Engineering:Finn (dinghy)

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Short description: One Person Sailing Dinghy formerly used in the Olympic
Finn
Finn dinghy.svg
Boat
Crew1
Draft0.17 m (6.7 in)
Hull
Hull weight107 kg (236 lb)
LOA4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
LWL4.34 m (14 ft 3 in)
Beam1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)
Rig
Mast length6.66 m (21 ft 10 in)
Sails
Mainsail area10.6 m2 (114 sq ft)
Racing
D-PN90.1[1]
RYA PN1060[2]
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Building of Finn dinghies in 1952.

The Finn dinghy is a single-handed, cat-rigged sailboat, and a former Olympic class for men's sailing. Since its debut at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Finn featured in every summer Olympics until 2020, making it the longest serving dinghy in the Olympic Regatta and one of the most prolific Olympic sailboats,[3]. The Finn is a physically demanding boat to race at the highest levels, especially since the class rules now allow unlimited boat rocking and sail pumping when the wind is above 10 knots.[4] The event will not feature on the Olympic programme from 2024.[5]

Design

Finn dinghies
Finn dinghy

The Finn was designed by Swedish canoe designer, Rickard Sarby, in 1949 for the Helsinki Olympics.

in 1952 the hulls were built of timber and the sails were of cotton. Initially there was little understanding of the role of a mast which could bend to reduce power. However over time the Finn sailors learned how to plane timber off the front of their masts for heavy winds and to glue on strips of timber on the front of the masts for lighter winds.[6]

Although the Finn hull has changed little since then, there have been developments to the rig. The original spars were made of wood until the late 1960s and early 1970s, when there was a gradual change to aluminum masts. Aluminum masts are significantly more flexible and allow more control over sail shape, and became commonplace after the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich when they were first supplied to Olympic sailors. More recently, carbon fiber masts have become commonplace in competition Finns.

The sails, too, have evolved and are now commonly made of various laminates such as Technora, polyester, and Kevlar.

The class rules are overseen by the International Finn Association.

Events

Olympic Games

Multiple World Champions

Ranking Sailor Gold Silver Bronze Total No. Entries
1  Michal Maier (CZE) 6 1 1 8 37
2  Ben Ainslie (GBR) 6 0 0 6 7
3  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN) 5 3 2 10 24
4  Giles Scott (GBR) 5 0 1 6 10
5  Fredrik Lööf (SWE) 3 3 1 7 11
5  Jörg Bruder (BRA) 3 2 1 6 8
5  Lasse Hjortnäs (DEN) 3 2 0 5 13
7  Georg Oser (SUI) 3 1 2 6 12
8  Vladimir Krutskikh (RUS) 3 1 0 4 9
9  Andre Mevel (FRA) 3 0 2 5 6
10  Roland Balthasar (GER) 3 0 0 3 14
10 Template:Country data EUA 3 0 0 3 7
11  André Nelis (BEL) 2 3 2 7 8
12  Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL) 2 3 0 5 10
13  Pieter-Jan Postma (NED) 2 2 3 7 15
13  Edward Wright (GBR) 2 2 3 7 16
15  Wolfgang Gerz (FRG) 2 2 2 6 13
16  Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN) 2 1 2 5 14
17  José Luis Doreste (ESP) 2 1 1 4 4
18  Paul Elvström (DEN) 2 1 0 3 4
18  Hank Lammens (CAN) 2 1 0 3 7
19  Philippe Presti (FRA) 2 0 1 3 6
20  Cam Lewis (USA) 2 0 0 2 3
20  Stig Westergaard (DEN) 2 0 0 2 7

Finn World Championship (Gold Cup)

The Finn Gold Cup serves as the World Championship for the Finn class.

Finn Junior World Championship (Silver Cup)

Masters Finn World Championship

1970 St Moritz (SUI)  Mel Oskamp (NED)[7]  Othmar Reich (SUI)[8]  Worn Clark (RSA) [9]
1971 Medemblik (NED)  Andreino Menoni (FIN)[10]  Othmar Reich (SUI)[8]  Mel Oskamp (NED)[7]
1972 Gargnano, Lake Garda (ITA)  Mel Oskamp (NED)[7]  Andreino Menoni ()[10]  Beda ZINGG (SUI)
1973 Nauchatel SUI No title awarded insufficient races
1974 Port Carmargue (FRA)  Andre Mevel (FRA)[11]  Mel Oskamp (NED)[7]  Vernon Stratton (GBR)[12]
1975 Port Carmargue (FRA)  Andre Mevel (FRA)[11]  Othmar Reich (SUI)[8]  Erich KASPARETH (ITA)
1976 Port Carmargue (FRA)  Andre Mevel (FRA)[11]  László Zsindely (SUI)[13]  Othmar Reich (SUI)[8]
1977 Port Carmargue (FRA)  Georg Oser (SUI)[14]  Heinz Reiter (GER)[15]  Andre Mevel (FRA)[11]
1978 Port Carmargue (FRA)  Heinz Reiter (GER)[15]  P. LEBOIS (FRA)  Georg Oser (SUI)[14]
1979 Port Carmargue (FRA)  Karel Hruby (CZE)[16]  C. STURM (SUI)  Andre Mevel (FRA)[11]
1980 Lake Lipno (CZE)  Georg Oser (SUI)[14]  Karel Hruby (CZE)[16]  Jiri Maier (CZE)[17]
1981 Port Carmargue (FRA)  György Wossala (HUN)[18]  Georg Oser (SUI)[14]  Frank Roth (SUI)
1982 Lake Neusiedl (AUT)  Georg Oser (SUI)[14]  Ivan Hoffmann (CZE)  Friedrich MÜLLER (FRG)[19]
1983  Heinrich UNTERHAUSER (ITA)[20]  Frank Roth (SUI)  Herbert HERWIG (GER)[21]
1984  Walter Mai (GER)[22]  Palle-Steen LARSEN (DEN)  Friedrich MÜLLER (FRG)[19]
1985  Jörgen LINDHARDTSEN (DEN)[23]  Klaus Stuffer (ITA)  Henning Wind (DEN)[24]
1986  Heinrich UNTERHAUSER (ITA)[25]  Klaus Stuffer (ITA)  Georg Oser (SUI)[14]
1987  Peter Raderschadt (GER)[26]  Walter Mai (GER)[22]  Ivor Ganahl (SUI)[27]
1988  Hans Fatzer (SUI)[28]  Jiri Outrata (CZE)[29]  Kurt Schimitzek (AUT)[30]
1989  Peter Raderschadt (GER)[26]  Kurt Schimitzek (AUT)[30]  Mikael Brandt (SWE)[31]
1990  Mikael Brandt (SWE)[31]  Friedrich MÜLLER (FRG)[19]  Jiri Outrata (CZE)[29]
1991  Kurt Schimitzek (AUT)[30]  Jochen Lollert (GER)  Hermann Heide (GER)[32]
1992  Roland Balthasar (FRG)[33]  Hermann Heide (GER)[32]  Peter Vollebregt (NED)[34]
1993  Peter Vollebregt (NED)[34]  Walter Mai (GER)[22]  Jan BJÖRNBERG (SWE)
1994  Roland Balthasar (GER)[33]  Jiri OUTRATA (CZE)  Walter Mai (GER)[22]
1995  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[35]  Kurt Schimitzek (AUT)[30]  Wolfgang GerzGER ()[36]
1996  Roland Balthasar (GER)[33]  Wolfgang GerzGER ()[36]  Walter Mai (GER)[22]
1997  Wolfgang GerzGER ()[36]  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[35]  Minski Fabris (CRO)[37]
1998  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[35]  Minski Fabris (CRO)[37]  Wolfgang GerzGER ()[36]
1999  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[35]  Greg Davis (RSA) RSAGD1  Jean Paul Gaston (FRA)FRAJG32
2000  John Greenwood (GBR)[38]  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[35]  Andrew Cooper (GBR)[39] [40]
2001  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[35]  Hein Pieter Okker (NED)[41]  Eberhard Bieberitz (GER)[42]|
2002  John Greenwood (GBR)[38]  Minski Fabris (CRO)[37]  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[35]
2003  Eberhard Bieberitz (GER)[42]  André Budzien (GER)[43]  Roman TEPLY (ITA)[44]
2004  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[35]  André Budzien (GER)[43]  Michael Gubi (AUT)[45]
2005  Silvio Santoni (ITA)[46]  André Budzien (GER)[43]  Allen Burrell (GBR)[47]
2006  Michal Maier (CZE)[48]  André Budzien (GER)[43]  Michael Gubi (AUT)[49]
2007  André Budzien (GER)[43]  Agustin JUAREZ MARRERO (ESP)[50]  Allen Burrell (GBR)[47]
2008  André Budzien (GER)[43]  Mihail Kopanov (BUL)[51]  Han Bergsma (NED)[52]
2009  André Budzien (GER)[43]  Jürgen Eiermann (GER)[53]  Laurent Hay (FRA)[54]
2010  Michal Maier (CZE)[48]  André Budzien (GER)[43]  Christen Christoph (SUI)[55]
2011  Michal Maier (CZE)[48]  Allen Burrell (GBR)[47]  Uli Breuer (GER)[56]
2012  Michal Maier (CZE)[48]  Allen Burrell (GBR)[47]  Laurent Hay (FRA)[54]
2013  Michal Maier (CZE)[48]  André Budzien (GER)[43]  Erik Lidesic (USA)
2014  Michal Maier (CZE)[48]  André Budzien (GER)[43]  Aleksandr Kuliukin (RUS)
2015  Vladimir Krutskikh (RUS)[57]  Dmitry Petrov (RUS)[58]  Giacomo Giovanelli (ITA)[59]
2016  Rafael Trujillo (ESP)  Vladimir Krutskikh (RUS)[57]  Michal Maier (CZE)[48]
2017  Vladimir Krutskikh (RUS)[57]  Laurent Hay (FRA)[54]  Rafael Trujillo (ESP)
2018  José Luis Doreste (ESP)  Antonio Poncell (CHI)  Giacomo Giovanelli (ITA)[59]
2019  Vladimir Krutskikh (RUS)[57]  Michal Maier (CZE)[48]  Laurent Hay (FRA)[54]
2020 Port Zelande Cancelled COVID-19 [60]
2021 Mar Menor Cancelled COVID-19
2021 Los Alcázares  Valérian Lebrun (FRA)  Filipe Silva (POR)  David Terol (ESP) [61]
2022 Helsinki (FIN)  Pieter Jan Postma (NED)  Laurent Hay (FRA)[54]  Peter PEET (NED) [62][63]
World Sailing SailorID / Reference

[43] [11] [47] [42] [19] [14] [59] [18] [32] [15] [29] [16] [30] [35] [38] [54] [7] [48] [31] [37] [8] [26] [34] [33] [57] [22] [36]

Continental Championships

  • 2006 Finn Open European Championship

References

  1. ↑ "Centerboard Classes". US Sailing. http://offshore.ussailing.org/Portsmouth_Yardstick/Current_Tables/Centerboard_Classes.htm. 
  2. ↑ "Portsmouth Number List 2012". Royal Yachting Association. http://www.rya.org.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/technical/Web%20Documents/py-general/2012%20listv3.xls. 
  3. ↑ Administrator. "History of the Finn". http://www.finnclass.org/the-finn/history-of-the-finn. 
  4. ↑ "Finn battling to retain Olympic status". 13 February 2018. https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2018/02/13/finn-battling-retain-olympic-status/. 
  5. ↑ "Finn dinghy: Farewell to Olympics". Yachting World. 25 June 2021. https://www.yachtingworld.com/all-latest-posts/finn-dinghy-farewell-to-olympics-132484. Retrieved 12 July 2022. 
  6. ↑ personal experience
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Template:World Sailing
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Template:World Sailing
  9. ↑ "Finn World Masters History from Finnatics". https://finnworldmaster.com/images/documents/Finn-World-Masters-History-from-Finnatics.pdf. Retrieved 4 April 2023. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Template:World Sailing
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Template:World Sailing
  12. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  13. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 Template:World Sailing
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Template:World Sailing
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Template:World Sailing
  17. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Template:World Sailing
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Template:World Sailing
  20. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  21. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 Template:World Sailing
  23. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  24. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  25. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Template:World Sailing
  27. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  28. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Template:World Sailing
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 Template:World Sailing
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Template:World Sailing
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Template:World Sailing
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Template:World Sailing
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Template:World Sailing
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.6 35.7 35.8 Template:World Sailing
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 Template:World Sailing
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 Template:World Sailing
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 Template:World Sailing
  39. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  40. ↑ "Results by year". https://finnworldmaster.com/events/results/events?start=12. 
  41. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 Template:World Sailing
  43. ↑ 43.00 43.01 43.02 43.03 43.04 43.05 43.06 43.07 43.08 43.09 43.10 Template:World Sailing
  44. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  45. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  46. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 47.4 Template:World Sailing
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 48.3 48.4 48.5 48.6 48.7 48.8 Template:World Sailing
  49. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  50. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  51. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  52. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  53. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 54.3 54.4 54.5 Template:World Sailing
  55. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  56. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 57.3 57.4 Template:World Sailing
  58. ↑ Template:World Sailing
  59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 Template:World Sailing
  60. ↑ FWM 2020 [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  61. ↑ "fvrm.sailti.com". http://fvrm.sailti.com/. Retrieved 5 March 2023. 
  62. ↑ "Finn WM 2022 - FINN World Masters 2022". https://fwm2022.com/. Retrieved 4 April 2023. 
  63. ↑ "Finn World Masters 2022 manage2sail". https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/FMW2022#!results. 

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