NOVEMBER 2014

PEDERSEN WINS SILVER CUP

REGIONAL ROUND UP

SCOTT IS WORLD CHAMPION  FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 Opening shot – Egor Terpigorev has it all under control in Santander

Dear Sailors, Academy in Valencia has done a great Dear Friends of the International Finn job, in cooperation with IFA, to bring the Community, training of young talent to a new level, and also strengthening the camaraderie and With the 2014 ISAF Worlds and first Olympic cohesion between young Finn sailors from qualification regatta in Santander now over around the world. the focus of the Finn Class has shifted to the various Finn national championships Class development has also its technical around the world as well as to the ISAF aspects in the field of which IFA will continue Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi and its pivotal role to guide technical gear the 2015 World Cup series. evolution and enforce both pre-production tooling control and post-production Congratulations to those already securing equipment measurement. a spot for their country at the 2016 Rio Olympics and good luck for the rest of the All in all, in 2014 we saw the Finn in international Finn fleet in their preparation extremely good and healthy shape with for next year’s challenges. Weymouth large fleets sailing on every competition showcased a great fight for Olympic Finn level from juniors to masters and from medals with becoming an national championships to world cup events Olympic legend in the Finn Class, however and major Finn championships. there are new heroes in the making further President’s Letter strengthening the reputation and traditions, Last but not least let me wish good luck as well as the liveliness, of our class. to Rafa Trujillo, our long time Finn fellow, sailing currently on the Atlantic in one of the With ISAF focusing more on the sustainability Volvo Ocean Race boats. of Olympic sailing, and the Olympic classes now able to focus on class development in the longer term, the International Finn Association (IFA) will continue with the Finn International Development Support (Fides) programme with supported sailors Dr. Balazs Hajdu currently being identified and determined HUN-1 for the 2015 sailing season. The Dinghy IFA President

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Executive Committee of IFA 2014-15 President of Honour Executive Director Corinne McKenzie Gerardo Seeliger The Head Coach is Daniel Dahon - ex 39 Rue du Portal d’Amont XCHANGING, Calendula, 93 Finn France Olympic Team Coach. 28109 Alcobendas, Madrid, 66370 Pezilla la Riviere, France Mob: +33 670 10 18 13 Nicknamed ‘Le Chef’ Daniel Dahon has Mob: +34 609 20 1020 • Tel: +34 91 7912900 been a main feature in the Finn arena, Email: [email protected] Tel/fax: +33 4 68 92 60 46 Email: [email protected] coaching Philippe Presti and Xavier President Skype: corinnerollandmckenzie Rohart for many years before continuing Dr Balazs Hajdu with Rohart in the Star. Bandol is in the Chairman Technical Committee Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, Furj u 25, H-1124 Budapest, Richard Hart Mob: +36 30 332 7415 • Fax: +36 1 319 1680 26 Lower Spinney, Warsash between Marseilles and Toulon. In Email: [email protected] Southampton, SO31 9NL, England Bandol the winter temperatures are Skype: bhajdu001 Tel: +44 1489 575327 • Fax: +44 1489 576908 moderated by the Mediterranean; days Email: [email protected] of frost are rare. The average daily low Vice-President – Sailing Skype: rhahart temperature even in December and Tapio Nirkko January is close to 10°C. More info: Urheilukatu 32 a 5, 00250 Helsinki, Finland Honorary Treasurer [email protected] Tel: +358 44 0293293 Tim Carver Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 7798 927971 Email: [email protected], Skype: carvert New Chairman for the BFA Vice-President – Development John Heyes was recently elected as Jonathan Lobert Special projects the new Chairman of the British Finn Michele Marchesini Tel: +33 (0)6 18 80 68 42 Association at the AGM during the Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] National Championships. John takes over Chief Measurer Vice-President – Masters’ Fleet from Graham Brookes who served for Jüri Saraskin Andy Denison two years. John has been involved in the Lossi 1A, Tallinn, EE0026, Estonia Finn Class since the mid 1980s, when he 4 Wickfield Ave, Christchurch Tel: (W) +372 6726 777, (H) +372 6726 222 BH23 1JB, UK was One Design Manager at North Sails Mob: + 372 501 1321, Fax: +372 6726 778 UK and has sailed Finns since 2006. Tel: +44 (0)1202 484748 Email: [email protected] Mob +44 (0)7802 355 522 Email: [email protected] Chairman Marketing Committee www.finnworldmaster.com Robert Deaves 2 Exeter Road, Ipswich IP3 8JL, England Mob: +44 (0)7932 047046 Email: [email protected] Skype: robert.deaves

Cover photo: Jonathan Lobert in Santander (Pic: Robert Deaves) IFA WEB SITE Insets: Anders Pedersen, Swedish Nationals, www.finnclass.org First nations qualify for Rio Podium in Santander. The first 12 countries in Santander to Next issue: March 2015 FINN SHOP www.finnclass.org/shop qualify for a place at the Rio 2016 Olympics Back issues: Back issues are available are: Great Britain, Croatia, France, through the Finnshop on the IFA website FINN MASTERS New Zealand, Norway, USA, Sweden, from GBP 5 each including postage. www.finnworldmasters.com Denmark, Slovenia, Australia, Hungary and Finland. The next chance to qualify THE FINN CHANNEL is the 2015 in Takapuna, www.youtube.com/thefinnchannel New Zealand, next November.

 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 nominated Giles Scott is one of the five male nominees ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2014 following a very successful season that included winning both the World and European titles. He picked up seven consecutive regatta victories and has been a formidable force in the Finn with no one able to match him on the race Bernt Andersson honoured track. Scott looked untouchable in his build up to the Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds and with his eyes on the prize he delivered in Before the start of the the Spanish city with a cool, calm and collected performance to International Punch Cup at comfortably win his second Finn world title. KKF in Karlstad, Sweden on October 13, the club paid We all wish Giles all the best at the award ceremony during the tribute to one of its most ISAF conference in Palma in November. successful sailors, Bernt Andersson. Bernt was part of the Swedish team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, which had begun 50 years ago to the day. At 72, Bernt then donned his wetsuit and put in a good showing in the Punch Cup, placing third in his group before being knocked out during the semi-final. The photo shows Bernt (left) receiving a presentation from Torsten Jarnstam, President (again) of the Swedish Finn Association.

Dinghy Academy is first ISAF Approved Training Centre

The Dinghy Academy, Valencia has successfully undergone a formal audit from ISAF and has become the first venue to become an ISAF Approved Training Centre. A full report can be found on the ISAF website. Luca Devoti, Owner and Head Coach at the Dinghy Pimp your Academy Valencia said of this approval, “Sailing is and has been my life. For the Dinghy Academy and for all those working, training and racing here, to be recognised by ISAF is a great honour. We will not only strongly promote Finn ! the Olympic values in the athletes we train but also try to do our best to introduce as many young sailors as possible, from all over the world, to enjoy our beautiful sport.” With a The overriding objectives of the training centres are: • Boom Bolt - To encourage and assist in the development of Olympic • Carbon Tiller Extension and/or Paralympic level Sail Training pathways for National Sailors and Coaches in all ISAF MNAs; • Pumping Kickpad - To increase the number of nations attending and regularly David Potter Solutions Mob: +44 (0) 7825 880003 participating in ISAF events; [email protected] - To assist all MNAs with developing ‘performance’ training programmes that will help give their National Sailors more of a chance to increase their skills and ultimately qualify to and attend the Sailing Competition of the Olympic and/or Paralympic Games.

ISAF Training and Development Manager Dan Jaspers said of this news, “I thank Luca Devoti for his vision and passion in helping promote sailing in all its forms. If we can point all The Original Hiking Pants Since 1988 of our MNAs towards Approved Training Centres such as the Dinghy Academy Valencia, in order for them to be able to choose the right programme that suits their needs, then In one size only; we have made yet another development option available to those national sailing federations that would not otherwise yours! know where to go to receive support in turning good sailors into great sailors and even potential Olympic athletes.” www.waverunna.com

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

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

Giles Scott dominates Finn Gold Cup in Santander

Monday – No wind Despite six hours on the water, the light 2014 Finn Gold Cup - Final Results breeze never stabilised for long enough to 1 GBR 41 Giles Scott 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 (4) 8 18 get a race away and the sailors came back 2 CRO 524 Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic 5 3 (6) 6 4 1 5 6 2 32 empty handed. 3 GBR 11 9 (dnf) 1 1 19 5 1 8 6 50 4 FRA 112 Jonathan Lobert 3 (25) 2 4 2 7 6 19 18 61 Tuesday – One race and a long wait 5 NZL 24 12 7 8 8 8 10 11 (33) 4 68 Yellow fleet was won by Oliver Tweddell 6 NZL 16 Andrew Murdoch 9 5 11 (24) 11 6 16 2 12 72 who led the entire race from Deniss Karpak 7 USA 6 Caleb Paine 18 6 15 3 6 12 (19) 5 10 75 and Josip Olujic. The Blue fleet was stacked 8 NOR 1 Anders Pedersen 5 3 3 14 16 (38) 7 13 14 75 with big names but the returning Jonas 9 FRA 29 Thomas Le Breton 14 10 5 5 13 4 9 (36) 16 76 Høgh-Christensen, the London 2012 Silver 10 SWE 33 10 12 7 10 12 9 (23) 11 20 91 medalist, back after a two year lay-off, led round the top mark from London 2012 bronze medallist Jonathan Lobert. Giles Scott rounded in tenth and made gains throughout to pass Høgh-Christensen at the last mark to take the race win. The Dane crossed in second with Lobert third.

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

 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 GOLD FLEET (cont) 11 DEN 2 Jonas Høgh-Christensen 2 7 9 17 20 17 2 (37) 74 12 SLO 573 Vasilij Zbogar 7 4 10 16 10 19 (29) 9 75 13 AUS 41 Jake Lilley 6 dnf 5 4 15 13 12 22 77 14 CRO 69 Milan Vujasinovic 6 2 8 8 (28) 25 14 16 79 15 HUN 40 13 17 4 7 14 15 (21) 10 80 16 FIN 218 Tapio Nirkko 19 14 2 7 18 20 (27) 3 83 17 GRE 77 Ioannis Mitakis 11 15 24 6 5 3 (28) 24 88 18 EST 2 Deniss Karpak 2 13 12 3 17 8 (39) 34 89 19 CAN 5 Gregory Douglas 16 20 4 2 7 (28) 18 23 90 20 ITA 146 Michele Paoletti dsq 2 3 9 3 18 36 21 92 21 SWE 6 Björn Allansson 8 13 6 20 27 (35) 13 7 94 22 TUR 21 Alican Kaynar 13 18 10 15 9 14 15 (30) 94 23 AUS 261 Oliver Tweddell 1 9 7 22 (31) 31 4 25 99 24 ESP 8 Pablo Guitian Sarria 11 5 14 14 (32) 26 8 28 106 25 ESP 7 Alex Muscat 16 11 (29) 26 22 23 17 1 116 26 NED 842 Pieter-Jan Postma 4 9 ufd 18 26 22 25 14 118 20 came off the land in a very hot blast, but 27 POR 5 Frederico Melo 4 1 17 24 30 (32) 22 20 118 that only lasted 30 minutes before the fleet 28 DEN 4 Mads Bendix 14 22 16 16 23 11 (33) 18 120 were left wallowing on the left over swell. By 29 CRO 1 Josip Olujic 3 19 13 12 25 21 32 (35) 125 the time they were sent in the fleet had been 30 ITA 123 Filippo Baldassari 8 15 15 5 29 29 (37) 26 127 on the water for more than eight hours. 31 URU 301 Alejandro Jose Foglia 17 8 12 12 (35) 34 30 15 128 32 GBR 29 Peter McCoy 19 19 13 15 21 16 26 (27) 129 Wednesday – Finally some wind 33 POL 17 Piotr Kula 10 23 25 10 (38) 30 20 12 130 Scott was in perfect form on day three, 34 CRO 52 Nenad Bugarin 15 10 11 31 37 (39) 10 31 145 picking up three more bullets for a perfect 35 SLO 5 Gasper Vincec 21 4 27 11 36 24 24 (38) 147 opening series score after four races to 36 RUS 57 Egor Terpigorev 21 16 26 2 (39) 33 38 17 153 lead from Jonathan Lobert and Ed Wright. 37 CZE 1 Michael Maier 22 8 20 13 (34) 27 34 29 153 Scott was never really threatened in any 38 BRA 109 Jorge João Zarif 15 22 14 11 24 37 31 dns 154 race though Zsombor Berecz did steal a 39 GER 259 Phillip Kasueske 24 16 19 17 33 (36) 35 32 176 large lead on the opposite side to Scott in race 3, a lead that soon evaporated as the SILVER FLEET race progressed. The offshore wind proved 40 ITA 117 Giorgio Poggi (25) 14 18 22 10 1 1 2 68 taxing to sailors and race committee alike 41 CAN 110 Martin Robitaille (32) 24 22 9 2 9 2 1 69 as they took nearly two hours to anchor the 42 RUS 6 Arkadiy Kistanov 22 21 21 (27) 5 4 6 4 83 start boat due to the conditions. The day 43 GBR 91 Ben Cornish 24 20 (33) 13 1 7 7 14 86 started with 25 knots and gradually reduced 44 POL 1 Milosz Wojewski 17 21 18 28 15 2 ufd 5 106 during the day until the final race where it 45 CZE 85 Tomas Vika (31) 29 25 19 8 3 8 16 108 all but died and then swung through 180 46 RUS 7 Anatoliy Korshikov (27) 12 23 19 26 10 13 6 109 degrees in the closing stages. 47 CHN 1226 Lei Gong 20 27 22 25 6 6 ufd 11 117 48 ITA 66 Enrico Voltolini 12 26 16 25 25 dnf 12 3 119 Second placed Lobert recovered from a 49 DEN 31 Stig Steinfurth (35) 23 17 31 21 15 5 9 121 double capsize in the first race of the day 50 RUS 9 Eduard Skornyakov 29 18 (32) 28 17 20 3 7 122 to score 2, 4 and trail Scott by six points. 51 RUS 1 Alexey Selivanov (33) 17 24 20 11 11 30 18 131 Wright was unable to sail the opening race 52 EST 11 Lauri Väinsalu 25 25 9 (32) 9 5 27 32 132 after picking a black flag disqualification in 53 CHN 1225 He Chen (34) 26 30 21 7 24 19 10 137 Tuesday’s abandoned race but channelled 54 ITA 747 Simone Ferrarese 20 30 (34) 21 14 12 16 24 137 his energies into the remaining two races 55 UKR 5 Andriy Gusenko 26 (35) 19 23 18 22 4 25 137 to pick up two race wins and sit in third 56 POL 13 Michal Jodlowski 31 11 34 26 3 21 ufd 15 141 overall. 57 ESP 500 Jose Alejandro Aran. Tormo 27 28 23 (34) 12 14 15 23 142 58 CZE 5 Ondrej Teply 7 34 31 23 30 8 9 dnf 142 59 FRA 177 Fabian Pic 18 24 21 18 13 26 26 (27) 146 60 GER 252 Eike Tjark Martens (37) 32 20 29 20 17 23 8 149 61 GBR 18 James Hadden 28 27 27 (33) 27 13 14 17 153 62 FIN 99 Jesse Kylänpää (36) 28 26 33 16 16 22 19 160 63 GBR 88 Mark Andrews 28 6 28 27 4 27 dnf dnf 160 64 IRL 4 Ross Hamilton 26 (33) 32 30 19 25 18 13 163 65 CRO 6 Dan Lovrovic 34 34 30 ufd 29 19 10 12 168 66 TUR 211 Alican Basegmez (36) 31 28 30 23 23 11 22 168 67 ESP 112 Fernando Ros ufd 31 35 29 24 18 21 21 179 68 NED 972 Tobias Kirschbaum (33) 33 31 32 32 28 20 20 196 69 POL 16 Mikołaj Lahn 32 30 33 (37) 22 32 17 30 196 70 GER 713 Lars Haverland 23 35 (37) 36 28 30 24 28 204 71 FRA 89 Benjamin Montagut 30 29 29 35 34 dnf 28 26 211 72 AUS 22 Joseph McMillan 29 32 (36) 34 33 31 29 29 217 73 BUL 13 Valentin Nedyalkov (38) 37 35 35 31 29 25 31 223 74 ESP 24 Victor Gorostegui 23 36 dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 259 75 TUN 1 Karim Esseghir 39 (ret) dnf dnf dnf dnf 31 33 263 76 ESP 161 Miguel Fernandez Vasco 30 (dnf) dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 270 77 USA 69 John F Dane 35 (dnf) dnf dnc dnf dnf dnf dnf 275 78 USA 23 James Hunter 37 (dnf) dnf dnc dnf dnf dnf dnf 277

FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 17 Top 6 in Santander: (clockwise from top left) - Giles Scott, Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic, Ed Wright, Andrew Murdoch, Josh Junior, Jonathan Lobert Thursday – Scott extends lead eighth overall. Scott recovered from a mid- course set close to the land, it produced Scott continued to extend his lead on the fleet first mark rounding to record his fifth some very tricky and shifty conditions with fourth day to build a 13 point lead after race win of the championship from Lobert large pressure changes and wind bands six races from Lobert and Ivan Kljakovic and Michele Paoletti, who had rounded the funnelling down the course causing more Gaspic. It was another windy and shifty day top mark in second. than a few upsets. There were a lot of high with some big shifts mixing up the fleet. scores throughout the fleet and patience Scott then looked to have a sixth race win all was a much needed quality as sailors rose The anchoring problems of Wednesday wrapped up, but Kljakovic Gaspic had other and fell through the fleet. were gone with the course set further ideas and picked the right course on the inshore in shallower water and a buoyed line final run to take advantage of a late surge in Jonas Høgh-Christensen owned the pin end used for the start and finish to keep things the wind and passed underneath Scott just of the start line in race 7 and immediately simple. There were some great downwind metres from the finish line to deny the Brit a tacked to cross the entire fleet. He only finishes as the wind rose and fell between perfect scoreline. Mitakis crossed in third. trailed Wright and Tweddell around the top 15 and 25 knots. Though three races had mark and moved up to second on the run. been scheduled by amendment, only two Friday – Leaders emerge Wright extended down the run to hold the were sailed as the championship was not Scott moved into, what turned out to be, a lead at the gate, but the Dane was never allowed to get ahead of schedule. decisive 20 point lead on day 5. Kljakovic far behind and pushed all the way. Wright Gaspic moved up to second with Lobert managed to hold on for his third race win, Now into gold and silver fleets after four dropping one to third. The day began windy with Scott recovering from around tenth at races the early leader in race 5 was Ioannis again but soon moderated once racing was the first mark to cross in third. Mitakis, who ended a great day after a 5, 3 in started to 15-18 knots. However with the In race 8 Alex Muscat held a narrow lead at the top mark from Andrew Murdoch and Tapio Nirkko. To the delight of the locals Muscat managed to lead the fleet across the finish line after a very tricky race with some big pressure changes across the course. Murdoch crossed second with Nirkko third.

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

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

 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 Sunday – The Medal race The day started windless and racing was postponed, though a light sea breeze was expected later in the day. A light, fickle breeze duly arrived and the Finn medal race was characterised by big shifts and pressure changes across the course that ultimately decided the bronze medal.

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

Lobert just had to beat Wright to take the bronze, and led him through the gate. However Wright chose the opposite gate and sailed straight into a pressure zone and moved from ninth to third, leaving Lobert stuck in less wind. From there Wright held on up the third beat while Lobert was helpless to recover. Lobert finished fourth overall again and it still looking for his first major championship medal. Junior sailed a great race to finish Seventh to tenth: (clockwise from top left) - Caleb Paine, Anders Pedersen, Max Salminen, Thomas Le Breton second and moved up to fifth overall, passing his team mate Andrew Murdoch, who had sailors in the fleet never to win an Olympic pretty happy I have succeeded in this and been ahead going into the medal race. medal. This is clearly something he is planning it makes me quite me quite confident and to put right in Rio and this medal is a great sure about the future.” Giles Scott’s only job was to finish the race boost at the half way stage in his campaign. cleanly to wrap up his second world title in Wright’s bronze is his fifth successive the Finn. Fourth place gave him a winning He said, “The week has been great for world championship medal and perhaps an margin of 14 points. He said, “It’s a been a me, a really excellent performance. Today indication that Scott needs to keep pushing great season for me and I can’t really think I knew I had to be relaxed and keep calm to maintain his advantage. He said, “On the of a better way to round it off than with the and I did exactly that and it put me right second beat I got a gust on the left hand world title. It’s been a great event and I am into the lead. Then I had really clear lanes side and moved up to third and held that all really pleased with the way I have sailed. through the race and really good moments. the way. It was a nail biting race and I really There’s always a lot to learn from it, but I’m I sailed pretty consistently today, as I did enjoyed sailing in it. It means a lot to me to over the moon about it. It’s a big milestone. all week, and it turned out to be a winning get a medal at the worlds and I needed this I try to stay realistic, but my big goal is in combination for me.” medal, so I’m really happy with that.” two years time. But this is a very big step towards that so I am really looking forward On his consistent performance he said, “It’s been a hard week after I had a OCS to the next two years.” “All my life I was always struggling in the early on and I’ve been struggling a bit with breeze but this week was three days of that. But it was all to play for today and it The silver medal for Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic is pretty strong, shifty and breezy conditions was a real fun race to be part of. I now just his best ever world championship result and which proved I can perform in any kind of need to wind it up a bit more and try to catch proves he is on course for Rio. It concludes a wind. That’s what I have been focusing on Giles. I am putting together some big winter great season for the double Olympian, who is the last couple of years, trying to get myself plans, with training in Rio and then Miami, arguably one of the best, and most successful, in shape to sail in all conditions. So I am so it should be fun.”

FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 17 Anders Pedersen wins Silver Cup in Hoorn

he 16th Junior Finn World Championship Pedersen clearly enjoyed the second reach - for the Jorge Bruder Silver Cup – was as made his move to sail over Kistanov and sailedT in Hoorn, The Netherlands from 6-11 then extended to win. Kistanov crossed in July. Despite getting off to a great start, the second. The battle for third was finally won final three days were plagued by too strong by Jakub Marciniak. or too light winds and no further races were possible. Anders Pedersen took his first Race 2 was started very promptly in slightly major title in his last year as a junior. less wind, with a double windward-leeward loop. Marciniak continued his good form Sunday – Pedersen gets best start and was the early leader rounding ahead Anders Pedersen had a nearly perfect start from Pedersen. They separated at the to Silver Cup after a win and second place gate which allowed Pedersen to be further breeze faded during the race and eventually on the Sunday. The forecast was for strong inside the Pole as a major shift changed switched off after the first boats finished. winds for most of the day. After launching the landscape on the second upwind. After a tricky first beat, Peter McCoy in 18 to 20 knots the 32 young Finn sailors Marciniak tacked back early to get to the left emerged from the middle left to round found a steep, short chop on the race course, but dropped through the fleet, eventually ahead from Dimitar Vangelov and Kistanov. but during the day a few rain clouds passed finishing 12th. Pedersen hung onto the The wind dropped soon started to drop and down the course and the wind decreased by middle and stayed in second, but the lead the front group sailed away in more wind the hour to 8-10 knots by the end of race 2. went to Mikolaj Lahn. Pedersen almost creating a large split in the fleet. After some caught Lahn on the final downwind as the yellow flags and wind changes, Vangelov Arkadiy Kistanov had the best of the breeze faded to 8-10 knots. However it was emerged in the lead at the second upwind first upwind to round ahead of Pedersen Lahn who just crossed ahead with Fabian mark to lead down the final run as the wind and local favourite Tobias Kirschbaum. Pic gaining 12 or more places on the second eventually disappeared completely. Michael Kistanov and Pedersen sailed away into a upwind to cross in third. Kamp crossed in second with Lars Johan comfortable lead and the Russian extended Brodtkorb in third. on the second upwind. However on the Monday - Kistanov fights back reaches he perhaps sailed too low early on Kistanov, the 2011 Finn Junior World Monday - Pedersen and Kistanov slug it out and allowed Pedersen to close the gap and Champion, took the lead on Monday, Pedersen and Kistanov engaged in a they rounded the wing mark side by side. though only one race was possible as the battle of wits on the third day with Kistanov narrowly missing out on all three race wins but the final score was one win for Pederden and two for Kistanov. This left Pedersen leading Kistanov by two points with Nenad Bugarin 23 points back in third.

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

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

10 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 2014 Finn Silver Cup - Final Results 1 NOR 1 Anders Pedersen 1 2 (22) 1 2 2 8 2 RUS 6 Arkadiy Kistanov 2 (4) 4 2 1 1 10 3 CRO 52 Nenad Bugarin 4 5 7 4 (13) 13 33 4 POL 16 Mikolaj Lahn 15 1 (17) 11 4 4 35 5 DEN 5 Jacob Stachelhaus 9 7 8 (14) 6 9 39 6 CAN 110 Martin Robitaille 5 15 (bfd) 3 5 12 40 7 GBR 29 Peter McCoy 10 13 6 8 (14) 3 40 8 CAN 2 Kyle Martin 8 (19) 10 12 8 8 46 9 CZE 5 Ondrej Teply 12 23 (24) 5 3 6 49 10 POL 111 Jakub Marciniak 3 12 (18) 13 9 15 52 11 ARG 1 Santiago Falasca 14 11 12 (16) 11 7 55 12 GER 259 Philip Kasueske 7 16 16 7 (dsq) 10 56 13 DEN 31 Stig Steinfurth 11 9 (19) 10 12 16 58 14 GER 595 Simon Gorgels 6 8 (21) 21 7 17 59 15 ITA 214 Riccardo Bevilacqua 17 6 (ret) 15 10 11 59 16 NED 972 Tobias Kirschbaum 13 10 13 (18) 17 14 67 17 FRA 177 Pic Fabian 19 3 (bfd) 9 dns 5 69 18 RUS 28 Artur Kotlyarov 18 (32) 5 22 16 18 79 19 RUS 7 Anatoly Korshikov 20 17 23 6 19 (ocs) 85 20 BUL 8 Dimitar Vangelov (24) 18 1 24 23 22 88 21 ITA 83 Matteo Savio 22 20 14 (26) 15 19 90 22 AUS 22 Joe McMillan 16 14 (25) 20 21 20 91 23 NED 963 Michael Kamp (27) 26 2 25 18 26 97 24 RUS 27 Denis Kotlyarov 21 (29) 9 17 22 28 97 25 GBR 28 Jack Arnell 25 22 20 23 (ret) 21 111 26 HUN 11 Elemer Peter Haidekker (29) 25 11 27 26 24 113 27 CAN 99 Riley Finch 23 21 28 19 25 (30) 116 28 POL 22 Jeremi Zimny 26 27 15 (31) 20 29 117 29 NOR 5 Lars Johan Brodtkorb 28 24 3 (dnf) dns dns 121 30 POL 7 Matthew Kobylinski (31) 31 27 28 24 23 133 31 ESP 117 Carlos Ordonez (30) 28 26 30 27 27 138 32 ITA 53 Leopold Starke 32 30 (bfd) 29 28 25 144 Kistanov led at the top mark in race 5 from Ondrej Teply and Philip Kasueske. Kistanov still led at the gate but Pedersen took a long tack to the right and came back just ahead to lead down to the finish. However it wasn’t over and Kistanov eased through for a photo finish on the line to take the win from Pedersen. Teply crossed in third.

The wind decreased slightly for Race 6 and it was another tight race with Pedersen leading McCoy and Lahn round the top mark. Kistanov was up to third by the gate and the positions remained the same up the second beat. The final downwind with free pumping removed was a more sedate end to the day though the wind picked up again for the approach to the finish line. Kistanov used the wind to the best advantage to first move past McCoy and Thursday- not enough wind was expected later in the day, but by 16.00 then Pedersen to claim his second win of Another day was lost Thursday with nothing had developed and racing was the day, with another photo finish on the not enough wind. The day was spent in abandoned for the day. line. sweltering temperatures and no wind, and while one race was started, it was Friday - Pedersen is the Champion Wednesday – too much wind abandoned at the windward mark as the Anders Pedersen won his first ever Finn No racing was possible on the fourth day wind vanished into the humid Dutch air. Silver Cup, and in his last year as a Junior, as strong winds caused the abandonment Brodtkorp proved his ability in light wind to without any more races being held. Arkadiy of all racing. The fleet was sent out on lead round the top mark from Bugarin and Kistanov took the silver and Nenad Bugarin time for the scheduled start at 12.00 but it Matthew Koblinski, but by then the water the bronze. For the third day in a row the 32 soon became apparent that the wind was was like glass and the race was abandoned Finn sailors set out from Hoorn and came above sensible limits with many boats shortly afterwards. back with no more races sailed. capsizing in the fierce gusts. After one postponement the race officer abandoned A light breeze filled in nearly an hour later, It was a day for ices, swimming and racing as the wind hit 31 knots and sent but the conditions were very humid with sunbathing but no racing. Everyone, well the fleet back to the harbour, where bad visibility to the east, and the wind almost everyone, was willing it to happen, racing was eventually abandoned for the didn’t stay. At 13.00 the race officer sent but it just wasn’t to be. The sailors launched day later in the afternoon after the wind the fleet shore to wait, hoisting AP over 6, for a start at 11.05, and that got away on refused to moderate. for a first possible start at 17.00. More wind time in 5-6 knots. At the first mark Brodtkorb

FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 11 again led at the top mark but it was soon clear the wind was going and the race was stopped at the gate. An hour and a half later, Statistical data of the sailors the racing was officially abandoned for the at the 2014 Silver Cup day and Pedersen declared the winner.

Average Pedersen said of his win, “It feels very good. 4 It’s my third try to get the Silver Cup, so it’s 3 great. It means a lot to be Junior Champion 2 in Norway. I had a bit of a tough fight today 1 with the Russian. He had a really good 170 174 178 182 186 190 194 198 202 (cm) Height range: 174-200 cm series with no bad races, so for him it didn’t Average: 189 cm mean anything but for me I needed a good Height distribution of Silver Cup competitors result. So he was giving me a hard time around the race course. I was glad when Average they abandoned it.” 4 3 Second placed Kistanov, the 2011 Junior 2 World Champion, put on a great show today 1 and had almost done enough to regain the 78 80 2 84   0 2 4   100 102 (kg) Weight range: 78-101 kg title. “Today was a nice day but not very nice Average: 92.5 kg for sailing. We only raced three days, so I Weight distribution of Silver Cup competitors am a bit unhappy about that and Anders is a bit lucky, but that’s competition, so Average 7 congratulations to him. I thought that I could 6 be first here so I’m not happy to just get the 5 silver. But I still have two more years to go 4 so I will come to those Silver Cups and try 3 to be better.” 2 1 The Bronze went to Nenad Bugarin. “I am very happy with this week. I sailed well all 17 18 19 20 21 22 (Age) Age range: 17-22 week so I am very happy with the bronze. Average: 19.5 It could be a little bit better but in these Age distribution of Silver Cup competitors circumstances I am very happy. I only started in the Finn in January this year, so I am not so long in the class. I will be back next year to try again.”

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

12 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 Technical review

e are continuing to work on checking that our various Plans, number of Measurement Certificates that had not been completed Coordinates and Templates all agree with each other. One by the owner’s Certification Authority. We have tried to make things ofW the Finn Sailors in my club (Andrew Wylam, GBR 22) is a easier by allowing for this process to be done by Email. PLEASE design draughtsman and has been helping with various details on folks, keep the paperwork and certification marks correct. In a similar the digital drawings. What was good twenty years ago has to be situation a few years ago (in an Olympic Equipment selection year) carefully checked now, because the builders are now using CNC we had an Equipment Inspector report to ISAF that 50% of the Finn cutting for moulds and working nearer to the limits of our tolerances. fleet “didn’t measure”. We have to be sure that our specifications for the boat and for the measurement equipment are adequate. Several builders are producing new moulds, and some claims have been made about “longer waterline lengths” and “new I have been reading the report from Andre Blasse, who served as Finn designs”. Please be reassured: there is one design for the Finn! IM at the Santander Gold Cup/ISAF Sailing World Championships. The tolerances are small, and they have been exploited in a similar Our objective is “to establish a class of boats which is one-design way for more than 50 years to my knowledge. I believe that our in all matters that affect basic speed”. The good news is that there boats are more “one-design in all matters that affect basic speed” were few problems over whether each boat was a Finn: a couple of than almost any other large dinghy class, due to our measurement boats were slightly underweight because of alterations to toestraps, control and the Lamboley Swing Test. and in a couple of boats one corrector had come unstuck and gone walkabout inside the boat. We had hoped that my expected replacement Rory Barnes would be at Santander, but due to unforeseeable work requirements he The bad news is that there were some masts, booms, rudders and had to miss the event. However we have arranged that he will centreboards without identification marks, and sometimes with the attend the ISAF Annual Meeting in November at Palma, to help him certification labels worn off. Even this is not all bad news: it seems get to know that part of the work. that our equipment lasts longer than the equivalent in some other classes! Richard Hart Chairman of the Technical Committee Many mast certification cards were missing, and copies had to be emailed by the manufacturer. Once again we were let down by the

Gear in 2014

2014 Finn Gold Cup Sail Foils Boom Boat Mast 1 GBR 41 Giles Scott North DEM Needlespar Devoti Wilke 2 CRO 524 Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic North Devoti Devoti Devoti Pata 3 GBR 11 Edward Wright North Devoti Devoti Devoti Concept/Hit 4 FRA 112 Jonathan Lobert WB Devoti Needlespar Devoti Wilke 5 NZL 24 Josh Junior North Devoti Needlespar Devoti Wilke 6 NZL 16 Andrew Murdoch WB/Doyle Devoti Devoti Devoti Wilke 7 USA 6 Caleb Paine North DEM Needlespar Devoti Wilke 8 NOR 1 Anders Pedersen North Devoti Needlespar Devoti Wilke 9 FRA 29 Thomas Le Breton WB Devoti MM Devoti Wilke 10 SWE 33 Max Salminen WB Devoti MM Devoti Wilke

2014 European Championship Sails Hull Masts 1 GBR 41 Giles Scott North/North Devoti Wilke/Wilke 2 SLO 573 Vasilij Zbogar North/WB Devoti Concept/Concept 3 GBR 11 Edward Wright North/North Devoti Hit/Concept 4 FRA 112 Jonathan Lobert WB/WB Devoti Heol/Heol Gear at Europeans in numbers 5 CRO 524 Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic North/North Devoti Pata/Wilke Hulls: Devoti: 94; Wilke: 6; 6 GBR 85 Andrew Mills North/North Devoti Wilke/Wilke Sport Sail Centre: 1 7 FRA 29 Thomas Le Breton WB/WB Devoti Wilke Masts: Wilke 83; Hit: 36; 8 NED 842 Pieter-Jan Postma North/WB Devoti Hit/Hit Concept 17; Pata: 11; Heol: 2 9 HUN 40 Zsombor Berecz WB/North Devoti Concept Sails: North: 116; WB: 57; 10 NZL 16 Andrew Murdoch WB/North Devoti Wilke Doyle: 14; V-One: 6; Dieball: 2

FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 13 First test event in Rio

iles Scott once again proved to Rio lights from seaside was relaxing after be almost unbeatable in the latest the exhausting races.” demonstrationG of his domination of the Finn class. At the Aquece Rio Olympic Test Scott made the best of the conditions to Event he won six out of the 11 races, and move to the top to take the lead from Zarif, apart from a seventh in the opening race a lead he strengthened to 18 points the was never out of the top five all week. In following day with two more race wins. what was generally thought to be quite Behind him, Wright, Jonathan Lobert and shifty and tricky conditions, he wrapped up Zarif were trading places each day to remain the week with another dominant race win in in the medal zone for the medal race. Scott He added, “The venue was actually quite the medal race. took his fifth bullet on the final qualification good, but there is still a little way to go to day to win the regatta with a day to spare. get it to Games standard. The only thing The week got underway on the Ponte course that I can see being an issue is the lack inside the harbour with local favourite, and The medal race was then a formality for of daylight with sunset at 5.30 and with current world champion, leading Scott, but crucial for the other two medals. no racing before 11 am, the window to get the field with a 1, 2. Scott was in third Lobert sailed well in the breezy conditions sailing if the sea breeze doesn’t come in behind Ed Wright, but he had to wait two to finish third to snatch the silver, while until 2.00 to 2.30 is very small. Personally I more days before being able to move up, Wright hung onto the bronze with a fifth. For think they may need to look at trying to race with the second day of the competition lost a while Zarif was heading for a medal but a in the drainage breeze in the early morning, to all classes because of the lack of wind. broken tiller extension put paid to that and especially with the classes with more than he ended the week in fourth. one fleet on the one course.” Piotr Kula described the third day, when the fleet was outside the bay on the Niteroi Scott said, “It’s been a windy week which Wright summed up his week. “I am happy race area. “Huge waves rolling downwind, was kind of unexpected in all honesty but with my result. To medal in the Olympic plus some that bounced from the cliff made the week’s gone great and we managed to venue is always a good sign. The most it physically demanding. From fully hiked to complete a full series. For a lot of the sailors important thing was to spend time on the nose touching boom on upwind. Downwind it’s been a bit of a surprise as to how good water and see what to expect during the was bit tricky. If you lost pressure once, so the breeze has been for the two weeks we Games. The race committee was good but you couldn’t surf for a while, you lost a lot have been here. We haven’t seen too much need practice. They abandoned a race at of distance. Our racing day started late due wind under 9 knots. The majority of the fleet the last mark to the finish, by accident and to postponement. Three races took about came here expecting 7 knots tops. This we sailed home in the pitch black one day, four hours. On the last downwind we had a week it wasn’t quite like that so I think in but that’s why it’s a test event.” sunset. The sun hid behind the Sugar Loaf that regard, actually knowing what the wind mountain. When we got back ashore, it was speed is, is a big step for learning.” “I have spent some time in Rio in the past so I already dark, but the beautiful view of the was ready for the good wind we had, although there was a little more on some of the days than I expected. The racing was shifty and very interesting on the harbour courses. I spent lots of time on the Menai straights when I was young (a very tidal venue) so this place was not such a shock tidally to me.”

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

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

14 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 Aquece Rio Olympic Test Event 2014 - Final Results 1 GBR 41 Giles Scott (7) 1 5 1 2 1 4 1 1 4 2 22 2 FRA 112 Jonathan Lobert 9 3 6 6 9 4 3 2 (13) 8 6 56 3 GBR 11 Edward Wright 2 4 7 10 (14) 2 5 5 8 3 10 56 4 BRA 109 Jorge Zarif 1 2 (13) 5 5 8 6 9 3 6 18 63 5 POL 17 Piotr Kula 3 6 11 8 11 5 8 5 (ret) 9 8 74 6 NZL 16 Andrew Murdoch 10 12 8 4 3 3 1 10 4 (14) 20 75 7 ITA 117 Giorgio Poggi 13 10 4 2 4 7 12 8 5 (16) 12 77 8 FRA 29 Thomas le Breton 6 7 1 11 10 9 (16) 3 2 15 14 78 9 NZL 24 Josh Junior 5 16 (dsq) 3 1 6 7 16 7 1 16 78 10 NED 842 Pieter-Jan Postma 11 (ocs) 3 9 6 10 2 13 14 7 4 79 11 SWE 33 Max Salminen 8 8 12 7 12 11 (15) 7 10 5 -- 80 12 USA 6 Caleb Paine 14 5 (16) 15 8 16 9 6 12 2 -- 87 13 FIN 218 Tapio Nirkko (15) 14 2 12 7 15 10 11 9 13 -- 93 14 CHN 1226 Gong Lei 12 9 9 14 (ocs) 12 11 15 6 10 -- 98 city is aware of the problem and is already 15 SWE 6 Björn Allansson 4 11 14 (17) 15 13 13 12 15 12 -- 109 trying to clean the bay. We saw some special 16 SLO 5 Gasper Vincec 16 15 10 13 13 14 14 (dnc) 16 17 -- 128 boats collecting the trash on the water.” 17 BRA 1 Bruno Prada (17) 13 15 16 16 17 17 14 11 11 -- 130

He continued, “It was a great chance to wind was not as light as we were told it for now we are still learning and collecting be able to actually race on the different would be. But you know that we never can information. I don’t know yet what would be courses. When you train we don’t do such predict the conditions we will have for the the best gear set up yet.” big races as in regatta so the tactics are Games. I think we were lucky to be able to always different. It’s also very different race the full schedule of races in six days but But, “To be successful in Rio you will have to inside the bay or outside the bay.” for the next test event and the Games there be a very complete sailor, you never know will be rest days so if we face some lack of what condition you will get day after day.” Has the perception that Rio will be a light wind we will be able to race the day after.” airs venue changed after last week? “The “So I think it’s a still a very open question, I don’t know yet what to say. For this regatta the Finns were able to race in good breeze most of the time but for some other classes it was not the case. So for now maybe we still have to wait and see.”

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

FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 15 Focus on youth - six stories from juniors

uring the year we have spoken to a this regatta I will sail the Europe worlds, and large number of juniors. The strength after that I will probably order a new boat ofD the junior fleet was highlighted by both and then we’ll see. I haven’t had that much the super competitive Silver Cup in Hoorn time to train so far.” in July, and in Santander, with the Junior World Champion Anders Pedersen finishing Martin Robitaille - CAN in eighth in the most competitive senior fleet The 2012 Junior World Champion, Martin of the year. Here are some of the stories we Robitaille (right) sailed his final junior regatta covered this year. in Hoorn. He described how Finn sailing is progressing in Canada. “We are three junior Lars Johan Brodtkorb - NOR Canadians training together. We had some Lars Johan Brodtkorb (below) came to the awesome training this spring. Two of the Silver Cup as the current Europe class guys have only joined this year and they European champion. He was also awarded have made huge improvements and I’m the ‘Sailor of the Year’ by the Norwegian really glad to be there to give them some Sailing Federation for his strong performance advice on the Finn, but so far I’m pretty last season in the Europe dinghy. “I started happy for them where they are.” in the Finn in the Norwegian National the opportunity to do an Olympic campaign. Championship last year, and then I didn’t sail “Kyle Martin and Riley Finch are still in High The fact that coming to Europe and sailing again until Spring this year. I am enjoying School, but they are both showing great the Finn was much easier for training every the Finn very much. I am used to sailing the potential. In training they are both a similar day with good guys. That wasn’t so possible Europe, and they are very similar. The Finn is speed to me. They are both from the Laser, in the Laser in Argentina. I am training every fun to sail, just a bit bigger. Right now I am not just 19 and 20, so both young, but still very day in Valencia with Vasilij Zbogar, with so fast in the heavy winds. I really like sailing big. We eat well in Canada.” Zsombor Berecz, and with many great guys downwind, very equal to the Europe which is who know how to sail properly, so that’s a no surprise, but surfing is always fun.” Before Santander he said, “I have made really great way to improve my sailing.” some huge improvements over the few While he struggled in the breeze in Hoorn, months so the fight for Rio is going to be “Hopefully I will be able to go to Takapuna in the two light wind races, that were later tight, but I just need to do some more racing (for the second Olympic qualifier in 2015) abandoned, he was the clear leader. “The I think. That’s why I am happy to come because now with the continental spots I knowledge is the same; usually I am one of back to Europe and to train with more Finn might have a good chance, so I would like the heavier sailors but now I am the lightest, sailors. I’ve already been in Valencia at the to take that chance. That’s why I am training so it is different because my sailing trim is a Dinghy Academy with Luca Devoti. Luca is so hard in Valencia every day.” bit different as I now have to depower more. great. He has a really good gig going for all I have to do what I am telling the lighter the athletes. I have a lot of gratitude for what What does Falasca most like about the sailors in the Europe to do.” he does for all the athletes. It’s really good.” Finn, “I like many things about the Finn. At first when I started I wasn’t very fit and didn’t On his future plans, “I am going to try and Santiago Falasca - ARG like the free pumping but now I am starting get a new boat and sail the Finn more. After Santiago Falasca, aged 18, only started sailing to like it a lot. If you put in proper effort you the Finn in March at the Dinghy Academy in Valencia. “I started because I knew some Argentinian and Uruguayan guys were sailing in Valencia so I thought it was a good opportunity to have some progress in my sailing.”

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

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

16 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 “I really enjoy reaching at good speed with the water in your face. It’s an incredible feeling and I really love those moments.”

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

“I started in the Finn last year in May. I sailed in the Russian Cup and then went to the Silver Cup on Garda. That was my first can overtake many boats. I like the upwind big completion.” Hoorn and then exceeded all expectations much more than in the Laser even though it by not only qualifying Norway for a place is harder, because I really like the way the “A normal day for me is one session on the in Rio, but also finishing top 10 at the Finn boat moves through the waves.” water of two hours, some time in the gym, Gold Cup in Santander. or about two hours on my bike. We do a lot “In the Finn I have learned more about of our training in Torbole, on Garda, with “It was my third try to get the Silver Cup, sailing than in all the other years I have Michele and Bambi, but I still live in Russia.” so it’s great. It means a lot to be Junior been sailing. In these six months I have Champion in Norway.” learned more than in all my previous sailing He described the benefits of being with career because the Finn is a very complete an established team. “The team gives me “My dream goal was to qualify Norway for boat, from rigging the boat, to materials, everything. When I joined the team I didn’t the Olympics, though I didn’t really dare to everything is very complete for sailing.” have a good boat, or a good sail or mast, say it out loud. But it was a good week and and they gave me this and much more. It it turned out well for me.” Riccardo Bevilacqua – ITA provides me a lot of help.” Riccardo Bevilacqua started sailing Finn “I’d known for the previous few months that I last year, with his first major event at the He says he has always been fast upwind in had really good speed so I was just trying to 2013 Silver Cup in Malcesine. “I started in strong winds. “But now I am getting better use that and follow the good guys and use Optimist and then in Laser 4.7, Radial and downwind. I used to lose a lot of positions simple tactics and hang with the group. Getting Standard. Later I became too big for these on the downwind but I am getting better. into the medal race was just a real bonus.” and I didn’t know what to sail until one day I Now I started training with Fantastica with met Lanfranco Cirillo and he suggested I try some good guys, every time I go out I get a “There is not a lot of funding in Norway, the Finn. That was just perfect and once I bit better, day by day.” especially for the Finn, so now I hope I get sailed one, it was a beautiful experience.” the right openings and get some funding “I like sailing every time I go, every day. I that will allow me to train a bit easier than At the 2013 Silver Cup, “I was invited to be like the adrenaline in strong winds, upwind it has been.” part of Team Fantastica. I already used one of and downwind in nice waves. I like being their boats in Anzio. Then Lanfranco invited me around and on the water.” to join the team after we had a conversation about my sailing and my life and everything.” Anders Pedersen – NOR Anders Pedersen (above right) has had an “Now I can race without any problems. amazing year. He capped off his final year Before I would have to think about where is as a junior by winning the Silver Cup in the accommodation, and who can help me to do this or that. But now we have perfect coaches who can help me with this and Fantastica organises this for me. I need only to think about the racing and this is much better for me to improve my sailing.”

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

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

FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 17 Finn sailing from across the world

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

2014 Austrian National - Final Results 1 AUT 3 Florian Raudaschl [bfd] 2 4 5 1 1 13 2 GER 8 Jürgen Eiermann [12] 1 3 8 3 2 17 3 AUT 111 Michael Luschan 2 16 6 [19] 5 4 33 4 CZE 33 Ivan Rames 5 4 11 12 2 [bfd] 34 5 AUT 11 Bernd Moser 1 [14] 1 10 11 12 35 6 AUT 333 Gerhard Weinreich 8 12 9 [15] 4 3 36 7 GER 39 Karl-Heinz Erich 4 7 2 [29] 13 15 41 8 CZE 70 Vaclav Cintl [34] 6 5 17 6 8 42 9 AUT 7 Michael Gubi 14 5 17 2 7 [bfd] 45 10 GER 206 Klaus Reffelmann [27] 11 19 1 9 13 53 11 GER 82 Alfons Huber 55 32 AUT 36 Helmuth Gubi 156 53 AUT 110 Klaus Schiller 230 12 AUT 303 Gerd Wayrethmayr 60 33 AUT 302 Alfred Braumüller 158 54 GER 179 Helmut Lömker 237 13 ITA 83 Matteo Savio 64 34 GER 114 Jacek Kalinski 163 55 GER 63 Michael Pandler 244 14 GER 157 Frank Dinnebier 73 35 AUT 72 Georg Schöfegger 164 56 AUT 21 Erich J Scherzer 255 15 AUT 9 Gerhard Vellusig 77 36 AUT 6 Bernd Rohlfs 165 57 AUT 10 Engelbert Prutsch 260 16 CZE 67 Josef Jochovic 80 37 AUT 400 Bernhard Klingler 182 58 GER 19 Andreas Bollongino 261 17 CZE 318 Martin Plecity 83 38 GER 55 Herbert Sondermann 183 59 SUI 1 Hans Fatzer 264 18 AUT 18 Lukas Höllwerth 83 39 SUI 63 Thomas Gautschi 185 60 GER 36 Dr. Adalbert Wiest 267 19 GER 145 Kai-Uwe Göldenitz 92 40 RSA 539 Klaus Weixelbaumer 185 61 GER 3228 Anton Steinberger 269 20 CZE 7 Vaclav Cintl 104 41 AUT 307 Georg Pommer 193 62 AUT 272 Andreas Polanka 280 21 AUT 5 Nikolaus Lehner 113 42 ITA 53 Leopold Starke 202 63 AUT 244 Andreas Poell 286 22 GER 164 Claus Wimmer 122 43 GER 162 Gerd Hübner 204 64 GER 91 Nadine Zülow 296 23 CZE 8 Jiri Outrata 125 44 AUT 382 Emanuel Braumüller 204 65 GER 131 Horst Schlick 298 24 AUT 288 Hannes Blaschke 127 45 AUT 17 Andreas Moosgassner 204 66 AUT 295 Johann Raudaschl 303 25 AUT 273 Markus Schneeberger 128 46 AUT 19 Gerald Raschke 206 67 CZE 58 Jirí Silhavý 306 26 CZE 75 Vladimir Skalicky 129 47 ITA 93 Nikolaus Mair 210 68 AUT 318 Bernard Embacher 308 27 GER 701 Klaus-Dieter Götz 139 48 AUT 7361 Helmut Mayr 217 69 ITA 57 Fritz Starke 312 28 AUT 511 Gerhard Schwendt 142 49 GER 5 Herbert Straub 221 70 GER 49 Horst 318 29 AUT 8 Hartwig Gfreiner 145 50 GER 62 Uwe Barthel 222 71 AUT 320 Csaba Gal 327 30 AUT 2 Wolfgang Zeiner 145 51 GER 12 David Guminski 223 72 AUT 286 Wolfgang Kronsteiner 328 31 GER 3 Walter Mai 156 52 GER 248 Eckehard Zülow 227

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

1 BRA Antonio Carvalho Moreira 3 2 BRA 16 Arnaldo C 6 3 BRA 15 Mario Soerensen 9 4 BRA 33 Ricardo 14 5 BRA 35 Colin Reed 16

18 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 Denmark Christian Qvist writes: Since the last issue of Finnfare, things have been nice and easy in Denmark. We had the Open Danish Championships in Kerteminde, with 48 participants from six nations; DEN, SWE, FIN, NOR, GER and NED.

The series had everything from no wind, to postponement on land due to heavy wind. Normally when the Dutch arrive at a Danish Championship they are pretty confident of winning, and normally we have to nicely applaud when they receive their prices. This year however, that was not the case. Not because the Dutch performance overall was worse than previous years, but because the next generation of Danish Finn sailors are a really tough crowd to handle. The first four places were Danish. Defending his title Mads Bendix won again, followed by Stig Steinfurth and Jørgen Svendsen in third. In fourth place was André Højen, who more 2014 Danish Championship - Final Results than tripled his amount of hours in the Finn 1 DEN 4 Mads Bendix 1 (10) 1 1 2 5 during the series, coming from four hours to 2 DEN 31 Stig Steinfurth (9) 4 7 2 3 16 more than 12 hours. 3 DEN 3 Jørgen Svendsen 4 2 (12) 3 7 16 4 DEN 2 André Højen 2 6 8 (12) 1 17 The bay of Kerteminde and the facilities are 5 NOR 1 Anders Pedersen 3 1 (15) 5 9 18 some of the best you can get in Denmark, 6 DEN 7 Frederik Mads Svendsen (19) 7 2 7 4 20 however due to the heavy wind on the 7 NED 41 Karel van Hellemond 5 3 (25) 10 8 26 last day of the series only 5 races were 8 NED 80 Sander Willems (25) 8 6 8 5 27 completed. 9 FIN 5 Robert Nyberg (20) 15 11 4 6 36 Aarhus Festugestævne 2014 10 DEN 9 Thomas Mørup-Petersen 10 (12) 9 6 12 37 30-31 August 11 DEN 5 Jacob Stachelhaus 42 35 DEN 33 Christian Poulsen 126 Next up was the all-time favourite Aarhus 12 NED 7 Cees Scheurwater 49 36 DEN 246 Johnny Aagesen 129 Sailing Week. 12 Finns and several 13 SWE 14 Stefan Nordström 52 37 GER 26 Willi Meister 129 hundred in other classes met for two days 14 NED 29 Bas de Waal 55 38 DEN 14 Jan Verner Nielsen 130 of sailing. In the Finn fleet eight high quality 15 FIN 225 MIkael Hyrylainen 59 39 NED 126 Maarten Godschalx 130 races were completed. Aarhus also hosted 16 DEN 21 Otto Strandvig 59 40 DEN 18 Richard Berg-Larsen 132 its annual week of mid-town festivities so 17 DEN 23 Martin Boidin 66 41 DEN 250 Jacob Nielsen 134 the Finnsters went all-in on Saturday night 18 NED 31 Jan Willem Kok 67 42 DEN 249 Svend Andersen 138 and hit the town. After some beers we all 19 DEN 231 Kenneth Bøggild 72 43 SWE 100 Petter Hartman 158 headed back to the marina, where Aarhus 20 DEN 22 Jens Chr. Jurlander 78 44 DEN 13 Lars Tjørnvig 160 Sailing Club had arranged boats for us to 21 DEN 20 Stefan Myralf 80 45 DEN 277 William Millard 167 sleep in. Nice. 22 DEN 80 Michael Staal 87 46 DEN 8 Peter Malm 172 23 NOR 64 Pette Fjeld 89 47 DEN 69 Gunnar Gudmundsson 176 1 DEN 31 Stig Steinfurth 60 24 NED 27 Paul Kamphorst 94 48 DEN 192 Ole Blichfeldt Madsen 176 2 DEN 5 Jacob Stachelhaus 130 25 DEN 112 Jesper Bonnesen 94 3 DEN 2 André Højen Christiansen 130 26 DEN 140 Michael Bæk 99 4 DEN 231 Kenneth Bøggild 210 27 DEN 211 Christian Qvist 101 5 DEN 80 Michael Staal 290 28 DEN 11 Jens Makholm 103 6 DEN 249 Svend Vogt Andersen 350 29 DEN 201 Nikolai Ratzlaff 103 7 DEN 1 Frank Hansen 380 30 DEN 17 Lars Juel Christensen 104 8 GER 231 Denny Jeschull 390 31 DEN 220 Michael Nielsen 109 Photos: Right: Danish Championships; left: 9 DEN 211 Christian Qvist 530 32 NED 18 Johan van Stralen 111 Frederik Svendsen, Stig Steinfurth and André 10 DEN 14 Jan Verner Nielsen 560 33 DEN 1 Frank Hansen 116 Højen ‘Scouting for wind’; 11 DEN 33 Christian Poulsen 610 34 DEN 183 Jens Kristian Andersen 126 top: Stig Steinfurth in training 12 GER 26 Willi Meister 710

The last regatta before the deadline was the traditional Dragør Mesterskab, first weekend of October. Again 12 Finns competed on this beautiful fall day, with perfect sailing conditions in Dragør. Dragør is well known for the strange currents dominating the race area. Maybe they are not strange, but let’s just say that local knowledge isn’t to your disadvantage. Case in point, the first two places were taken by locals Frank Hansen and Michael Staal, followed by Svend Andersen. FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 19 20 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 GREAT BRITAIN 2014 British National Championship - Final Results 1 GBR 720 Julian Smith 1 2 1 2 (3) 3 9 British Nationals 2014 2 GBR 2 Allen Burrell 4 (11) 3 1 1 1 10 West Kirby Sailing Club, July 10–13. 2014 3 GBR 567 Martin Hughes 5 1 2 (10) 4 5 17 Martin Hughes writes: Twenty three Finns 4 GBR 5 John Greenwood 2 (13) 5 3 5 2 17 contested the 2014 British Finn Association 5 GBR 635 Simon Percival (15) 4 4 9 2 8 27 National Championships, held at West 6 GBR 11 Colin Leonard 6 9 (12) 5 7 4 31 Kirby Sailing Club over a long weekend July 7 GBR 59 Pete Ashworth 9 7 6 (12) 8 6 36 10–13. The venue of West Kirby was a new 8 GBR 65 Dave Potter 12 3 7 14 6 (ocs) 42 and exciting venture for the class, who were 9 GBR 20 Andy Denison (21) 14 9 6 9 7 45 not disappointed. 10 GBR 37 Steve Hayles 13 12 8 4 (dnf) 12 49 11 GBR 61 John Heyes 51 Friday morning dawned with the forecast 12 GBR 52 Will Patten 64 light south-westerly and a vast expanse 13 GBR 80 Ray New 65 of sand at the end of the slipway to greet 14 GBR 672 Daniel Farrimond 66 competitors. The sand was rapidly replaced 15 GBR 78 Robert Temple 70 by fast moving water as the tide raced in, 16 GBR 595 Edward Thorburn 77 filling the Dee estuary and allowing the 17 GBR 27 Jourdon Swindon 77 Finns to launch and sail to the race area. 18 GBR 617 Jean-Louis Simons 78 19 GBR 679 Neil Robinson 83 Early leaders in race one, John Greenwood 20 GBR 99 John Torrance 85 Julian Smith, Finn National Champion receives and Neil Robinson, were soon overwhelmed 21 GBR 533 Guy Cokill 91 the Sunday Times Gold Cup from Commodore on the run by Julian Smith who then stretched 22 GBR 682 Ted Mount 98 David Taylor and organiser Catherine Hartley out his lead as the tide began to slacken. In 23 GBR 727 Paul Smith 100 race two Martin Hughes tacked onto port tide situation required use of the black flag. early and took full advantage of the stronger Simon Percival rounded the windward mark Race six started with a flurry of activity ebb tide on the right and extend over the next first followed by Pete Ashworth, both bore especially at the pin end of the line with two legs to win the shortened race. Afternoon away onto a run towards the leeward mark. the young ebb pushing the fleet over the sailing continued on the marine lake with six Smith and Hughes took a higher line to get line. Greenwood and Burrell rounded the boats making the most of the opportunity into the shallower water and weaker tidal windward mark first and began the sleigh ride of close quarters racing with a competitive stream and rolled over the other sailors to downwind. The wind had increased to over upwind downwind series of races. West Kirby establish a commanding lead by the leeward 20 knots and the waves were beginning to Sailing Club hosted a fantastic barbecue for mark. Race four commenced in barely 6 increase in size providing a great opportunity the sailors on Friday evening. knots of breeze with Allen Burrell taking line to surf and really get up speed. Colin Leonard honours followed by Greenwood and Smith. took fourth, Smith third, Greenwood second Saturday’s forecast for a 5-6 knot breeze and Burrell first. All that was needed was from the south-east ensured the wind against The overnight rain cleared Sunday morning time for the results to be computed. The final to reveal a bright and breezy day with 14-20 reach home was exhilarating with wonderful knots blowing straight into the Dee estuary. rolling waves and plenty of wind. Hughes and Greenwood looked best placed to round first but the strong tide favoured Ashore the sailors were treated to yet another those who stood inshore longest, allowing slap up feed before the prizegiving. Julian Percival to lead around the mark. The race Smith took a well-deserved first place followed was won by Burrell with Percival in second by Allen Burrell and Martin Hughes. and Smith again in third.

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Coppa Italia 2014 1 ITA 6 Enrico Passoni 369 The final event of Coppa Italia Finn took 2 ITA 83 Matteo Savio 368 place in Malcesine, Lake Garda, the first 3 ITA 202 Giacomo Giovannelli 355 weekend of October. Before the start, the 4 ITA 2 Marco Buglielli 344 top three in the provisional results were 5 ITA 52 Franco Martinelli 279 within three points, with Enrico Passoni 6 ITA 67 Gino Bucciarelli 273 leading with just one point on the Junior 7 ITA 11 Paolo Cisbani 240 Matteo Savio and two more points on 8 ITA 55 Walter Riosa 220 Giacomo Giovanelli. They all fought hard in Finn class. Giacomo Giovanelli in third is 9 ITA 4 Francesco Faggiani 207 Malcesine, but Enrico had a very strong and also on his second year on the Finn and is 10 ITA 1022 Filippo Petella 202 consistent series, keeping his competitors very fast and consistent. behind and managed to gain his second consecutive victory in Coppa Italia. Enrico In 2014 18 races were sailed in Coppa Italia was one of the best Italian Finn sailors in during five weekends and 86 Italian sailors the International circuit in the early 90s and plus many foreign friends participated in has been back in the Finn for a few years. the event. Coppa Italia is supported by a pool of sponsors which offer their products Matteo Savio, who has just turned 18 and for the final prizegiving: KevLove Bags, is on his second year in the Finn, took the Grappa Bertagnolli, Quantum Sail Design second place just a single point away from Group, 3FL Saildesign, HitechSailing. the Trophy. He is fast improving and is for com, Gill-Tomasoni Fittings, Bertacca Sail sure one of the future hopes for the Italian Equipment, Essemarine, Residence Ca’ del

FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 21 On the last day only one race was left Raudaschl followed in fourth and Christoph ITALY (cont.) and the Race Committee decided to wake Burger from Switzerland was fifth. everybody up early, with a start at 8.30 in Malcesine International Finn Cup order to make the most of the Northerly The organisation put in place by Fraglia 47 Finns from nine countries gathered in Peler. A good race was sailed but the wind Vela Malcesine was perfect as usual, with Malcesine at the beginning of October for the was not as strong as usual in the morning, plenty of space and facilities, pasta party traditional International Finn Cup - Andrea blowing only at 7-8 knots. Again Giorgio every day and nice gadgets for all the Ernst Bruns Antonio Costantini, Marisa Bruckner, Photos: Markus Wenk, Menoni Trophy. The weather was warm and and Enrico were neck and neck all the race, sailors. The Andrea Menoni Trophy was a nice wind allowed all the scheduled races with Giorgio Poggi going to win the race and awarded to Giorgio Poggi as first Italian in to be completed in the three day event. the series. Second place went of course to the leaderboard. Enrico Voltolini, while third was the Russian Three tough and long races were sailed Vladimir Krutskikh, coach of Lanfranco 1 ITA 117 Giorgio Poggi 6 on the first day with a 10-12 knots Ora and Cirillo’s Fantastica Sailing Team and former 2 ITA 66 Enrico Voltolini 10 Giorgio Poggi showed his intentions with Olympian in Athens. The Austrian Florian 3 RUS 7 Vladimir Krutskikh 21 two bullets and a third place, with Enrico 4 AUT 3 Florian Raudaschl 23 Voltolini winning the second race. On the 5 SUI 7 Christoph Burger 23 second day the fight between Giorgio and 6 CZE 3 Rudolf Lidarik 33 Enrico continued and they shared victories 7 CZE 1 Michael Maier 35 in the two races of the day. Again a nice Ora 8 ITA 14 Yury Tokovoy 38 which picked at 14 knots allowed perfect 9 ITA 6 Enrico Passoni 38 sailing conditions and free pumping in 10 ITA 83 Matteo Savio 54 almost all downwind legs.

won the Europeans in the Europe dinghy. NORWAY This year he competitor in the Europeans in Finn, Kiel week as well as the juniors Worlds. Zelimir Saljic writes: From our last report in November 2013, our Norwegian sailors were Behind the brilliant juniors, older sailors were very active in various international events. also active internationally. Petter Fjeld, NOR At home we had successfully organised an 64, sailed in Australian Finn Championship open National championship in 2014 at the in Brisbane. In Cannes, beside Anders, was Fredrikstad Sailing Club. The championship Jens Makholm; At Finn Masters in Poland took place between the 30-31 of August at Norway was represented by 3 sailors. the same venue as last year, in front of the beautiful island of Hankoe. During the two The plan for next year is to hold the three days of the competition, there were nice events in home waters. The Norwegian winds, from 5 to 15 m/s and warm weather. Championship will be on west side of the The pleasant social atmosphere in the In June this year Norwegian Finn sailors Oslo fjord, organised by the Sandefjord historical clubhouse, located in old wooden participated in the Norwegian Cup organised Sailing Club. Two other regattas are planned boat shipyard, made this event unforgettable. by Norwegian Sailing Federation for dinghies to be within the Norwegian Dinghy Cup. in Asker Sailing Club. In the two days of 1 NOR 5 Lars Johan Brodtkorb 6 sailing five Finns sailed with another 150 Lastly, an interesting curiosity; this year the 2 NOR 64 Petter Fjeld 13 boats and demonstrated the advantages and Norwegian Finn Association was joined by 3 SWE 59 Lars Edwall 16 excitement of Finn sailing to younger sailors a new member whose Finn (new Devoti) is, 4 NOR 11 Jens Makholm 20 and others from the dingy world. probably, the most northeast located Finn in 5 NOR 7 Paal HH Lindenskov 28 the world. His name is Robert Rahn (NOR 6 SWE 725 Jan-Erik Floren 42 We would like to mention young Anders 10) and he sails his Finn in areas north from 7 NOR 6 Zelimir Saljic 46 Pedersen (NOR 1) who continues to improve city of Trondheim in small place named 8 NOR 739 Tom Bråthen 54 his international World Cup rankings. After Frosta. (63°34’22.27”N; 10°44’40.17”E). It sailing in the Europeans and Kiel Week he will be interesting if we can discover through won the juniors World Master. This year Finnfare, if this really the most northerly Anders greatest success was the Gold Cup located Finn. where he finished in eighth place, qualifying Norway for the Olympics in the Finn. This was the last year that Anders sailed as a junior and we hope that he will continue with the good results in the future. Our new star is another Norwegian junior: Lars Johan Brodtkorb who joined Finn in 2013 after he

22 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 Dutch Nationals 2014 - Final Results NETHERLANDS 1 NED 41 Karel van Hellemond 2 9 (21) 2 6 2 2 23 Ronald Ruiter writes: Dear fellow Finn 2 NED 80 Sander Willems 5 (43) 1 4 3 5 11 29 sailors. Here some stories about the 3 NED 62 Gert van der Heijden 4 8 4 9 2 (dns) 4 31 Dutch Finn sailing this summer. And what 4 NED 927 Douwe Broekens 6 (15) 8 10 4 3 3 34 a summer it was. We probably had more 5 NED 17 Bob Heineke 15 1 (20) 6 7 9 8 46 hours of sun than Italy, Spain and France 6 NED 787 Nanno Schuttrups 1 18 3 (dns) 16 4 7 49 together. And rumours are that the next 7 GER 799 Cornelius Schollmayer 3 (27) 2 15 9 6 14 49 Les Voiles de Saint Tropez will be held in 8 NED 54 Joos Bos 9 2 9 8 (25) 25 15 68 Scheveningen, because the weather and 9 NED 29 Bas De Waal 12 11 6 (bfd) 11 10 24 74 the terraces are so much better. 10 NED 101 Chris Frijdal 10 14 (29) 16 14 12 9 75

But seriously; we had a busy schedule this the toughest races in the world. Even getting summer. With more than 10 national regattas to the start is an ordeal. So after a long week, between June and October, our wives, Tijmen van Rootselaar was definitely the best families and friends became strangers, but it from Ronald Ruiter and local Bart Brijder. was worth it. And after all, we still have each other…We made a small selection of these Top 10 from 19 entries 1 NED 94 Tijmen van Rootselaar 9 Photos: Markus Wenk, Antonio Costantini, Marisa Bruckner, Ernst Bruns Antonio Costantini, Marisa Bruckner, Photos: Markus Wenk, races, because we don’t want to take all of Robert’s space in this beautiful magazine. 2 NED 67 Ronald Ruiter 20 3 NED 57 Bart Brijder 23 At the Vrijbuiter weekend in Loosdrecht 4 NED 62 Tim Van Rootselaar 25 5 NED 76 Klaas Bood 28 there were a lot of competitors from the 6 NED 112 Michel Miltenburg 29 area, and in Loosdrecht that means trouble. 7 NED 982 Maarten Russchen 37 11 SWE 825 Olof Lundqvist 81 As one of our most honest sailing guys said, 8 AUS 8 Dirk Seret 48 12 NED 94 Tijmen Rootselaar 83 if the stakes are lower, the worst the rules 9 NED 43 Ronald Van Klooster 52 13 NED 841 Hein van Egmond 87 are followed. And at the end, it was the battle 10 NED 6 Rob De Cocq 53 14 NED 965 Robert Thole 88 between long international experience and 15 NED 66 Ewout Meijer 88 local talent. Bob Heineke won from Martijn One of the best hosted regattas of the year 16 NED 60 Luuk Kuijper 94 van Muyden and Eric Bakker. is the Randmeerrace. Not only on the water, 17 NED 7 Cees Scheurwater 112 but definitely on shore it is worth joining next 18 NED 67 Ronald Ruiter 114 19 NED 770 Hein Bloemers 121 Top 10 from 28 entries year. After six beautiful races, Karel van 1 NED 17 Bob Heineke 9 20 NED 88 Chiel Barends 122 Hellemond proved to be in great shape for 2 NED 42 Martijn van Muyden 11 21 NED 100 Arend Arendvandersluis 126 our nationals and he won. Tobias Kirchbaum 3 NED 703 Eric Bakker 16 22 NED 86 Stefan Marechal 131 4 NED 60 Luuk Kuijper 19 came in second, from Bas de Waal. 23 AUS 8 Dirk Seret 134 5 NED 29 Bas de Waal 19 24 NED 966 Sander Jorissen 136 6 NED 49 Jan Mark Meeuwisse 24 Top 20 from 52 entries 25 SWE 59 Lars Edwall 149 7 NED 881 Thierry van Vierssen 26 1 NED 41 Karel van Hellemond 7 26 NED 27 Paul Kamphorst 154 8 NED 4 Albert Kroon 31 2 NED 972 Tobias Kirschbaum 17 27 NED 902 Pieter Risseeuw 164 9 NED 101 Chris Frijdal 35 3 NED 29 Bas de Waal 18 28 NED 43 Ronald van Klooster 166 10 NED 7 Cees Scheurwater 37 4 NED 94 Tijmen van Rootselaar 23 29 NED 922 Roel van Olst 169 5 NED 881 Thierry van Vierssen 23 30 NED 50 Jan Zetzema 177 6 NED 69 Jelte Baerends 33 And then we went to Friesland, land of 31 NED 35 Bas Proper 178 7 NED 67 Ronald Ruiter 34 32 NED 22 Peter Hubregtsen 181 ice-skating, beautiful blond women and 8 NED 40 Peter Aukema 35 Beerenburg. Peter Aukema had challenged 33 NED 2 Wouter Molenaar 182 9 NED 55 Eddy Huisman 48 34 NED 704 Erik Verboom 184 everyone to compete on the famous 10 NED 999 Dennis de Ruiter 52 35 GER 202 Rolf Elsaesser 190 Sneekermeer for the Summerraces. 36 NED 126 Maarten Godschalx 205 Although the racing was great, the party And than to the main event of 2014, our 37 GER 62 Uwe Barthel 206 and BBQ afterward are even a better National Championships. And we think 38 NED 18 Johan Van Straalen 210 reason to join next year. With wind shifts of we have to apologise to our German and 39 NED 924 Fred van Arkel 214 60 degrees and more, it was difficult, but in Swedish friends who came from far, but 40 NED 82 Roel Lubberts 221 the end, always the best sailor wins. And so experienced an event, that was not always 41 NED 31 Hans Zuurendonk 223 Nanno Schuttrups won his third event of the worth being called a National Championship. 42 NED 58 Maxim Berrens 228 year (after Nijkerk and Steinhude) just ahead We invite you for next year and we promise 43 NED 8 Rodrick Casander 236 44 NED 931 Hessel Hoekstra 239 of locals Peter Aukema and Bart Brijder. to host you the best event ever. 45 NED 823 Nico Van Wirdum 246 46 GER 707 Uli Breuer 257 Top 10 from 24 entries And despite the starting times, the fog, 1 NED 787 Nanno Schuttrups 6 47 NED 112 Michel Miltenburg 263 the green soup at the ramp and the 2 NED 40 Peter Aukema 12 48 GER 52 Reinhold Gross 263 unnecessary missing of a few starts, it was 3 NED 57 Bart Brijder 16 49 NED 963 Paul Douze 272 4 NED 101 Chris Frijdal 16 a great event. Especially the well known 50 GER 45 Dirk Sundermann 273 5 NED 64 Wietze Zetzema 18 traditional Finnborrel (boozing with friend) 51 NED 982 Maarten Russchen 277 6 NED 45 Bas Weijman 23 was perfect. And all the frustration of the 52 GER 165 Dirk Meid 280 7 NED 67 Ronald Ruiter 24 first two days were forgotten after a beautiful 53 NED 32 Peter Verhoef 290 8 NED 76 Klaas Bood 26 last day with three races between 16 and 26 54 GER 751 Benedikt Jost 308 9 NED 10 Nanne Boot 27 knots of wind. 10 NED 112 Michel Miltenburg 29 So now we prepare for the Boerenkoolcup Karel van Hellemond is our National Champion and Fons van Gents’ Roermond. And than And than to the real gig on the Sneekermeer: (masters and young heroes). Sander Willems we will join the winter series in Hellevoetsluis the Sneekweek. This is really a survival of lost the victory in the last race with more than or Nijkerk. We hope and expect to have the fittest. The combination of Frisian women, bad luck. Gert van der Heijden had a great more summer days this winter. booze, beer and a 10.00 start make it one of Finn comeback with a third place.

FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 23 to his memory, in Taganrog. This year there RUSSIA were 14 sailors from seven regions. The first day was lost because of the lack of Finn Russian Cup wind. On the second day the organisers Vasiliy Kravchenko writes: The Finn Russian carried out six races. But there were tricky Cup is organised by the Russian Finn lake conditions with wind streaks, shifts Association and consists of several stages and other surprises. Dmitry Petrov won, held in almost all Russian regions where with second place taken by a girl, Svetlana the Finn is present. In 2014 it consisted Shnitko, having shown others how to go of stages in Gelendzhik, Sochi, Taganrog, downwind. Alexander Kulyukin was third. Togliatti, Krasnoyarsk and Moscow. Thanks to this, more athletes have the opportunity 3 - Sochi to take part, which promotes the further The competition attracted 14 participants. development of Finn class in these regions. Egor Terpigorev confidently won ahead of his opponent from the national team Alexei Selivanov. The duel for the third place was Izmestev was first, Alexander Kulyukin took between juniors Arkady Kistanov and Anatoly second and Dmitry Petrov was third. Korshikov and only the final race decided the destiny of the bronze medal. Kistanov did his 6 - Crystal Cup, Moscow, 12-13 July best, used all his skills in match-races and The competition attracted 21 sailors from gave no chance to Anatoly. Moscow and the Moscow region. The weather favoured the sailors and the organizers with 4 - Volga River, Konakovo, June 19-22 two sunny and windy days. Eight races were This is for the second time that the rapidly carried out, all held in a friendly atmosphere. 1- Gelendzhik, 11-14 April developing resort Konakovo River Club It was an exciting fight with each sailor from 14 athletes from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine has hosted a Finn competition. The club the top 10 leading a race at least once. Felix and Italy took part in the competition. provides motor boats and comfortable Denikaev won from Alexander Kasatov and Splendid weather with variable strong accommodation for the competitors. Alexander Kravchenko. and medium winds, with good waves, This year there were eight athletes, who allowed eight races in three days. Borisov received a fantastic welcome. On the first 7 - Siberian Cup, Krasnoyarsk, 8-10 Aug. from Sevastopol, won five races. Andre day the gusty wind reached 25 knots, then The races took place at the Krasnoyarsk Gusenko from Dnepropetrovsk was second. became more moderate. There were 12 well water basin in the Shumiha river bay. The Alexander Kulyukin from Togliatti won the organised races. Felix Denikaev confidently Admiral eco-park hosts the competition, final race and came third. At the same time won from Alexander Kravchenko who which attracted 16 Finn sailors. The fight a joint meeting of the Russian and Ukrainian had good results on the final day. Alexey was tough so that it was difficult to know Finn Associations was held. Plans were Borovyak was third, one point ahead of who would be at the top until the final race. discussed for joint activities and confirmed Vasiliy Kravchenko. Alexander Makogonov won and retained plans to hold the CIS Open Championship the title from Vladimir Kovalenko, a winner for Finn Masters in Sevastopol in October. 5 - Povolzhye regatta of international competitions in kite surfing, Povolzhye regatta is one of the most and Eugene Vertohvostov. 2 - Alexander Novikov regatta famous Russian sailing competitions. The Alexander Novikov joined the Russian Finn history of this event began in 1937. Then, in 8 - Open Russian, Moscow, 26-31 Aug. Association almost since its foundation and Kuibyshev on the initiative of the legendary The Open Russian is one of the most made a great contribution to its development pilot Valery Chkalov, the first Povolzhye popular Russian Finn regattas. It started in and the training of young sailors. On July regatta started. In 1967 the regatta moved 2007 and regularly attracts 50 to 80 sailors 10, 2013, Alexander was killed in a car to Stavropol-on-Volga (Togliatti at present from Russia and abroad. Traditionally it accident. After that the Finn Association time). And since then this place has become includes the Russian Finn Masters and decided to hold an annual regatta dedicated a permanent base for the competition. Ivan Russian Championship in the Finn.

24 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 Open Russian 2014 - Final Results 1 RUS 6 Arkadiy Kistanov (J) (ocs) 4 1 4 5 rdg 4 (6) 1 2 6 32 2 RUS 7 Anatoliy Korshikov (J) 6 (29) 3 1 9 1 1 3 (14) 8 4 36 3 RUS 1 Aleksey Borisov (26) 1 (bfd) 5 6 4 3 5 2 4 8 38 4 RUS 27 Denis Kotlyarov (J) 2 5 4 (29) (42) 7 6 1 9 1 11 46 5 RUS 111 Dmitriy Petrov (20) (18) 2 13 1 6 2 4 3 17 1 49 6 RUS 707 Viktor Pil’gunov (J) 1 8 9 2 4 (ocs) 11 12 4 3 (40) 54 7 RUS 29 Artur Kotlyarov (J) 10 7 (22) 3 7 3 9 13 10 10 (33) 72 8 RUS 91 Kirill Luzan (J) 12 (23) 7 8 3 12 (zfp) 15 7 9 2 75 9 RUS 41 Feliks Denikaev 4 2 15 6 (17) 13 10 16 13 (26) 14 93 10 RUS 32 Aleksey Zhivotovskiy 11 17 6 (26) 15 14 5 (23) 12 14 3 97 This year despite the difficult economic 11 RUS 21 Vladimir Butenko 109 37 RUS 55 Ivan Zabotin 274 and political situation 61 sailors from 15 12 RUS 161 Aleksandr Kulyukin 111 38 RUS 83 Kirill Mel’nikov 285 regions of Russia, Ukraine and Italy arrived 13 RUS 3 Aleksey Borovyak 123 39 RUS 4 Sergey Kovalenko 309 in Moscow. The first racing day was rainy 14 RUS 171 Aleksandr Kravchenko 124 40 RUS 77 Egor Abramov 312 and the sky was gloomy. However, despite 15 RUS 23 Sergey Akulinichev 138 41 RUS 88 Mihail Yacun 322 42 RUS 54 Vladimir Kovalenko 322 this the opening ceremony was held in a 16 RUS 57 Anton Sadchikov 148 17 RUS 25 Anatoliy Voshhenikov 159 43 RUS 75 Ivan Potapov 332 festive and friendly atmosphere. On the 18 RUS 34 Aleksandr Kasatov 160 44 RUS 74 Yan Mahanek 345 first day Felix Denikaev, the winner of 19 RUS 205 Sergey Stepanov 168 45 RUS 28 Viktor Kozlov 362 Moscow Championship, led after two races, 20 RUS 17 Vasiliy Kravchenko 175 46 RUS 739 Mihail Korchagin 367 with Denis Kotliarov and Victor Pilgunov 21 RUS 51 Mihail Petriga 175 47 RUS 45 Artem Kalganov 368 breathing down his neck. Arkadiy Kistanov 22 RUS 13 Lev Shnyr’ 190 48 RUS 131 Aleksandr Lauhtin 370 had picked up an OCS. 23 RUS 16 Oleg Hudyakov 190 49 RUS 118 Vladimir Volodin 372 24 RUS 5 Sergey Zabotin 192 50 RUS 20 Sergey Bolotin 379 51 RUS 9 Aleksandr Anan’ev 385 On the second day of the regatta there was 25 RUS 311 Evgeniy Deev 200 26 RUS 711 Yakov Rusin 208 52 RUS 63 Yuliy Cheremisov 401 good weather with a little more wind. After 27 RUS 414 Daniil Vostorgov 218 53 RUS 96 Boris Razuvalov 432 five races Kistanov took the lead with another 28 RUS 142 Yuriy Polovinkin 226 54 RUS 97 Maksim Gromov 458 junior, a newcomer to the Finn class, Victor 29 RUS 524 Petr Oleynikov 227 55 RUS 18 Evgeniy Dzhura 479 Pilgunov in second. Anatoly Korshikov was 30 RUS 163 Vitaliy Kuvaev 230 56 RUS 11 Valentin Danilov 485 third. On the third day Kistanov had bad 31 RUS 46 Aleksey Moskalev 230 57 RUS 61 Dmitriy Volovik 499 luck again and did not finish the first race 32 RUS 69 Denis Haritonov 241 58 UKR 17 Valeriy Krupenin 558 after his false start. Korshikov had great 33 RUS 14 Sergey Bezruk 249 59 RUS 37 Aleksey Aleksandrov 558 60 RUS 81 Gleb Slobodov 558 results and took the lead. 34 RUS 87 Pavel Selivanov 261 35 RUS 1117 Andrey Bill 263 61 RUS b/n Nikolay Gil’bert 558 36 RUS 212 Lanfranco Cirillo 263 The weather decided to test the sailors on the fourth day with rain and wind up to 20 their high potential and professionalism knots. In four hours the Race Committee especially in Moscow waters. Last winter carried out three races and Kistanov re-took for a long time Kistanov trained in Valencia. the lead. The gap in points between the top His determination amazes me. Let’s wait for three was small, and each one was hoping for a few years; I’m sure he will show himself at the medal race to improve his position. Out of a new level.” top ten, six were under 22 years of age. Other results include: Legends: Viktor Kozlov; Everybody was ready to see the medal Grand Grand Masters: Yuri Polovinkin; race battle, but the weather was nearly Grand Masters: Felix Denikaev; Masters: exhausted, and there wasn’t enough Dmitry Petrov; Junior: Arkady Kistanov. Andrey Balashov Cup wind. However a start was made for the Besides the overall results of the regatta, Team Fantastica prize. The race attracted The Open Russian prize giving ceremony the results of Andrey Balashov Cup were top sailors including Victor Potapov, was held near the house of the Race Officials summed up. This year Andrey Balashov Luca Devoti and Viktor Kozlov and was in CSP Khlebnikovo. The atmosphere at the Cup attracted 130 athletes. This year the exciting and unpredictable. The great Finn ceremony was festive and friendly. As usual, most active and accomplished sailors at sailors showed their high skill level using at Open Russian there were no losers, each home competitions were Alexander Kasatov unexpected techniques, sometimes leaving participant received a souvenir and an issue (third), Alexey Borovyak (second) and the the young sailors behind. By the end of the of the annual magazine. winner Felix Denikaev (first). race the junior Denis Kotlyarov confidently led, but he made a mistake rounding the last mark, and the race win and prize (a new sail) eventually went to Borisov.

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

FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 25 Björn Allansson was the man to beat but the fact remains, no other sailor in the fleet stood a chance. Ranked number two in the world Björn showed the reason for it and in the strong winds and high seas he took the gun in both races. His boat handling skills and free pumping technique paid off and it SWEDEN was with quite a margin he finished first.

Swedish Masters 2014 On day two the fleet was reduced due to September 13-14, 2014 KKF the strong winds and even higher waves but Twenty-five Finns rigged up on the banks of there were still around 20 boats heading for Lake Vänern at Karlstad KF on Saturday, 13 the racing area. Again Björn dominated the September for the 2014 Swedish Masters and scene and took all three victories of the day. Open event ‘Sola Cup’. The weekend forecast was for light winds and sunny weather. The regatta dinner on Saturday evening The prize giving crowned, for the second was held at a local restaurant where good The first race on Saturday was sailed in a consecutive year, Stefan Fagerlund as first food and drinks was served to a quite tired north-easterly at 6-10 knots, together with Swedish Master, Svante Collvin as first Grand bunch of Finn sailors. There were a lot of sunshine. On the first run Stefan Fagerlund Master, Jens Makholm as first Great Grand discussions around, for several sailors, the found a good course and pulled out a solid lead Master and Jan-Erik Florén as first Legend. death-defying downwind legs accompanied to go on to win from Lars Edwall and Henrik by thoughts about the coming conditions for Rydell. For the second race there were similar Yet another well organised regatta in the last day of sailing. conditions at the start but the wind dropped a Karlstad ended the 2014 season and the bit and got patchy. Round the first mark it was Swedish Finn fleet will return next year to Sunday morning was like the previous days. quite crowded with Martin Pluto in the lead. this nice sailing venue to battle for glory A lot of wind and even higher waves made it Pluto was overtaken by Edwall just before the and fame at the 2015 Swedish Masters and impossible for the organisers to anchor the bottom mark and the battle was really on going Open event Sola Cup. starting vessel and the marks. With gusts up the second beat. Pluto played the shifts hitting 30 knots some of the sailors started perfectly to retake the lead and then showed 1 SWE 22 Stefan Fagerlund - M 11 to pack the boats and eventually the race good nerves to cross the line first followed by 2 SWE 2 Svante Collvin - GM 11 committee decide to abandon sailing and Fagerlund and Stefan Nordström who climbed 3 SWE 14 Stefan Nordström - GM 11 the overall standings remained unchanged. a few places thanks to good downwind speed. 4 SWE 59 Lars Edwall - GM 15 5 SWE 60 Martin Pluto 17 As an indisputable winner, Björn Allansson For the last race of the day the wind was 6 SWE 8 Christofer Finnsgård 19 took the gold medal and was crowned becoming a bit unstable which divided the 7 SWE 3 Christian Finnsgård - M 23 Swedish Finn Champion 2014 with Olof fleet into two groups, one heading right and 8 SWE 91 Pär Friberg - GM 25 Lundqvist winning silver (third overall) and one left. On the first beat it looked good on 9 SWE 6 Olof Lundqvist - M 28 Stefan Fagerlund bronze (fourth overall). both sides but half way up it was settled when 10 SWE 16 Henrik Rydell - GM 32 Martin Boidin from Denmark made a very 11 SWE 68 Jesper Åberg 35 a big shift gave the eft side a huge advantage. good regatta to finish second overall. Leading the pack was Svante Collvin just 12 DEN 11 Jens Makholm - GGM 36 ahead of Per Friberg. One meter before 13 SWE 800 Erik Åberg 38 14 SWE 66 Ulf Bjureus - GM 43 Yet another windy regatta was closed the finishing line Friberg was overtaken by 15 SWE 688 Håkan Stööd - GGM 48 and everyone left the venue with aching Christofer Finnsgård who made his comeback 16 SWE 698 Peter Bernstein - GGM 49 muscles but also very good memories from to the class after a long break. 17 SWE 111 Torsten Jarnstam -GGM 50 Lerkil. Good facilities, racing area close to 18 SWE 0 Gunnar Åberg - GGM 52 the harbour and a very friendly atmosphere On Saturday evening the fleet enjoyed 19 SWE 52 Johan Forsman - GM 52 makes it very likely that the Finns will come a very good meal in the clubhouse of 20 SWE 44 Bengt Strömberg - GGM 54 back. Thanks to Lerkils BS for this year’s Karlstad SS with a chance to share stories 21 SWE 88 Hans Gustavsson - GM 56 Swedish Championship. and prevarications from the day’s event. 22 SWE 9 Veine Jutmar - GGM 61 As usual a very nice social event amongst 23 SWE 702 Gert Pluto - GM 67 Next year the Swedish Championship is good sailing friends. 24 SWE 725 Jan-Erik Florén - L 70 celebrating its 60th anniversary and will be 25 SWE 35 Christer Jakobsson - GGM 74 Sunday morning was as sunny as the 26 SWE 75 Johan Wijk - M 81 day before but unfortunately the forecast predicted even lighter winds for the day. The Swedish Championship 2014 entire fleet was launched and headed out to Lerkils BS on the west coast of Sweden, south the race area to find all the fears regarding of Gothenburg, organised the 2014 Swedish the wind come true. After almost three hours Championship. The fleet of 24 gathered on of waiting the race committee decided to Thursday and prepared for the coming three abandon racing and send the fleet ashore days of sailing. On Friday morning the forecast leaving the overall standings unchanged. predicted winds around 20 knots.

26 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 sailed on Lake Runn in Falun. All sailors are was won by team GBR. David Potter, Robert welcome to join the event and hopefully it will Deaves, John Greenwood and Lawrence attract participants from all over Europe. Crispin all easily won their heats, setting down a clear marker for the Swedes to 1 SWE 6 Björn Allansson 4 respond in kind. The three semi-finals were 2 DEN 23 Martin Boiden 8 then won by Greenwood, Deaves and much 3 SWE 825 Olaf Lundqvist 12 to relief of the Swedes, Nyrén. Local hope 4 SWE 22 Stefan Fagerlund 17 was rising that the Swedes could finally 5 SWE 14 Stefan Nordström 23 keep the coveted trophy in its homeland. 6 SWE 59 Lars Edwall 24 7 SWE 16 Henrik Rydell 31 8 SWE 60 Martin Pluto 33 9 SWE 800 Erik Åberg 39 Punch (C)Up at the KKF 10 SWE 91 Pär Friberg 40 13 October, Karlstad 11 DEN 210 Oscar Johansson 43 Tonny Nyrén took out the prestigious 12 SWE 3 Christian Finnsgård 43 invitation only 2014 International Punch 13 SWE 726 Håkan Olsson 44 Cup for the fifth time at the KKF in Karlstad, 14 DEN 7 Frederick Svendsen 48 Sweden with an emphatic win in the winner 15 SWE 66 Ulf Bjureus 49 takes all final after benefiting from both the 16 SWE 68 Adam Svärd 60 reduced wind speed as well as confused 17 SWE 2 Svante Collvin 60 team leadership from the five strong British In the B-Fleet final, Stefan Nordström, host 18 SWE 88 Hans Gustavsson 64 team that had dominated the racing all day, to the British team, streaked ahead in the 19 DEN 14 Jans Verner 82 but scored an own goal right at the end. lighter winds, with the 2012 winner Crispin 20 SWE 44 Bengt Strömberg 85 knocked out in a shock result that left team 21 SWE 111 Torsten Jarnstam 90 GBR outnumbered in the 10 boat final. 22 SWE 725 Jan-Erik Florén 97 The unique format for the Punch Cup 23 SWE 7 Hans Wiberg 104 involves a series of round robins followed After a tactical delay for the wind to die even 24 SWE 52 Johan Forsman 104 by knock out stages for a winner takes all 25 SWE 827 Thomas Dansk 104 final. It is sailed in previous generation Finns more, the boats set out for the final battle and in recent years this has been 10 pre- in barely a breath of wind. Nyrén relished Sverigecupen 2014 (Swedish Cup 2014) 1990 Vanguard built hulls with Dacron sails these conditions and sailed away for a big The annual Swedish regatta series was all loaned by club members. KKF has the win. As for the British challengers, the defeat started with the Olympic Class Regatta in largest Finn fleet in Sweden with upwards was deeply felt though they had no one to Gothenburg, followed by USS-Regattan in of 30 boats in recent years. blame but themselves. It is not called the Uppsala, the birth place of the Finn dinghy, Punch Cup for nothing and perhaps through Swedish Championships in Lerkil and finally inexperience or following Greenwood’s the Sola Cup in Karlstad. misplaced and unauthorised ‘team orders’ and enforcing the ‘bottoms up’ rule, the imbication Throughout this year Stefan Fagerlund has went too far. Deaves was in contention for a been in the driving seat with eight race wins while, rounding the downwind mark second to take the regatta victory in Gothenburg, but it all fell to pieces on the final leg with third place at the Swedish Championships some unplanned acrobatics, aggressive and finally ending the season with another enemy action against Fredrik Tegnhed and regatta victory at Sola Cup. Runner up was ultimately penalty turns. It was all over for the Christian Finnsgård who turned 40 this year British hat-trick. Deaves finally ended fourth and began the celebration by purchasing behind a full podium of Swedes. a new mast and sail (on the advice of There were 31 sailors entered, including five his wife!) to finish 19th at the Finn World from the UK, two from Norway and one from The Swedes are making the most of their Masters in Sopot, Poland. Struggling a bit in Denmark for perhaps the most competitive first victory in three years as they know the the Swedish waters the newly found speed fleet in the 33 year history of the event. It Brits will be back in 2015, stronger, and and height was enough for silver. was pointed out at the briefing that even more focused than ever before. Fredrik Lööf had tried and failed to win, 1 SWE 22 Stefan Fagerlund 71 however the trophy had been won by British Results (top 10 from 31) 2 SWE 3 Christian Finnsgård 133 sailors for the past two years. Though the 1 SWE Tonny Nyrén (below) 3 SWE 52 Johan Forsman 163 trophy is diminutive in size, it is far from it 2 SWE Fredrik Tegnhed 4 SWE 60 Martin Pluto 284 in stature. Both Lawrence Crispin and John 3 SWE Svante Collvin 5 SWE 16 Henrik Rydell 286 Greenwood had overcome the Swedish 4 GBR Robert Deaves 6 SWE 800 Erik Åberg 309 home advantage to lift the trophy in the last 5 GBR Tim Tavinor 7 SWE 14 Stefan Nordström 352 two years and the Swedes wanted it back. 6 SWE Stefan Nordström 8 SWE 825 Olof Lundqvist 362 Badly. So badly it actually hurt. 7 SWE Adam Svärd 9 SWE 89 Lars Edwall 372 8 GBR John Greenwood 10 SWE 111 Torsten Jarnstam 385 The round robins seeded the sailors for the 9 GBR David Potter semi-final. Each of the four round robins 10 SWE Christofer Finnsgård

FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 27 SWITZERLAND Swiss Nationals 2014 - Final Results 1 SUI 7 Christoph Burger 1 3 1 1 1 (5) 7 Swiss Nationals 2014 2 SUI 67 Peter Theurer 2 1 3 3 4 (7) 13 3 FRA 114 Thomas Morel 3 (5) 2 2 2 4 13 Words and pictures by François Richard 4 SUI 5 Christoph Christen 4 2 (5) 5 3 1 15 5 FRA 99 Marc Allain des Beauvais (6) 4 4 4 5 2 19 Central Europe Finn sailors are seldom seen 6 SUI 83 Beat Steffen 5 6 (8) 6 6 8 31 at major events apart from Finn Masters and 7 SUI 25 Till Klammer (14) 10 6 8 8 11 43 other regional events located in south of 8 SUI 63 Thomas Gautschi 8 8 9 11 14 (25) 50 France or south and Garda Lake. 9 GER 19 Andreas Bollongino 11 9 12 9 9 (29) 50 Swiss sailors meet at their many lakes and 10 GBR 61 John Heyes 9 (dnc) 7 7 7 21 51 race most times in light conditions, including their yearly Finn nationals. Over 10 years 11 SUI 12 Franz Buergi 52 23 FRA 800 Yves Zoccola 169 ago they already organised their Nationals 12 SUI 1 Hans Fatzer 57 24 SUI 69 Jean-Pierre Weber 135 at Port Camargue, on the Med coast, in the 13 FRA 55 Arnaud Baudin 66 25 FRA 50 Michel Baudin 142 true south of Rhone valley. 14 SUI 13 Peter Kilchenmann 70 26 SUI 29 Hans Althaus 146 15 FRA 214 Franck Morel 79 27 SUI 100 Alan Kennedy 154 16 GER 7 Reiner Heinings 129 28 FRA 74 Jean Louis Duret 156 17 SUI 32 Urs Huber 99 29 SUI 4 Jiri Huracek 158 18 SUI 3 Carlo Lazzari 108 30 SUI 23 Rolf Megert 160 19 GBR 46 Patrick Moore 110 31 SUI 60 John Ulbrich 163 20 GER 161 Ralf Kratz 151 32 FRA 40 Joseph Rochet 164 21 SUI 94 Andreas Friderich 116 33 SUI 2 Helmut Klammer 166 22 SUI 18 Peter Rísti 122 34 SUI 99 Kathrin Wagner 175

one of the Swiss North Sails experts won Day 3 was very light and only one late race race 1 ahead of Peter Theurer, the last could be completed after a long wait out on Swiss Olympic rep at 2000 Olympics. the bay. While most top guys started at pin Despite lack of practice, Theurer won race end of line and played left side, Christen 2 followed by Christoph Christen, well was right to set his strategy a bit more known for his top results at Masters worlds. The historical site (home port of crusades) central upwind. He cleared top mark with a All three are tall, talented and heavy around offers a large bay, most days sunny sufficient lead to keep Allain des Beauvais 100 kg. conditions but also, often, very heavy second while Franz Buergi, a lighter sailor winds from south-east, west (Tramontana) took third on finish line. Behind the Swiss trio, French Thomas and possibly north (Mistral). This is a long Morel and Marc Allain des Beauvais were way from Swiss conditions. Anyhow the The wind was almost gone on day 4 and the most consistent, often fighting neck and organisers of Swiss Finn Association kept no more races could be done. Together neck with Beat Steffen and the other top nice memories of their previous event and with Jiri Huracek, and before ending 14th three Swiss. decided to do their 2014 nationals, off overall, Swiss class vice president Peter Port Camargue. Being only 4 hours away Kilchenmann was the key man around On day two, the breeze was a bit easier from Swiss border this huge marina hosts the event. He convinced his mates to opt around 20 knots and most entrants sailed numerous Swiss yachts and their owners for this location, he worked a lot to set the out. The same top six leaders kept wins and could help with the organisation. top scores. The promising young French sailor Morel achieved three second places With almost 40 entrants the event was a that day while Burger was gaining three success including mainly the best Swiss of more bullets. several generations, two UK sailors, several German and six French. Race 5 was a fierce fight between Burger Marc Allain des Beauvais as well as Thomas and Allain des Beauvais who held the lead Morel could foresee the event as an easy after the second upwind. He then mistakenly challenge, if the conditions were windy. sailed directly to the finish line, while there was still another lap to do. He thus gave an The first two days turned this way with a easy lead to Christoph Burger who wild south-easterly wind, often above 25 won his fourth race. knots. In these conditions only 14 Finns left the modern marina to enter two races.

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

28 FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2014 Bärgluftwoche, June 9-13 Franz Buergi writes: The Finn fleet on Lake Biel shows an impressive growth and prosperous activities. Nine Finns participated at the Bärgluftwoche, a series of evening races during a whole week. The local Finn gang even organised the two Finns of the Swiss Finn association in order get two more local sailors out on the lake. Five races were sailed in variable conditions with Peter Theurer as the clear organising team, get numerous gifts from winner followed by Philipp Grünig and Jan several sponsors and every evening did a Fischer. In 2015 Lake Biel will host the friendly daily prizegiving and lottery. The national championship. French class and its sponsors also helped to make the event possible and fun. 1 SUI 67 Peter Theurer 4 2 SUI 13 Philipp Grünig 10 Christoph Burger is now 38. Twice in 2004 3 SUI 80 Jan Fischer 19 14 SUI 441 Ruedi Christen 56 4 SUI 54 Eddy Röthlisberger 24 and 2008 he was set to become the Swiss 15 FRA 40 Rochet Joseph 57 5 SUI 88 Daniel Müller 31 rep at the Olympics...but Swiss Olympic 16 SUI 60 John Ulbrich 64 6 SUI Markus Römer 37 17 SUI 23 Rolf Megert 65 Committee decided not to send a Finn. 7 SUI 541 Konrad Schüpbach 39 18 SUI 57 Ruedi Baumann 73 Apart from Finns, as known partner of North 8 SUI 3 Ueli Appenzeller 52 19 SUI 18 Peter Rösti 73 Sails, he races on various classes like 20 AUT 18 Christian Scheinecker 79 Stars, GC 32, and just the week after Finns, Niederhornkanne, July 11-13 2014 21 SUI 30 Urs Wenger 86 he became 5.5 JI meters world champion Thirty Finn men and two Finn ladies 22 SUI 50 Gérard Birbaum 95 as tactician for Flavio Marrazi. from five countries met for the traditional 23 ITA 93 Nikolaus Mair 96 Niederhornkanne on Lake Thun. Once 24 SUI 2 Helmut Klammer 99 Being busy with family and career concerns again the regatta was part of the Alpencup 25 SUI 9 Andrea Roost 100 Peter Theurer, now 45, has for long left Finn with events in Italy, Germany, and 26 SUI 29 Hans Althaus 119 international meetings. He still races the Finn Switzerland. Though the weather forecast 27 SUI 4 Jiri Huracek 120 28 SUI 99 Kathrin Wagner 125 he raced at Sydney Olympics 2000 and does didn’t look too promising a light westerly 29 SUI 10 Roland Schneider 133 most of his racing from Bien Lake, in central wind allowed two races on the first day. Rolf 30 SUI 82 Lukas Schenk 135 Switzerland. At the 2014 nationals he did it Megert secured his first race win ever. Day all on experience and strength and ended 31 ITA 91 Hubert Sparer 140 two brought similar conditions with three 32 AUT 22 Tina Sperl 151 second despite total lack of pre practice. more races. The tricky conditions brought a bad race for most of the top sailors. In the John Heyes, current Finn GBR president Steckborn, August 29-30 2014 evening the sailors were invited to a tour of Only eight boats made it to Steckborn despite was at Port Camargue to compete; at his the Wilke shipyard followed by an excellent light/medium weight, he did well against the good weather forecast promising westerly dinner in the boat hall. The last day started winds. Saturday started with nice and warm the heavy weight leaders. He was DNC in with a longer waiting period out on the water. the very windy race 2 but remained very weather and an increasing westerly breeze. Shortly before the time limit another nice Four nice races could be sailed. A completely consistent between 7 and 9th in most races. race could be sailed in a light southerly wind. Surprisingly he only missed the right tacks (or different picture on Sunday with cold and Christoph Christen was the clear dominator rainy weather and a strong breeze ended in speed) during final light weather race to end of the long weekend followed by a small 21st. Patrick Moore the other GBR entrant a stormy last race. With a total of eight races pack with Peter Kilchenmann in second and it was a perfect sailing weekend with great lives in central France and often meets Andreas Friderich in third place. French sailors here and there. With certainly hospitality from the organising club. Piet less practice than many he managed to end Eckert was in a class of his own winning five 1 SUI 5 Christoph Christen 10 races. With quite a distance in points Hans 19th despite missing the first two races. 2 SUI 13 Peter Kilchenmann 32 Fatzer finished in second place and Thomas 3 SUI 94 Andreas Friderich 33 Among its now, more than 100 members, 4 SUI 71 Philipp Grünig 33 Gautschi in third. The Swiss Finn class has 60 active sailors 5 AUT 333 Gerhard Weinreich 37 and 20 well known at international events. 6 FRA 817 Bertrand Baumann 41 1 SUI 86 Piet Eckert 10 2 SUI 1 Hans Fatzer 21 The ever enthusiastic Thomas Gautschi is 7 SUI 3 Carlo Lazzari 41 3 SUI 63 Thomas Gautschi 23 probably the most seen at ISAF events and 8 AUS 8 Dirk Seret 42 4 FRA 40 Joseph Rochet 23 Finn Gold Cups for many years. Next to all 9 ITA 89 Florian Demetz 48 10 SUI 1 Hans Fatzer 50 5 SUI 32 Urs Huber 38 these males, there was one female sailor, 6 SUI 82 Lukas Schenk 48 Kathrin Wagner. At just 48 kg she only raced 11 SUI 12 Franz Bürgi 51 12 SUI 63 Thomas Gautschi 52 7 SUI 61 Andreas Küenzli 50 the light weather final days. 13 SUI 80 Jan Fischer 56 8 SUI 564 Thorsten Koch 57

Briefing for Bart’s Bash at Port Camarque

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

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

Labor Day regatta in Long beach was won by Henry Sprague followed by Toth and Robert Kinney. Above: Sailmaker Eric Wilson Vanguard Finn, which had never been in the reminding Peter how to rig a Finn water, Needlespar mast and T3+B sail out The 2014 Toilet Bowl Regatta consisted Below: Launching the 1984 Finn for the first time of 20 boats and five races. Darrell Peck, of the lobby of his factory and raced it in the won, just 5 points in front of Josh Revkin in regatta. The gear looked beautiful and did second, with Chuck Rudinski third and top well on the flat water in moderate wind. The Grand Master. Gus Miller was top Legend only thing that betrayed him was his body as pictured right of top rookie Eric Anderson, evidenced in double tacks, interesting gybes and Darrell Peck. and bloody knees. It was not the first time one of Peter’s outdoor sports had left him bloody. Good thing he is married to an MD.

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

Picture is of Peter and Olaf Harken who 10 USA 975 Gus Miller 73 were the principals of Harken/Vanguard, 11 USA 140 David Jackson 73 Charlie Miller of North Sails Midwest, Art 12 USA 1129 Eric Wilson 75 Diefendorf President of USAFA, Pat Healy 13 USA 15 Pat Healy 76 Secretary of USAFA, Olympic Committee 14 USA 303 Joe Chinburg 79 Finn Rep Tony Herrmann who is also the 15 USA 22 Mitch Moylan 80 Finn Class Faith Healer but here without his 16 USA 401 Craig Johnson 80 masks, feathers and rattles, and Gus Miller, 17 USA 22 Terry Greenfield 104 Finn Coach. 18 USA 7 Peter Harken 119 19 CAN 5 Joerg Kemnade 127 Good tight racing enjoyed by all.

1 NZL 9 Rob Coutts 11 2 USA 33 John Marshall 30 3 USA 117 Mickael Mark 32 4 USA 3 Bob Biwer 35 Much training is taking place in Southern 5 USA 40 Chuck Rudinsky 40 California. Also many new younger sailors 6 EST 11 Scott Griffiths 42 are coming aboard through the US Finn 7 CAN 11 Jim Cameron 50 development programme. 8 USA 23 Jim Hunter 51 9 USA 31 Peter Frissell 62 2014 NA Finn Masters Above: Pat Healy, Peter Harken, Olaf Harken, Tony Herrmann, Gus Miller, Pewaukee YC Rob Coutts on his way to winning the NA Masters Art Diefendorf, Charlie Miller Gus Miller writes: 19 Master Finn sailors Below: Ruth, Edit, Peter and Olaf Harken from the Midwest, Rocky Mountains and outside the Detroit YC the East, Gulf and West Coasts of North after being inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame class of 2014 America came to Pewaukee, Wisconsin for the 2014 Finn Master Championship. It was a pilgrimage as Pewaukee is the home base of the Harkens which built Vanguard Finns and started the 1974 revolution that put North American Finn gear and sailors at the top of the world for a decade.

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