This page contains all the news and results of the class, including archived material back to 1952. Here you can find reports and results for each year from the World Championship (Finn Gold Cup), European Championships, Finn World Masters and the Olympic Regattas. There is also a page listing Junior European, Junior World Championships and other Major Regattas including Continental championships and Grade 1 events.

All new news is listed below in the month and year that it took place. Older news will be archived by year. News is also listed by category such as IFA News and by country. So far we have news from the following countries: ARG, AUS, BEL, BRA, DEN, ESP, FRA, GER, GBR, HUN,  ITA, NED, NZL, POL, RUS, SUI, SWE, USA. If you want your country's news to appear here please email the webmaster.

2008

Past IFA President Bengt Hornevall passes away

2007

[latest news on hompage]

Andrzej Ostrowski Obituary

Finn mast rebuild project

Marin Misura wins Princess Sofia. Results

Online entry now available for the 2007 Europeans

Fast Finn sailing in Buenos Aires. Photos Results

Gasper Vincec wins Fraglia Vela Malcesine

Dan Slater wins Sail Auckland

Jonas Hoegh-Christensen wins US Midwinters

Peer Moberg wins Rolex Miami OCR

DECEMBER

2007 Finn Calendars available now. Order form  Info

New website for Polish Masters www.finn-masters.pl

Kiel Week changes

New Zealand summer Finn regatta schedule added

NOVEMBER

Russian Championship 2006 with photos

Belgian Nationals 2006

Download proposal for 2009 Gold Cup in San Francisco. PDF 900k

Argentina Nationals report and photos

Download proposal for 2009 Gold Cup in San Francisco. PDF 900k

Argentina National Championship results and photos

OCTOBER

Ben Ainslie wins Qingdao International Regatta. Report

Qualification system for the 2007 Finn Gold CUP,
ISAF World Championship in Cascais. Download PDF (74 kb)

Please gives your views on electronic compasses on the IFA forum. Here.

SEPTEMBER

Matt Howard wins the UK Nationals Results

Ed Wright is new Senior European Champion. Report

Mark Andrews new junior European Champion. Report

Full Europeans results

Day 5: Top 10 for medal race decided. Report  Event website

Day 4: Second bullet for Ed Wright. Report

Light winds on Day 3. Ismael Bruno wins.

Day 2: Ed Wright excels in the breeze. Report

Europeans - Early lead to world champion Jonas.

2007 Finn Calendars available soon. Order form  Info

New website for Polish Masters www.finn-masters.pl

Kiel Week changes

European Championship Preview

Latest results from Argentina

AUGUST

The Europeans is next. Starts in Palamos 22nd September. Website

Matt Howard wins the UK Nationals Results

New Zealand summer Finn regatta schedule added

Ben Ainslie wins Qingdao International Regatta. Report

Qualification system for the 2007 Finn Gold CUP,
ISAF World Championship in Cascais. Download PDF (74 kb)

Please gives your views on electronic compasses on the IFA forum. Here.

JULY

Jonas Hoegh Christensen is new World Champion

High scores on penultimate day

One point between Jonas and Rafael after races 5 and 6

IFA AGM Minutes and reports

Second win for Trujillo in Race 4

Rafael Trujillo wins race 3

Emilios leads - Gold Cup races one and two

AGM and Practice race

Finn Gold Cup Preview

Agenda for 2006 IFA AGM. Here

2006 Europeans website published. www.cvpalamos.org/finneuropean

Finn Sailing 'Soup to nuts!' -  a prototype Internet-based Finn skills development tool created by Jan Walker and Gus Miller.

Rebuilding a Finn

JUNE

NEW - Finn clinic and learning resource page

Dan Slater wins Kiel Week followed by Jonas Hoegh-Christensen and Marin Misura. Results

Masters - equipment list

Masters: No racing on last day

Shifty winds on Day 4 of Masters

Masters day 3 - no wind

Day two of Masters - Maier still in lead. More

Michael Maier takes early lead in Finn World Masters. More

Zvonko Bezic

Parts of FINNatics now available online.

MAY

Masters get ready on Lake Balaton

Report and results from Cup of Spain 2006

The Valencia Finn Diary

APRIL

Ed Wright wins Hayling Island OCR Results

Ed Wright wins, Marin Misura second and Jonas Hoegh Christensen third in  Hyeres Website  Results

April 2006 FINNFARE published and now online. Download here

Jonas Hoegh-Christensen wins Princesa Sofia. Rafael Trujillo second and Chris Cook 3rd. Results

Zach Railey wins Alamitos Bay OCR Results Photos

Emilios Papathanasiou wins Expert Olympic Garda 2006 Results  Photos

Ivan Kljaković Gašpić wins Split Olympic Sailing Week 2006 Results Photos

MARCH

Rules changes from March 2006. Here

Download 2006 Olympic Test Event: Notice of Race and Entry Form

Letter to National Secretaries

FEBRUARY

Melbourne bids for 2008 Finn Gold Cup Proposal  [1.3 Mb PDF)

JANUARY 2006

FIDeS Guidelines and Rules now online

Rafael Trujillo wins Rolex Miami OCR Results Pictures

Finn 2008 - IFA Strategic development plan.

More details     Also on forum

New 'user-entry' regatta calendar on forum

Anthony Nossiter win Sail Melbourne

DECEMBER

Anthony Nossiter wins the Sydney International Regatta  Results

Buenos Aires Week 2005 - Results and pictures

Sao Paulo Week 2005 - Results and pictures

New dates for Finn Gold Cup 8-16 July

NOVEMBER

Finn sailing in Poland in 2005

Report from 2005 ISAF Conference in Singapore
Finn North American Championship, Clearwater Yacht Club, Results

November 2005 FINNFARE published 18th November.

Ed Wright wins UK Inland Championships  Results  Photos

News from Argentina

Photos from Brazil

OCTOBER
2005 Malcesine Finn Cup in Lake Garda. Report and results here.

Finn Gold Cup full reports, results and photos here.

URGENT message for those sailors who shipped gear to Moscow. The container has arrived at Malcesine and has been unloaded and your gear is awaiting collection. Please contact the IFA Office in case of difficulty.

Reports and results from the 2nd  International BMW Tiroux Waldmüller Cup in Schwerin

There will be a 20 minute programme on Ben Ainslie winning his 4th Finn Gold Cup on the BBC channel BBC2, Sunday October 2nd at 4.50pm to 5.15 pm.

Get your questions answered in the new clinic
on the forum.

SEPTEMBER

October FINNFARE now in production.
Please send your material in now.

Vote for future venues on the forum

New IFA forum  goes live. Check here.

AUGUST

New IFA President:  Dr. Balasz Hajdu  has been elected as the IFA's 11th President. Read more.

IFA AGM 2005: Minutes now published. Read

European Championship 2005: Ben Ainslie wins his 3rd European Championship in Kalmar, Sweden with 5 wins, a 4th and a 3rd. Read more here. www.eurofinn2005.org