The 70th Finn Gold Cup, partnered by Porsche Centre Brisbane, was opened Friday 13 February at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in Brisbane, Australia.
Around 70 sailors from 15 nations are arriving for the class world championship with registration and equipment inspection in full flow.
The Finn Gold Cup and Finn World Masters have been held together on two previous occasions – La Rochelle, France in 1996 and Weymouth, UK in 2000 – then held concurrently, but over the next two weeks will be held consecutively for the first time.
The practice race is being held on Saturday with the 10 race series running from Sunday through to Thursday.
Last weekend’s Australian National Championship was the first of a trio of Finn Championships happening in Brisbane in February.
With 80 boats competing it was the largest national Finn championship in Australia’s history.
Brendan Casey, from the home club, won four of the five races to win the title over the 2004 Olympic Silver medallist, Rafael Trujillo ESP, who won two races with Ian McKillip AUS in third.
Other race wins went to Rob McMillan AUS, Karl Purdie NZL, Anthony Nossiter AUS and Bas de Waal NED.
Best placed GBR entry was Lawrence Crispin in 13th place.
SCHEDULE
Australian Nationals – 7-10 February 2026
Finn Gold Cup – 12-19 February 2026
Finn World Masters – 20-27 February 2026
Australian 2026 National Finn Championship
Final Leaders (83 entries)
1st AUS Brendan Casey – – 1 -2 1 1 1 – – 4 pts
2nd ESP Rafael Trujillo – – 2 1 -4 1 2 – – 6 pts
3rd AUS Ian McKillop – – 3 -4 2 2 4 – – 11 pts
4th AUS Rob McMillan – – 7 2 1 4 -9 – – 14 pts
5th NZL Karl Purdie – – 6 1 -10 2 6 – – 15 pts
6th AUS Kane Sinclair – – 3 6 3 3 -7 – – 15 pts
7th AUS James Bevis – – 5 3 4 4 -14 – – 16 pts
8th AUS Anthony Nossiter – – 1 5 5 -42 6 – – 17 pts
9th AUS Marcus Whitley – – 4 3 5 5 -12 – – 17 pts
10th NLD Peter Peet – – 8 4 -12 3 3 – – 18 pts
11th AUS Phil Chadwick – – 10 7 2 -11 2 – – 21 pts
12th AUS Lewis Davies – – 2 -11 7 6 9 – – 24 pts
13th GBR Lawrence Crispin – – 5 5 6 9 -42 – – 25 pts
14th AUS Jack Eickmeyer – – 4 9 8 -16 7 – – 28 pts
15th AUS Larry Kleist – – 8 8 3 -10 10 – – 29 pts
16th NZL Raymond Hall – – 6 9 7 8 -42 – – 30 pts
17th NZL Joe Spooner – – -21 12 11 5 3 – – 31 pts
18th AUS Lucas Prescott – – 13 6 -14 6 8 – – 33 pts
19th GER Thomas Schmid – – 9 -11 10 11 5 – – 35 pts
20th AUS Bucky Smith – – 7 -16 11 8 11 – – 37 pts
