60th ANNIVERSARY REGATTA – UPPSALA, SWEDEN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56
NED 41 NED 780 NED 747 SWE 721 NED 904 SWE 735 SWE 701 SWE 40 NED 11 NED 50 SWE 111 SWE 8 IRL 4 SWE 740 SWE 726 NED 1 CZE 221 SWE 21 SWE 759 POL 21 SWE 731 SWE 747 CZE 222 SWE 3 NED 754 FIN 212 USA 975 SWE 717 GER 150 SWE 801 SWE 698 SWE 328 SWE 744 SWE 702 SWE 65 ITA 43 SWE 699 SWE 800 NED 32 SWE 752 SWE 734 SWE 750 DEN 19 SWE 738 SWE 6 DEN 246 SWE 529 SWE 709 DEN 192 SWE 72 SWE 743 SWE 666 SWE 100 SWE 77 SWE 716 SWE 725
Karel van Hellemond Jan Willem Kok Thierry van Vierssen Mikael Brandt Cees Scheurwater Johan Wijk Daniel Miles Sverker Härd Henk de Jager Jan Zetzema Torsten Jarnstam Christofer Finnsgård Ross Hamilton Henrik Rydell Håkan Olsson Jan van der Horst Daniel Vinkl Robert Deaves Fredrik Tegnhed Jacek Binkowski Johan Åqvist Mats Enblom Peter Vinkl Christian Finnsgård Kees Kruyer Ville Valtonen August Miller Pär Friberg Gunter O. Hoffmann David Berg Peter Bernstein Lasse Wastesson Bengt Strömberg Gert Pluto Anders Nordin Pietro Piram Mats Wahlberg Erik Åberg Peter Verhoef Hans Wiberg Ulf Bjureus Lasse Larsson Johnny Aagesen Hans Gustavsson Christer Ridderheim Ane Zielinski Jesper Åberg Gunnar Åberg Ole Blichfeldt Madsen Charles Ley Håkan Örtqvist Martin Pluto Adam Pluto Lars Maersk Hansen Thomas Dansk Jan-Erik Florén
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1 5 2 7 8 4 10 14 3 13 18 9 15 12 16 23 22 (31) 24 17 36 20 28 32 34 19 27 (ocs) 6 11 30 44 21 38 25 40 26 37 29 41 35 42 (dsq) 51 33 43 46 39 45 (52) 47 49 48 50 53 (dns)
1 2 3 5 8 9 10 6 7 17 15 16 11 (26) 12 14 dne 21 (34) 18 20 19 (37) 30 27 31 29 35 4 36 33 41 22 43 25 13 28 24 39 38 32 45 23 (dns) 40 46 48 44 49 47 42 51 (dns) 52 50 dns
1 5 (7) 4 2 (13) 8 10 3 6 17 11 18 22 12 14 (39) 28 16 (41) 24 25 27 19 23 20 (49) 31 15 38 29 21 30 33 26 32 37 (dns) 42 44 40 36 9 45 35 47 48 46 34 50 43 51 dns (dns) (dns) dns
(4) 3 6 (10) 7 12 8 2 11 14 1 13 19 20 5 31 17 23 25 30 9 22 28 15 26 34 39 24 (dns) 18 37 32 21 33 40 16 36 44 29 35 (51) 42 dns 38 43 49 27 47 52 48 46 45 41 50 53 dns
1 2 3 8 (15) 7 5 11 23 6 12 24 21 4 13 10 9 16 26 19 30 28 22 25 14 39 29 20 dns 31 34 (ocs) 37 33 (ocs) 45 35 27 17 32 41 40 dns 18 44 48 42 43 36 49 50 47 46 38 51 dns
1 3 2 4 11 5 9 12 19 7 14 15 6 10 (28) 8 17 16 13 29 21 36 27 22 20 (43) 24 23 dns 32 26 33 25 (48) 18 37 35 45 30 38 42 31 dns 34 46 39 47 41 40 50 51 49 44 53 52 dns
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He previously won the title in 1995 and 1997, and also took the Finn World Masters title back in 1990. He said, “I am really surprised to win here, but it is fantastic. There were four guys who I thought were in with a chance, so I am really pleased to beat them. The light winds earlier helped me a lot.”
in the place where it all started. All went home having made new friends both from overseas and at the very friendly club. There is something about this class that inspires a loyalty and a dedication of purpose that no other class can match. That is what makes the Finn class so great.
The historical perspective of the regatta was immense. Many of those sailing the regatta, came for no other reason than to celebrate all that the Finn has been and is now and the class they love
Top to bottom: Uppsala Kanotförening, where it all started;
FINNFARE NOVEMBER 2009
coming ashore on Saturday; Robert Deaves; Daniel Vinkl; Håkan Olsson; new Swedish Champion Mikael Brandt; Martin Pluto learns the hard way
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