kaspar 96
49 ITA 161 Ludwig Zwerger 94
50 ITA 839 August Atz 93
51 ITA 9 Franco Dazzi 91
52 ITA 763 Agostino Scornajenchi 86
53 ITA 100 Francesco Raggio 84
54 ITA 00 Emilio Bianchi 83
55 ITA 45 Reinhart Gasser 82
56 ITA 66 Erich Kaspareth 81
57 ITA 91 Germano Lucchetta 78
58 ITA 96 Alessandro Turchetto 71
59 ITA 16A Domenico Aiello 70
60 ITA 102 Guido Salvi 69
61 ITA 28A Antonio Morani 68
62 ITA 65 Johannes Van Asperen 58
63 ITA 93 Klaus Mair 57
64 GBR53 Fabio Piccioni 56
65 ITA 10 Carre' 56
66 ITA 716 Filippo Petella 56
67 ITA 36 Fabrizio Corinaldesi 52
68 ITA 4 Salvatori 51
69 ITA 56 Agostino Lari 50
70 ITA 902 Fritz Starke 47
71 ITA 59 Marc Arata 44
72 ITA 843 Lorenzo Vergani 42
73 ITA 796 Franceschi 38
74 ITA 6 Elmar Hell 37
75 ITA 73 Antonio Pitini 36
76 ITA 42 Graziano Vezzoni 33
77 ITA 851 32
78 ITA 3A Andrea Pizza 25
79 ITA 801 Fabrizio Di Feo 24
80 ITA 51 Paolo Trambaiolo 24
81 ITA 810 Lencioni 20
82 ITA 9B Josef Bonell 19
83 ITA 60B Mirko Antonelli 18
84 ITA 89A Luca Filippi 15
85 ITA 881 Paolo Raggi 15
86 ITA 77 Luciano Zazzeroni 7
87 ITA 35 Alberto Taiti 5
88 ITA 8 Stefano Cerocchi 5
88 ITA 339 Giorgio Serra 5
FINNFARE MARCH 2005
FINNFARE MARC

International racing
calendar 2005
MARCH
March 9-13 Split Olympic Sailing Week (TBC) Split Croatia www.jklabud.hr
March 11-13 Adriatic Grand Prix Split Croatia hjs@st.htnet.hr
March 11-15 XI Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week Barcelona Spain www.bosw.otg
March 18-20 North Americans Long Beach USA www.abyc.org
March 19-25 Princess Sofia Trophy Palma de Mallorca Spain www.trofeoprincesasofia.org
March 24-28 Izola Spring Cup 2005 Izola Slovenia www.jadralniklub-burga.si
March 25-April 2 Athens Eurolymp Week Athens Greece webmaster_eio@eio.gr
March 26-28 Osterregatta Loosdrecht Loosdrecht Netherlands www.kwvl.nl
APRIL
April 9-10 OCR - Queen Mary SC London UK phil.laycock@lineone.net
April 9-10 Polyester Cup Kastrup Denmark www.finnjolle.dk
April 16-17 Spring Championship Balatonfured Hungary
April 16-17 Trofeo Albarelli Torri del Benaco Italy www.classefinn.it
April 23-24 Vitessa Trophy Caldaro Italy www.svks.it
April 23-29 Semaine Olympique Francaise Hyeres France www.ffv.fr
April 30-May 1 Elvstrom-Zellerbach St Francis YC USA www.stfyc.com
MAY
May 6-8 Balaton Championship Balatonfured Hungary
May 6-8 Nesselblatt Steinhude Steinhude Germany www.wvstm.de
May 10-14 Olympic Garda Riva Del Garda Italy www.fragliavelariva.com
May 11-15 Regatta Port Bourgas 2004 Bourgas Bulgaria
May 12-20 Finn Masters World Championship Bracciano Italy www.finn-world-master.com
May 13-15 Rijecka Regatta Moscenicka Croatia fiumanka@fiumanka.hr
May 14-15 OCR Hayling Island UK phil.laycock@lineone.net
May 19-22 Polish Yachting Association Trophy Puck Poland www.pya.org.pl
May 21-22 MidWest Championship Indianapolis USA www.nafinnclass.org
May 26-29 SPA Regatta Medemblik Netherlands www.sparegatta.org
JUNE
June 4-5 Coppa Italia Pesaro Italy www.classefinn.it
June 4-5 Montreal Finn Regatta Montreal USA www.nafinnclass.org
June 17-19 Nordic Championship Aabenrø Denmark www.finnjolle.dk
June 18-19 Coppa Italia Forte dei Marmi Italy www.classefinn.it
June 18-26 Kieler Woche Kiel Germany www.kyc.de
June 24-26 UK Nationals Christchurch UK www.finnuk.org.uk
June 30 - July 3 Swiss Championship Lac de Joux Switzerland franz.buergi@freesurf.ch
JULY
July 2-11 68 Warnemünder Woche Warnemünde Germany www.wscev.de
July 4-10 Semana Internacional de Vela de Casc... Cascais Portugal
July 8-13 Balaton Sailing Week Balatonfured Hungary
July 11-16 Französische Meisterschaft Loctudy / Bretagne France cn-loctudy@wanadoo.fr
July 13-16 55th Intervela 2005 Riva del Garda Italy www.fraglievelariva.com
July 15-17 Velka Cana Slovenska Piestany Slovakia
July 21-24 Int. Deutsche Meisterschaft Steinhude Germany www.wvstm.de
AUGUST
August 2-6 Idea Gdynia Sailing Days Gdynia Poland www.sail.gdynia.pl
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International Finn Asociation
ISAF
Belgian Finn Association
British Finn Association
Canadian Finn Association
Danish Finn Association
Dutch Finn Association
French Finn Association
German Finn Association
Hungarian Finn Association
Italian Finn Association
New Zealand Finn Association
Swedish Finn Association
Swiss Finn Association
USA Finn Association
www.finnclass.org
www.sailing.org
www.geocities.com/finnbelgium/
www.finnuk.org.uk
www.finncanada.org
www.finnjolle.dk
www.finn-sailing.nl
www.finn-france.com
www.finnwelle.de
www.telnet.hu/finn
Useful web links
www.nzfinn.org
www.finnejolle.nu
www.finn.ch
www.usfinnclass.org
Devoti Sailing Ltd
www.devotisailing.com
Pata Willetts Marine
www.suntouched.co.uk
Lemieux Boats
webhome.idirect.com/~lemieux
North Sails UK www.northsails.co.uk/one-design/finn.htm
North Sails USA
www.northsailsod.com
North Sails NZ
www.nz.northsails.com
Sea-nergy Sails
www.sea-nergy.com
Victory Sails
www.victorysails.com
Marina Dellas
www.dellas.de
High Performance Wetsuits NZ www.hikingpantsnz.com
Wilke Finn Wingmasts
www.classefinn.it
www.wilke.ch
Jan Walker Photographs www.regattaactiveimages.com
All major Finn gear suppliers will get a free listing. All advertisers
will get one year’s inclusion on this list.
August 5-10 Saronikos Gulf Regatta Athens Greece webmaster_eio@eio.gr
August 6-14 FINN EUROPEANS Kalmar Sweden www.finnclass.org
August 10-15 International Sailing Week Chojnice Poland
August 13-14 Great Lakes Championship North Cape YC USA www.nafinnclass.org
August 20-28 CORK Portsmouth Canada
August 20-21 36 th Annual Toilet Bowl Cazenovia USA www.nafinnclass.org
August 25-27 Danish Nationals Svendborg Sund Denmark www.finnjolle.dk
August 25-28 CORK II Kingston USA www.cork.org
SEPTEMBER
September 2-4 Lipno Cere Regatta Lipno Lake Czech Republic kozelsky@cere.cz
September 5-10 Italian Championship Marsala Italy www.classefinn.it
September 9 -16 FINN GOLD CUP (TBC) Moscow Russia www.finnclass.org
September 17-18 Eastern Championship Norwalk YC USA www.nafinnclass.org
September 17-18 Ofelia Cup Snekkersten Denmark www.finnjolle.dk
September 24-25 Canadian Nationals BQYC USA www.nafinnclass.org
September 24-25 Coppa Italia Castiglione Italy www.classefinn.it
Sept 30-Oct 2 Finn Cup Menoni Memorial Malcesine Italy www.fragliavela.org
OCTOBER
October 4-8 International German Championship Starnberger See Germany
October 7-9 International Finn Cup Malcesine Italy
October 7-9 UK Masters Championship Chichester Harbour UK www.finnuk.org.uk
October 15-16 OCR Weymouth UK www.rya.org
October 24-28 Senior Olympics Regatta ( 50+) FairHope YC USA www.nafinnclass.org
October 26-30 Tzeni Grammalidou Cup Thessaloniki Greece www.ncth.gr
October 29-30 OCR Ruthland UK www.rya.org
October 29-30 Trofeo Bertacca Torre del Lago Puccini Italy www.classefinn.it
October 29-30 St Francis Fall OCR St Francis YC USA www.stfyc.com
NOVEMBER
November 4-6 US Nationals Clearwater YC USA www.nafinnclass.org
November 12-13 OCR Warsash UK www.rya.org
DECEMBER
December 7-11 St Nicholas Race Croatia
December 26-30 Christmas Race Palamos Spain www.christmasrace.org
For further information on any event, to check the latest information on dates and venues or to add events and contact numbers to this list contact
the IFA Office or see the IFA or ISAF website. Please check all details with organisers before travelling.
FINNFARE MARCH 2005
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