Finn Class

Valerian Lebrun, from France, has won the 2025 Open Finn European Championship in Naples, Italy, after two final races on Saturday, in a drama packed day that nearly cost him his first major Finn title. Italy’s Federico Colaninno pushed him all the way and took second just 5 points behind, while also winning the U29 championship. Third place finally went to Estonia’s Deniss Karpak, in his first regatta back in the class after four years away. Lebrun also retains the European Masters title.

Again, there was a short postponement ashore to wait for the thermal wind, but the breeze never fully developed with lots of cloud over the bay. Both races started under black flag, and though two downwind legs were sailed under Oscar for free pumping the wind never fully established and became quite light and shifty in the second race of the day.