On November 13, the Executive Committee of the International Finn Association decided to appoint Robert Deaves as Class Secretary for the period up to the 2020 IFA AGM in Palma, during the Finn Gold Cup. He will share the class management with Paul McKenzie, who will take on the role of Finance and Membership Secretariat.
There are two wall calendars available for 2020
The International Finn Association delegation to the 2019 World Sailing Annual Conference in Bermuda has returned empty handed. The eight submissions to reinstate the Finn in the slate for the 2024 Olympic Games were rejected by both the committees and the Council.
British Finn sailors have long dominated the front end of the sport, but for the last four years there has also been an U23 programme run solely by the British class association to prepare young sailors for the big step to the British Sailing Team. It was a huge success, but the decision by World Sailing to drop the Finn from the 2024 Olympics has meant this promising team has been dismantled, with all the young sailors stopping Finn sailing, or even stopping sailing altogether.
Huge numbers of words have been written about the arguments for putting the Finn back into the Olympic Games. Next week, the Finn class will be making its case once again at the 2019 World Sailing Conference in Bermuda to try and rebalance the proposed slate for 2024.
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