Kenneth Magnusson som är medlem i KKF, skickade i dag denna bild från Finn Gold Cup 1957 i Karlstad. Tynäs udde med dåvarande Tynäsrestaurangen, var bas för regattan. Vi ser några Finnjollar "på svaj", förtöjda vid en boj i förgrunden av bilden.
KKF, som på den tiden hade klubbnamnet Karlstads Kanotförening, stod 1957 som värd för Finnjollarnas andra Finn Gold Cup (VM) i historien.
Allra första Finn Gold Cup arrangerades 1956 i Burnham, England med 45 deltagare från 12 länder. Den förste att vinna FGC var Andre Nelis/ BEL. Tvåa Paul Elvström / DEN och trea B. Roswell / GBR.

Info från IFA,s hemsida/Racing/Result archive:
"Karlstad, Sweden, July 3 -August 4. 78 entries from 13 countries.
The second event was organised on the huge lake Vänersee in western Sweden by the later president of the IFA Bengt Hornevall of the Karlstads Kanotförening. The sailing area with many little islands offered a beautiful unique setting but caused extremely shifty wind conditions. 13 nations had sent 78 participants, which was exceptionally high for the standards of the fifties. But to the surprise of the experts in yachting in those days the Finn Class exposed a high performance level, developing special skills at the starts. Since there was no limitation of participants in those days, every nation sent all its best sailors and the mood was exceptionally friendly. Not a single protest was lodged. The winner Jürgen Vogler was lucky, because Andre Nelis, winner in 1956, broke his mast step in the fourth race while leading. Harald Bredo Eriksen of Norway, later president of the IFA, scored two firsts and was leading the last race, when an unpredictable wind shift caused him to finish third and therefore second overall. In addition the second participant from the German Democratic Republic, Wegener, gave another 126 points to Jorgen Vogler as a gift, by waiting for his team mate at the finishing line. Defender Nelis was finally third. Bert Sarby, nephew of the designer Rickard Sarby finished 8th as the best Swedish sailor and the designer of the Finn finished 11th. The British performed surprisingly well on the reaches."

Seglarhälsningar Torsten Jarnstam / SWE 111
Ordförande Svenska Finnjolleförbundet

Photographer: Okänd