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Falmouth Finn Festival
Übersicht - www.falmouthfinnfestival.com
04.05.2012
Falmouth Finn Festival officially opened
The JP Morgan Asset Management Finn Festival was officially opened tonight, Friday 4 May, at the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club in Falmouth Harbour.
Event Director Robin Taylor opened proceedings and then introduced the club Commodore Peter Collett.
He said, “This event is very important to the club. It's very special for us and we have been preparing for it for four years. The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club is one of the oldest clubs in the world and is very good at putting on events like this. We'd like to thank our long list of sponsors headed up of course by JP Morgan Asset Management, and the volunteers. There are 160 people involved in organising these events.”
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I am really chuffed about this event having been in it right from the start. I am very excited and I will be out there on the water watching you. so I
wish you all the very, very best.”
The microphone was then passed to Andy Denison, Chairman of the British Finn Association. He replied,, “What a fantastic welcome we have had so far
with lots of help with the trailers and in the dinghy park. Well done to everyone.”
“I also want to thank all the sailors that have come to this event. This is the UK Nationals and thank you all for coming from great distances to
support us. I am pleased to say that this is the largest attendance of the UK National ever since it was first sailed for in 1956. We have well over
90 entries so far. Thank you also to the sponsors as without them this event would be nothing.”
"So have a good time, keep it clean, and if you see me on the start line please let me through. Thank you.”
The first race in the JP Morgan Asset Management Open UK Finn National Championship is scheduled to start at 13.00 on Saturday. Two races are planned for Saturday, three on Sunday and the final two on Monday. Forecasts are, as ever, conflicting, but most suggest a 12-14 knot breeze on Saturday with
the occasional shower.
Links:
Class website: http://www.finnclass.org ( http://www.finnclass.org/ )
Event website: http://www.falmouthfinnfestival.com ( http://www.falmouthfinnfestival.com )
Club website: http://www.royalcornwallyachtclub.org ( http://www.royalcornwallyachtclub.org )
Class Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/Finn_Class ( http://twitter.com/Finn_Class )
Class Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Finn-Class/110408332633 ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Finn-Class/110408332633 )
Class YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/thefinnchannel ( http://www.youtube.com/thefinnchannel )
About the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club
Situated in an idyllic waterfront setting of the Greenbank area in Falmouth, the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club (RCYC) was formed in 1871, and is the 15th
oldest “Royal” yacht club in England. The first patrons of the Club were Queen Victoria and the Duke of Cornwall (the future King Edward VII). The
current patron of the Club is HRH Prince Charles who succeeded his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, in 1977.
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