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Fireflies sailing windward 



Finn Monotype 



Association Name: International Finn Class Association 



Insignia on Sail: Two wavy lines (see page 45) 



Type and Dimensions: Centerboard catboat 



Overall length— 14 feet, 9 inches Draft— 6 inches* 



Waterline— 14 feet, 1 inch —3 feet** 



Beam— 4 feet, 8 inches Sail area— 114 square feet 



Construction Material Allowed: Molded mahogany plywood 



Price Range: New, less sails, about $1,100; dacron mainsail, about $150 



Principal Builders: 



Nautical Corp., P. O. Box 26, Paramus, N. J. 



Newport Fiberglass Boats, 825 Production Place, Newport Beach, Calif. 



O'Day Corporation, 9 Newbury St., Boston 16, Mass. 



Racing Activity: Fleets at Boston and Mass. Institute of Technology, 



Mass.; Oyster Bay, N. Y.; San Francisco, Calif.; Toronto and Montreal, 



Canada; New Jersey waters; Australia; Belgium; England; France; West 



Germany; South and Central America; Italy; Denmark; and Norway. 



Chosen as the one-man boat in the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympiads, the 



Finn will again serve as the monotype in the 1964 Olympic Games. 



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