Vanguard Sailboats was founded in 1967 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA by Peter and Olaf Harken. The brothers started to gain attention after their sailing hardware was used on boats that won Olympic gold in 1968, and after Vanguard supplied …

The Vanguard, which is an all GRP hull, has a fine bow to aid upwind performance and a broad transom to promote early planing. It is a remarkable credit to the Vanguard hull that it was used to win the Finn Gold Cup during the fifteen years up to …

Feb 24, 2025 · In 1978, a group of American helmsmen from the Laser class moved to Finn, starting a period of domination with John Bertrand, Cam Lewis and Carl Buchan, all using the hull built by Vanguard in the United States, which proved far …

Vanguard Finn to the Rescue As boat production continued to sputter, Finn Gold Cup winner Joerg Bruder designed a Finn for sailmaker Peter Conrad and asked Vanguard to build two. They were named Blue Dog and Yellow Dog and were both exceptionally slow.

The Finn dinghy is a single-handed, cat-rigged sailboat, and a former Olympic class for men's sailing. Since its debut at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Finn featured in every summer Olympics until 2020, making it the longest serving dinghy in the Olympic Regatta and one of the most prolific Olympic sailboats,. [3]

The Finn is also part of Harken's history; Vanguard, the boatbuilding company that the Harken brothers founded alongside their hardware business, designed a hull in 1975 that dominated the international Finn circuit until the mid-1990s.

Finn Vanguard CRO 26 sailing by Tonci Kokic in Split area, Croatia, on August 2016.

May 19, 2019 · With a length of 4.50 m for a maximum beam of 1.51 m, the Finn sailboat is a monotype rigged cat-boat dinghy, or canoe (single-masted sailboat with a single mainsail, without jib. The mast base is located at the front of the boat), with the mainsail on...

Aug 7, 2020 · Vanguard Finn K521. Interesting boat. Original owner Luca Devoti with registration I 741. He modified the hull, the vanguard hull was regarded as too stiff, particularly in waves, he removed two of the forward ribs on each side to create some flexibility in the bow entry.