Fabulous conditions ahead of 2023 Finn Gold Cup in Miami

The Finn class has descended on Miami for the 2023 Finn Gold Cup with fabulous conditions on Biscayne Bay over the past few days. Much of the fleet have been out training, welcomed into the water by a local manatee, who has been hanging round the pontoon all day for belly rubs. With 10-20 knots, and a sunny 25-28 degrees, everyone hopes it stays like this for the coming week.

Over last weekend the fleet sailed the Midwinters. After two days were lost with no wind on the bay, on the third day there were three good races. Pedro Lodovici, from Brazil, won from Andrew Kern and Pedro Trouche from the USA.

Measurement and registration have been ongoing on Tuesday and Wednesday, with over 50 boats already checked under the watchful eye of Chief Measurer, Dick Batt. The practice race and opening ceremony is scheduled for Thursday. Racing gets underway on Friday with a 10-race series scheduled over five days.

There is already a lot of content on our social media pages (see links below) with Instagram stories, posts and reels, as well as duplicated content on Facebook.

However as usual, there has been a lot of spam online for live feeds. We are deleting them as fast as they appear. The only live coverage will be through the official Finn Class channels, with live coverage through Instagram stories and hopefully Facebook Live broadcasts during the races. Anything else is spam so please do not click those links.

All the links and info you need to follow the event are below.

The event’s sponsors include Bacardi, North Sails, G&B Ropes, Coconut Grove and Fever Tree.

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High anticipation for 2023 Finn Gold Cup in Miami

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Back in the day, Miami OCR in January always marked the traditional start of the northern hemisphere Finn season, so it with some anticipation that the Finn class returns to Miami next week for the 2023 Finn Gold Cup, the first time it has ever been held there. Sixty Finn sailors from 14 nations are taking part. The host club is the Coconut Grove Sailing Club.

This will be the fifth time the Finn world championship has been held in the USA. The first time was in 1974 at Long Beach and the winner that year, Henry Sprague, from the USA, is back for another go. Under the deed of Gift for the Cup, which has its origins at Burnham-on-Crouch in Britain, it must be held outside or Europe every four years. The last time the Finn Gold Cup was held in the USA was in 2010 on the epic San Francisco Bay. The winner that year, Britain’s Ed Wright, has been spotted training in Miami, but is not yet on the entry list.

Also taking part is the 2022 European Champion Miguel Fernandez Vasco, from Spain, hoping to do the double. The World No. 1 and last year’s European Championship bronze medalist, Laurent Hay, from France and last year’s Finn Gold Cup fifth placed Marko Kolic, from Italy are also likely contenders. The 2022 champion, Pieter-Jan Postma, was unfortunately unable to make the trip.

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While over half of the entrants are from North and South America, several containers have found their way across the Atlantic from Europe, also bringing in new boats, some of which have been chartered for the event, which will bolster the growing USA fleet. With a USA based Finn builder also about to begin production, the future of the class in North America is looking very positive.

Domonkos Nemeth, from Hungary, won the bronze at the 2022 Finn Gold Cup as well as winning the Finn Silver Cup, for the U23 World Championship. He is joined in Miami by two other U23 Finn sailors, Federico Colaninno, from Italy, and Sjoerd Hofland, from The Netherlands, a name synonymous with Finn sailing.

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Last year the Finn Silver Cup was combined with the Finn Gold Cup, but this year the 2023 Finn Silver Cup is being held as a separate event, at Gravedona on Lake Como, from Monday 17 July to Friday 21 July. There are attractive charter boat and accommodation options available. More information here: https://finnclass.org/news/180-eventpage/1177-2023-finn-silver-cup-event-page

The 2023 Finn Gold Cup begins on Tuesday 24 January with measurement and registration. Ten races are scheduled from Friday 27 January to Tuesday 31 January.

The event’s sponsors include Bacardi, North Sails, G&B Ropes, Coconut Grove and Fever Tree.

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HOW TO FOLLOW THE 2023 FINN GOLD CUP

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VENUE
The 2023 Finn Gold Cup (the Finn Class World Championship) is taking place in Miami USA, from 24-31 January, organised by Coconut Grove Sailing Club in conjunction with the International Finn Association.

EVENT WEBSITE
2023.finngoldcup.org

NOTICE BOARD
https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=15268

ENTRY LIST
https://yachtscoring.com/current_event_entries.cfm?eID=15268

SCHEDULE
Tues 24 – Thurs 26 January – Measurement/Registration
Thurs 26 January – Opening Day
Fri 27 January – Racing (2 races scheduled)
Sat 28 January – Racing (2 races scheduled)
Sun 29 January – Bacardi Race Day (2 races scheduled)
Mon 30 January – Racing (2 races scheduled)
Tues 31 January – Racing (2 races scheduled) followed by Prizegiving

PRESS RELEASES
The Finn Class will release international press releases each day during the event. Sign up to receive these at: http://www.finnclass.org/media-finn/newsletter-a-press-release

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
Daily highlights will be available on https://finnclass.org/finn-tv/finn-tv-2023
And on https://www.facebook.com/InternationalFinnClass/

PHOTOGRAPHY
Finn Class photos by Robert Deaves will be available here:
https://www.facebook.com/InternationalFinnClass/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/finnclassphotos
https://robertdeaves.smugmug.com

and also on the event website.
Please send any requests to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow the event through the Finn Class Social Media Channels
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalFinnClass/
Instagram posts and stories: https://www.instagram.com/finnclass/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Finn_Class
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/thefinnchannel

Please tag our Facebook/Instagram channels with @finnclass

Hashtags for the event are:
#finnsailing #fgc #finngoldcup #finnclass #finn #sailing #worldsailing

 

 

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2023 Finn Silver Cup - Lake Como

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Calling all U23 Finn sailors!

 

The Finn Silver Cup is back. 

In 2023 it will be held on Lake Como in Italy at Centro Vela Alto Lario (CVAL-CDC)

 

The schedule will be as follows:

Monday 17 July: Registration

Tuesday 18 July to Friday 21 July: 12 race series

 

Go to event page here

  

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