The Finn Gold Cup 2028 is awarded to the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy
by British Finn Association and the WPNSA 27 May 07:02 BST
8-15 September 2028
Finns on day two of the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition © Francois Richard
It is with much excitement that we are delighted to announce that the 2028 Finn Gold Cup has been awarded to Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA).
The event will be held between the 8th and 15th September 2028. The British National Championship will form the warm-up event and be staged the weekend before the Gold Cup.
The last time the Gold Cup was held in Weymouth in 2000, it was attended by numerous legends of the Finn fleet, including Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Ian Percy, Freddy Loof, Sebastien Godefroid, amongst others.
In 2012, the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy hosted the Olympic regatta and witnessed one of the all-time epic battles between Ben Ainslie and Denmark’s Jonas Høgh-Christensen.
Weymouth & Portland was also the training hub for the incredibly strong British Finn squad in the lead-up to the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and remains the UK base of the British Sailing Team. The facilities at WPNSA are legendary, and the venue has hosted numerous championship events.
The British Finn fleet will be holding a qualification series for the 2028 Gold Cup during 2027, and there will be an automatic place for the winner of the 2027 British Nationals, plus discretionary places for U29 sailors.
The Gold Cup fleet will be populated with many sailing superstars from around the globe and should include ex (or current) World Champions and Olympians.
The title sponsor for the event will be AIS (Advanced Innergy Solutions) a global leader in the engineering, manufacture, and application of insulation and passive fire protection systems, as well as buoyancy and subsea products, with whom we are extremely pleased to be partnered. Additional local sponsors will also support the event.
So, if you relish the chance to compete in the best dinghy fleet on the globe, on the iconic Weymouth Olympic waters, just get in touch and get involved.
Contact the British Finn Chairman, Richard Sharp, GBR-90. Email