Archived Noticeboard

2011

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December 2011: Giles Scott wins the 2011 Finn Gold Cup from Pieter Jan Postma and Ed Wright. All the news was here: www.finngoldcup.org

The 2011 Finn Gold Cup has officiallly been opened in Perth Australia. Follow the event on class blog at www.finngoldcup.org

A DVD of photographs by Dianthe Chirino during the 2011 Masters is now available. More: http://www.finnworldmaster.com/2011.htm#DVD

Book your accommodation early for the 2012 Finn Gold Cup. Links are on the event website at www.falmouthfinnfestival.com.

Invitation to the Russian Open 11-18 September. Download

Website for Europa Cup open: http://www.finnmastersec.com/

August 2011: Past IFA President Vernon Stratton passed away on August 20. Among many acheivements, he was instrumental in making the Finn class what it is today. He will be missed by many and our thoughts are with his family. More here.

Ben Ainslie convincingly won the Olympic Test Event at Weymouth, with Jonathan Lobert picking up the silver and Pieter Jan Postma the bronze.

July 2011: Arkadiy Kistanov won the Finn Silver Cup in Moscow.

Giles Scott wins the 2011 Finn European Championship

Josip Olujic wins the Junior European Championship

Follow the Europeans in Helsinki on the blog on the event website with regular updates and the Twitter feed.

July 2011 - AGM Agenda and papers are published. Please read before the meeting on Thursday 7th July in Helsinki so the meeting can flow as smoothly as possible. The AGM will be at 6pm at the VIP tent at the regatta venue. Europeans starts in Helsinki on Saturday 9th.

June 2011 - Ed Wright won the SWC events in Medemblik and Kiel but Ben Ainslie won the Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth. Ainslie won the 2011 SWC from Wright and Giles Scott. Michael Maier won his third World Masters in Punta Ala out of a fleet of 284 boats - the largest ever Finn fleet.

May 2011 - At the ISAF Mid-Year Meeting in St Petersburg, the Finn gets its place confirmed at the 2016 Olympic Sailing Compettion in Rio de Janeiro.

Ben Ainslie dominates again in Hyeres at the end of April. Ed Wright wins Olympic Garda from Denis Karpak and Vasiliy Zbogar. Masters pre-entries pass 300. Delta-Lloyd Regatta starts May 24, closely followed by Sail for Gold, World Masters and Kiel Week in June.

April 2011 - Pre-entry for the World Masters is now at 250 boats from 28 countries. If you haven't entered, then do so here. Ben Ainslie dominated in Palma, winning 7 out of 11 races. Next up is Hyeres with the first race on April 24. Sign up for our press releases if you haven't done so already.

March 2011 - Moscow Sailing School has opened the official
website of the 2011 Silver Cup at http://silvercup.sailingschool.ru
All potential participants and coaches can register there. The Notice of race has also been published.

To date there are 196 entries from 25 countries for the Finn World Masters in Punta Ala. Register here

There are also 87 entries for Palma , starting 2 April.

February 2011 - The International Finn Association Class Rules now includes the lower pumping rule limit of 10 knots for Sailing World Cup and IFA Major Events. This change has been accepted by ISAF and the Finn class rules have been changed accordingly.

January 2011 - Giles Scott won the second SWC event with a great performance at the Rolex Miami OCR.

2010

Details: Category: Archived Noticeboard; Published: Monday, 03 October 2011 20:18

December 2010 - Jonathan Lobert won the Perth International Regatta, though the medal race was not sailed. Ben Ainslie won the first SWC event at Sail Melbourne. Both events suffered from wind problems.

November 2010 - ISAF Council have approved the Events Committee's provisional events slate for the 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition with the Finn recommended for the 'Men’s 2nd one person dinghy (heavy)' slot. This decision is provisional and subject to final confirmation at the ISAF mid year meeting next May.

Follow the Perth International Regatta at www.perth2011.com
Sail Melbourne runs from 12-18 December. http://sailmelbourne.com.au

September 2010 - At the end of August, the Silver Cup in San Francisco was won by Luke Lawrence after a thrilling medal race off the St Francis Yacht Club.

Then Ed Wright won the Finn Gold Cup on the Berkeley Circle in a dominant fashion, taking five race wins out of 11 races and only once outside the top five. Rafa Trujillo took the silver while Giles Scott took the bronze. It was a testing and fitting end to a tough and competiive season. And it's just going to get tougher from here on in.

August 2010 - Giles Scott won the final SWC event of the year at Skandia Sail for Gold in Weymouth beating Ben Ainslie into fourth place. Jonathan Lobert sailed well to finish second with Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic in third. The fleet has now moved to San Francisco for the Silver and Gold Cups from 20 August to 5 September.

July 2010 - Welcome to the new IFA website. This new site uses the Joomla! CMS to better manage and organise the content, so we hope it will better serve the growing needs of the site's users. The old site contained more than 1,000 pages, so it will take time to transfer all the material to the new site. So if you find anything that isn't there, it will hopefully be there soon and if you find anything that doesn't work, please let us know so we can fix it. In the meatime we hope you enjoy this new site and find it useful.

June 2010 - Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic followed his European title with wins in Medemblik and Kiel. Just one more event remains before the Gold Cup. In August the fleet heads for Weymouth for the final Sailing World Cup event of the year at the 2012 Olympic venue.

May 2010 - Congratulations to Ivan Kljakovic gaspic and Ioannis Mitakis on successfully defending their Senior and Junior European titles in Split, Croatia. Next up is the Delta-Lloyd Regatta in The Netherlands as sailors build up to the big one, the Silver Cup and the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco, USA, which is promising to be a spectacular and memorable event for all.