Personal Sail Numbers (PSN).

In the Finn fleet you have the option of purchasing a sail number of your choice between 1 and 200 (depending on availability). The PSN may be used on all of your Finn sails, no matter which Finn you are sailing; it is your own personal number. You will become recognised by this number; Giles Scott’s personal sail number was 41. Each boat you race must also have its own separate Registered Sail Number. A PSN is not a substitute for boat registration, which is provided through the Registration Secretary, (click here for details). PSN’s are only available to paid-up members of the BFA. If you do not renew your annual membership by 31st March you automatically forfeit your PSN and it will be reallocated. PSN’s can be purchased for a period of four years for a cost of £99 for numbers 1-20 or £75 for numbers 21-100 and now £50 for numbers 101-200. All the money so raised which previously went to support the Under 23 development programme is now used to fund regional training events for all members to make use of.

The Personal Sail Numbers available as of 8th Feb are: 57, 58, 64, 71, 73, 84, 91, 93, 94. Due to the current scarcity of PSNs, your Committee has agreed to release a further tranche of personal numbers from 101 to 200, except for the following numbers, which are still in use on Classic Finns: 111, 113, 129, 149, 151,166,192 and 197.

The Membership Secretary has rnearly finished the reconciliation of PSNs.  If you have, or intend to have a PSN, please (re) familiarise yourself with the conditions of registering a PSN found on the registration form (located here:  – then select “Personal Sail Number” tab), most importantly, read the requirement to maintain continuous membership of the BFA during the course of your PSN subscription.

Additionally, to avoid any confusion, if you sell a sail, please remove your PSN or your national boat number from the sail.

Regatta Identification Form.

If you are racing with a personal sail number that is different from the registered hull number, you may be required at major and international regattas to show a Regatta Identification Form, showing the original registered sail number, the sail number the boat is racing under and the World Sailing sticker numberThis forms part of the Measurement Certificate and should be kept as part of the measurement certificate for inspection at event registration. You can download a copy of the form here.