Finnjolle
The Swedish-designed single-handed dinghy that was an Olympic class for almost seventy years.
Rickard Sarby designed the dinghy for a competition ahead of the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. The Finn was sailed at every Olympic Games from 1952 to 2020.
Materials: Wood and later fibreglass; cat-rigged dinghy
Manufacture: Built in many countries to the same rules.
The single sail on an unstayed mast.
The broad, rounded hull.