Joaquín Blanco awarded Finn Gold Cup 40 years late

The 1977 Finn Gold Cup never happened. The winner of the renamed Finn World Week was never officially acknowledged as WorldChampion. Now, 40 years later, Spaniard, Joaquín Blanco has been acknowledged by the class and his peers as the 1977 FinnWorld Champion and has had his name engraved on the Finn Gold Cup, denied to him four decades ago by the unwelcomeintrusion of global politics. Now, four decades later, on Saturday, 23 June, 2017, the Finn Class has rewritten history.

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