Welcome to the British Finn Association…

This is the home of UK Finn sailing where you will find our 2024 race calendar, information on international regattas, training, tuning & technique advice, an active forum & marketplace plus all the info you need to start Finn sailing. See the latest membership benefits from our supporting Partners.

Britain has a rich heritage of success in the Finn at Olympic and World Championship levels, but the majority of the UK fleet is made up of Club and Masters sailors who enjoy racing Finns at all levels. There are great opportunities to race internationally at the Finn World Masters and the European Championships as well as the prestigious Gold Cup. All these events, together with the two main national events now count towards the Finn World Ranking, which has proved extremely popular with 1331 sailors from 40 countries competing.

Cameron Tweedle takes the Rooster British Finn National Championships 2024 for a record third time in a row – a great achievement! The Hayling Island SC hosted event was necessarily reduced to four races due to the extreme conditions over the three-day championships. Watch the daily highlights from day two and day three here.

Congratulations to Howard Sellars for coming second in the Super Legends category at the recent Finn World Masters in Punta Ala, Italy placing 212th overall in the massive 285-boat fleet.

There was an impressive 3 UK sailors in the overall top ten; Nick Craig finished 7th, John Greenwood 8th, after getting one of two BFD’s rescinded and Lawrence Crispin in 10th. Allen Burrell was not far behind in 16th and Simon Percival in 58. Full results are here.

The Richard Blowman appeal – a huge thank you to all BFA members who have donated to the fund, we have now reached our goal and the boat has now been purchased for potential Finn sailors to try the boat and borrow for regattas. Please spread the word and invite any potential Finnsters at your club to have a sail in Finn-spiration – so far she has a 100% conversation rate. Any interested sailors should contact Mike DeCourcy in the first instance.

Sail on Richard...

Huge congratulations to Britain’s Ed Wright for winning the Finn Gold Cup, on Biscayne Bay, Miami.

Traditionally a super-fit heavy airs expert, Ed came back to Finn sailing in a new DC Composites TT2 design Finn after a 3-year break, winning races in both breezy and tricky light conditions, underlining his all-round ability and the great skills and experience that years of Finn sailing instils. Ed Wright last won the Finn Gold Cup 12 years ago in San Francisco, the longest gap in Finn Gold Cup history between the first and second titles.

Ed explained, “Many times I’ve been second or third, so probably I’ve been knocking on the door a bunch of times; it’s a nice feeling to win it again. It was a stressful last day with very light winds, but we didn’t race today in the end so by default I got the win. It’s been a fun week and it’s nice to be back after a few years off the boat, I think it was 2019 the last time I was in the Finn, so it was really nice racing, and I really had a nice week.”