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Cover photos: Action from Sail Melbourne 2004.
Photos: Sport the Library/Sail Melbourne. Inset: Top
three at Masters. Photo: Loïck Zoccola.
Editorial
This is the last FINNFARE before the
Olympic regatta and the competition is
getting as hot as the weather in Athens is
supposed to be. It would be a brave man
to predict the outcome in Greece later this
summer. The depth of the fleet is deep
indeed, although there will be a lot of new
faces there as well as some older ones.
Whatever happens, it is the taking part that
counts and as long as FINNFARE is sent
enough pictures and stories for the next
issue, then your editor will be quite happy.
It has been a privilege and a pleasure to
watch the preparation and qualification of
most of the sailors in both Cádiz and Rio,
and I am sure that the competition in Athens
will be equally as fierce. It has long been
a trait of the Finn class that while sailors
may fight tooth and nail on the water, as
soon as they are ashore the heat of battle
is forgotten. This is a tradition we are proud
of and has nothing to do with most of us
needing help to get our boats out of the water!
At several high profile regattas recently, it
seems that many sailors are not attending
the opening and closing ceremonies. This
causes embarrassment to both the
organisers and sponsors, as well as to the
class. We can only expect to have good
championships organised, with presents
for everyone, an all Olympic Jury, a clinic
and a class rep if the sailors respect their
part of the contract. As a class we are letting
each other down by not fully attending official
occasions at regattas such as sponsors’
parties and prizegiving ceremonies.
Most sailors are aware of the importance
of sponsorship and go to great lengths to
get their own. OK, everyone has other
pressures during and after events, but think,
if it was your sponsor you were going to see,
there is no way on earth you would not attend.
Please have respect for the commitment
of the sponsors to your class and the efforts
of the organisers in staging our regattas.
Finally, please send in more reports,
pictures, comments and gossip for the
bumper Olympic edition, to be published
in September.
Good luck and fair winds to all in Athens.
Robert
Photo: Junior Prizegiving in La Rochelle

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Useful web links
International Finn Asociation www.finnclass.org
ISAF www.sailing.org
Belgian Finn Association www.geocities.com/finnbelgium/
British Finn Association www.finnuk.co.uk
Canadian Finn Association www.finncanada.org
Danish Finn Association www.finnjolle.dk
Dutch Finn Association www.finn-sailing.nl
French Finn Association www.finn-france.com
German Finn Association www.finnwelle.de
Hungarian Finn Association www.telnet.hu/finn
Italian Finn Association www.classefinn.it
New Zealand Finn Association www.nzfinn.org
Swedish Finn Association www.finnejolle.nu
Swiss Finn Association www.finn.ch
USA Finn Association 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, www.intervela.com
Marina Dellas www.dellas.de
High Performance Wetsuits NZ www.hikingpantsnz.com
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FINN - SINGLE HANDED MEN - TOP 200 RANKINGS
Issue Date - 3 Jun 2004
Skipper Nation Prev Events Points
1 Ben AINSLIE GBR 2 7 5679
2 Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ POL 1 7 5562
3 Karlo KURET CRO 6 7 5362
4 Rafael TRUJILLO VILLAR ESP 7 7 5351
5 Sebastien GODEFROID BEL 3 7 5340
6 Andrew SIMPSON GBR 5 7 5333
7 Jonas HOEGH CHRISTENSEN DEN 4 7 5143
8 Guillaume FLORENT FRA 10 7 5078
9 Soren HOLM DEN 8 7 5075
10 Marin MISURA CRO 11 7 4993
11 Michael MAIER CZE 9 7 4969
12 Anthony NOSSITER AUS 12 7 4904
13 Emilios PAPATHANASIOU GRE 15 7 4781
14 David BURROWS IRL 24 7 4729
15 Joao SIGNORINI BRA 23 7 4659
16 Michael FELLMANN GER 14 7 4643
17 Jaap ZIELHUIS NED 16 7 4596
18 Gasper VINCEC SLO 21 7 4589
19 Stefan DE VRIES NED 19= 7 4577
20 Waclaw SZUKIEL POL 13 7 4552
FINNatics and FINNLOG: Please note that these are now only
available from the IFA through the IFA office, and no longer from
the editor. FINNatics are available at regattas and by post for
GBP 20 incl p&p. FINNLOGs are also available for GBP 5 plus
p&p. Few remaining stocks left, so if you still don’t have these
tomes of Finn sailing, buy one quick!
Above: These remarkable photos were supplied
by Mateusz after a rather windy Miami 2004.
A special editor’s prize to anyone who can
correctly identify themselves.
[Guess what: a new bucket!]

FINN NEWS – FINN NEWS – FINN NEWS
New New Zealand Secretary
Clifton Webb has retired as the New Zealand Finn Association secretary
and has been replaced by Christine Heady. Christine can be contacted
on finnsailor@ihug.co.nz. They also have a new website site address
www.nzfinn.org.
New IFA Webmaster
Those who keep an eye on the IFA website will notice that we have
a new webmaster. Mathieu De Verdiere, a French student living in
the UK and a keen Finnster, took on the role earlier this year and has
kept things moving. If you have any material for Mathieu please email
him on webfinn@post.com, especially of course day by day regatta
reports.
Finn stolen in England
Please keep a look out for a Finn that has been stolen. Ed Greig’s
Devoti boat with royal blue topsides together with several sails (GBR
593 and GBR 577) and masts was stolen from Hayling Island SC
towards the end of 2003. Its ISAF plaque number is 2773. One of
the masts was a white Wilke mast with a lot of paint missing from
below the deck ring. Two of the sails taken were a North B3L in the
light North cloth and a North HV2 in the heavy cloth. Both sails have
been used for about 2 weeks, so they don’t look brand new. Contact
Ed on +44 (0)1344 624386 or email a.p.grieg@talk21.com if you
have any news of his boat.
This is surely no
way to treat a
highly tuned
racing machine,
but the occasion
was Michael
Maier’s 40th
Birthday, which he
celebrated in fine
style at La
Rochelle during
the Europeans.
The sad state of
Michael’s
cherished steed
was snapped by
Pierre le Chatelier.
Thanks Pierre!
Is this Luca’s last Finn race? Luca climbing back into his Finn
in La Rochelle after falling out just before the finish.
Photo kindly supplied by Larry Lemieux.
Luca has since been announced as the skipper of the +39 Italian
America’s Cup challenge, with Iain Percy as helmsman.
Is Mateusz the best Finn sailor of all time?
IFA are delighted to announce that Mateusz Kusznierewicz is to
be inducted into the Finn Class Hall of Fame, joining class legends
such as Paul Elvstrøm, John Bertrand, Lasse Hjortnäs, Jose
Luis Doreste and Jörg Bruder.
Mateusz’s dedication and commitment are to credit to him and
have been a credit to the Finn class for the past decade, a decade
in which he has won everything that there has been to win,
sometimes many times over. Five major championship wins,
including his fantastic Gold Medal at the 1996 Olympic regatta
and six times runner up in the Gold Cup and Europeans has
been a formidable achievement, and one that has proven hard
to match by his fellow competitors. Of course, he has also won
numerous other major regattas and has held the number one
spot on the ISAF World Rankings more times than most sailors
care to remember.
His recent win at the Europeans
in La Rochelle was not only
remarkable in that he became
the only man to beat his arch
rival Ben Ainslie in a major
championship since Ben
entered the class in 2002, but
also because Mateusz has now
become arguably the most
successful Finn sailor of all time.
In FINNatics, a chapter is
devoted to the most successful
Finn sailors of all time, analysing
the Olympics, the Gold Cup and the Europeans and allocating
6 points for Gold, 3 for Silver and 1 for Bronze. The top of this
list has been held for 37 years by Willy Kuhweide. Equalled in
1987 by Lasse Hjortnäs, Willy's success has been unbeaten...until
now. Mateusz’s win in La Rochelle now gives him 48 points, 5
points clear of the previous leader and takes him to the top of
the list.
Mateusz’s place in Finn history in undisputed and he has become
one of the all-time giants of the Finn class – a sailor who has
been rarely equalled, seldom beaten and is a proud asset of the
best singlehanded class in the world. Well done Mateusz!
Brief History:
Olympics: 1 (1996), 4 (2000), ? (2004)
Gold Cup: 13 (1994), 46 (1995), 16 (1996), 8 (1997), 1 (1998),
2 (1999), 1 (2000), 2 (2001), 2 (2002), 6 (2003), 4 (2004)
Europeans: 14 (1994), 21 (1995), 2 (1996), 6 (1997), 5 (1998),
2 (1999), 1 (2000), 5 (2001), 43 (2002), 2 (2003), 1 (2004)
FINNFARE JULY 2004 FINNFAR
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EUROPEANS 2004 – LA ROCHELLE
Leading from start to finish, the 1996 Gold Medalist Mateusz Kusznierewicz won the 2004 European Championships in fine
style. Never out of the top seven, he dominated in the variable conditions. Sailed from 6th to the 15th May in La Rochelle
France, 90 sailors from 33 nations took part, with 10 countries in close competition for the remaining five Olympic berths.
The first three days of the championship were
just enough to measure 90 boats. Class
measurer Jüri Saraskin received some
outstanding help from the French team and
its chief measurer, Alain Bugeaud. The
President of the organising club - Societe des
Regates Rochelaises (SRR) - Gilles Chabaud,
is an ex-Finn sailor and organised a social
programme to entertain sailors and officials
all week long. Regatta sponsor, Harken, gave
daily prizes for winners in the senior and
junior divisions. The unsettled weather was
the only threat for this high level regatta.
Day one
After a postponement on shore, the wind
picked to 8-10 knots and the first race finally
started under black flag (after 2 general
recalls). The current and shifty winds made
racing tricky. The majority of the fleet started
at the pin end of the line. The race leaders
played the shifts on the left. Soren Holm was
first at the top mark but dropped to 4th.
Sebastien Godefroid made steady progress
throughout the race to win in front of Mateusz
Kusznierewicz and Clifton Webb. The Kiwis
were sailing their last selection for the
Olympics and the battle between them was
fierce. They finished within 3 points of each
other with Clifton Webb finishing 3rd in front
of Dean Barker in 4th and Peter Fox in 6th.
The wind increased in strength and stability
for the second race. Again the gains were
made on the left side. Emilios Papathanasiou
led the race from start to end: “I started on
the pin end and played the shifts in the middle.
The wind was nice, like in Athens. I am not
so used to the current here, but the racing
was good.” Second and third places went to
Mateusz and Andrew Simpson. First Junior
in both races was Lei Gong from China.
Day two
Racing started with a light and steady 10
knots breeze and sunny conditions. Big black
clouds and rain suddenly arrived, affecting
the temperature and wind. Ben Ainslie led
the fleet around the first mark with Liu Bo on
his trail. While Ben distanced himself from
the fleet, Liu Bo dropped some places on the
downwind legs to cross the finish line in 8th.
Ben easily won the race, increasing his lead
on Mateusz on the run. “It was another tricky
race. The left side was favoured again, but
frankly no one here can explain why,” admitted
the triple World Champion. Run specialists,
Mateusz, Sebastien Godefroid and Emilios
Papathanasiou climbed to the top of the fleet
after the first downwind leg to follow Ben
home. Ismael Bruno was the first Frenchman
in 5th. “Ismael decided to change his equipment
and it responded better to the conditions.”
explained his coach, Patrice Guadagnin.
After three races, Mateusz had a small lead
over Sebastien. Guillaume Florent, freshly
selected in Hyéres for Athens was in third
position, two points ahead of Jonas Hoegh-
Christensen. With a sore knee, US
representative Kevin Hall decided to stop
racing to recover before the next regatta.
Luca Devoti also stopped after two races.
Guillaume Florent and Mateusz
Kusznierewicz receive their medals
Day three
The fourth race started with 12 knots and the
‘Olympic triangle’. The Oscar flag allowing
free pumping was displayed on the top mark,
giving a rest to the jury, and providing lots of
fun to the sailors. Guillaume was first at the
top mark followed by Mateusz, Ben and
Mattias Miller from Germany. At the leeward
mark, Mateusz had passed Guillaume with
Ben in second position. On the second beat
Mateusz enjoyed a big shift on the extreme
left side of the course that propelled him out
of reach of his followers. Guillaume caught
up Ben and stayed on his tail until the last
beat. Guillaume and Michael Fellmann who
had sailed further to the left made some
ground on Ben, to take 2nd and 3rd.
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2004 - FINAL RESULTS
1 POL 17 Mateusz Kusznierewicz 2 2 2 1 3 DNF4 7 1 22
2 GBR 3 Ben Ainslie 28 4 1 4 2 15 2 2 BFD 58
3 FRA 73 Guillaume Florent 11 5 9 2 13 10 8 4 13 62
4 NZL 14 Dean Barker 4 37 6 18 10 9 9 1 16 73
5 BEL 7 Sebastien Godefroid 1 6 3 35 7 11 11 6 BFD 80
6 CAN 303 Richard Clarke 17 35 11 13 12 2 27 5 3 90
7 CRO 11 Karlo Kuret 21 26 26 19 1 6 13 8 11 105
8 GRE 7 Emilios Papathanasiou 29 1 4 17 8 22 30 3 BFD 114
9 NZL 27 Clifton Webb 3 9 19 9 BFD14 10 41 10 115
10 ESP 100 Rafael Trujillo 33 17 33 8 23 4 3 25 8 121
11 DEN 7 Soren Holm 5 10 25 30 15 3 40 10 29 127
12 NZL 19 Peter Fox 6 15 35 14 6 24 32 12 20 129
13 AUS 221 Anthony Nossiter 53 8 13 25 9 16 28 18 12 129
14 BRA 10 Joao Signorini 20 24 15 20 16 27 22 19 2 138
15 CRO 25 Marin Misura 19 42 23 27 5 7 --- 13 4 140
16 TUR 6 Ali Enver Adakan 14 46 12 7 18 19 6 23 BFD 145
17 GBR 6 Andrew Simpson 41 3 24 5 30 1 37 14 BFD 155
18 SLO 5 Gasper Vincec 40 50 14 11 4 26 1 24 BFD 170
19 SWE 7 Kristian Aderman 42 23 40 6 14 43 17 9 21 172
20 DEN 200 Jonas Hogh-Christensen 13 7 7 24 19 8 12 DNF BFD 181
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With more wind in the race 2, Oscar was
displayed at the start of the triangle course.
The wind was up to 14-17 knots. After several
general recalls, the black flag sent several
sailors back home. Ben cleared out at the
start, followed by Karlo Kuret and Mateusz.
Karlo, with a good speed and pointing higher,
gained some ground and finally got even with
Ben who couldn’t get away. On the last 100
meters from the finish, the Croatian passed
the Brit to win the race. Mateusz crossed the
line in 3rd followed by Gasper Vincec and
Marin Misura. Iacopo Tacchino was the best
Junior in both races in 43rd and 36th place.
21 FRA 972 Ismaël Bruno 32 53 5 40 28 35 26 27 6 199
22 IRL 8 David Burrows 54 38 16 51 BFD20 7 11 5 202
23 NED 78 Jaap Zielhuis 8 54 10 10 24 30 34 35 BFD 205
24 GER 79 Michael Fellmann 52 11 20 3 17 34 23 46 BFD 206
25 CAN 41 Christopher Cook 12 32 47 23 54 21 5 21 BFD 215
26 CRO 14 Nenad Viali 34 16 31 12 33 5 38 57 47 216
27 NED 6 Stefan De Vries 27 61 36 33 31 12 49 28 7 223
28 ARG 1 Alejandro Colla 43 28 18 36 32 29 39 17 28 227
29 RUS 1 Vladimir Krutskikh 44 25 21 38 20 48 24 29 27 228
30 SWE 1 Daniel Birgmark 31 18 44 46 38 50 14 15 23 229
31 IRL 10 Aaron O'Grady 7 22 29 58 35 32 36 33 38 232
32 POL 7 Rafal Szukiel 9 12 49 28 45 46 25 DNF 19 233
33 HUN 1 Balazs Hajdu 15 51 39 61 22 28 19 26 37 237
34 SWE 736 Johan Tillander 10 20 63 15 21 DNF 61 39 9 238
35 RUS 8 Evgeny Chernov 64 29 32 41 26 41 18 37 15 239
36 AUT 271 Florian Raudaschl 16 64 30 47 25 13 51 20 41 243
37 ARG 11 Julio Alsogaray 58 47 17 53 27 18 35 34 14 245
38 SUI 1 Othmar Mueller V. Blumencron 51 13 38 34 34 33 20 32 BFD 255
39 ITA 15 Michele Marchesini 26 21 43 29 50 31 60 42 35 277
40 GBR 550 Matthew Howard 46 48 27 31 51 36 82 16 36 291
41 EST 8 Imre Taveter 75 34 BFD 56 42 37 16 22 25 307
42 UKR 1 Oleksiy Borysov 70 27 28 DSQ 46 61 15 47 24 318
43 CHN 226 Bo Liu 24 69 8 26 BFDDSQ 43 30 30 321
44 FIN 216 Tapio Nirkko 36 36 61 52 41 40 31 71 31 328
45 CHN 43 Quan Li Hong 55 58 65 74 43 62 21 31 17 352
46 GER 151 Mattias Miller 57 77 53 16 48 52 54 51 26 357
47 CHN 188 Peng Zhang 48 40 71 39 60 53 33 36 55 364
48 IRL 5 Youen Jacob 56 45 41 42 BFD44 50 61 33 372
49 USA 1140 Bryan Boyd 23 44 69 22 62 55 59 40 BFD 374
50 CHN 319 Lei Gong 30 14 BFD 45 47 51 46 56 --- 380
51 CHN 434 Jun Li 63 56 66 55 40 42 48 44 32 380
52 RUS 7 Kapitonov Vladislav 38 65 54 44 44 56 62 DNF 18 381
53 SUI 467 Peter Theurer 49 31 56 64 37 59 52 48 56 388
54 CHN 155 Xiangfeng Zhang 67 19 77 63 BFD17 41 77 34 395
55 NED 64 Wietze Zetzema 47 71 46 60 BFD39 65 45 22 395
56 DEN 9 Thomas Laursen 59 59 42 62 39 47 47 68 46 401
57 CZE 1 Michael Maier 65 63 22 37 11 23 DNF DNC --- 403
58 CHN 563 Aimin Chen 62 52 BFD 32 58 65 57 38 44 408
59 SUI 7 Christoph Burger 35 43 37 21 BFD38 66 DNF --- 422
60 SUI 5 Christoph Christen 71 75 57 66 29 60 45 54 40 422
61 GRE 11 Pachonios Papastefanou 80 41 48 59 57 58 44 73 45 425
62 HUN 6 Pal Gaszton 50 60 59 57 52 77 70 49 53 450
63 NED 787 Nanno Schuttrups 73 78 51 73 63 69 42 55 39 465
64 GBR 8 Tim Carver 37 DNF 74 71 56 45 69 66 51 469
65 ITA 890 Iacopo Tacchino 77 76 60 43 36 54 77 75 50 471
66 GBR 88 Mark Andrews 76 55 62 50 DNF63 74 43 48 471
67 ESP 1 Diego Fructuoso 82 72 45 49 53 64 68 78 43 472
68 HUN 5 Tibor Pallay 66 39 50 70 59 67 63 62 BFD 476
69 NED 80 Sander Willems 18 70 34 BFDBFD25 58 RAF --- 478
70 EST 15 Janno Hool 45 80 55 75 61 73 64 50 57 480
71 GER 81 Jan-Dietmar Dellas 60 49 80 48 BFD49 79 64 59 488
72 POL 1 Yarema Drogowski 69 66 64 69 55 74 53 52 BFD 502
73 EST 7 Harles Liiv 39 67 DNF 54 64 57 67 DNF BFD 530
74 ISV 1 Ben Beer 61 57 75 68 74 66 76 53 --- 530
75 UKR 11 Yevgen Yaroshenko 85 68 58 77 49 75 71 76 58 532
76 SUI 8 Nick Benz 79 62 52 76 69 DNF 81 60 54 533
77 FRA 7 Pierre le Chatelier 83 73 76 67 BFD72 56 65 49 541
78 SUI 99 Thomas Brack 68 88 72 78 65 70 78 63 52 546
79 SUI 100 David Veit 74 83 68 65 68 71 72 59 BFD 560
80 SUI 12 Franz Buergi 78 84 67 80 73 68 55 58 BFD 563
81 POL 71 Bartlomiey Flak 84 85 73 81 70 81 29 69 BFD 572
82 GER 19 Andreas Bollongino 86 74 81 72 67 76 73 72 62 577
83 USA 12 Kevin Hall 22 30 DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 598
84 ITA 1 Luca Devoti 25 33 DNC DNF DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 604
85 FRA 804 Gaël Seguin 88 87 70 83 71 80 80 74 61 606
86 FRA 17 Jean-Philippe Saliou 89 81 82 79 66 78 --- --- 42 608
87 GBR 61 Mathieu Colin De Verdiere 72 82 83 85 72 83 85 DNC 63 625
88 GER 266 Michael Eller 81 79 78 84 DNF79 75 DNF 60 627
89 FRA 817 Simon Lemaitre 87 86 79 82 75 82 83 70 --- 644
90 ARG 2 Ricardo Reyes DNFDNF DNC 86 BFD84 84 67 64 658
FINNFARE JULY 2004
Ben Ainslie and Emilios Papathanasiou
battle downwind
© Cyril Jarno (www.srr-sailing.com)
Day four
“It was puffy, shifty,…a patient man’s day”,
Richard Clarke taking second place,
summarised day four’s shifty race by these
simple words, but the race was far from
simple.
Starting with 15 knots, the wind was going
all over the place. Boats at each end of the
line were sailing on different tack. “It was hard
to know who was leading on the first beat”
explained Guillaume. First at the top mark, Nenad
Viali enjoyed “half an hour of glory” before
dropping to 4th at the end of the reaches.
High quality competition
With a talented fleet of 90 sailors, the
2004 Finn European Championship in
La Rochelle was set to be a benchmark
in recent Finn sailing. 33 countries
were in contention with 10 fighting for
the last five Olympic berths. They were:
Argentina, Austria, China, Finland,
Hungary, Italy, Japan, Russia, US Virgin
Islands and Ukraine.
IFA coaches Arif Gurdenli and Gus
Miller, had spent the previous week
helping sailors from China, Hungary
and Estonia to prepare for their
qualification regatta. They participated
in an intensive clinic focusing on
equipment tuning as well as sailing
skills and tactics.
With most of the top 50 Finn sailors
present, the quality of the fleet was
unequalled. Many teams were also still
racing for their National selection for
the Olympics: New Zealand, Canada,
Italy, China, Ireland and Switzerland.
Josje Hofland Dominicus (NED),
Chairman of the Jury and her team of
Bernard Bonneau (FRA), Jan Stage
(DEN), Oleg Ilyin (RUS), Bill O’Hara
(IRL) and Ralph Roberts (NZL) will all
be part of the Olympic jury in Athens.
The racing committee was led by
Bernard Carre (PRO in Hyères on the
Finn class) and Alain Chenais with the
assistance of Course Rep. Peter
Reggio. ‘Luiggi’ officiated in this same
role during the ISAF Worlds in Cadiz.
He was also the PRO during the 2001
Finn Gold Cup and the Louis Vuitton
Cup.
© Cyril Jarno (www.srr-sailing.com)
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Soren Holm, who, like the Croatian had lost some ground on the
reaches claimed first place at the end of the second beat in front of
Richard Clarke and Andrew Simpson. The wind by then had dropped
to 10 knots and the racing committee had changed the Oscar flag.
The jury was again in action and penalised four sailors including Ben,
and Mateusz for the second time, forcing the regatta leader to retire
from the race. “This is so stupid, I saw the C flag for the change of
course at the top mark but I didn’t see the R flag. I was so concentrated
on the shifts and Sebastien just behind me. It is a real pity, I was
coming 8th and this will make it harder to win the regatta,” declared
a disappointed Mateusz.
Richard Clarke led the fleet around the last leeward mark with Andrew
Simpson just behind. The last beat proved tricky. ‘Bart’ took the option
on the right while Richard sailed more conservatively in the centre.
More pressure on the right lifted Andrew to the finish. If yesterday
was ‘Kiwi day’ today was declared, ‘Croatian day’ with Nenad Viali,
Karlo Kuret and Marin Misura taking 5th, 6th and 7th.
Day five
Day five was by far the most difficult day on the water. The wind was
all over the place, up and down in strength, patchy, puffy...whatever
the complaints and the frustration, the favourites came out in front
and the overall result after two races didn’t change much. Mateusz
after a 4th and a 7th was still in the lead, nine points ahead of direct
rival Ben.
The first race was won by Gasper Vincec. The right side was favoured
by a big shift during the first beat. The wind was light to medium 8 to
10 knots and according to the general description, very shifty. The
wind increased to 12 knots at the start of the second race and up to
15 on the second beat. The course was a windward leeward in the
first race and was changed to a triangle in the second. Emilios
Papathanasiou led the fleet in the second race until Dean Barker
passed him at the end of the reaches to win the race.
Day six
When the black flag came up on the second start of the last race, it
penalised 11 sailors. The third start under the black flag took its toll
among Mateusz’s opponents for the Championship title. The current
was pushing the sailors towards the crowded pin end of the line. Ben,
Sebastien, Emilios, Ali Enver and Gasper took an aggressive start
despite the risk of disqualification.
At the top mark, their names were on the race committee black board,
forcing them to leave the race. “It was such a relief, I could sail my
own race,” declared Mateusz. “My only worry was the downwind legs.
I had to restrain myself from moving. I have never been so still in the
boat, but I couldn’t afford a third penalty.”
The championship was in the bag as he went on to win the last race.
With the top two and three out of contention, Guillaume Florent, 4th
before the last race, had to place in the top eight to take 2nd overall
or better than 30th to place 3rd. He was looking good in the top five
before the last beat, but chose to go right on the last upwind leg. He
finished the race in 13th, taking bronze, leaving the silver to Ben.
Dean was 4th in his first European Championship in front of Sebastien.
The European Junior Champion was Ukrainian Oleksiy Borysov in
42nd place. Second was Tapio Nirkko from Finland (44th). Lei Gong
from China took 3rd place in 50th position.
The five countries who qualified for the Athens Olympic regatta are
(upon ISAF approval): Argentina (Alejandro Colla 28th), Russia
(Vladimir Krutskikh, 29th), Hungary (Balazs Hajdu, 33rd), Austria
(Florian Raudaschl, 36th), Italy (Michele Marchesini, 39th).
For the prizegiving ceremony, the yacht club invited all the famous
French Finn sailors of all time to come and congratulate the world’s
best. Among them, Serge Maury, Olympic Champion in Kiel in 1972,
Didier Poissant, Olympic Games representative in 1956 in Melbourne,
Yves-Louis Pinaud, 1960 in Rome, Gerard de Villard, Tokyo in 1964,
Philippe Soria in Mexico in 1968, Philippe Presti...
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IFA FINN CLINIC AT LA ROCHELLE
3-9 May 2004, La Rochelle, By Arif Gurdenli
The 2004 IFA Clinic took place in La Rochelle
during the week before the Europeans. With
7 participants from China, 3 from France
and 1 from Argentina we had a busy time.
The idea of the clinic was to give the sailors
the ‘big picture’ for success rather than just
the boat speed or some drills. Main topics
covered were: boat preparation, boat
handling, boat tuning, sails, speed tests,
strategy & tactics, fitness and rules
Since the boats were not prepared and
measured in detail before we started by
checking the positions for deck ring,
centreboard pin and the mast rake (with a
scale). Since there was big differences
between the sizes of sailors we had to make
some adjustments. For the lighter sailors
(103 kg) we pushed
it forward to 2.07-2.08m. The same applied
to the deck ring that for heavy guys we
pulled the ring back (1 big + 2 small pieces
in front) and for light guys we pushed
it forward (1 big+1 small piece). The rake
is adjusted to 34-35kg for all sailors
How to measure your rake by a scale
You may have seen many of the most successful Finn sailors using
a scale to measure their mast rake. If you want to catch the
technology and give up on our long time tape measure here is how
to:
First of all you need an electronic scale that can measure 30-40kg
(60-90 lb) sensitively to 0.1 detail. Keep your old tape measure (or
buy one - if you don’t have one) and get 5.5-6 metres of 3-4 mm
spectra rope.
Tie the spectra rope and the tape measure to your halyard and
hoist it up. Tie one end of the scale to the spectra rope such that
there is enough distance to attach the outhaul to the other end of the
scale when you lift up the boom.
Measure the distance (lets call this A) from top of the mast to the
top of the black band of mast at gooseneck (inhaul). That should
measure 5.70 metres. Anything less or more shall be a correction.
We’ll come to this soon.
Pull the mainsheet hard so that the boom touches the deck like
you sail upwind. Now measure the distance from top of the mast
to the black band of the boom. Adjust the outhaul so that it will
measure 6.02 metres. Now comes the correction; if the distance
A was 5.70 then no correction is needed. Let’s say that if A was
5.69 then this needs a 1cm correction so we subtract that from
6.02 which will be 6.01. On the contrary if the measure A was 5.72
then this needs a 2 cm correction so this time we would add it to
6.02 which will become 6.04 metres.
Now read the load on the scale: 31-33kg is the lower end where
37kg is the upper. 35kg would be a good place to start as an
average. If you rake the mast forward the scale will read more, if
you rake back it reads less - on Devoti boats one full turn at the
bottom means approximately 2kg.
A bit complicated ??
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and the fine tuning is done on the water after
some speed testing.
Hiking positions are checked as well and
the hiking strap positions together with pussy
pads are adjusted to have the most
comfortable layout. Since in a race more
than half the time is spent upwind (mostly
hiking) it is very important to have the most
comfortable position.
During the week the wind was very generous
that the sailors had to hike quite hard. Lots
of speed testing is done on the water so that
the guys who were not happy with the
settings found opportunity to readjust.
On the shore we rigged a boat and worked
through all the sail controls :
Outhaul; has an overall affect on the sail
that the depth changes by 3 times i.e. if you
let the outhaul 1cm. The draft increases
approx. 3cm. Outhaul also changes the top
1/3 of the leach. If you pull outhaul, top part
of the leech opens where as if you leave the
outhaul it closes the upper leech.
Cunningham; has a direct affect of the draft
position. If you pull the cunningham if also pulls
the draft towards the mast and most importantly
it opened the middle part of the leech.
Inhaul; effects the bottom part of the sail
that pulling it opens the bottom 1/3 of the
leech. It also effects the entrance of the sail.
If you sail at medium winds and flat water
you can leave the outhaul more than normal
so that the entrance of the sail becomes
flatter and you point higher. This setting is
not forgiving which means you have to steer
very carefully. It would also work well if you
play the inhaul together with the mainsheet.
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If you pull the mainsheet then you also pull the
inhaul and if you ease the mainsheet then you
also ease the inhaul. This way the sails keeps
a nice shape at all times.
In the mornings we spent some time at the
classroom discussing about the strategy, tactics,
rules and fitness. In the afternoon we were on
the water for long hours, speed testing, short
races, start drills, tack and gybes during the short
racing. On the upwinds we concentrated on the
steering, sail shapes, hiking and body movements.
On the downwind we focused on how to be more
comfortable in the boat, steering the waves,
easing the controls (i.e. outhaul, cunningham,
inhaul), centreboard position (between 1/2 and
3/4 up) and also vang tension. The part of the
sail that you shall look at is the top part of the
leech – if you pull the vang hard then the leech
becomes very tight and there’s not enough power
on the sail. This way it’s safer but also harder
to catch the waves. If you leave the vang very
loose (except for the light winds) then the leech
becomes too open where the boat becomes
unstable and you also loose power. Optimum
adjustment is to have the leech moving like a
bird’s wing while playing the sail or pumping.
Gus Miller was with us during the clinic and it was great to have him
around. He was dedicated to share his knowledge with the sailors at
all times. He was on the water in our coach boat every time. Although
I gave him hard time while driving the boat sometimes roughly over
the waves, he did not mention anything. Thank you Gus.
One day Andy Zawieja was the guest speaker talking about the masts.
He mentioned the importance of deciding on a concept for the masts.
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Since the masts can be soft-stiff bottom, soft-stiff middle and soft-stiff
tip or any combination it may cause the sailor to be confused if trying
to go for all. As a general approach, soft bottom (fore/aft) masts act
like a good suspension and could be faster in waves and windy
conditions. Stiff bottom masts (fore/aft) would be good for light winds
and smooth sea. Stiff top (fore/aft) helps to keep the draft of the sail
at top and the leech tension can be better controlled. Softer top
(fore/aft) could be good for light weight sailors.
More important is the sideways bend. If a mast is soft at the deck
level then it’s not possible to point high enough. If you have a good
weight (around 100kg) and you are strong then it’s good to have the
mast going straight up to the middle of mast (for sideways bend). One
other aspect to check is the sideways bend for both starboard and
port tack. Sometimes the mast would be bending slightly different of
opposite tacks and this would cause a sail to look good on one tack
but bad on other. Sideways bend has also a direct affect on the overall
shape of the sail. Top part of the mast (sideways) should have enough
bend that the leech will be open in a breeze or choppy wave conditions.
Measuring the mast in the regular way (12kg at the tip and supporting
at the decking) is very good to match the sail but does not give a
good indication for what the mast does near the deck and BB levels.
Old style testing (hanging 20kg in the middle and supporting the mast
at the ends) would give a more accurate reading especially for the
lower parts. Thank you Andy.
I had to return back home just before the regatta started and Gus
stayed with the sailors during the races. My old friend Laurence (ex
Europe sailor from France) was also very very supportive, helping us
at every aspect to run the clinic efficiently. She has done a great job
to host the Europeans at La Rochelle. Thank you very much Laurence.

PROPOSAL FOR GEAR LIMITATION
IFA’s Vice-President Development, Clifton Webb writes about some proposals he has in mind to reduce the amount of gear
that sailors are allowed to use at the main regattas. He feels this will substantially help those sailors from nations who do not
have sponsored orfederation funded campaigns. Please study this and feedback comments to Clifton on cliftonwebb@xtra.co.nz.
Proposal
• To reduce the amount of equipment used at regattas to only one.
i.e. 1 sail, 1 mast, 1 boom etc
• To introduce a maximum of 4 sails that can be used in the above
events. If a sailor did every regatta then a sail would have to last 2
events. The sailors who qualify for the Olympics would be able to use
an extra sail, on top of the quota, for the Olympic regatta only.
Reason: To reduce costs of competing in Grade 1 and Finn
Championship events.
At the moment it is possible to have 2 new sails at every regatta. The
cost of sails has increased since the change of cloths from Dacron
to plastic, BUT the sails don’t seem to last any longer – which was
one of the reasons for changing to or not banning plastic sails.
• To reduce costs for developing nations and non-federation funded
sailors, creating a more even playing field but still having the opportunity
to develop sails and masts outside of competition.
For example, the 470 class has a 1-piece rule. Replacements can be
carried on coach boats and used if the piece is damaged and is then
measured after the race. America’s Cup and The Volvo Race also
have strict sail limitations. If you rip a sail it is still counted as 1 sail
even if only used for 1 race.
• Discuss with TC possible relaxation on some rules to allow sails
to be built stronger and allow longer life. Batten ends, patches, luff
and foot tapes.
Richard Berg-Larsen from Denmark writes:
“Finn Forum: What’s that? I used the Finn
Forum on the IFA webpage some months
ago, as I decided to give myself a half model
of a Finn for my 50th Birthday
I wrote “Help, where can I buy a Finn half
model?”
After a few days, I got a reply from a young
Finn sailer in Buenos Aires, who wrote that
he had never made a half model of a Finn,
but he had made a radio controlled model of
a Star boat, and for some time had wished
to make a Finn. We decided that he should
make a prototype, and we agreed a price.
We did mail together several times, and in
the end Jorge Caviglia (pictured right)
(jorge_caviglia@yahoo.com.ar) decided to
build the model according to the old line
drawing, and I can say it came fantastically.
I have never seen a half model before with
a proper rudder, cockpit with centreboard
case an ‘T’ piece. The model looks really like
my old Sommerfeldt Finn from 1963, which
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ISAF Sailor Registration Number:
Grade 1 Events
Sail Melbourne
Miami OCR
Semanie Olympique
SPA Regatta
Kieler Wocker
International Finn Events
Finn European Championships
Finn Gold Cup
ISAF Events
Olympic Test Event
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was scrapped in 1983, and I have attached
pictures of the model and the boat I have
decided it is a model of.
In the end we agreed that I should pay a
couple of sails, and the swap should happen
in Gaeta to the Star Worlds. Stig Westergaard
brought sails to Italy and a Star Sailor from
Argentina brought the model. The project
could never have worked without the Finn
Forum, and the friendship in the Finn class
where sailors all over the world trust the word
of another Finn sailor.”
Access the Finn Forum at www.finnclass.org
and click on ‘Forum’
IFA Button Number Sail Maker
Suggested form to keep record of sails registered
• The replacement of IFA sail labels with buttons, so labels cannot
be transferred.
Masts
A similar method could be introduced for masts, if a suitable system
could be enforced. Maybe the label has to be built into the mast when
it is constructed?
The alternative of going back to a round mast is not appealing. If the
Finn were to do that then we may as well have Dacron sails as well.
Both, in my opinion would be a backward step. The Finn should be
encouraged to develop and should always try to be the fastest nontrapeze
single-handed boat.
This is open to abuse as sailors may rip sails purposely to change
them but I think rule 2 and even rule 69 cover such things. The limit
of 4 a year should be strictly enforced. If a sailor rips four sails a year
then they have an issue.
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At the time of going top press, the final line up
for Athens was not complete. Some sailors still
have to meet their individual countries criteria
for qualification. However the match everyone
is looking forward to is the next round of Poland
vs. Great Britain. Arch rivals Mateusz
Kusznierewicz and Ben Ainslie have been
slugging things out now for three years, and it
would be a gambling man indeed who could
predict the outcome in Greece. Ben, the triple
world champion with two Olympic laser medals
behind him is probably the slight favourite, but
since Rio, Mateusz has regained some ground
with impressive wins at the Europeans and the
Argentina – Alejandro Colla
Newcomer to the class. Steady
improvement. Good in light to medium
wind. Won races in Cadiz Worlds and
Athens test events.
Brazil – Joao Signorini
Steady sailor good in lighter conditions.
Has consistent results.
Best result: 9th in Rio Gold Cup.
Denmark – Jonas Hoegh
Christensen
Found his pace since Cádiz. Good in
medium to strong winds. A lot of energy
and could be a surprise.
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WHO’S WHO IN ATHENS
SPA regatta. But, this is no two-horse race.
There will be 23 other Finn sailors in Athens
as well, equally determined to take that Gold
Medal home. Of the 25 sailors that will be on
the starting line, three have won Gold Cups,
four have won Europeans and about half of
them have won individual races at a major
championship. Local sailor Emilios
Papathanasiou has to be one of the favourites,
consistently winning races on his home waters
over the past few years. 2001 World Champion
Sebastien Godefroid found pace at the
Europeans and can never be ruled out. Several
sailors have also made a comeback over the
Australia – Antony Nossiter
Good in strong hiking conditions.
Conservative style. Good endurance.
Second Olympics.8th in Cádiz.
Canada – Richard Clarke
Very experienced and mature sailor.
Good tactician. Always peaks towards
the end of the regatta. Second in Gold
Cup in Rio. Medal prospect.
Spain – Rafael Trujillo
Very fast in hiking conditions. Hard
training and good preparation gives
him a good chance for a medal.
Learned Finn techniques with Jose
Maria Van der Ploeg.
Austria – Florian Raudaschl
Improved a lot this year. Has worked
a lot on his sails with Luca Devoti. Still
has to make his country criteria.
Croatia – Karlo Kuret
One of the most experienced sailors
in Athens where he will sailing his 4th
Olympics. He is good and consistent
in all conditions. A good medal
prospect. 10th in Sydney.
France – Guillaume Florent
Smart sailor, consistent in all range.
Fast downwind. Has inconsistent
results but can be one of the best on
his days.
past few years to have another go in Athens.
Dean Barker, Richard Clarke and David
Burrows are all capable of a result. And then
there are the seasoned campaigners such as
Michael Fellmann and Michael Maier back for
a 3rd try and Karlo Kuret back for a 4th
Olympics. It has been pleasing to see lots of
new sailors coming through during the course
of the present Olympiad, and it won’t come as
a surprise to many to see some of these faces
at the top: Joao Signorini, Jonas Hogh-
Christensen, Guillaume Florent, Gasper Vincec
and Alejandro Colla.
Belgium – Sebastien Godefroid
After a slow start to the season, seems
to have recovered his top form. Good
prospect for a medal. Silver Medalist
in 1996. World Champion 2001.
Czech Republic – Michael Maier
A very experienced sailor. Good in
medium light conditions. Third Olympic
regatta. Best result runner up
at 1998 Europeans
Germany – Michael Fellmann
Good in strong conditions but is
recovering from illness. Sailor with
experience. Third Olympics.

Great Britain – Ben Ainslie
Good all around. Down wind specialist.
Good starter, tactician, proven
record. Triple World Champion and
has twice proved that he can handle
the Olympic pressure.
Italy – Michele Marchesini
Qualified his country at the
2004 Europeans.
Best result: 14th in 2001 Europeans.
Russia – Vladimir Krutskikh
Fast improving. Strong and fit sailor.
29th in La Rochelle.
USA – Kevin Hall
Very good tactically. Consistent
results, and fast improver.
Clear winner of US trials.
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Greece – Emilios Papathanasiou
Could prove hard to beat on his home
turf. Had a hard time in 2003 but is
now back at the top. Probably one of
the strong favourites for Athens.
The Netherlands – Stefan de Vries
(above), Jaap Zielhius
or Sander Willems
One of these still has to make the
tough selection criteria from their
National Olympic Committee.
Slovenia – Gasper Vincec
Good speed, especially in lighter
conditions. Could be well siuted
to smaller fleet.
Definitely one to watch!
Hungary – Balaz Hazdu
A sailor with good experience but
lack of training. Good in heavy
conditions.
New Zealand – Dean Barker
Winner of a tough Olympic selection.
Coming back to the Finn after 8
years absence. Had good results this
season but still has to prove himself
in the stronger wind conditions.
Sweden – Kristian Åderman
Sailing Finns for a number of years,
but never really achieved consistent
results. First Olympic regatta.
Those also in the running and those that almost made it...
Ireland – David Burrows
Coming back after a couple years off.
Third in Rio. A good chance
for a medal.
Coached by Luca Devoti.
Poland – Mateuz Kusznierewicz
His recent win at the European broke
the ‘Ben Ainslie spell’ and could give
him confidence to claim another medal
in Athens. Smart and consistent
sailor in all range. Down wind specialist.
Turkey – Ali Enver Adakan
Good in hiking conditions. Second
Olympic regatta after an 8th in Sydney.
11th in Cádiz.
Clockwise from top left: Søren Holm
(DEN), Sander Willems (NED), Jaap
Zielhuis (NED), Clifton Webb (NZL),
Walclaw Szukiel (POL), Othmar
Muller von Blumencron (SUI), Bruno
Prada (BRA), Andrew Simpson
(GBR),
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INTERNATIONAL FINN ASSOCIATION
2004 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
La Rochelle, France
MINUTES
Present:
Executive Committee: Ali Enver Adakan, Vice-
President Sailing, Clifton Webb, Vice-
President Development; Corinne Rolland-
McKenzie, Secretary; Richard Hart, Chairman
Technical Committee
Countries represented: Australia, Belgium,
Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia,
France, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,
The Netherlands, New-Zealand, Poland,
Russia, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden, UK.
1. National Class Associations
Voting cards were distributed to the National
Class Association representatives based on
the 2004 IFA dues received.
2. Minutes from the last meeting
The minutes from the 2003 IFA AGM were
approved
3. Accounts
a. The 2003 accounts will be distributed at a later
stage to all the National Finn secretaries for approval.
(Appendix A).[See October 2004 Finnfare]
4. Elections of Members to IFA Committees
Gus Miller has been co-opted during the year
by the Technical committee. Gilbert Lamboley
has resigned from the TC.
5. Executive Committee Reports
Verbal reports were received from members
of the Executive Committee (Appendix B )
IFA Technical Committee report (Appendix
C)
6. IFA Championships
a. 2006 Finn Gold Cup:
Bids were received from Copenhagen (DEN),
El Arenal, Palma (ESP), Split (CRO). Split
received a majority of votes and will be host
for the 2006 Finn Gold Cup.
b. 2006 Europeans: no bids were received
before or during the AGM. IFA is contacting
Copenhagen and Palma to know their interest
in hosting the European championship.
Meanwhile, Murcia in Spain has showed
interest in organising it. Once confirmation
of interest is received from the 3 cities, voting
will proceed by ballot.
c. Update: the dates for the 2005 European
Championship in Kalmar, Sweden are: 6th
to 14th of August. This event will be part of
the 50 years anniversary celebration of the
Swedish Sailing Federation.
d. 2005 FGC: Racing Format and scoring
system as prepared by Richard Hart and Bill
Bell was discussed. There was a discussion
about whether a group system was necessary
for 100 boats. Ali Enver Adakan stated that
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IFA AGM MINUTES 2004
he had visited the regatta site as arranged
last year, and that in his opinion a group
system was essential. It was stated that there
was sufficient space to operate two courses
at the same time. On a vote, it was agreed
to continue with preparations for the racing
to take place using a group format.
The format proposed by Richard Hart and
Bill Bell was discussed. Modifications were
recommended, in particular that the groups
should be reselected (on a random basis)
after three and after six pairs of group races.
The Executive Director agreed to collate
comments and suggestions, and to refer the
matter back to the authors for adjustment.
Comments etc. are requested by the 30th of
June 2004 (IFINNA@compuserve.com).
7. IFA rules and Constitution
a. Standardisation of Class rules by ISAF:
The report was received and Chairman TC
was authorised to submit the draft for our
rules, as rewritten in ISAF ‘Standard Class
Rules’ format.
ISAF now required this to be done by 31st
May if we wanted approval in November
2004. After submission a consultation process
would involve ISAF Technical Officials and
Committee members, our own TC and Class
members.
ISAF was authorised to approve and endorse
the final version in time for the November
2004 ISAF meeting.
b. Proposals for two changes of substance
were voted on. It was agreed to change the
weight limit for hull plus centreboard from
120 kg including mainsheet to 119 kg without
mainsheet. A proposal to prohibit masthead
cranes on masts constructed from 2005 on
was defeated.
8. Any other business
The development of unusual shapes for the
centreboard arm was questioned. Chairman
TC stated that they did not contravene current
rules for the centreboard shape and weight.
He undertook to propose tightened
requirements in the new rules to be submitted
for the November 2004 meeting of ISAF.
To be circulated to:
National Finn Association Secretaries, IFA
Executive Committee, IFA Website
APPENDIX B
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
I think we can agree that 2003 was a good
year. The championships went well, our status
as an key Olympic class was highlighted by
the excellent results of some of our Finn
brothers in other aspects of the sport, starting
with the America’s Cup. Our events were a
great success, and in Cádiz we showed the
sailing world we have a key place in the
programme. Finally a lot of new youngsters
joined our Class, starting from the national
to being very competitive at the highest
international level, and this is very
encouraging. I welcome them to the Class
and can guarantee them a great experience.
This is truly remarkable, because we have
not seen an influx of new young sailors in a
pre-Olympic year for several decades. Also
difficult for me not to congratulate Ben on his
recent domination of key events and inspiring
all others of putting in their bid for Olympic
glory by seriously challenging Ben this week!
But rather than looking back on 2003, which
is already a while behind us, I would like to
focus on the future. This year is a key year,
AGAIN. We will of course have our traditional
rich programme for junior, senior and master
sailors, but of course the showpiece event of
our Class, the Olympic Games in August,
and the Olympic selection process for 2008
in November.
I have no doubt the Olympic Regatta will be
fantastic to watch and wish everyone the very
best. The performances of our top guys make
us proud to sail in the Finn. I would however
like to make another point this evening. This
Class is not so much about the 4m52cm long
dinghy designed by Rickard Sarby, but more
about people of a certain stature, sailing
interest in a particular way of sailing, who
decide to compete against each other at the
highest level. This to me is key in defending
the Finn when it comes to Olympic selection,
but I also want to point you to your
responsibilities. The Finn is also a Class. We
need to all support its future. That means that
if you don’t talk to your national sailing
federation about the options you and guys
like you have to sail a physical, technical and
tactical singlehanded dinghy at the highest
level, there’s a chance another class will
become Olympic. This is a team effort, and
I would ask you to all contact these federation
people, Corinne can help you get their contact
details if necessary, but this is key and do it
as soon as you can.
Finally, the same applies to helping out in the
Class work. People come, people go and its
important we maintain a strong Class if we
want to ensure the future of our type of sailing
in the Olympics. Richard has done a fabulous
job with the Technical Committee, not only in
administering all of our rules, but also by
rewriting them. This is vital, if we want to
keep up with ISAF. We need some new blood
to do marketing, finances, technical
administration of the Class. It is not that
complex, does not require a huge amount of
time, Corinne is a great help, all it requires
from you is the ability to make decisions in
the best interest of the Class and being able
to put your own interest to the side for a
moment..... some honesty and common
sense. I also feel the Committee can be
composed of a few non-active sailors, but
the majority needs to be active. We are

looking for people who are motivated to do
this, because most of us on the Committee
have been around for very long and have
contributed in the past. Time for some of you
to take your responsibilities. I count on you to
think about it.
REPORT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT SAILING
Going into the last 3 months of the 2004
Olympiad I am happy to see new and old
faces not able to resist the temptation of
racing and campaigning a Finn. Our fleet has
grown in quality and quantity over the last
years, partly due to the standardisation of
the equipment making speed differences fairly
small throughout the fleet and making the
step to the class easier than it has been and
partly due to the modernisation we have
allowed the Finn to make allowing helmsman
of a wide range of weight to sail it
competitively.
The IFA has made a submission as required
by the ISAF for the men’s single handed
dinghy for the 2008 Olympic Regatta. So now
we need all to work and try to convince our
NA to vote for the Finn to secure its position
in the Olympics.
I wish good luck to all competitors who have
their qualifications running and to those who
have qualified I wish good luck in Athens.
REPORT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
DEVELOPMENT
La Rochelle – 2004 Europeans, 99 Entries,
24 from Europe 9 from Non European Nations
Rio – 2004 Gold Cup 54 Entries, 16 from
Europe, 8 from Non European Nations.
I think this reflects the true value of the Finn
and why we must push hard with development
into Asia and South America. Cost is still the
major problem with the Finn class.
We have now have had 3 IFA developing
nations coaching clinics. I think they have
been very successful and should continue.
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We now seem to have two streams of
incoming sailors. The growing trend tends to
be from the Laser class and we still have a
small but steady flow of juniors into the class.
APPENDIX C
REPORT OF THE TECHNICAL
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Please accept my apologies for not preparing
this report in time for circulation before the
meeting, as I have been working on
preparation of the new draft for our rules.
This report is amended to include decisions
taken at our AGM.
The definition of the Template shape has
been checked by Juri Saraskin against the
best existing information, and found to
conform. We must thank Gilbert Lamboley
for completing this long-term task so well.
We were planning to produce some further
computerised information concerning the
shape of the templates not related to the
shape of the boat - the outsides, lightening
holes etc. Unfortunately we have just heard
that Gilbert has had to withdraw from this
voluntary task, so this part of the work is not
yet completed.
The other task for the year has been the
drafting of the class measurement rules into
the ISAF Standard Class Rules (SCR)
Format. Preliminary work was done for us by
the ISAF Secretariat, and the work has
progressed during the year. A draft has been
circulated to TC and more recently to National
Secretaries. It is hoped to put the draft on
the revamped Finn website for comments
and suggestions - otherwise please E-mail
me for the latest version, on
Richard@hart331.fsnet.co.uk.
To comply with the desired time scale we
need to submit the draft as amended to ISAF
before May 31st, thus allowing a period for
review and development with their help. At
the AGM, Council authorised me to make this
submission. Council also authorised the
SAIL MELBOURNE 2004
Executive to approve the final version of the
document, and to confirm the submission in
proper time before the November ISAF
Meeting.
In general, any changes to the rules are
editorial, and not changes to the Finn. Two
changes of substance were proposed. Council
approved a change in hull weight from a
minimum 120 kg with mainsheet to 119 kg
without mainsheet. This makes the weighing
condition the same as the Lamboley test
condition. Council rejected a proposal to
prohibit masthead cranes on future masts.
I would like to thank several members of TC
for their valued input during this year. I have
to report that Gilbert Lamboley has resigned,
to the great regret of other members and
myself. Hopefully we can still have the benefit
of his expertise on some occasions. During
the year Gus Miller has been co-opted to the
Committee. Council approved the reselection
of TC and instructed me to convey the thanks
of the Class to Gilbert Lamboley for his
valuable work over many years.
Centreboards.
Under ‘Any other business’, the development
of unusual shapes for the centreboard arm
was questioned. One such centreboard was
used at Cadiz last year, a further development
at the Gold Cup in Rio de Janeiro, and a
more extreme ‘one-off’ at the Europeans (la
Rochelle).
I was made aware of concerns a few days
before AGM and have consulted with TC for
their opinions on the matter. Our conclusion
is that the centreboards do not contravene
current rules for the centreboard shape and
weight. As the result of the consultations and
of the concerns expressed by other class
members, I undertook to include tightened
controls on these measurements in the new
rules to be submitted for the November 2004
Meeting of ISAF.
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Photos: Sport the Library/Sail Melbourne

16
FINN WORLD MASTERS 2004 – CANNES
The Finn World Masters 2004 was hosted by Cannes Yacht Club over the week of 31 May to 4 June. Cannes offered
the potential of sun and sea and on both accounts the fleet of 191 Finns was not disappointed. Larry Lemieux beat off
many younger challengers to win his 5th World Masters Title. Report by Mike Till (GBR 55). Photos by Loïck Zoccola.
Although there was a massive 234 Finns
preregistered and expected for this event, as
it turned out 191 arrived, which by any standards
was excellent. In all there were 21 nations
represented including Spain, Argentina,
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece,
USA, Canada plus all our friends from Eastern
Europe (with the exclusion of Poland) Italy,
Germany, France, UK and Guernsey.
The Cannes Yacht Club is situated at the end
of La Croisette and gives access to two bays
one to the west and one to the east of the club.
Most days races were held in the eastern bay
because of the prevailing easterlies and only
over the last two days in the western bay with
the wind coming from due south.
For any Club to accommodate nearly 200 Finns
is a headache but the club ably tackled this
task. Although the Masters traditionally have
many who want to camp neat to to the Club,
in Cannes this was dificult as there was no local
camping – the local council finally allowed
campers onto the public car park adjacent to
the Casino which meant some rowdy late nights!
Measurement was reasonably OK with boats
being weighed – no Lamboley (although Gilbert
Lamboley was there in person) and sails being
measured. Because of the large numbers the
fleets were arranged as in Schwerin into four
colour groups each of whom sailed twice against
each other over the six scheduled races. Flag
O was only flown on the last day to permit
unlimited pumping. There was a jury boat to
each group and they were quite active on Rule
42 and in general in keeping the contest clean.
The weather was excellent so that the ladies
(apart from those competing and yes, there
were two lady competitors) were able to take
advantage and enjoy the sunshine. The wind
conditions in the early part of the week were
very light and shifty and the start lines quite
biased. In race 3 Larry Lemieux was able to
start by the committee boat on port and lay the
mark to win the race by a large margin.
We had some fun with the black flag as in race
4. There were some 38 BFD in the first group
and some 17 in the second plus more victims
after the many general recalls. The black flag
situation seemed to give the committee boat
some problems as I doubt that they were used
to so many so they resorted to writing down
numbers on just about everything.!
Michael Maier, who was expected by many to
win the event, was unable to do the first two
races, as he was held up at SPA. This coupled
with a DSQ plus two more DNF really cooked his
chances, however he did win his group race 3.
Of notable interest was the performance of
Didier Poissant the doyen of Finn sailing. Didier
is a legend, being in his 81st year and having
sailed for France in the Melbourne Olympics
in 1956. In the predominant light airs he notched
up good results and fell back only in the heavier
winds of the last two races to achieve a 56th
overall. It was a great achievement yet again.
He is always the first afloat in any weather.
During the whole event we were all kept
entertained by Henk de Jager who apart from
being good on the water seems to speak every
language there is and who was responsible for
organising the raffle of a Finn donated by Devoti
Sailing, with the great man himself Luca Devoti
being there for the first of the daily draws.
Basically there was one winning name for each
race including the practice race and the
demonstration race so 8 chances in all to get
a ticket and then the final draw was held at the
prizegiving. There was much suspense but in
the end it was won by a German competitor
against a group of French, Dutch and one
Australian. North Sails also donated a new sail
for the winning Devoti.
In addition there were further draws on
Wednesday night at the Gala evening at Jimmyz
where Pata Willetts donated a mast plus other
equipment and Sea-nergy sails donated 15%
discount off some 15 sails in all. The raffles
attracted a lot of attention and were very good
fun. All expressed their gratitude to the sponsors
of these prizes.
All in all Cannes met the challenge as well as
it could. On the last two race days we had a
better breeze from the south but again this was
fickle with large holes and very variable. It was
difficult to read well. However, the locality was
interesting and Cannes is a very beautiful town.
The Masters has become a major event in the
Finn Calendar and with nigh on 200 boats this
year demonstrates the strength of the class.
Above: Fifth World Masters title
for Larry Lemieux
The participation by countries such as Argentina
and Spain and New Zealand who have never
attended before to my knowledge plus the fact
that there were 21 countries represented in all
makes this a prestigious event. In 2005 we are
returning for the third time since 1986 to Lake
Bracciano some 40 km to the north-west of
Rome. It is a very different venue from the
sophistication of Cannes but provides good
sailing with loads of space.
The overall winner yet again is the extraordinary
Larry Lemieux who once again proved his skills
in very difficult and tricky conditions with 3 firsts
a 2nd and a 4th with a BFD as a discard. Well
done Larry. Second was Andre Budzien and
third Michael Gubi.
At the AGM a provisional Committee was voted
in for the very first time. This will report to the
Finn Masters next year at Bracciano and will
address the many issues that now face such
a large event. The provisional Committee will
be: Rolf Lehnert (GER), David Branch (USA),
Jiri Outrata (CZE), Henk de Jager (NED), Rolf
Elsaesser (GER), Jean Paul Gaston (FRA) and
Mike Till (GBR).
In conclusion the sponsors should be mentioned
and thanked being Pantaenius, SML Marcel
Lepere, Pata Willetts Marine, Salani3FL
Saildesign, Devoti Sailing, North Sails, Planete
Thalassa, Canal +, Casino Barriere and Victory.
We all need these guys so well done to them.

1 CAN 41 Lemieux Lawrence 1 2 1 BFD 1 4 9
2 GER 711 Budzien Andre 3 1 2 5 6 1 12
3 AUT 7 Gubi Michael 5 OCS 6 1 4 2 18
4 CZE 22 Babicky Roman 7 3 8 18 2 7 27
5 CRO 88 Marin Mrduljas 28 3 13 5 9 2 32
6 HUN 2 Sipos Peter 3 1 10 BFD 9 11 34
7 FRA 862 Allain Des Beauvais Marc 2 7 9 16 19 1 35
8 CZE 8 Outrata Jiri 16 13 5 2 8 9 37
9 FRA 1724 Van Keirsbilk Luc 19 10 18 4 7 3 42
10 GER 10 Bieberitz Eberhard 7 32 3 23 1 9 43
11 CZE 318 Plecity Martin 8 2 7 7 19 24 43
12 NED 66 Meijer Ewout 4 4 3 BFD 23 16 50
13 ITA 82 Bosetti Roberto 48 15 5 25 5 3 53
14 RSA 540 Tucker Alan 34 6 4 13 21 10 54
15 RSA 1 Davis Greg 26 19 23 16 3 5 66
16 GBR 53 Cobb Rodney 2 4 10 BFD 15 38 69
17 GER 3 Mai Walter 20 10 2 BFD 33 6 71
18 AUS 213 Gunther Jake 31 22 13 10 11 16 72
19 SUI 50 Rickert Wolfang 6 19 15 11 26 23 74
20 HUN 5 Varga Lajos 29 27 6 2 12 35 76
21 GER 13 Tamm Woller 39 16 16 9 28 8 77
22 CZE 33 Rames Ivan 32 13 11 22 3 BFD 81
23 FRA 848 Roumaillac Jean Claude 12 25 36 6 32 7 82
24 GER 42 Kraft Jürgen 4 9 43 3 34 39 89
25 FRA 850 Tetard Pascal 25 38 8 3 27 27 90
26 GER 217 Niehusen Carsten 41 24 11 31 12 15 93
27 GER 146 Müller Friedrich 11 5 23 BFD 26 31 96
28 GER 17 Schrader Kai 12 7 21 48 37 23 100
29 GER 48 Poschl Manfred 27 8 31 24 14 BFD104
30 ITA 39 Pichler Thomas 22 22 18 22 21 64 105
31 GRE 71 Davourlis Panagiotis 47 11 14 1 63 33 106
32 CRO 110 Cicarelli Lucia 49 25 7 BFD 22 4 107
33 NED 795 De Schiffart Wobbe 23 41 19 8 47 18 109
34 ITA 80 Atzwanger Martin 9 18 22 19 42 46 110
35 GBR 77 Sellars Howard 48 11 69 18 18 15 110
36 GBR 2 Burell Allen 20 5 20 55 DNF 11 111
37 SUI 486 Kilchenmann Peter 21 27 29 27 15 21 111
38 NED 2 Molenaar Wouter 36 16 35 BFD 8 17 112
39 FRA 7 Le Chatelier Pierre 21 33 16 14 28 37 112
40 NED 759 Van Woudenberg Gert 11 35 24 6 39 43 115
41 ITA 1 Unterhauser Heinrich 43 14 17 26 20 39 116
42 GER 300 Zopfs Eggo 18 28 66 9 36 26 117
43 GER 112 Dr. Vincke Egbert 8 50 27 13 22 BFD120
44 CZE 7 Cintl Vaclav 45 35 22 8 38 19 122
45 GER 34 Borges Dieter 37 40 12 29 5 56 123
46 BEL 10 Pieters Johan 25 34 28 23 40 14 124
47 GER 35 Ehlers Hans-Günter 19 52 28 40 24 14 125
48 NED 15 Boot Nanne 13 42 29 BFD 11 31 126
49 SUI 99 Brack Thomas 13 6 15 BFD 60 33 127
50 NED 719 Kruijer Louis 15 44 12 BFD 29 29 129
51 NED 712 Baerends Ruurd 40 34 19 BFD 16 20 129
52 GER 111 Haacks Rainer 5 30 40 35 33 28 131
53 ITA 38 Bosetti Claudio 42 RET 26 30 25 8 131
54 FRA 8 Gaston Jean-Paul 66 12 34 24 58 6 134
55 NED 11 De Jager Henk 47 29 17 RDG 35 29 137.5
56 FRA 1 Poissant Didier 17 8 20 38 58 66 141
57 GER 63 Pandler Michael 57 46 9 30 23 34 142
58 NED 35 Proper Bas 56 20 25 BFD 14 27 142
59 GER 92 Guminski Detlev 27 RDG 51 17 47 28148.8
60 FRA 826 Malservet Gilles 38 9 42 BFD 46 18 153
61 GER 117 Zulow Manfred 1 33 49 33 BFD 38 154
62 USA 3 Branch David 40 47 43 19 74 5 154
63 AUT 36 Gubi Helmut 16 63 32 27 43 41 159
64 SUI 44 Roost Andrea 44 26 25 70 34 30 159
65 NED 1 Van Der Horst Jan 45 45 27 15 49 30 162
66 NED 88 Barends Cheil 14 17 61 BFD 18 53 163
67 NED 50 Zetzema Jan 15 58 26 46 41 37 165
68 FRA 77 Duru Jean 6 36 48 53 30 47 167
69 GER 86 Mannes Peter 50 59 47 21 31 19 168
70 NED 779 Sala Rene 24 24 32 BFD 53 36 169
71 NED 17 Schippers Ab 14 17 58 BFD 7 77 173
72 NED 778 Woerdeman Auke 58 39 62 32 35 10 174
73 RSA 51 Baum Philip 65 21 41 29 42 42 175
74 FRA 869 Baumgarten Regis 75 53 44 28 16 35 176
75 SUI 11 Fatzer Hans 70 29 42 43 24 40 178
76 AUT 268 Pfeiffer Maximilian 63 72 54 15 37 12 181
77 GER 89 Kellermann Günter 30 14 47 34 71 58 183
78 RSA 2 Serritslev Alan 76 20 55 59 17 32 183
79 GER 147 Magin Eberhard 38 39 35 26 46 DNF184
80 GER 202 Elsaesser Rolf 52 12 50 BFD 17 54 185
81 FRA 863 Jean Christophe 56 42 38 4 55 48 187
82 FRA 794 Fauroux Jacques 53 38 60 12 49 36 188
83 NED 31 Nagel Willem 24 41 64 BFD 43 17 189
84 GBR 49 Cooper Charles 9 60 31 39 73 52 191
85 SUI 14 Meyer Andreas 28 48 64 28 38 51 193
86 GER 119 Bronke Peter 67 31 63 BFD 20 13 194
87 ARG 1 Reyes Anderson Ricardo 57 40 21 37 72 40 195
88 GER 311 Fisher Bernd 43 53 72 17 27 58 198
89 NED 43 Van Hellemond Jack 17 37 36 BFD DNF 13 199
90 SUI 57 Baumann Rudolf 30 67 30 41 57 42 200
91 SUI 60 Kurz Peter 10 18 DNF 42 62 69 201
92 ITA 31 Neri Giorgio 34 62 14 38 65 55 203
93 ITA 47 Grati Mauriziogiorgio 62 43 37 40 DNF 22 204
94 NED 7 Van Altena John 39 61 49 BFD 13 43 205
95 GER 74 Ebbeke Olaf 65 70 74 12 13 46 206
96 FRA 856 Keraudy Alain 42 23 57 41 71 44 207
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97 NED 748 Van Gent Alphons 55 51 62 50 4 48 208
98 SUI 96 Lehmann Hans 55 47 39 36 31 71 208
99 FRA 897 Loquineau Jean Marc 52 32 60 56 48 24 212
100 RSA 539 Weixelbaumer Claus Peter 44 26 40 BFD 6 DNC213
101 SWE 7 Veine Jutmar 23 76 63 42 10 DNF214
102 CZE 775 Gebhart Zdenek 53 15 69 46 50 54 218
103 ITA 107 Cuccotti Francesco 59 63 33 BFD 53 12 220
104 NED 811 Visser Gerko 71 30 71 31 68 22 222
105 FRA 837 Guillou Alain 85 57 68 33 2 67 227
106 FRA 797 Deseilligny Christophe 71 44 65 BFD 29 20 229
107 FRA 865 Rochet Joseph 66 21 45 34 69 65 231
108 SUI 40 Stammnitz Heinz 18 51 51 50 BFD 62 232
109 ITA 102 Salvi Guido 31 OCS 33 BFD 45 25 232
110 ITA 111 Catalan Bruno DNF 28 4 11 DSQ BFD236
111 FRA 817 Vallier Philippe 69 60 53 7 48 68 236
112 GER 11 Vincke Hendrik DSQ 75 24 32 10 BFD238
113 HUN 41 Bartos Zoltan 41 77 46 48 59 45 239
114 ITA 43 Piram Pietro 29 64 70 25 DNF 52 240
115 FRA 829 Vauthier Claude 26 62 57 57 39 63 241
116 NED 587 Kraan Bart 35 56 76 14 81 62 243
117 NED 38 Von Heusden Olaf 60 23 45 BFD 65 50 243
118 RSA 5 Creaves Robin 58 54 55 BFD 56 21 244
119 ITA 73 Pitini Antonio 46 55 44 54 45 74 244
120 FRA 822 Lesage Vincent 51 37 83 52 82 25 247
121 NED 790 Zomer Hans 49 36 41 BFD 62 59 247
122 NED 786 De Schiffart Johan 67 55 37 10 79 DNF248
123 HUN 75 Payr Egon 51 DSQ 61 43 40 53 248
124 GER 1 Beuck Werner 35 54 66 DNF52 45 252
125 NED 732 Verhoef Peter 54 43 74 45 51 71 264
126 CZE 308 Teimer Martin 69 82 80 20 25 73 267
127 GBR 596 Fedi Keith 37 68 46 62 54 70 267
128 GER 130 Blum Alfred 77 71 71 60 44 26 272
129 ESP 260 Serrano Victor 32 31 73 BFD 63 73 272
130 ESP 179 Plagaro Emilio 50 45 52 BFD 84 41 272
131 NED 13 Lensing Harold 79 72 59 58 55 34 278
132 NED 813 Isselmann Jobs 60 84 56 49 30 DNF279
133 FRA 800 Zoccola Yves 64 50 38 BFD 67 61 280
134 ITA 88 Giugni Umberto Maria 46 77 77 BFD 32 51 283
135 SUI 22 Geisser Harry 70 48 58 39 70 DNF285
136 GER 53 Dr Berg Kay-Detlev 33 74 75 53 66 60 286
137 GER 852 Stelzt Rudiger 74 66 67 35 64 55 287
138 FRA 645 Chedeville Daniel 78 DSQ 52 21 74 63 288
139 ITA 60 De Sangro Riccardo 84 65 53 52 51 67 288
140 FRA 827 Salin Jan 72 56 48 BFD 69 44 289
141 ITA 30 Neri Stefano 88 52 50 20 80 DNF290
142 SUI 347 Zsindely Lazzlo 22 61 75 BFD 76 60 294
143 NZL 3 Winters Ben 80 59 81 49 75 32 295
144 ITA 84 Pinzan Pierluigi 73 58 39 BFD 64 61 295
145 CZE 77 Tomek Jaroslav 73 69 82 55 54 50 301
146 AUT 210 Schuster Walter 61 80 91 36 36 DNF304
147 GER 78 Zeireis Helmut 61 75 81 47 41 DNF305
148 GER 233 Ottlik Dieter 68 46 65 65 61 DNC305
149 GER 185 Licht Karl Heinz 33 88 78 BFD 44 65 308
150 NED 727 Groenhout Lacus 84 87 56 57 67 49 313
151 FRA 972 Campanella Jean 10 86 68 BFD 56 DNF317
152 GER 65 Donner Claus 76 69 87 44 70 59 318
153 NED 801 Nodari Lucio 36 71 59 DNF57 DNF321
154 GBR 55 Till Michael 68 64 84 56 59 76 323
155 GER 186 Blaschkowski Detlef 54 49 54 BFD 72 DNF327
156 GER 93 Kæser Otto 63 73 78 44 76 72 328
157 GER 268 Weisse Wolfgang 83 65 72 47 79 69 332
158 GBR 16 Woodhead Mike 59 74 67 BFD 78 56 334
159 MON 234 Kurtz Michael 62 49 30 DNFDNF DNF336
160 GER 200 Vetter Helmut 81 80 88 54 60 64 339
161 FRA 24 Limouse Marc 72 57 70 64 84 80 343
162 FRA 790 Roux Philippe 83 67 85 68 82 49 349
163 GER 144 Ott Jens 77 73 73 BFD 52 75 350
164 GER 95 Bollrath Gerd 86 68 83 63 73 68 355
165 GER 109 Tomszenwski Manfred 86 83 82 BFD 50 57 358
166 FRA 6 Limare Francois 82 78 88 BFD 66 47 361
167 FRA 853 Dubois Devillers Brigitte 80 89 80 45 80 78 363
168 GER 286 Schmidt Andre 82 85 79 37 83 DNF366
169 ITA 756 Lino Giuseppe 87 85 76 67 BFD 57 372
170 FRA 5 Lalanne Jacques 64 88 87 61 83 78 373
171 FRA 785 Liguet Jean Joseph 89 82 86 69 68 70 375
172 GER 124 Dietrich Holger 79 70 34 BFD DNF DNF378
173 GER 234 Griesser Jürgen 90 90 86 51 77 74 378
174 FRA 779 Dalerci Alain 85 79 90 71 77 66 378
175 FRA 752 Le Paul Yann 92 89 79 72 75 75 390
176 CZE 1 Maier Michal DNF DNF 1 DNFDSQ DNF392
177 GER 9 Koch Friedrich 88 84 89 BFD 61 72 394
178 FRA 798 Michal Bernard 89 86 90 51 87 82 395
179 ITA 58 Puppo Luciano Giusepp 92 83 95 58 81 81 395
180 GER 161 Kratz Ralf 93 76 94 66 DNF 77 406
181 FRA 88 Nowicki Jan 93 91 93 59 86 79 408
182 CZE 16 Svoboda Pavel 91 92 92 60 85 81 409
183 ITA 78 De Angelis Bruno 90 78 93 BFD 78 79 418
184 FRA 792 Chagnaud Francis 91 90 91 73 86 80 420
185 SUI 66 Sonderegger Denise DNF DNF 94 61 87 82 422
186 SUI 1 Rist Elmar 74 87 85 BFD 85 DNF429
187 FRA 83 Godefroy Joel DSQ 66 DNS BFD DNF 76 432
188 GER 50 Rauch Jurgen 81 81 77 BFD DNF DNF432
189 FRA 858 Philippe Yann 75 79 84 BFD BFD BFD433
190 FRA 58 Rossignol Bruno 78 81 89 DNFDNF DNF443
191 SUI 64 Osterwalder Hans Rudolf 87 91 92 BFD DNF DNC464
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RESULTS – RESULTS – RESULTS
Semaine Olympique Francaise, Hyeres 23-30 April, 2004
1 GRE 7 PAPATHANASIOU Emilios 4-2-1-13-2-4-6-3-2 24
2 CRO 25 MISURA Marin 22-8-2-10-8-5-8-6-18 65
3 ESP 100 TRUJILLO Rafael 34-9-25-2-3-2-3-7-22 73
4 FRA 73 FLORENT Guillaume 6-13-29-1-14-8-13-12-7 74
5 BEL 7 GODEFROID Sebastien 38-12-11-25-15-3-2-13-1 82
6 GBR 6 SIMPSON Andrew 37-1-7-7-32-6-5-8---- 103
7 DEN 200 HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN Jonas 14-40-8-4-21-14-7-1-BFD 109
8 CZE 1 MAIER Michael 12-16-20-29-5-9-10-15-27 114
9 POL 12 SZUKIEL Waclaw 13-6-12-15-16-25-18-9---- 114
10 CRO 11 KURET Karlo 24-50-6-31-13-11-4-5-23 117
11 POL 17 KUSZEIEREWICZ Mateusz 2-15-37-6-1-1-1-------- 119
12 DEN 7 HOLM Soren 49-37-24-16-4-16-16-4-4 121
13 SLO 5 VINCEC Gasper 25-45-22-26-12-12-25-2-6 130
14 NZL 14 BARKER Dean 29-35-5-3-24-10-9-17-BFD 132
15 AUS 221 NOSSITER Anthony RAF-33-3-8-18-17-20-19-17 135
16 NZL 19 FOX Peter 32-39-4-30-10-7-17-26-9 135
17 CAN 41 COOK Christopher 3-22-13-32-23-20-21-27-8 137
18 CRO 14 VIALI Nenad 11-31-16-14-41-15-11-29-16 143
19 NED 78 ZIELHUIS Jaap 15-24-14-34-28-19-14-28-3 145
20 NED 6 DE VRIES Stefan 17-34-19-12-20-13-15-22-37 152
21 SWE 736 TILLANDER Johan 26-20-9-43-7-31-24-20-21 158
22 FRA 972 BRUNO Ismael 18-49-35-11-11-23-23-30-14 165
23 SUI 7 BURGER Christoph 40-32-15-20-19-22-12-10-41 170
24 SUI 1 MULLER v BLUMERON Othmar 10-46-10-47-6-26-30-18-25 171
25 SWE 7 ÅDERMAN Kristian 9-26-23-9-37-30-26-31-19 173
26 RUS 1 KRUTSKIKH Vladimir 1-4-26-35-17-28-34-37-34 179
27 UKR 1 BORYSOV Oleksij 7-3-32-33-43-47-45-11-12 186
28 HUN 1 HAJDU Balazs OCS-10-17-24-36-38-36-14-11 186
29 CHN 155 ZHANG Xianfeng 42-28-46-21-26-21-22-21-13 194
30 GER 151 MILLER Matthias 16-14-RD-RD-RD-44-39-25-28 201
31 RUS 7 KAPITONOV Vladislav 33-5-45-28-25-40-28-23-31 213
32 RUS 8 CHERNOV Evgeny 8-36-39-41-22-18-32-40-20 215
33 POL 7 SZUKIEL Rafal 19-17-21-37-31-32-35-32-29 216
34 CHN 434 LI Jun 20-21-48-44-29-33-43-35-5 230
35 IRL 10 O'GRADY Aaron 46-19-36-17-35-29-19-43-38 236
36 AUS 222 MCKENZIE Paul 39-44-28-5-30-43-BFD-33-15 237
37 ARG 1 COLLA Alejandro 47-DNF-18-38-9-24-27-46-32 241
38 GRE 8 DRAGOUTSIS Alexandros 21-25-30-42-44-45-41-41-26 270
39 CHN 226 LIU Bo 31-47-31-36-33-39-40-36-33 279
40 ESP 107 JUAREZ Agustin 28-18-33-23-34-34-BFD-------- 282
41 DEN 9 LAURSEN Thomas 35-38-27-49-45-49-42-24-24 284
42 FIN 216 NIRKKO Tapio 5-48-34-46-----37-31-----30 287
43 AUT 271 RAUDASCHL Florian ----7-DSQ-19-47-41-BFD-----10 292
44 NED 80 WILLEMS Sander 44-27-DNF-22-27-27-33-------- 292
45 EST 8 TAVETER Imre 36-42-44-40-39-36-38-39-35 305
46 CHN 319 GONG Lei 48-29-49-51-38-35-37-34-36 306
47 EST 15 HOOL Janno 27-11-41-48-----48-46-BFD-44 321
48 POL 1 JAREMA Drogowski 45-23-43-52-49-51-49-38-40 338
49 CHN 188 ZHANG Peng 41-----50-39-42-42-29-44-BFD 343
50 HUN 11 LOVAS Peter 43-43-38-45-48-52-48-42-39 346
51 POL 71 BARTEK Flak 30-30-51-53-50-53-50-45-45 354
52 NZL 27 WEBB Clifton 23-41-40-27-------------------- 355
53 GRE 11 PAPASTEFANOU Pachos 50-----47-50-46-46-47-47-43 376
54 GER 81 DELLAS Jan-Dietwar 51-51-------------50-44-48-42 398
55 GER 79 FELLMANN Michael ----------------------------16---- 408
John Shallvey (Austraian Finn Secretary) writes:
We have decided as a class to gather for a similar circuit to last year’s.
This consists of:
Sail Brisbane [also Australian Nationals] – early Dec
Sydney international – Dec 18-21
Pre Sail Melbourne – early Jan
Sail Melbourne – 2nd week of Jan (read on)
There is plenty of support for travelling sailors plenty of sponsorship
with teams etc. We offer the best conditions for sailors and you lose
very few, if any days, due to weather We have great scenery, great
waves, great gyms, great food and great nightllife! Charter boats are
possible but plenty of container support for those who want to travel.
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DOWN UNDER 2004-5
SPA Regatta, Medemblik, Netherlands, 26-30 May, 2004
1 POL 17 Mateusz Kusznierewicz 1 7 4 2 20 15 2 2 2 20
2 GBR 3 Ben Ainslie 14 OCS 1 1 1 1 DNF 1 4 23
3 BEL 7 Sebastien Godefroid 3 5 6 4 8 14 6 8 18 40
4 CRO 11 Karlo Kuret 6 11 11 OCS 19 28 7 3 1 58
5 GRE 7 Emilios Papathanasiou 5 6 16 6 4 13 11 DNF DNF 61
6 DEN 7 Soren Holm 23 3 15 14 12 8 3 20 7 62
7 BRA 10 Joao Signorini 10 9 7 16 32 6 9 13 14 68
8 GBR 6 Andrew Simpson 9 17 2 15 6 32 24 9 11 69
9 IRL 8 David Burrows 13 12 3 3 22 7 22 24 9 69
10 CRO 25 Marin Misura 8 OCS 9 20 7 9 29 18 10 81
11 CZE 1 Michael Maier 31 4 30 13 13 10 27 11 8 86
12 NED 78 Jaap Zielhuis 7 2 22 10 25 OCS 13 33 13 92
13 NZL 14 Dean Barker 25 1 18 7 27 38 31 4 12 94
14 GER 79 Michael Fellmann 4 26 17 9 15 22 32 10 17 94
15 ESP 100 Rafael Trujilo Villar 11 18 26 11 17 21 20 35 3 101
16 DEN 200 Jonas Hogh-Christensen 20 16 14 5 24 34 1 DNF DNF 114
17 RUS 1 KrutskikhVladimir 12 32 24 30 3 30 4 19 22 114
18 GBR 550 Matt Howard 22 13 10 DNF 26 4 12 38 28 115
19 SLO 5 Gasper Vincec 36 8 29 21 11 3 38 21 24 117
20 ITA 15 Michele Marchesini 19 19 19 8 38 33 15 31 6 117
21 TUR 6 Ali Enver Adakan 16 20 5 OCS 14 12 28 28 DNF 123
22 AUS 221 Anthony Nossiter 17 22 27 22 9 27 37 22 5 124
23 IRL 10 Aaron O'Grady 21 15 28 19 21 18 5 37 31 127
24 USA 12 Kevin Hall 15 25 12 18 35 19 26 27 16 131
25 FRA 73 Guillaume Florent 2 10 8 17 10 31 DNF DNF DNF 133
26 SWE7 Kristian Aderman 24 31 21 12 2 37 36 39 15 141
27 NED 6 Stefan de Vries OCS 23 25 25 23 24 23 5 OCS 148
28 SWE 11 Daniel Birgmark 29 28 20 34 28 5 18 23 27 149
29 SWE 736 Johan Tillander 18 OCS 33 31 44 35 10 6 30 163
30 DEN 9 Thomas Laursen 37 29 39 35 5 23 16 43 19 164
31 CAN 41 Christopher Cook 32 24 35 24 37 29 14 12 DNF 170
32 FRA 972 Bruno Ismael 27 33 36 26 39 2 43 17 DNF 180
33 FIN 216 Tapio Nirkko 30 OCS 31 29 16 20 25 29 DNF 180
34 NED 64 Wietze Zetzema 33 35 37 36 34 16 33 7 23 181
35 RUS 7 Kapitonov Vladislav 28 27 34 27 29 17 42 32 29 189
36 CZE 9 Michal Hruby 40 34 40 23 33 36 35 16 32 209
37 NED 80 Sander Willems 26 OCS 13 OCS 40 45 45 25 21 215
38 CHN 43 Li Hong Quam 39 21 44 28 36 DNF 17 44 35 220
39 CHN 319 Gong Lei 38 36 32 32 30 47 47 34 26 228
40 NED 804 Cees Scheurwater 48 40 48 43 31 11 21 DNF 37 231
41 ITA 890 Iacopo Tacchino 34 37 41 40 46 39 30 26 25 231
42 CZE 3 Rudolf Lidarik 41 39 DNF 41 41 43 39 14 20 235
43 NED 729 Bas De Waal 45 42 45 47 45 26 8 30 DNF 241
44 CHN 155 Xiangfeng Zhang OCS 14 38 39 48 40 41 36 33 241
45 NED 787 Nanno Schuttrups 44 45 49 42 42 25 19 41 36 249
46 NED 757 Luuk Kuijper 43 OCS 42 44 49 41 40 15 DNF 274
47 TUR 7 Akif Muslubas OCS 38 46 37 18 OCS 44 42 DNF 280
48 AUT 271 Florian Raudaschl 35 30 23 33 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 286
49 GER 165 Dirk Meid 42 43 47 46 50 OCS 34 40 34 286
50 NED 10 Rudolf Ter Haar 49 46 52 49 51 48 48 45 38 323
51 GER 81 Jan-Dietmar Dellas 46 41 50 45 43 46 DNF DNF DNF 326
52 NED 60 Rutger Rozemuller 47 44 51 48 47 44 46 DNF DNF 327
53 NED 367 Arthur gusta Vanson DNC DNC DNC DNC 52 49 49 DNF 39 354
54 GER 151 Matthias Miller OCS DNC 43 38 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 356
For those interested contact John
on shalves@bigpond.au
Sail Melbourne 2005
The Sail Melbourne International
Regatta is one of only five ISAF
Grade 1 events held each year
and the only one in the Southern
Hemisphere.
In 2005 the Sail Melbourne
Olympic and Invited Classes
event will be held from January 10th through to January 15th inclusive
Photo: Sport the Library/Sail Melbourne

INTERNATIONAL RACING CALENDAR 2004
JULY
July 3-10 International Baltic Regatta St Petersburg Russia
July 3-11 Warnemunder Woche Warnemunde Germany
July 8-11 Intervela Riva Del Garda Italy
July 9 - 14 HYA 75 Yrs Jubileum Regatta Balatonfured Hungary
July 14-17 French Nationals Loctudny France www.finn-france.com
July 23-1 August Travemunder Woche Travemunder Germany
July 25- 31 Istanbul Sailing Week Istanbul Turkey
July 31-August 1 French Open Socoa France www.finn-france.com
AUGUST
August 3-7 Idea Gdynia Sailing Days Gdynia Poland
August 14-29 2004 Olympic Regatta Athens Greece
August 21-29 CORK Kingston Canada
August 23-1 Travemunder Woche Travemunder Germany
SEPTEMBER
September 2-5 Lipno Regatta Cerna v Posuma Czech Republic
September 6-10 German Championship Seebruck Germany www.seebrucker-regatta-verein.de
September 7-11 International German Championship Flensburg Germany
September 10-14 International Swiss Championship Reichenau Switzerland franz.buergi@freesurf.ch
OCTOBER
October 1-3 Malcesine Finn Cup Malcesine Italy
October 24-28 Tzeni Grammalidou Cup Thessaloniki Gulf Greece
NOVEMBER
November 6-7 International Gingerbread Regatta Thun Switzerland franz.buergi@freesurf.ch
November 26 - 28 International Opatija Cup Opatija Croatia
DECEMBER
December 2-5 St Nicholas Race Pula Coratia
December 26-30 Chrismas Race Palamos Spain
2005
January 10-15 Sail Melbourne Melbourne Australia
February 4 - 7 Sail Auckland Regatta Auckland New Zealand
March 11 - 15 XI Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week Barcelona Spain
April 22 - 29 Semaine Olympique Francaise Hyeres France
at Sandringham Yacht Club on the shores
of Port Phillip.
Port Phillip is recognised as one of the
world's best open expanses of water for
yacht racing. It is non-tidal with an afternoon
sea breeze of 10-15 knots average wind
strength. In January the climate is ideal
with a daily average temperature of 25 - 30
degrees Celsius and warm water.
Advance race details are:
• On-site registration from Saturday January
8th 2005
• Measurement - spot checks only
• Racing commences Monday January 10th
through to Saturday January 15th 2005
• Online entry will be available
• Prize money will be distributed to individual
race winners and overall placegetters in
each Olympic class.
• On shore there is an athlete’s centre with
free fruit in the morning and after race
entertainment and refreshments.
• A fun event sailed in Access disabled sailor
FINNFARE JULY 2004
dinghy's in the 'pond' at the water front will
be held for the individual race winners in
each class over the first three days of racing
with a 'winner takes all' $500.00 cash prize.
• Low cost accommodation is in close
proximity to the Yacht Club is available to
all competitors.
Schenker Stinnes Logistics have been
appointed to provide assistance with
shipping boats to and from Australia. Full
details on the services that Schenker can
provide including related costs can be
directly accessed through the Sail
Melbourne web site.
A pre-event commencing on January 5th
through to January 7th 2005 (tentative
dates) will be held at the Royal Brighton
Yacht Club (adjacent to Sandringham).
All other information can be found on the
event website: www.sailmelbourne.com.au
from April 2004.
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.
Photo: Sport the Library/Sail Melbourne