main page | actualities | races | programs | rankings | documents | flea market | forum | media gallery | links | newsletter | contact |  Feb 5, 2005 - Class History Report from the President On the verge of the new millennium, the International Finn Association has a special reason to look back at its past. Indeed, 1999 marks the 50th birthday of the FINN. This book, which was written for this occasion, will take us through the history of our class, with its driving forces and heroes, discovering the many developments the Finn has gone through along the way. Feb 5, 2005 - Class History The Birth of the Finn For the Finnish Yachting Association (FYA), organiser of the yachting events in the 1952 Olympic Games, selecting the keelboats may have been fairly easy. Not so for the singlehander. The Firefly, from 1948, did not appeal to many Scandinavians. Neither did the German Olympia Jolle. Feb 5, 2005 - Class History Fifty Years of the Finn In 1999 the Finn became 50 years old. For over half a century this thoroughbred singlehanded dinghy has had an incalculable influence on the sailing world, being a blend of a popular club boat, Olympic legend and teacher of many top sailors. The dinghy that began life in the mind of a Swedish canoe designer has come of age. << | < 1 | 2 | 3   sponsored by BUILT AND POWERED BY IXPERT Hungarian Finn Class Assocation © All right reserved.