Oskari Muhonen storms to top of U23 Finn Worlds after two late races on Day 4 Another long day of waiting for wind was rewarded with two late races on Day 4 of the U23 Finn World Championship in Balatonfüred, Hungary. Oskari Muhonen, from Finland, won the day to now lead the fleet by five…
25.08.2017 Olezza hold leads after light wind race on Day 3 at U23 Finn Worlds at Balatonfüred Sebastian Kalafarski of Poland confidently won the only race possible on the third day of racing at the 2017 U23 Finn World Championship for the Finn Silver Cup. However Facundo Olezza of Argentina still holds a 13-point advantage…
23.08.2017 No racing on Day 2 at U23 Finn Worlds: Finn youth and wind play games all day Despite spending four hours on the water, no more racing was possible at the U23 Finn World Championship at Balatonfüred. The sailors were twice sent out on the water, but both times came back empty handed. Everyone…
22.08.2017 Nice points jump for Facundo Olezza after U23 Finn Worlds opener The only young sailor at the U23 Finn World Championship in Balatonfured with Olympic experience, Facundo Olezza, from Argentina, made some sense of the chaotic wind conditions on the first day to build a 13 point margin after three very tricky races were…
22.08.2017 2017 U23 Finn World Championship opened at Balatonfüred The 2017 U23 Finn World Championship for the Finn Silver Cup at Balatonfüred was officially declared open tonight in a ceremony overlooking Lake Balaton. Over the coming week nearly 50 young sailors from 21 countries will be fighting to win the right to lift the Jorg…
20.08..2017 World’s youth attracted by the timeless challenge of the Finn One of the largest Finn Silver Cups on record is about to begin on the largest lake in Central Europe. Nearly 50 young Finn sailors from 21 countries and four continents are gathering at Balatonfüred, a popular resort town on Lake Balaton’s northern shore….
18.08.2017 Iranian Finn sailor aims to make history at Tokyo 2020 Ahmad Ahmadi is aiming to become the first Iranian sailor to compete at the Olympic Games. He opens his campaign at the 2017 Finn Gold Cup next month at Balatonfoldvar in Hungary and has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help fund his Olympic dream…
16.08.2017 Young British Finn squad head to U23 Worlds supported by GAC Pindar The British Finn Association U23 squad were gathered at the National Sailing Academy in Weymouth last week for a GAC Pindar training camp as their final preparation for this year’s U23 Finn World Championship (the Finn Silver Cup), which begins at Balatonfured,…
One year on from Rio 2016: Extreme Finn sailing – Finnally There has been one question on the lips of the many thousands of Finn fans around the world since the Rio Olympics – ‘Where can we see footage of the incredible Finn racing on the courses outside the bay?’ Everyone had heard about it,…