The location is fantastic. The Silver Cup racing area is delimited by the city front and the Marina Boulevard, Alcatraz facing the Golden Gate Bridge and the “sunny” side in the distance with Angel Island and Tiburron! The wind fills in regularly by noon from the ocean when the land heats up, and is announced [...]
After two victories in the second day of racing, Miami sailor Luke Laurence takes the lead of the Finn Silver Cup. Josip Olujic (CRO) conserves his second place while Australian sailor Oliver Tweddell gains two places to third overall. Despite saying on the first day to prefer light conditions, Luke Lawrence mastered the increasing breeze [...]
With a second and a third, South Californian Caleb Paine takes a narrow lead in the first day of the Finn Silver Cup. It feels good to be leading but there is still plenty of sailing to do! » declared Paine, who keeps realistic even if his mind is set for the title. « There [...]
Sailing in the world renowned San Francisco Bay became reality for the Junior Finn sailors, competing today in the practice race for the Junior Finn World Championship or Jorg Bruder Silver Cup. Alcatraz provided a dramatic background for the starting line along with the Golden Gate Bridge alined with the top mark. « This is [...]
For the next three weeks San Francisco Bay will be the centre of the Finn world. On 27 August the Finn Gold Cup will start but this Friday, 20 August, the Finn Silver Cup for the Jorg Bruder Cup – the Junior World Championship – will get underway. For many years the Junior Worlds was [...]
An eighth place finish in the medal race at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta was enough for Giles Scott (GBR) to break the longest standing record in Finn sailing history. Ben Ainslie (GBR), undefeated in the Finn for six years, could only finish third, behind both Jonathan Lobert (FRA) and Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) [...]
Day five of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta brought lighter and more fickle winds in Weymouth Bay and a real mix of results in the Finn fleet. After two more races Giles Scott (GBR) takes a very useful points lead into Saturday’s medal race against Ben Ainslie (GBR) and Jonathan Lobert (FRA). Race wins [...]