Day 1 dawned with overcast skies and a 10-12knt northerly with thunderstorms forecast. Once out on the course area the wind proceeded to shift progressively east making laying a true, fair beat impossible. With the appearance of dark and menacing rain clouds and a sudden 30knt easterly the fleet were…
Racing over the two days comprised 6 two lap windward/leeward courses races of 40 minutes duration. The course was situated between Bean Rock and the club house and raced in S/SW winds of 10-20knts, brilliant sunshine and hot summer temperatures. A feature of the racing was the large pressure variations…
March 10 & 11 saw eight of the North Island’s best Finn sailors make the quadrennial trek to Lyttleton to take on the ever expanding and healthy South Island fleet. The program promised to be gruelling with 15 races scheduled over 5 days to complete both regattas. Ably managed by…
Final Results from the 2016-17 NZ Finn Summer Series
Results from the 2016 Canterbury Champs Charteris Bay Yacht Club 10-11 December 2016
Results from the 2017 South Island Champs Naval Point Club Lyttleton 25-26 February.
Results from the 2016 North Island Champs at Tauranga YMBC on 8-9 October 2016
Results from the 2017 Finn Masters Waiuku Yacht Club 31 March – 2 April 2017
Results from the Finn Nationals held at Maraetai Sailing Club 10-12 March 2017
Fellow Finnsters Thanks to those for making the effort to sail the CRC Masters. 13 Finns made for some exciting racing. All 8 races sailed in some tricky conditions, but the cream still came to the top. Karl sailing Secretary Rays boat won the regatta from Ian and Dirch with…
Gallery of the 2016 New Zealand Finn Nationals held at Waiuku Yacht Club from 11 to 14 February 2016.
The 2016 New Zealand Finn Nationals were held at Waiuku Yacht Club from 11 to 14 February 2016.
The 2015 Auckland Finn Championships were held at Takapuna Boating Club Auckland over the 17-19 November 2015.
The 2015 North Island Finn Championships were held at Wakatere Boating Club Auckland over the weekend 7-8 November 2015.
The 2015 Canterbury Championships were held at Naval Point Club Lyttelton over the weekend 23-24 October 2015.
Historical Photos and memorabilia donated by Barry Morley. Minutes of the First NZ Finn Association Meeting
Another enjoyable CRC Masters regatta at Waiuku. The event ran smoothly with Bruce Morris and Kadi as the OOD’s. Many thanks to all the helpers on the water. And the ladies for the lovely meals after sailing and for keeping the Yacht club spick and span. To CRC wow what…
Hi Fellow Finnsters. The Selection Trials are all over with 15 Finns sailing the Auckland Champs off Takapuna. A good competitive fleet sailed in 15 knots Sat and 8 plus on Sunday. N/E 15 knots saw some entertaining launchings on Sat. No more exhausting than my effort. Trying to secure…
We had a great Nth Islands at Tauranga. A laid back OOD who was happy to accommodate what the 11 boat fleet wanted. So what did we settle on. Finns from Ch Ch and Welly were keen to finish the regatta in one session for travel reasons. A unanimous decision…
Finn Flash Wow what a weekend of sailing. 5 races with Josh Junior and a fleet of 10 boats. A warm welcome to Josh and Karl Purdie to Waiuku sailing. Sat saw us sail 3 races in 10<>15 knots with Josh taking 3 guns, but the sailing was close and…
Day 1: Excellent sailing conditions greeted the 12 Finn sailors for the second round of the Craig Monk Summer Series, the Auckland Finn Champs held over the weekend 7-8th December. While not the sea breeze that was hoped for the Norwest winds varying between 5 and 25 knots gave the…
Below are the results of this year’s Canterbury Championship Regatta sailed at the Charteris Bay Yacht Club over the weekend. The NOR was for 6 races but ultimately only 5 races were completed due to very difficult sailing conditions on Saturday. Racing was scheduled to start at 12.30 on Saturday…
Wow, back at work after a day off to recover from the Nth Island Finn Champs. What a great venue and well run regatta. The wind was right up there, but again the cream sailors came through after some amazing races. Day one had the fleet sent home when the…
A good turnout for the winter Finn champs. Dave, Ray, Dirch, Jim, John, Gerrit, Justin, Illia, and me. Triangle courses both days with fast reaching and close uphill battles. Dave is sailing damn fast. His fitness is good as well with all the bike riding, and the motivation videos he’s…
Thanks to the fellow Finnsters who supported the 2013 CRC Finn Masters. A little down on previous numbers, but the same outcome, a damn good hotly contested regatta. NZL 13 joining the fleet to make up a total of 13 Finns entered Thanks to the regatta sponsors CRC and Doyles.…
The popularity of this ISAF Grade 1 event continues to grow with 10 quality sailors lining up to contest this 4 day regatta. The first 2 days were sailed in 15knt easterlies in a confused seaway, the older finn sailors often dominating the first beat only to be run down…
9 Finns contested a keenly fought Auckland Finn Champs on the Manukau harbour. While the numbers were lower than expected the quality was high as was demonstrated by the tightness of the racing. The Manukau Yacht Club put on a well run highly enjoyable event for the sailor with Trevor…
The North Island Finn Champs weekend had everything, Good turnout, good wind, great racing, hard luck stories, fireworks displays, great hospitality, plenty of adult beverages and a little bit of controversy. Have to start by thanking the Thames Sailing Club team headed up by Sarah Deadman their commodore for the…
The long range forecast for Wellington over Labour Weekend 21-22 October was always interesting reading. The closer to the weekend we got the more interesting it became. Never mind, committed now so off we go. The Wellington Hurricane Classic was the first of the 2012-13 Summer Series and a new…
Hi fellow Finnsters. A good turnout of boats, 11 over the weekend. Rumours’ tell me that nzl 169 will soon bless the Waiuku waters. So now with the Newport, the wooden Finn and nzl 169, 3 more Finns join the thing to do. FINN SAILING. When all the boys front…
