The 2021 Finn Gold Cup was opened on Friday in Porto, Portugal, but without an opening ceremony due to COVID-19, but with a practice race with a small fleet taking part.
“It’s all a bit of a mess in general.
“It’s not necessarily a problem for me because of where I am in my career but that being said, it’s still a massive shame and if it’s deemed by the powers that be that the time is up for the Finn, that’s sad enough in itself but I think catastrophe is the people that are being overlooked.
“Everyone here in this boat park at this world championship is completely biased on how they want the decision to go.
Zsombor Berecz, was the first Hungarian world champion, after his win in Aarhus in 2018, and is now a double European champion.
Even in my country over the last year there have been 10 new guys joining the class aged from 22 to 27 years old.
We have a lot of young talent in the class right now and if they miss their chance here in Porto, then probably they have no more chance to get to the Olympics, even though they are great sailors and great athletes.
Jake Lilley from Australia and Piotr Kula from Poland led the race before heading home after the first gate.