9th July 2006 - Finn

AUGUST 2006
Gold Cup in Split • Masters in Balaton • AGM

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President’s Letter
Dear Finn Sailors
Subsequent to the November 2005 IFA
Executive Committee (EC) meeting – which
followed on from the September 2005
Moscow EC meeting – a draft strategic plan,
‘Finn 2008’ was compiled by the EC and
circulated to various stakeholders of the
Finn sailing world.
Unfortunately there has been only limited
response from the addressees which makes the contribution of Corinne
Roland-McKenzie, Michele Marchesini, Tim Carver, Robert Deaves
and Andreas Bollongino even more valuable.
Based on these contributions, a strategic plan has been finalised in
December 2006.
The report prepared for the 2006 AGM in Split follows the structure of
the strategic plan and summarises the achievements of year 2005/2006
based on the tasks set out in the plan. My comments are PRINTED
IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
This is too lengthy to reproduce in FINNFARE, so you can view it in
its entirety on the IFA website at:
www.finnclass.org/Meetings/IFAAGM2006minutes.htm
Best wishes
Dr Balazs Hajdu
IFA President
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Dr Balasz Hajdu
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Daniel Birgmark
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411 27 Göteborg, Sweden
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Michele Marchesini
v.le Roma 17, 37018 Malcesine, Italy
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Email: mmarchesini@infinito.it
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AGM Minutes
The AGM was started by a minute of silence
in memory of Zvonko Bezic.
1. National Class Associations
27 voting countries were present: AUS, AUT,
BAR, CAN, CRO, CZE, DEN, EST, FIN, FRA,
GER, GRE, HUN, IRL, ITA, LIT, NED, NOR,
NZL, POL, RUS, SLO, SWE, TUR, UKR, GBR,
USA.
2. Minutes from the last meeting
The minutes from the 2005 IFA AGM were
approved
3. Accounts
a. Summary of the 2005 accounts approved
(App1)
b. Budget for 2006 approved (App2)
In order to cover all the costs induced by the
development activities, it has been decided to
increase the builderís fees for mast, sails and
hulls.
4. Elections of Members to IFA Committees
a. Members of the Executive Committee were
re-elected. Ali Enver Adakan stepped down as
VP Sailing and replaced by Daniel Birgmark
from Sweden
b. Members of the Technical Committee were
re-elected with the inclusion of John Driscoll.
c. Members of the Marketing Committee were
re-elected.
5. Executive Committee Reports (App3)
a. the President
b. the Vice-President Sailing
c.the Vice-President Development
d. the Treasurer
e. the Chairman of the Technical Committee
6. IFA Championships
(1) The 2007 ISAF Worlds selection procedure
was explained (APP.4)
(2) 2007 Finn Junior World Championship:
Moscow (May or June), complete boats and
coach boats provided free of charge.
Memorendum to be signed soon.
(3) Council voted for the 2008 Finn European
Championship to be in Puntone di Scarlino,
Italy in early May after Hyeres.
(4)2008 Finn Gold Cup, Melbourne, Australia.
The Black Rock YC (1995FGC) will be the host
club. The transport of boats will be subsidised
in part and Schenker will provide discount.
(5) Gus Miller presented a bid from the St
Francis YC in St Francisco (USA) for the 2009
FGC. This regatta will be voted for in the next
AGM in Cascais, along with other bids.
7. Olympic Format
It was voted to use the new Olympic format
with a final race for the top 10 boats on the last
race as well as a last race for the rest of the
fleet counting towards the overall results.
8. Finn Web based clinic
Gus Miller presented the web based Finn clinic.
All sailing topics will be covered in this tutorial
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IFA AGM 2006 – 9th July 2006 – Split, Croatia
interactive web based tool, where still and
motion pictures will be available along with
comments and interviews of top athletes and
coaches in different languages. The Finn class
welcomed the project and will participate with
US$6,000 on an overall estimated budget of
US$30,000. This great development tool will
be available free of charge to any sailor from
the end of 2006.
9. Amendment to IFA Constitution:
Replace Part A section 3.4 , “The council has
the sole right to approve increased national
quota for entry to IFA championships.” by “The
IFA Executive Committee has the sole right”.
This has been voted in order to give the IFA
EC more flexibility to increase quota when
needed.
10. IFA promotion:
a. ISAF Centennial: 1st of September 2007.
Finn actions to be planned include a ‘Legend
race’ in Estoril, and ‘Step in a Finn’, where Finn
sailors around the world take young sailors in
their boat for a ‘Finn baptism’. These actions
will be relayed on the internet. More ideas are
welcomed and should be sent to the IFA
secretary.
b. Finn Calendar (to be produced and sold
through the country secretaries.)
c. FGC 50th Anniversary, actions to be planned
in Helsinki for the 2006 ISAF Conference, slide
show on the last 50 FGC, Special Finnfare
edition,
d. Commercial utilisation of IFA assets: a team
of expert is studying the use of the IFA logo
and its implications on a large scale.
11. Election of a Finn sailor in the ISAF
Athlete commission
The message has been presented to interested
sailors and IFA will make a list of candidates.
One sailor has to be chosen for representing
the Finn sailors in the Athlete commission.
12. Any other business
The Championship rules have been changed
and organisers will have to pay for the trip and
accommodation expenses for 4 IFA delegates.
The entry fee will remain the same and no
percentage of the entry nor will any event fee
be charged to organisers.
Please note appendices to these minutes are
available at www.finnclass.org/ifa.htm
Technical Committee Chairman’s Report
for June 2006
The hull lines have now been prepared in digital
form by Gilbert Lamboley, who has carefully
compared these standards (first worked out in
1974) with earlier versions, and has found a
good correlation. He has added faired figures
for the non-measurement sections at Stations
1,3,5 and 7, to assist builders. The lines should
be on our website very shortly.
In-House certification
One reason for the introduction of ‘Standard
Class Rules’ (we have already adopted this
format) was to facilitate ‘In-House Certification’.
At present we require that masts and sails be
measured before leaving the manufacturer, but
the measurer normally is an independent
outside person. The idea of IHC is that a
manufacturer may be allowed to have an ISAF
‘Internal Official Measurer’ on his staff, which
should make life easier for everybody. The
scheme would be closely monitored by ISAF.
We request authority to make detail changes
to our rule wording, to align with the SCR
wording concerning IHC (which is not yet
finalised). We also request authority for the
Executive (guided by TC) to accept IHC
proposals made by manufacturers to ISAF,
when this is considered best in the interests of
the Class. (The arrangement is an agreement
between the manufacturer and ISAF, who need
the Class to have suitable rules and to accept
the proposal). We expect that several sail
makers and mast builders may seek approval,
and we also want to extend the arrangements
to include booms, rudders and eventually hulls.
A Rule change proposal
When re-wording the class rules to SCR
Format, we did not seek or receive authority
to change the meaning of the rules, except for
tightening up the rule about the shape of the
centreplate. Now that we have got the big
change behind us, we can all see that it would
be a help to standardise the positions and
diameters of the rudder and transom pintles
and gudgeons. The standard suggested would
fit Existing Pata and Devoti boats, but the rule
would not be retrospective.
If this rule were adopted, a rudder manufacturer
could produce a fully completed rudder for
export, ready for any boat, making IHC
practicable for rudders.
People
It is likely that Jüri Saraskin will want to retire
as Chief Measurer after 2008. Many of you will
have met John Driscoll on the water, and he
has started a programme of ISAF measurer
training and of attending regattas with Jüri, so
that he should be suitably qualified to seek
election in due course.
I plan to retire as TC Chairman by November
2008, and again we need continuity. Anybody
interested in this position should let the
Executive know immediately, so that he/she
can be helped to become familiar with the
political environment!
I should like to thank various members of the
TC for their help during the year, and to
congratulate Gilbert Lamboley on the
completion of verification and digital recording
of the lines. Robert Deaves is placing this and
other material (such as old construction
drawings) on our website.
I hope that Council will approve re-election of
the TC, with the addition of John Driscoll.
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Note: For other appendices, see the IFA website at www.finnclass.org

With 233 pre-entries from 21
countries, the 2006 Finn World
Masters looked set to be the largest
event ever. In the end a mere 184
boats made it as far as registration.
Two courses were sailed on Lake
Balaton with Michael Maier picking
up his first world title, while Andre
Budzien had to settle for second
place for the fourth year running. In
third place and making it a European
1, 2, 3 was Michael Gubi.
Day 1
The first day started in a strong northerly
breeze. PRO Istvan Hantó sent the fleet afloat
and at 10:00 hours fired the starting gun for
the first race of the championship. The fleet
was divided into two groups with John
Greenwood, Andre Budzien and Michael
Maier winning races. Maier, member of the
+39 America’s Cup Team, had a successful
day winning two races in a row.
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Finn World Masters 2006 – Lake Balaton, Hungary
Day 2
Only one race was sailed on Tuesday. The
day started with a postponement as the wind
developed slowly from the south-west. After
noon the fleet were sent out, and started in
two different groups. The wind started to
change direction to the south and the Race
Committee matched this with a course
change, but on the last leg the wind shifted
the other way by 90° because of a storm
system. This resulted in large place changes
throughout the fleet.
André Budzien won the first group while the
winner of the second group was unclear for
long since the two groups started five minutes
after each other and became mixed on the
course and on the finishing vessel. Later it
became clear that Szilvássy Attila, competitor
in the Olympic Games in Barcelona, who
sailed in the middle of his group won the race
with extraordinary tactics. Overnight, Michael
Maier still led the fleet after a second place
while André Budzien was just one point
behind.
Day 3
Was cancelled because of the lack of wind.
Masters: 1 Michael Maier
2 André Budzien • 3 Michal Gubi
Grand Masters (+50): 1 Eberhard Bieberitz
2 Jiri Outrata • 3 Péter Sipos
Grand Grand Masters (+60): 1 Frederich
Müller • 2 Dr. András Haán • 3 Louie Nady
Legends (+70): 1 Walter Mai
2 László Zsindey • 3 Alfred Blum
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FINN MASTERS 2006 - FINAL RESULTS
1 CZE 1 Michael Maier 1 1 2 4 4
2 GER 711 Budzien André 3 1 1 3 5
3 AUT 7 Michal Gubi 20 3 3 1 7
4 GER 10 Eberhard Bieberitz 12 4 4 2 10
5 HUN 211 Attila Szilvássy 22 2 1 8 11
6 CZE 22 Roman Babicky 5 2 5 21 12
7 HUN 7 Antal Székely 2 22 11 1 14
8 HUN 271 Farkas Litkey 6 6 9 3 15
9 GBR 8 Tim Carver 2 11 6 41 19
10 AUT 11 Bernd Moser 8 7 10 5 20
11 GBR 2 Allen Burrell 8 5 13 8 21
12 NED 61 Hans Bergsma 3 bfd 5 14 22
13 GER 310 Ralf Behrens 9 3 ocs 13 25
14 NED 29 Bas de Waal 5 4 bfd 16 25
15 CZE 8 Jiri Outrata 9 13 12 6 27
16 CZE 33 Ivan Rames 4 7 17 17 28
17 HUN 5 Péter Sipos 42 26 3 5 34
18 CZE 318 Martin Plecity 19 24 11 7 37
19 GBR 51 Phil Laycock 19 31 8 10 37
20 BUL 24 Michal Kopanov 10 8 21 23 39
21 AUS 213 Jake Gunther 13 8 18 63 39
22 GER 13 Wolfgang Tamm 21 5 16 19 40
23 GER 3 Walter Mai 50 26 7 7 40
24 GER 208 Uwe Kinast 25 9 10 21 40
25 CRO 88 Marin Mrduljas 4 25 20 19 43
26 SWE 734 Stefan Fagerlund 22 9 51 13 44
27 GER 146 Frederich Müller 24 19 2 28 45
28 HUN 1 András Haán dr. 11 13 23 24 47
29 CRO 110 Luksa Cicarelli 7 30 40 12 49
30 GBR 650 John Greenwood 1 33 ocs 16 50
31 GER 35 Hans-Günther Ehlers 13 27 20 18 51
32 NED 25 Arwin Karssemeijer 6 6 bfd 40 52
33 USA 150 Louie Akos Nady 11 16 25 29 52
34 GBR 33 Graham Page 15 32 46 6 53
35 GBR 610 John Heyes 26 18 30 10 54
36 HUN 41 Zoltán Bartos 18 10 40 27 55
37 NED 15 Nanno Boot 28 12 16 65 56
38 NED 38 Olaf Heusden 60 27 12 17 56
39 GRE 71 Panagiotis Davourlis 47 18 6 33 57
40 HUN 4 Lajos Varga 7 21 38 29 57
41 NED 77 Jan-Jaap Lamme 23 25 42 9 57
42 GER 82 Alfonz Huber 17 20 ocs 20 57
43 HUN 44 József Bendicsek 14 22 22 39 58
44 GER 217 Carsten Niehusen 21 32 8 ocs 61
45 NED 88 Michaiel Baremrs 17 23 29 22 62
46 RSA 2 Alan Serritslev 29 10 69 24 63
47 NED 2 Wouter Molenaar 24 15 35 26 65
48 GBR 77 Howard Sellars 14 12 ocs 40 66
49 NED 39 Hans Zomek 43 bfd 25 4 72
50 GBR 631 Richard Hart 27 39 7 56 73
51 RSA 539 Klaus Peter Weixelbaumer40 14 24 35 73
52 HUN 141 István Ruják 20 15 dsq 38 73
53 GER 206 Klaus Reffelmann 48 19 44 12 75
54 HUN 55 András Schömer 34 31 23 23 77
55 RSA 51 Pilip Bauim 10 24 64 45 79
56 GER 111 Rainer Haacks 32 21 26 44 79
57 HUN 11 Gábor Antal 38 bfd 29 15 82
58 RSA 540 Alan Tucker 29 38 ocs 15 82
59 CZE 99 Zdenek Smetana 52 45 4 35 84
60 NED 43 Jack Van Hellemond 16 23 45 45 84
61 GBR 53 Rodney Cobb 39 dnf 19 26 84
62 SUI 11 Hans Fatzer 45 44 21 20 85
63 GER 112 Egrbert Vincke 65 30 28 27 85
64 NED 81 Zpezko Wisser 31 40 15 57 86
65 GER 31 Horst Wühn 26 51 55 11 88
66 NED 778 Auke Woerde Mai 18 17 57 83 92
67 NED 55 Eddy Huisman 30 ocs 37 25 92
68 NED 8 Rodrick Casander ocs 29 42 22 93
69 NED 3 Czezt Woudemberg 35 41 41 18 94
70 NED 786 Johan de Schiffart 56 20 19 61 95
71 NED 11 Henk De Jager 15 14 bfd 67 96
72 NZL 3 Ben Winters 33 17 48 46 96
73 ITA 1 Heini Unterhauser 54 49 14 34 97
74 NED 32 Peter Verhoof 49 54 24 25 98
75 GER 209 Steffen Fölsing 16 35 49 54 100
76 NED 1 Jan Van Der Horst 47 37 18 47 102
77 NED 72 Lacus-Jan Groemhoul 34 29 39 48 102
78 NED 817 Rone Sala 54 36 13 61 103
79 GER 96 Uwe Baum 66 42 31 30 103
80 HUN 75 Tibor Izsák 58 35 30 38 103
81 CZE 77 Jaroslav Tomek 59 16 32 64 107
82 BUL 20 Kosta Stergidov 33 33 43 42 108
83 ITA 43 Pietro Piram 36 56 39 33 108
84 SWE 721 Mikael Brandt ocs bfd 15 2 109
85 NED 748 Alphons Van Gent dnc 34 34 42 110
86 GER 119 Peter Brouke 46 11 69 54 111
87 HUN 15 Szabolcs Detre dnc 43 41 28 112
88 HUN 111 Frigyes Bisztray 35 57 48 31 114
89 GER 109 Manfred Tomaszewski 51 28 60 39 118
90 HUN 12 Miklós Sulyok 40 41 44 37 118
91 NED 795 Wobbe de Schiffarg 37 50 50 32 119
92 FRA 10 Patrik Nicolas 49 34 53 36 119
93 NED 4 Ruurd Baerends 64 52 22 49 123
94 NED 27 Paul Karphorst 37 39 ocs 47 123
95 GER 89 Günter Kellermann 55 38 31 69 124
96 GER 300 Eggo Zopfs 32 43 51 58 126
97 ESP 295 Moreno Javier Moreno Pons 61 55 38 34 127
98 NED 7 John Clterra 57 44 33 53 130
99 HUN 9 Tamás Beliczay 67 63 17 51 131
100 GBR 16 Mike Woodhead 41 53 37 62 131
101 GER 92 Detlev Guminski dnc dnc 9 31 132
102 GER 55 Herbert Sondermann 23 53 56 60 132
103 GER 42 Jürgen Kraft dnc dnc 27 14 133
104 SWE 740 Sverker Hand dnc dnc 35 9 136
105 FRA 99 Alain Keraudy dnc dnc 33 11 136
106 HUN 101 Scharbert Gyula 31 60 dsq 46 137
107 HUN 161 Arpád Kávássy dr. 59 51 34 52 137
108 GER 7 Reiner Heinings 30 52 74 57 139
109 DEN 77 Flemming Jensen 27 36 ocs 77 140
110 CZE 7 Vaclav Cintl 12 37 dne 70 141
111 HUN 77 Lászlö Taubert 41 48 ocs 53 142
112 GER 248 Eckehard Zülon 56 57 46 41 143
113 FRA 800 Yves Zoccola 39 42 63 78 144
114 HUN 51 Gábor Bánkúty 52 40 52 60 144
115 GER 214 Bernd Scholz 42 54 74 48 144
116 GBR 1 Snader Kooy 25 28 bfd dnc 145
117 GBR 55 Mike Till 61 56 28 84 145
118 GER 147 dr.Eherhard Magin 45 50 bfd 50 145
119 GER 63 Michael Pandler 48 61 72 37 146
120 RSA 5 Robin Greaves 46 47 56 62 149
121 NED 844 Lucio Nodari 43 46 79 65 154
122 GBR 46 Patrick Moore 53 48 53 59 154
123 GER 155 Edwin Gast 38 45 77 72 155
124 CZE 308 Martin Teimer 44 49 ocs 64 157
125 GER 186 Detlef Blaschouski dnc dnc 14 52 158
126 NED 17 Ab Schippers dnc dnc 26 43 161
127 HUN 24 Egon Pay'r 44 64 54 77 162
128 CZE 775 Zdenek Gebhart 62 58 45 68 165
129 NED 31 Willem Nagel 28 dnf 59 79 166
130 GER 34 Dieter Borges dnc dnc 32 43 167
131 NED 13 Harold Lensing 65 59 62 51 172
132 HUN 347 László Zsindely 58 62 52 68 172
133 FRA 6 Francois Limare 53 58 65 80 176
134 GER 130 Alfred Blum dnc dnc 36 49 177
135 SWE 711 Waldo Sten 36 dne 71 50 178
136 HUN 2 Miklós Tuss 63 62 54 66 179
137 GER 852 Rüdiger Stelzl 55 55 76 71 181
138 AUT 36 Helmuth Gubi 50 46 ocs 86 182
139 CZE 4 Bozena Smidova 57 66 75 63 186
140 GER 48 Manfred Pöschl dnc dnc 64 32 188
141 GER 161 Ralf Kratz 60 47 81 81 188
142 HUN 16 László Szalai 51 59 78 86 188
143 HUN 36 Zoltán Kudron dnc dnc 68 30 190
144 ESP 260 Victor Serrano Conesa 67 bfd 57 67 191
145 GER 144 Jens Ott 72 61 58 74 191
146 GER 102 Siegfried Böhl 68 65 58 80 191
147 ITA 166 dr.Roland Balthassar dnc dnc 66 36 194
148 GER 183 Franz Steib dnc dnc 47 55 194
149 GER 99 Ullrich Rudolph 64 63 67 76 194
150 GER 78 Helmut Ziereis dnc dnc 62 44 198
151 GER 131 Horst Schlock dnc dnc 36 73 201
152 CZE 10 Vaclav Hudec dnf dnc 43 66 201
153 CZE 231 Petr Vinkl 62 65 78 88 205
154 GER 98 Auckte Schmidt 63 64 80 85 207
155 HUN 33 Zsuzsa Komm 70 dnf 61 78 209
156 AUT 210 Walter Schuster dnc dnc 27 dnf 211
157 GER 9 Friederich Koch dnc dnc 61 58 211
158 HUN 61 Emil Morócz dr. 66 67 79 89 212
159 HUN 95 József Farkas 69 60 84 88 213
160 GER 311 Bernd Fischer dnc dnc 68 56 216
161 GER 38 Reinhardt Fabry dnc dnc 72 55 219
162 NED 9 Jobs Isselmann dnc dnc 59 71 222
163 ITA 84 Perluigi Pinzan dnc dnc 55 76 223
164 NED 587 Bart Kraan dnc dnc 50 82 224
165 GER 202 Rolf Elsaesser dnc dnc 47 87 226
166 AUT 253 Johann Raudaschl dnc dnc 75 59 226
167 FRA 837 Alain Guillon dnc dnc 65 69 226
168 GER 168 Jack Larsen dnc dnc 70 70 232
169 GER 69 Simon Löffelmann dnc dnc 49 dnc 233
170 GER 221 Miklos Ruffy dnc dnc 66 75 233
171 SUI 64 Hans-Rudolf Osterwalder dnc dnc 60 82 234
172 GER 95 Gert Bollrath dnc dnc 63 79 234
173 FRA 785 Smni Liguet dnc dnc 71 73 236
174 GER 65 Claus Donner dnc dnc 73 74 239
175 SUI 40 Heinz Stammnitz dnc dnc 76 72 240
176 GER 46 Peter Truhm 73 dnf 83 87 243
177 GER 185 Karl-Heinz Licht dnc dnc 70 85 247
178 GER 234 Jörgen Greisser dnc dnc 73 84 249
179 SWE 713 Lars Maersk Hansen dnc dnc 77 81 250
180 FRA 147 Ijocs Levieov dnc dnc 67 dnc 251
181 ESP 303 Jose IG. Pin. Commesama 71 dnf dnc 89 252
182 HUN 13 Attila Anka dnc dnc 82 83 257
183 FRA 47 Patrick Chamet dnc dnc ocs 75 259
184 HUN 611 Miklós Fittler dnc dnc dnc 90 274
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Day 4
The wind had returned and the first group
started without problems. The second start
only got away on the second attempt. The
wind then started to shift to the east
suddenly, and a course change became
necessary. This affected the first group
mostly, Székely Antal was the most lucky
– tenth at the first leeward mark – he finally
won the race. Loser in the situation was
Szilvássy Attila, who had 2, 22 and 1 places
overall and was leading the fleet at Mark
1 and if he could have kept his place he
would have led the fleet overall.
Unfortunately after the wind shift he had
dropped to 8th place. At the end of the
race the wind had dropped so much that
the Race Committee decided to end the
race for the second group in the downwind
section.
The overall leader Michal Maier finished
4th, and his rival André Budzien in the
other group finished 3rd so Maier kept his
one point lead.
2006 results:
1st World Championships
1st World Masters
Dealer for England:
Victor Boats
Represented by Tim Tavinor
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Day 5
The championship came to a disappointing
finish but with a worthy winner. Because
of the lack of wind, there wasn’t any racing
on the Friday. At 2 pm the organiser, Istvan
Hantó closed the regatta: four races sailed
with one discard.
So Michael Maier takes away the cup for
the first time while André Budzien has to
settle for the runner’s up prize for the fourth
year in a row. Michael Gubi repeated his
bronze medal success of 2004.
FINNFARE AUGUST 2006

Name: Edward Wright (GBR 111)
Age: 28.
What’s your home town? Bournemouth
When did you start sailing? Age 9.
Summary of sailing career: Topper, Laser,
Finn, A product of the RYA System
Why did you take up sailing? Family.
What was your first boat? Topper.
What class did you first race? Topper
How much time do you spend on the water
each week? 30 hours
Why did you take up the Finn? Olympic
Dream
How long have you sailed the Finn? 1 year.
What is your favourite venue?Anywhere
there is lots of wind and waves.
What is your least favourite venue?
Moscow.
When was your first major win? Almost Spa
Regatta 2002 (just won Hyéres 2006)
What is your best ever result? 6th Laser
Worlds.
What are your strengths in sailing? Never
giving up
What are your weaknesses in sailing? No
Comment.
What result gave you the most
satisfaction? 6th Laser Worlds 02.
What is the single most important piece
of sailing advice you could give to a young
sailor? Train hard, prepare well and focus,
never give up
What is the Finn classes greatest asset?
I can eat again and be a normal size.
Are there any changes you’d like to see
happen to the Olympic classes sailing
circuit? Have a world tour and let the world
ranking mean something
Other hobbies and interests? Windsurfing,
cycling, any sport
What job would you be doing if you were
not sailing? Office Job
Where would you like to see the Gold Cup
sailed in the future? Reliable windy wave
venues, Australia, South Africa, etc
Photo: Masha Novoselova
Name: Aaron O'Grady (IRL 10)
Age: 25
What is your
home town?
Clare Island
When did you
start sailing?
Age 6
Summary of
sailing career:
Mirror/Laser
(age 13-18),
Finn 2000 on
Why did you
take up
sailing? I liked
spending time
on the water and was fascinated by boats of
all kinds.
What was your first boat? Yellow Mirror
number 442
What was your favourite boat and why?
It’s always the current one
What class did you first race in? Mirror
Who are your sailing heroes and why?
David Wilkins (FD medalist). Ireland’s only
sailing medal so far.
Why did you take up the Finn? Was too
big for Laser since age 16
How long have you sailed the Finn? 6 years
What is your favourite venue? Ft
Lauderdale/Hyéres.
What is your least favourite venue? Palma
When was your first major win? Still waiting
for a big one
What is your best ever result? Am not sure
some small results mean more
What are your strengths in sailing?
Fitness, upwind.
What are your weaknesses in sailing?
Lack of confidence in my own ability
What result gave you the most
satisfaction? This years Hyéres
What is the single most important piece
of sailing advice you could give to a young
sailor? Have fun and enjoy the experience.
What is the Finn classes greatest asset?
The sailors.
What are its disadvantages? The costs
Are there any changes you’d like to see
happen to the Olympic classes sailing
circuit? More warm windy venues
What class would you like to move into
after the Finn? Possibly Star.
Do you think the spread of Olympic
classes should be changed and how? Not
really.
What’s the funniest thing you've ever
witnessed at a regatta? Probably some
incident involving Jonas.
Other hobbies and interests? Fishing
What job would you be doing if you were
not sailing? Not sure.
Where would you like to see the gold cup
sailed in the future? Ireland!
Sailor profiles
Name: Kenneth Bøggild (DEN 231)
Age: 37.
What is your home town? Copenhagen
When did you start sailing? Age 4
Summary of sailing career: Optimist,
Europa, Laser, H-boat, Dragon, Star, Finn
Why did you take up sailing? I have always
sailed
What was your first boat? Optimist
What was your favourite boat and why?
Finn, it has all the aspects about sailing.
What class did you first race in? Optimist
How much time do you spend on the water
each week? Summer: 16 - 20 Winter 4 - 6
Who are your sailing heroes and why?
Heroes? I have respect for all sailors who
travel around in the Finn circus, for the fun
and the challenge
Why did you take up the Finn? It physical,
the best dinghy sailors sail the Finn
How long have you sailed the Finn? 2 years
What is your favourite venue? Kiel Week.
What’s your least favourite? Kiel Week :)
When was your first major win? I still await
What is your best ever result? 3rd in the
Danish National
What are your strengths in sailing? I love
to train, and work hard
What are your weaknesses in sailing? I
get very upset.
What is the single most important piece
of sailing advice you could give to a young
sailor? Expect that success is hard work in
the Finn class.
What is the Finn classes greatest asset?
The boat is fantastic to sail, and the athletes
who sail the boat
What are its disadvantages? Price level
Are there any changes you like see happen
to the Olympic classes sailing circuit: No
What class would you like to move into
after the Finn? I will stay in the Finn.
Do you think the spread of Olympic
classes should be changed and how? I
think they should look into a female high
performance dinghy class.
What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever
witnessed at a regatta? All races are packed
with funny situations.
Other hobbies and interests? Skiing
What job would you be doing if you were
not sailing? More skiing
Where would you like to see the Gold Cup
sailed in the future? Miami/Fort Lauderdale
FINNFARE AUGUST 2006 9
Photo: Dan Nerney/Rolex

Finn Gold Cup 2006 – Split, Croatia
The 50th Finn Gold Cup was held
from 8-16 July in the picturesque
Adriatic port of Split in Croatia. After
the Europeans in 1997 and the
Masters in 2002, in 2006 it was the
turn of the Gold Cup to complete the
hat-trick of major Finn championships.
Report by Corinne Rolland-McKenzie.
Photos by JK Labud.
There were 99 sailors from 30 countries taking
part and with Ben Ainslie committed to training
ETNZ, and no previous winners taking part,
a new world champion was guaranteed by
the end of the week. Racing got underway
on the Tuesday after three days of
measurement and then the opening ceremony
on Monday evening.
Races 1 and 2
Two good races were held on the first day
thanks to fair wind and experienced racing
management. Ed Wright took the first honours
by convincingly winning the first race. After
a clear start, the Brit increased his lead to
150 meters by the finish. Jonas Hoegh-
Christensen placed second in front of Dan
Slater and Emilios Papathanasiou. The wind
increased to 18 knots for the second race
and the racing committee hoisted the Oscar
flag allowing free pumping. Sharing the lead
with Rafael during the whole race, Emilios
tricked the Spaniard on the last run to win
the race. Rafael took second place with +39
team mate Iain Percy in third. Percy, now
campaigning in the Star class, had been
training hard in the Finn while in Valencia
with +39 sailors. He admitted it is just for fun:
‘I just wanted to come with the guys (+39)
and enjoy myself in the Finn again. But
actually there is not one muscle in my body
that’s not hurting!’
Three British sailors were leading the Junior
division with Mark Andrews in 26th position,
leading his team mates Andrew Mills and
Henry Bagnall. The 16 Juniors in contention
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FINN GOLD CUP 2006 - FINAL RESULTS
1 DEN 2 Christensen Jonas Hogh 2 4 2 5 1 3 33 6 23
2 GRE 7 Papathanasiou Emilios 4 1 5 10 2 DSQ 3 1 26
3 GBR 111 Wright Edward 1 10 7 2 3 10 7 2 32
4 SWE 11 Birgmark Daniel 11 6 3 8 15 4 27 7 54
5 ESP 100 Trujillo Rafael Joaquin 9 2 1 1 8 1 34 38 56
6 FRA 73 Guillame Florent 19 11 12 11 16 5 4 4 63
7 SWE 736 Tillander Johan 12 5 13 6 7 14 16 12 69
8 CRO 524 Kljakovic Gaspic Ivan 5 12 OCS18 10 17 1 10 73
9 CAN 41 Cook Christopher 21 7 10 13 14 11 12 9 76
10 GBR 550 Howard Matt 6 13 6 68 9 13 13 19 79
11 GBR 54 Percy Iain 7 3 21 12 4 8 28 RAF 83
12 NED 842 Postma Pieter Jan 8 23 4 39 19 2 21 16 93
13 NOR 1 Moberg Peer 10 9 14 32 11 25 11 13 93
14 AUS 221 Nossiter Anthony 25 14 22 20 17 9 46 3 110
15 SLO 5 Vincec Gasper BFD 29 8 22 13 7 6 28 113
16 AUT 271 Raudaschl Florian 16 34 19 4 27 16 17 17 116
17 CRO 11 Kuret Karlo 37 20 26 7 6 6 14 44 116
18 NZL 1 Slater Daniel 3 8 OCS19 12 18 30 33 123
19 POL 12 Szukiel Waclaw 32 28 38 3 5 26 24 8 126
20 FIN 216 Tapio Nirkko 23 15 9 27 34 24 2 27 127
for the Jorg Bruder Silver Cup, were
competing in the same fleet as the seniors
and represented nine countries.
Race 3
The start of the third race was delayed by
two hours on the water. After two general
recalls, the third start got away although Dan
Slater and local hope Ivan Klakovitch Gaspic
collected a disqualification.
Trujillo won the race enjoying the increasing
breeze and displaying his usual strength
upwind in the strong conditions. Starting at
10 knots, the wind increased to 18 knots and
after a very good start, Trujillo was among
the leaders with Daniel Birgmark and Jonas.
Rafael capitalised his lead on the second
upwind and rounded the windward mark with
a one minute lead to win the race in front of
Jonas. His second place took the world
number one ranked sailor to the top of the
fleet overnight.
Race 4
It was a difficult day on the water. The wind
came from every direction and the racing
was postponed until 3 pm. After two general
recalls, race 4 started in 15 knots with Rafael
repeating his tactics to favour the right of the
beat to lead round the top mark ahead of
Edward Wright who got just as much breeze
on the left while Waclav Szukiel got to the
top mark in third after sailing up the middle.
With the wind decreasing the committee
shortened the course and set the finish at
the end of the second beat. The top three
remained the same while Florian Raudaschl
took fourth place.
FINNFARE AUGUST 2006

Top to bottom:
World Champion 2026 (?);
Jonas Hoegh-Christensen wins his
first Finn Gold Cup; winner of race 7,
Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic, World Junior
Champion, Mark Andrews; +39 team
mates, Rafael Trujillo and Iain Percy
21 ESP 310 Arrarte Pablo 27 25 29 17 23 12 10 24 138
22 CZE 1 Maier Michael 34 16 47 16 26 23 8 21 144
23 FRA 972 Ismael Bruno 15 22 31 14 22 43 35 11 150
24 IRL 10 O'Grady Aaron 31 19 35 42 25 19 37 5 171
25 GBR 625 Greig Ed 38 26 11 52 36 15 19 29 174
26 CRO 25 Misura Marin 28 17 34 36 44 20 9 32 176
27 POL 7 Szukiel Rafal 17 18 33 29 29 22 39 37 185
28 IRL 5 Goodbody Timothy 26 37 16 9 31 31 53 39 189
29 USA 4 Railey Zach 22 21 27 71 20 27 22 51 190
30 LTU 7 Guzys Giedrius 14 30 30 43 41 21 20 41 197
31 GBR 88 Andrews Mark (J) 24 27 24 34 35 29 50 25 198
32 GRE 8 Dragoutsis Alexandros 18 31 48 15 32 32 43 60 219
33 CRO 69 Miöura Bartul 40 24 23 53 33 62 23 26 222
34 CRO 16 Tomaöevic Emil 20 35 40 70 43 34 38 20 230
35 CZE 3 Lidarik Rudolf 30 50 46 40 38 56 15 18 237
36 ESP 836 Vadell Alberto 46 32 45 57 52 40 5 22 242
37 NED 80 Willems Sender 13 BFD 15 60 40 30 41 46 245
38 ITA 117 Poggi Giorgio 29 39 20 50 28 36 44 56 246
39 DEN 9 Laursen Thomas 33 40 18 RET 39 42 29 47 248
40 ESP 1 Fructoso Diego 36 36 49 59 24 41 45 23 254
41 NED 64 Zetzema Wietze 41 BFD 28 30 18 55 40 58 270
42 BRA 109 Zarif Jorge 58 44 37 26 30 33 58 43 271
43 GBR 99 Bagnall Henry (J) 52 43 41 24 58 39 62 15 272
44 ITA 660 Bortoletto Davide 35 58 32 61 37 50 25 40 277
45 GBR 589 Davidson Peter 42 54 36 35 46 48 61 45 306
46 UKR 1 Borisov Olexiy 49 41 25 37 BFD 28 31 DNF 311
47 CAN 115 Mess Derek 57 62 43 25 53 49 55 35 317
48 NED 41 Van Hellemond Karel 43 65 53 75 66 35 51 14 327
49 CZE 9 Hruby Michal 39 33 17 21 21 DNC DNC DNC 331
50 POL 17 Kula Piotr (J) BFD 48 DSQ 23 59 54 18 42 344
51 NZL 4 Turner Jim 55 52 44 28 57 61 68 48 345
52 POL 1 Dabkowski Krzysztof (J) 51 46 54 48 45 57 48 59 349
53 POL 45 Mazur Piotr (J) 65 57 87 33 47 69 49 31 351
54 ITA 101 Cordovani Riccardo 79 67 42 41 DNC 38 71 30 368
55 GBR 634 Mills Andrew (J) 54 38 39 81 48 71 42 DNF 373
56 ITA 6 Passoni Marco 53 56 52 BFD 74 51 64 34 384
57 ITA 40 Kolic Marko (J) BFD 42 51 DNF 67 45 26 55 386
58 CRO 88 Mrduljac Marin 84 76 80 44 63 46 32 49 390
59 ITA 82 Bosetti Roberto 50 51 61 46 64 70 56 62 390
60 FRA 9 Ponsot Pierre Alexis 63 55 50 31 75 52 69 74 394
61 CZE 52 Vika Tomas (J) 75 64 73 64 60 65 36 36 398
62 GER 174 Bohn Matthias 56 63 69 93 61 37 47 76 409
63 POL 41 Szydlowski Bartek (J) 48 49 57 62 BFD 44 52 DNF 412
64 ITA 55 Riosa Walter 70 53 63 45 50 60 78 DNF 419
65 TUR 7 Muslubas Akif 68 61 68 63 55 59 85 61 435
66 ITA 68 Romeo Piero 59 RET 75 38 BFD 53 57 54 436
67 HUN 6 Pal Gaszton 61 60 66 84 72 47 54 78 438
68 ITA 70 Lubrano Francesco 47 47 91 88 49 66 67 77 441
69 GER 108 Munck Sebastian 64 80 56 47 76 76 59 66 444
70 BUL 24 Kopanov Mihail 44 59 64 74 83 63 73 75 452
71 CRO 9 Cicarelli Luksa 82 68 74 72 51 73 66 50 454
72 BAR 2 Mcgregor David 80 70 59 56 73 72 76 57 463
73 HUN 8 Beliczay Marton (J) 62 79 79 49 77 79 72 52 470
74 NED 45 De Ruiter Dennis 71 75 58 58 87 75 63 70 470
75 GER 165 Meid Dirk 74 69 62 67 65 74 75 DNC 486
76 ITA 929 Buglielli Marco 66 81 72 RET 68 68 88 53 496
77 CRO 6 Zekan Armano DSQ 71 71 85 56 88 60 67 498
78 ITA 72 Guidi Andrea 88 72 82 92 54 77 65 64 502
79 EST 7 Liiv Harles 60 45 DNC DNC 42 58 DNC DNC 505
80 BUL 20 Stergidov Kosta 73 77 76 82 62 67 84 68 505
81 ITA 926 Mancini Simone 85 85 70 54 69 80 90 69 512
82 EST 3 Eesalu Heiko (J) 81 73 67 90 78 64 86 63 512
83 NED 804 Scheurwater Cees 72 74 65 76 81 86 81 73 522
84 GRE 71 Panagiotis Davourlis 83 86 85 51 80 81 91 65 531
85 ITA 4 Faggiani Francesco 77 78 78 77 86 78 70 DNF 544
86 SUI 496 Gautschi Tomas 69 93 89 66 90 87 74 71 546
87 EST 8 Taveter Aare (J) 93 87 86 73 71 84 83 79 563
88 USA 1197 Brown Conrad 76 84 88 55 79 89 93 DNF 564
89 BAR 1 Kent Christopher 78 90 81 79 84 91 80 72 564
90 AUS 2 Ironmoger Ricky (J) 45 89 55 86 DNC DNC DNC DNC 575
91 HUN 5 Pallay Tibor 86 83 77 DNC 70 82 77 DNC 575
92 GBR 631 Hart Richard 87 82 83 78 82 85 92 81 578
93 DEN 231 Boggild Kenneth 67 66 60 87 DNC DNC DNC DNC 580
94 HUN 17 Keresztes Gabor 89 92 92 69 88 92 87 80 597
95 USA 1213 Nady Andras 92 91 84 80 92 93 82 82 603
96 ITA 71 Podesta Lorenzo (J) 90 95 90 91 89 90 79 DNF 624
97 GER 666 Wingsch Volker 91 94 93 65 85 DNC DNF DNC 628
98 HUN 68 Laszlo Nagy Akos 94 88 94 89 91 83 89 DNC 628
99 RUS 7 Duyunov Maxim 95 96 95 83 93 94 94 DNC 650
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The second race was cancelled after the wind
took a 100° shift on the second upwind leg.
Iain Percy was leading with Jonas in second
at the time.
Mark Andrews was still leading the 16 junior
fleet in 23rd place overall. Henry Bagnall has
climbed up the overall ranking in 37th place
after scoring a 25th. Third placed Junior was
Krysztof Dabkowski in 50th position.
Races 5 and 6
Perfect conditions provided two good races
in a strengthening westerly wind. After a
general recall, the race was started in a stable
10 knots on a windward return course. Jonas
notched up his first win followed over the
finish line by Emilios, Ed Wright and Percy.
The wind increased to 18 knots for the second
race, and the committee set a triangle and
upwind finish. Jonas was first at the top mark
but lost his lead to finish third. “I had a good
start on the left then I covered the fleet in the
middle. I didn’t want to go too far on one side
with so many boats. I was leading at the
windward mark but then I couldn’t find the
mark and lost my usual rhythm downwind.”
Peter-Jan Postma from Holland passed the
wing mark in front but could not keep Trujillo
behind. The Spaniard passed him at the
leeward mark and kept his position until the
finish where he collected his third bullet.
Peter-Jan Postma managed to stay in second
place.
Race 7
The Bura, a Northerly capricious wind came
on Saturday to add some excitement to the
crucial penultimate race. Renowned for being
shifty and inconstant the local wind from the
mountain delayed racing until 5pm.
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Sailors from
Split had
probably been
waiting for the
Bura all week
and the results
proved that the
locals and their
training partners
made the most
of this tricky
wind.
Nicknamed
Bambi, Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic, current
European and World Junior Champion,
mastered the conditions to win his first World
Championship race. Tapio Nirkko threatened
the young Croatian on the run where they
shared the lead but not for long, although
they stayed ahead of the fleet.
Among the favourites for the title, Emilios
third was across the line and Ed Wright
seventh in the difficult conditions. Meanwhile,
Jonas and Rafael followed each other across
the finish in 33rd and 34th place. “I would
have had more chance playing the lottery,”
declared the regatta leader.
Going in to the last day, Jonas and Rafael
were only five points apart in first and second.
Emilios was three points behind while Ed
Wright, the only one among the top four with
no bad race, could also win the title.
Race 8
On the final day, Jonas proved that he really
is the number one Finn sailor in the World by
winning the 50th Finn Gold Cup. He won by
just three points from Emilios. The Greek
won the last race but this was not enough.
The Bronze medal went to Ed Wright who
raced a very constant regatta scoring only
top 10 results, with a second in the last race.
Ed Wright has made a rapid progression after
stepping from the Laser to the Finn last year.
Also coming from the Laser is Daniel Birgmark
who finished 4th after coming 7th in the last
race.
Rafael Trujillo was probably the fastest sailor
in this regatta, the early leader won three
races in the championship but the Bura wind
proved fatal for him.
The best Croatian was race 8 winner, Ivan
Kljakovic Gaspic in 8th position. He passed
on the Jorg Bruder Silver Cup to the new
Junior World Champion, Mark Andrews.
Second Junior was Henry Bagnall also from
Great Britain. The third Junior was fought for
very hard all week. After a very slow start to
the Championship, Piotr Kula finished third
by overtaking his teammates Krzysztof
Dabkowski and Piotr Mazur by a few points.
The Finn class is thankful to the Labud Yacht
Club and the Grisogono brothers who have
provided the Finn sailors with a great
championship.
FINNFARE AUGUST 2006

Thirty years ago...
It might be interesting to see who were the main contenders for the
Gold Cup 30 years ago in 1976, and the Olympics later that year.
Chris Law took out the windy Gold Cup in Manly, Australia in fine
style, but failed to qualify for Kingston. There, the East German
Jochen Schümann narrowly won gold. Third in both events was the
great John Bertrand. As these excerpts from FINNFARE show, the
results from Manly reveal a relatively youthful Gus Miller in 21st.
HEAVYWEIGHT DINGHY - FINN Issue Date - 2 Aug 2006
Pos Skipper Nation Prev Points
1 Jonas HOEGH CHRISTENSEN DEN 1 5409
2 Emilios PAPATHANASIOU GRE 4 5322
3 Rafael TRUJILLO VILLAR ESP 3 5274
4 Daniel SLATER NZL 2 5174
5 Daniel BIRGMARK SWE 6 5055
6 Chris COOK CAN 5 5031
7 Edward WRIGHT GBR 9 4955
8 Gasper VINCEC SLO 7 4903
9 Ivan KLJAKOVIC GASPIC CRO 11 4837
10 Waclaw SZUKIEL POL 10 4777
11 Marin MISURA CRO 8 4767
12 Peer MOBERG NOR 13 4625
13 Aaron O`GRADY IRL 12 4490
14 Johan TILLANDER SWE 16 4464
15 Matt HOWARD GBR 19= 4332
16 Zack RAILEY USA 15 4331
17 Rafal SZUKIEL POL 18 4236
18 Wietze ZETZEMA NED 14 4183
19 Michal HRUBY CZE 17 4116
20 Anthony NOSSITER AUS 31 3971
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AUSTRALIA
Australia calls Finns Down Under for Sail
Melbourne
Australia will again host an Olympic and
Invited Classes Regatta in 2007 as part of its
annual Sail Melbourne event. The Olympic
and Invited Classes Regatta will be held at
Sandringham Yacht Club from 15-20 January.
Sail Melbourne is pleased to announce the
sponsorship support of Singapore Airlines for
Sail Melbourne 2007. Singapore Airlines has
substantially lowered their ticket prices to fly
to Australia and will also offer 50 kg free
excess baggage for competitors in Sail
Melbourne 2007 events.
This offer is available immediately. Full details
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with a list of 20 cities in 17 different countries
where sailors may access these substantial
savings. All bookings need to be made directly
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Competitors must advise that they are
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booking.
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ITALY
Finn sailing from across the world
Coppa Italia
More than 80 Italian Finn sailors participated
in the first five events of the Coppa Italia
2006, with 21 races completed and great fun
for everybody. These races were also valid
as selection for the 2006 Finn Gold Cup and
Europeans.
The first event was in Anzio, where the first
three races were sailed with a nice southerly
and big waves. The final race instead was in
light winds. Riccardo Cordovani convincingly
came first overall, even without sailing the
last race. Second was Emanuele Vaccari,
back in the Finn after ten years (he was the
Italian representative in Barcelona in 1992).
The second event was the Stuffer Vitessa
Trophy in Caldaro Lake, where as usual many
sailors from Germany and Austria were
present. The 2005 World Master champion
Silvio Santoni performed as expected and
came first overall in front of Florian Raudaschl
from Austria.
The following week there was another event
in Torbole on Garda Lake. The first day the
Ora filled in later and lighter than usual and
only one race was sailed. The second day of
racing began very early with a strong northerly
wind and two very long races. When the wind
dropped the race committee sent the fleet
ashore waiting for the Ora to fill in. There was
not much to wait until the third race of the
day, which was sailed in the classical Garda
conditions. Silvio was again first overall, with
Riccardo Cordovani in second and Giorgio
Poggi in third.
The following event took place in Castiglione
della Pescaia at the end of May. Five races
were sailed in two days, with light winds the
first day and a strong southerly on the second
day. The event was dominated by Giorgio
Poggi, at his first year in the Finn and rapidly
improving his performances, followed by the
Junior Marko Kolic and Silvio Santoni.
The first weekend of July the fleet went to
Pesaro for the last event before the Summer
holidays. Five races were sailed in light wind
conditions, and Marco Buglielli came first
overall, followed by Riccardo Cordovani and
Simone Mancini.
The next events of Coppa Italia 2006 will take
place in Livorno (9-10 September) and in
Malcesine with the traditional Finn Cup in
October.
Trofeo LNI Challenge - Follonica
In March the first edition of the LNI Challenge
Trophy was sailed in Follonica. The event
was very well organised by Mauro Merlini
and will possibly become the season opening
regatta in Italy. This year 20 Finns were
present, and Marco Buglielli convincingly won
in front of Simone Mancini and Francesco
‘Ciccio’ Lubrano, who recently started sailing
the Finn.
Trofeo Meccheri - Forte dei Marmi
This year took place the 23rd edition of the
classical Trofeo Meccheri in Forte dei Marmi.
Four races were sailed in the usual light wind
conditions, and Marco Buglielli came first,
followed by Italo Bertacca and the local legend
Franco Dazzi.
FINNFARE AUGUST 2006

FRANCE
Championnat de France Senior
May 25th-May 28th
Mark Ribet wrote, “This very specific and fun
event, gathering various classes ranging from
Formula Windsurfing to Tempest or Formula
18 was once again organized by CV Bordeaux
and Hourtin. This meant 800 sailboards,
dinghies, and keel boats... and CV Bordeaux
showed top-notch organisation during these
NEW ZEALAND
Waiuku Finn Veterans Champs Celebrates
21 Years
Waiuku Yacht Club celebrated 21 years of
hosting the Black Heart Finn Veterans
Championships from 30 March to 2 April
2006.
The event was generously sponsored by
Black Heart Rum and Monty’s Mowers.
Consequently plenty of the sponsor’s product
was consumed over the weekend.
Winner David Hoogenboom shows his
downwind form in the Black Heart Waiuku
Finn Masters.
Wind proved to be a scarce commodity
unfortunately with Saturday being the only
day where a full four races could be sailed.
On Thursday two races were sailed until the
wind disappeared. Being sponsored by a rum
supplier a harbour rum race was held on
Friday with all sailors racing through The
Needles towards Clarkes Beach and back.
This race was won by Finn sailing stalwart
and regatta organiser, John Duff.
four days of regattas. No doubt this knowhow
and the great location will make CV
Bordeaux one of the prime candidates for
the Masters in 2009. 37 Finns entered the
championship, and in mostly light and
changing winds Laurent Hay took an early
lead to be the clear winner after nine races.
The young and rising star Pierre Mondeteguy
followed, with Luc Cholet taking third place.
Please note the next major french regatta is
‘L’Armistice’, which will be held at Hourtin
early November.”
Athough the rain was gladly received by many
on Sunday, the forecast wind did not arrive
and after floating around in the rain for two
hours the race committee abandoned and
the regatta concluded with seven races sailed.
After seven races the lead was tied between
David Hoogenboom and Allan Dawson with
David Hoogenboom being awarded first place
on countback. John Duff took out third place.
Overall, the regatta ran very smoothly and
professionally through all the hard work and
organisation of the club, and race officials.
All the sailors look forward to sailing this
regatta for many years to come and to the
hospitality of the host club.
1st Overall David Hoogenboom
2nd Overall: Allan Dawson
3rd Overall: John Duff
1st Handicap: Gerrit Bearda
2nd Handicap: Rex Erickson
3rd Handicap: Jim Goodare
See class website: www.finn-nz.org
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SPAIN
2006 Cup of Spain
Victor Serrano (ESP 260) writes: “Once more,
this traditional race was ran in Entrepenas,
near Madrid, from the 29th of April to the 1st
of May, and 14 Finns with light and changing
winds made it really difficult to maintain the
position within the fleet.
THE NETHERLANDS
Finnale 2006
On May 13 and 14 the Finnale was sailed.
Having been held for 41 years, the Finnale
is one of the oldest Dutch Finn events. A new
beautiful location in Monnickendam on the
Gouwzee and good dates attracted almost
40 sailors, including two foreign guests, Chris
Cook from Canada and Aaron O’Grady from
Ireland. In the future, the Finnale can be seen
as a valuable warming up for Finn sailors
who plan to come to
Monnickendam/Gouwzee directly after the
Semaine Olympic in Hyéres and want to sail
the Holland Regatta at Medemblik afterwards.
Both locations are less than 30 kilometres
apart.
Results
1 CAN 41 Chris Cook 12
2 NED 6 Stefan de Vries 13
3 NED 842 Pieter-Jan Postma 14
4 NED 41 Karel van Hellemond 19
5 IRL 10 Aaron O'Grady 22
6 NED 838 Luuk Kuijper 40
7 NED 804 Cees Scheurwater 40
8 NED 45 Dennis de Ruiter 42
9 NED 29 Bas de Waal 51
10 NED 64 Wietze Zetzema 57
11 NED 43 Jack van Hellemond 57
UNITED KINGDOM
UK Masters Championship
Sailed at Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club, the
second UK Masters Championship was again
a great success with a worthy winner in Allen
Burrell who won three out of five races. Marc
Allain Des Beavais won the first race and
Sander Kooij the fourth.
Results
1 GBR 2 Allen BURRELL 6
2 BAR 2 David MCGREGOR 17
3 GBR 651 Neil ROBINSON 18.5
4 GBR 565 Sander KOOIJ 20
5 FRA 862 Marc ALLAIN Des BEAUVAIS 24
6 GBR 20 Andy DENISON 26
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The clear favourite, Diego Fructuoso, didn’t
allow anybody to discuss his bid to win the
Cup again, although Miguel Fernandez tried
nearly everything (legal) to avoid it. The fight
took place between third and seventh with
three Finns finishing even in the end and
continuous changes during the three days
championship.
We also enjoyed a brotherhood dinner and
decided, at the 2006 general meeting, the
schedule for the rest of the year and the main
national championships for 2007.”
Results
1 Diego Fructuoso 6
2 Miguel Fernandez 12
3 Rafael Artime 23
4 Victor Serrano 28
5 Pablo Lopez 31
6 Javier Moreno 31
12 NED 787 Nanno Schuttrups 58
13 NED 80 Sander Willems 59
14 NED 3 Gert van Woudenberg 59
15 NED 8 Rodrick Casander 73
16 NED 81 Gerko Viser 74
17 NED 25 Arwin Karssemeijer 75
18 NED 748 Fons van Gent 77
19 NED 77 Jan-Jaap Lamme 78
20 NED 58 Peter de Gooijer 80
21 NED 38 Olaf van Heusden 85
22 NED 50 Jan Zetzema 90
23 NED 54 Han Schelling 91
24 NED 1 Jan van der Horst 92
25 NED 844 Lucio Nodari 97
26 NED 728 Dirkjan van Dam 100
27 NED 32 Peter Verhoef 102
28 NED 848 Pax van de Griend 102
29 NED 849 Arjen de Bruin 105
30 NED 23 Robert Sledziewski 108
31 NED 72 Lacus-Jan Groenhout 116
7 GBR 567 Martin HUGHES 30
8 GBR 51 Phil LAYCOCK 33
9 GBR 28 Andy OSMAN 36
10 GBR 556 Graene MACDONALD 40
11 GBR 610 John HEYES 41
12 GBR 648 Adrian BRUNTON 46
13 GBR 611 Tony LOCK 47
14 GBR 33 Graham PAGE 48
15 GBR 24 Rory BARNES 49
16 GBR 595 Edward THORBURN 50.5
17 GBR 54 Keith FEDI 52
18 GBR 77 Howard SELLARS 52
19 GBR 631 Richard HART 57
20 GBR 540 Alan TUCKER 58
21 GBR 11 Cliff ENGLISH 60
22 GBR 8 Tim CARVER 66
23 GBR 620 Laurence PETERS 76
7 Miguel Jimenez 31
8 Juan Carlos Candela 47
9 Emilio Plagaro 48
10 Javier Garcia 59
11 Alejandro Prieto 63
12 Jose Manuel Lopez-Campos 71
13 German Busquets 77
14 Antonio Candela 90
32 NED 67 Rutger Rozemuller 123
33 NED 4 Ruurd Baerends 125
34 NED 11 Henk de Jager 128
35 NED 9 Jobs Isselmann 131
36 BEL 27 Jaap Goede 138
37 NED 18 Johan van Straalen 146
38 NED 88 Chiel Barends 156
World Masters 2008 in the Netherlands
During the World Masters at Batalon in
Hungary the majority of the competing
masters voted for the Netherlands as the
organising country for the World Masters in
2008. Also, the majority of votes went to the
International Sailing Center Medemblik
(ISCM) – below – as the location for this
event, which is a familiar and valued location
with a professional organisation known to
many sailors.
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Major regatta results 2006
Semaine Olympique Hyeres
April 22-28
1 GBR111 WRIGHT Edward (below) 15
2 CRO25 MISURA Marin 38
3 DEN2 HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN Jonas 40
4 NZL1 SLATER Dan 50
5 FRA73 FLORENT Guillaume 51
6 SLO5 VINCEC Gasper 56
7 GRE7 PAPATHANASIOU Emilios 64
8 DEN7 HOLM Soren 70
9 CRO524 KLJAKOVIC GASPIC Ivan 71
10 SWE11 BIRGMARK Daniel 75
11 NOR1 MOBERG Peer 75
12 GBR88 ANDREWS Mark 83
13 ESP310 ARRARTE Pablo 90
14 SWE736 TILLANDER Johan 90
15 FRA972 BRUNO Ismael 97
16 NED64 ZETZEMA Wietze 102
17 NED842 POSTMA Pieter-jan 103
18 POL12 SZUKIEL Waclaw 103
19 NED6 DEVRIES Stefan 104
20 ITA117 POGGI Giorgio 108
21 CRO16 TOMASEVIC Emil 122
22 ITA101 CORDOVANIRiccardo 123
23 AUT271 RAUDASCHLFlorian 128
24 UKR1 BORYSOV Oleksiy 128
25 CAN41 COOK Christopher 134
26 GBR550 HOWARD Matt 135
27 LTU7 GUZYS Giedrius 143
28 GBR628 CRAIG Nick 143
29 ESP1 FRUCTUOSO Diego 151
30 EST7 LIIV Harles 154
31 POL7 SZUKIEL Rafal 155
32 TUR7 MUSLUBAS Akif 169
33 FIN216 NIRKKO Tapio 170
34 NED80 WILLEMS Sander 170
35 GER174 BOHN Matthias 189
36 GRE8 DRAGOUTSIS Alexandros 190
37 FRA110 CHOLEY Luc 195
38 GBR99 BAGNALL Henry 205
39 FRA9 PONSOT Pierrealexis 206
40 GBR589 DAVIDSON Peter 209
41 BAR2 MCGREGOR David 222
42 CZE52 VIKA Tomas 234
43 FRA75 HAY Laurent 235
44 SUI496 GAUTSCHI Thomas 240
45 BEL27 GOEDE Japp 255
46 FRA59 SALOMON Herve 264
47 FRA876 DEROZIERES Alexandre 268
Holland Regatta
May 24-28 2006
1 GRE 7 Emilios Papathanasiou (right) 18
2 GBR 111 Edward Wright 25
3 ESP 100 Rafael Trujillo 32
4 CRO 25 Marin Misura 34
5 CAN 41 Christopher Cook 35
6 SWE 11 Daniel Birgmark 44
7 NZL 1 Dan Slater 48
8 DEN 2 Jonas Hoegh-Christensen 49
9 SLO 5 Gasper Vincec 55
10 NED 842 Pieter-jan Postma 62
11 AUS 221 Anthony Nossiter 51
12 NOR 1 Peer Moberg 64
13 CZE 1 Michael Maier 65
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14 USA 4 Zach Railey 66
15 CRO 524 Ivan Kljakovic gaspic 69
16 FRA 73 Guillaume Florent 70
17 POL 7 Rafal Szukiel 71
18 POL 12 Waclaw Szukiel 71
19 CZE 9 Michal Hruby 79
20 SWE 736 Johan Tillander 86
21 UKR 1 Oleksiy Borysov 88
22 ESP 310 Pablo Arrarte 89
23 IRL 10 Aaron O’Grady 89
24 NED 80 Sander Willems 94
25 CRO 16 Emil Tomasevic 104
26 NED 6 Stefan de Vries 105
27 IRL 5 Timothy Goodbody 109
28 DEN 9 Thomas Laursen 110
29 ESP 1 Diego Fructuoso 115
30 BRA 1 Jorge Zarif 121
31 ITA 101 Riccardo Cordovani 128
32 NED 64 Wietze Zetzema 130
33 GBR 88 Andrews Mark 134
34 GBR 589 Peter Davidson 137
35 FRA 972 Ismael Bruno 139
36 CZE 3 Rudolf Lidarik 165
37 GBR 550 Howard Matthew 72
38 GBR 628 Nick Craig 77
39 ITA 117 Giorgio Poggi 82
40 HUN 6 Gaszton Pal 99
41 EST 7 Harles Liiv 100
42 NED 780 Jan willem Kok 100
43 LTU 7 Giedrius Guzys 105
44 NED 804 Cees Scheurwater 114
45 NED 41 Kare van Hellemond 115
46 NED 787 Nanno Schuttrups 120
47 GER 165 Dirk Meid 127
48 ITA 68 Piero Romeo 130
49 GER 174 Matthias Bohn 130
50 DEN 231 Kenneth Bøggild 136
51 NED 45 Dennis de Ruiter 147
52 BAR 2 David Mcgregor 148
53 NED 802 Hero Mulder 152
54 CZE 52 Tomas Vika 156
55 HUN 8 Mórton Beliczay 157
56 GER 666 Volker Wingsch 168
57 NED 29 Bas de Waal 176
58 NED 61 Han Bergsma 176
59 SUI 496 Thomas Gautschi 178
60 BEL 27 Jaap Goede 180
61 GBR 649 David Harcourt 182
62 AUT 271 Florian Raudaschl 186
63 TUR 7 Akif Muslubas 198
64 GER 262 Uwe Barthel 205
65 GER 188 Michael Klögel 210
66 NED 67 Rutger Rozemuller 220
67 ITA 892 Paolo Cisbani 229
68 GBR 13 John de Leeuw 236
69 NED 18 Johan van Straalen 237
70 NED 728 Dirkjan van Dam 239
Kieler Woche
June 17-25 2006
1 NZL 1 Slater, Dan 16
2 DEN 2 Hoegh-Christensen, Jonas (below) 18
3 CRO 25 Misura, Marin 22
4 CRO 524 Klakovic-Gaspic, Ivan 36
5 GBR 550 Howard, Matt 45
6 USA 4 Zach, Railey 49
7 POL 12 Szukiel, Wactaw 56
8 NOR 1 Moberg, Peer 61
9 CZE 9 Michal, Hruby 63
10 IRL 10 O’Grady, Aaron 78
11 POL 7 Szukiel, Rafal 82
12 IRL 5 Goodbody, Timothy 93
13 ITA 117 Giorgio, Poggi 126
14 NED 64 Zetzema, Wietze 134
15 BRA 1 Zarif, Jorge 134
16 ITA 101 Cordovani, Riccardo 145
17 GBR 589 Peter, Davidson 153
18 POL 17 Kula, Piotr 169
19 GBR 625 Greig, Edward 171
20 GBR 88 Andrews, Mark 174
21 GBR 634 Mills, Andrew 184.5
22 POL 1 Dabkowski, Krzysztof 187
23 UKR 1 Oleksiy, Borisov 188
24 CRO 16 Tomasevic, Emil 188
25 GER 174 Bohn, Matthias 189
26 FRA 972 Bruno, Ismael 201
27 HUN 6 Pal, Gaszton 210
28 ITA 40 Kolic, Marko 214
29 GBR 99 Bagnall, Henry 223
30 DEN 231 Bøggild, Kenneth 225
31 SWE 6 Allansson, Bjørn 237
32 ITA 64 Silvio, Santoni 255
33 GER 711 Budzien, André 265
34 POL 45 Mazur, Piotr 266
35 BLR 7 Mumyga, Alexander 268
36 GER 203 Duisberg, Hartmut 269
37 GER 27 Wolff, Matthias 271
38 ITA 82 Roberto, Bosetti 277
39 CZE 52 Vika, Tomas 281
40 GER 212 Müller, Erk 282
41 GER 13 Tamm, Wolfgang 295
42 GER 88 Sibbert, Carsten 298
43 GER 159 Rehbehn, Martin 301
44 GER 142 Paech, Jonny 317
45 AUT 271 Raudaschl, Florian 330
46 ITA 892 Paolo, Cisbani 337
47 GER 100 Schulz, Oliver-Sven 342
48 GER 167 Credet, Heiko 343
49 GER 81 Dellas, Jan-Dietmar 354
50 GER 22 Mitterer, Martin 362
51 GER 96 Baum, Uwe 374
52 DEN 9 Laursen, Thomas 402
53 SLO 5 Gasper, Vincec 417
54 FRA 1724 Hüger, Eric 421
55 GER 262 Barthel, Uwe 448
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For further information on any event, to check the latest information on dates and venues contact the IFA Office or see the IFA or ISAF website.
Please check all details with organisers before travelling.
AUGUST
August 1-5 Idea Gdynia Sailing Days Gdynia Poland www.sail.gdynia.pl
August 18-31 2006 Olympic Test Event Qingdao China www.sailing2008.com
August19-29 Toilet Bowl Cazenovia USA www.nafinnclass.org
August 24-27 International Swiss Championship Brunnen/Lake Lucerne Switzerland www.finn.ch
August 25-26 CORK Kingston Canada www.nafinnclass.org
Aug 30-Sept 3 International Sailing Week Chojnice Poland
August 31-3 Lipno Cere Regatta Lipno Lake Czech Republic
SEPTEMBER
September 8-10 UK Nationals Mengeham Rythe UK www.finnuk.org.uk
September 15-17 Delta Lloyd Open Dutch Sailing Champ Medemblik Netherlands www.finn-sailing.nl
September 22-30 FINN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Palma Spain www.cvpalamos.org/finneuropean
OCTOBER
October 6-8 International Finn Cup Malcesine Italy
October 7-8 Season Closing Regatta Balatonfured Hungary www.finnclass.hu
October 7-8 KSSS Olympiska Regatta Saltsjobaden Sweden
October 13-15 Weymouth Olympic Week WPNSA UK www.finnuk.org.uk
October 14-15 Pacific Coast Championship Coyote Point USA www.nafinnclass.org
October 24-28 Tzeni Grammalidou Cup Thessaloniki Greece
October 28-31 Armistice Regatta Hourtin France www.finn-france.com
NOVEMBER
November 4-5 Lebkuchenregatta/Gingerbread Regatta Oberhofen/Lake Thun Switzerland www.finn.ch
DECEMBER
December 26-30 Christmas Race Palamos Spain www.christmasrace.org
December9-12 Sail Brisbane Manly Australia www. rqys.com.au
December16-19 Sydney International Regatta Sydney Australia www.nsw.yachting.org.au
2007
January 15-20 Sail Melbourne International Regatta Melbourne Australia www.sailmelbourne.com.au
January 21-27 Rolex Miami OCR Miami USA www.ussailing.org
February 9-12 Sail Auckland International Regatta Auckland New Zealand www.sailauckland,org.nz
February 25-28 Andalusian Olympic Week Cadiz Spain www.fav.es
March 14-18 Expert Olympic Garda - Eurolymp Riva del Garda Italy www.fragliavelariva.com
March 23-27 Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week Barcelona Spain www.bosw.org
April 21-27 Semaine Olympique FranÁaise HyËres France hyeres.fvoile.net
May 23-27 Holland Regatta Medemblik Netherlands www.hollandregata.org
June 1-9 FINN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Balaton Hungary www.spartacus.hu
June 16-24 Kiel Week Kiel Germany www.kielerwoche.de
June 28 - July13 ISAF Sailing World Championships (FGC) Cascais Portugal www.cascaisworlds2007.com
July 7-15 Warnemuende Week Warnemuende Germany www.warnemunder-woche.de
July 11-14 Intervela Riva del Garda Italy www.fragliavelariva.com
August 10-25 2007 Olympic Test Event Qingdao China www.sailing2008.org
September 15-17 Delta Lloyd Open Dutch Sailing Championship Medemblik Netherlands www.opendutchsailing.org
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Revenue 2004 2005 Expenses 2004 2005 Assets 2004 2005
Memberships 24,895 26,489 Payroll 19,800 20,043 Stock ISAF plaques 1,611 0
Sail labels 14,485 11,989 Office expenses 3,664 3,182 Petty cash 31
Mast labels 4,043 3,698 Regatta expenses 3,765 1,439 Accounts receivable 1,835 845
Rule books 9,193 12,127 Bank charges 758 229 GBP Working Account 23,182 23,199
Interest 487 772 Finnfare expenses 15,536 9,932 GBP Capital Account 45,273 47,102
Advertising 3,410 2,516 Postage 678 776 FRA Working Account 8,903 17,823
Finnatic, Finnlog 953 543 ISAF Building fees 7,135 8,235
ISAF Funding 5,693 5,806 Stickers and RB's 2,976 2,092 80,804 89,000
Other * -257 Development 1,410
Masters Admin 1,003 1,004 Liabilities
Website 201 1,673
ISAF meetings 11,454 8,402 Salaries owing 1,464 2,984
Profit for the year -5,221 6,676 Capital 79,340 86,016
63,159 63,683 63,159 63,683 80,804 89,000
* foreign exchange loss
International
racing calendar 2006-7
International Finn Association 2005 Financial Accounts - Euros
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