Britain's Ed Wright has won the Finn Gold Cup in Miami, USA, after no racing was possible on the final day on Biscayne Bay. Domonkos Nemeth, from Hungary, went one better than 2022 and took the silver while European Champion, Miguel Fernandez Vasco, from Spain took the bronze.
The fleet was sent out an hour early to try to make the best of the wind conditions, but the breeze was already dying and after a short wait AP over A was signalled to end the regatta as no more breeze was expected until after the time limit.
Fernandez Vasco was elated with the bronze, coming just four months after the European title.
Ed Wright, who also sailed a TT2 Finn, last won the Finn Gold Cup 12 years ago in San Francisco, the longest gap in Finn Gold Cup history for first and second titles.
Since then, "Many times I've been second or third, so probably I've been knocking on the door a bunch of times; it's a nice feeling to win it again.
"It was a stressful day with very light winds, but we didn't race today in the end so by default I got the win. It's been a fun week and it's nice to be back after a few years off the boat, I think it was 2019 the last time I was in the Finn, so it was really nice racing, and I really had a nice week."
He said the competition was actually really hard. "The other guys have definitely picked up the level by training hard and there's a couple young sailors that are improving, so let's see what's happening with the Finn Class in the future.
"Coconut Grove Sailing Club put together a great event, the race officer was outstanding this week, really hats off to her and everything went amazingly, it was a well oiled regatta."
On future Finn events. "We will see, you never say never."
Ed Wright remains world champion for 17 months with the next Finn Gold Cup heading back to another old Finn haunt, at Anzio in Italy, in May 2024. We are looking forward to it already...
Overall Results: (top ten, 8 races)
1 GBR 111 Ed Wright 11pts
2 HUN 80 Domonkos Nemeth 22pts
3 ESP 161 Miguel Fernandez Vasco 26pts
4 FRA 75 Laurent Hay 34pts
5 ITA 171 Federico Colaninno 35pts
6 USA 186 James Golden 59pts
7 USA 16 Rodion Mazin 61pts
8 BRA 53 Pedro Trouche 62pts
9 ITA 40 Marko Kolic 68pts
10 BRA 32 Pedro Lodovici 74pts
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