Class Contacts:
David Hickman – President president@finnusa.org
AJ Pereira – Treasurer treasurer@finnusa.org
Anna Broughton – Secretary secretary@finnusa.org
Marcus Ward - Webmaster webmaster@finnusa.org
Terry Greenfield - Chief Measurer measurer@finnusa.org
Michael Dorgan – So Cal socal@finnusa.org
Michael Kennedy- Nor Cal norcal@finnusa.org
James Bland - Texas texas@finnusa.org
Peter Frissell – Midwest midwest@finnusa.org
Noel Miller – South south@finnusa.org
Luke Buxton – East east@finnusa.org
NEW ***2025 Major Events***NEW
Upcoming Events
Multi Class One Design Regatta Registration Inshore: Buccaneer, Beginner Laser Radial, Snipes, MC Scow, 29er, Finn, Sunfish, Open BIC The 2025 US Finn Nationals will be held at Key Biscayne Yacht Club. The KBYC will make room for Finns on the waterfront lawn – local fleet can leave their boats at the club. The Key Biscayne Yacht club has a beautiful, new building and is an ideal location for some great Finn SDYC/CYC Spring Regatta Registration information to follow. Save the Date.
News
The Pacific Coast Championship Regatta has been confirmed for the weekend before the NA Championship Regatta in Newport Beach. The date for the Pacific Coast Championship is Oct 4-6 and then leave the boat at Newport Harbor YC for the North American Championship regatta the following weekend. More details to follow soon. After discussing the schedule with the Cazenovia fleet, it was decided to move the Toilet Bowl Regatta to August 15-17 and elevate the regatta to a major event by holding the Finn Northeast Championship at the same time. This will be a major event for the North East. The NOR is expected to be published For the third time in its long history the Finn Gold Cup will return this year to the iconic venue of Cascais, in Portugal. Entry has officially opened with the Notice of Race published on the event website. The 2025 Finn Gold Cup will be held from 30 August to 6 September, and is incorporated The Finn class is putting on two free webinars with 2020 Olympian Nicholas Heiner from The Netherlands. 3 February • Webinar 1 – Trim of the Finn 10 March • Webinar 2 – Strategy The moderator will be Roy Heiner. Each webinar will last for 1 hour webinar with 30 minutes of questions. Further details Southern California Finn Fleet Calendar 2025 Happy New Year. First our next opportunity to race is this coming weekend at SDYC (January 18/19). Please register ASAP. We don’t have anyone registered as of yet but I know of three that were planning on racing at least one of the two days. I will help coordinate
2025 Pacific Coast Finn Championship Regatta
2025 East Region Finn Championship Regatta
Entry Open as Finn Gold Cup returns to Cascais for the third time
FREE Finn Class Webinars with Nicholas Heiner
Southern California Finn Schedule 2025
This is the home of the North American Finn Sailing where you will find our race calendar, information on regattas, sailing technique and advice, a forum & marketplace plus all the info you need to start Finn sailing.
The Finn is an outstanding boat originally designed by Rickard Sarby for a contest to find a boat for Scandinavian sailing and the 1952 Olympics. Since then it has been featured in every Olympics.
An outstanding technical boat that favors boat handling and tactics over straight line speed. With the unlimited pumping downwind in over 10 kts, it is a truly physical boat that rewards the athlete willing to work hard.
Most dinghies are built for smaller stature people but not so the Finn. The Finn is a big man's boat with average crew weight over 200 lbs.
The great attraction of the Finn is that you don’t need a brand new boat to be competitive – top regattas are regularly won by 10-yr-old boats.
A growing route in for sailors on a budget is the ‘Classic with Carbon’ option – any pre-1985 hull super-charged with a second-hand modern rig. Classic boats are warmly welcomed at all NA Finn Class events and are often seen in the top 10 with the Modern Race Boats.