Twenty Finns lined up for the 2021 Finn Pacific Coast Championships hosted by San Diego Yacht Club w/ sailors from as far away as Missouri, Chicago and Colorado. Many Finn sailors were using the Finn PCCs as a warm up to the following weekends Finn North American Championships, sailed on the same course out on the Coronado Roads. On Saturday, the fleet sailed in near perfect sailing conditions, with the SDYC RC doing a great job and with three different competitors each winning a race, keeping the scores close with AJ Nosar UKR7 leading after day one.
Sunday morning came with a rare delay due to heavy fog covering the fleet for over an hour. The delay must have helped Long Beach Finn sailor Roland Fournier whom came out and scored a 2-1 on the final day to give overall winner, Jack Jennings a run for his money. Overall scores came down to the last race of the series to decide the winner, w/ Jack Jennings securing the victory and later said: "The Top three boats were all within 2 points of each other. I was super happy and lucky to get the win. Thanks to Chris (Snow) for the quality coaching and running some training for the fleet on Thursday and Friday, it definitely made the difference for me, especially on the starting line where I felt very confident all weekend.” Overall leader from Saturday, AJ Nosar scored a 3,8 on the penultimate day to drop to third overall, just behind Roland whom scored a 2,1, and tied w/ AJ on tie breaker, but was able to climb to second place overall winning the last race and the tie-breaker, rounding out the podium. Special shout out to SDYC Finn sailor and SDYC Finn Fleet’s highest finisher Michael Entwistle, putting together good, consistent regatta to be top SDYC Finn, finishing 5th overall, avoiding any ‘big’ scores and finishing near the noise in several races. Many thanks go out to Chris Snow (TheFavoredEnd.com) whom invited the Finn fleet out a couple days before the event during a mini-Finn clinic which always helps before a big event! Article by Mike Dorgan and Photos Gary Adler and Chris Snow.
Top Five Overall
1.) Jack Jennings 10 pts
2.) Roland Fournier 12 pts
3.) AJ Nosar 12 pts
4.) Michael Madigan 14pts
5.) Michael Entwistle 20pts
For more information on getting involved and sailing with us in the Finn Fleet in Southern California, please contact CA Finn VP Mike Dorgan for more details. Next up, Finn North American Masters Championships, also hosted by SDYC
