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Finn World Ranking November 2025 - Laurent Hay returns to the top

by Robert Deaves 8 Nov 2025 01:43 PST
Laurent Hay, FRA on Day 3 of the 2025 Finn Gold Cup © Robert Deaves / www.robertdeaves.uk

Laurent Hay, from France, has returned to the top of the 10th Finn World Ranking list after another successful season, including wining the International Finn Cup Malcesine and the Spanish championship in Ibiza.

He was the first world No.1 in October 2022 before Italy's Alessandro Marega took the top spot in July 2024.

Marega now drops to second with the current European champion, Valerian Lebrun, from France, up to third, swapping places with Peter Peet, from The Netherlands, down to fourth. The biggest climber is Italy's Arkadii Kistavov, rising from 114th up to fifth. Peter Overup enters the top 10 for the first time, as does Australia's Rob McMillan moving up from 38th to ninth.

The new release uses results from 20 events since July across 17 countries.

  • Australia Winter Champion in Brisbane, won by Rafael Trulillo
  • THE Olympic Regatta in Hungary, won by Tibor Pallay
  • Norwegian Nationals in Hankö, won by Anders Pedersen
  • Belgian Nationals at Scharendijke, won by Nanno Schuttrups
  • Danish Nationals at Veddelev, won by Otto Strandvig
  • Finnish Nationals at Pori, won by Oskari Muhonen
  • Swedish event at Hono, won by Svante Collvin
  • Czech Nationals at Lipno, won by Alos Lukats
  • Portuguese Nationals in Cascais, won by Rob McMillan
  • Finn Gold Cup in Cascais, won by Deniss Karpak
  • Swedish Nationals at Karlstad, won by Joonas Harju
  • Polish Nationals in Puck, won by Bartosz Szydlowski
  • South African Nationals, won by Georgou Divaris
  • Hungarian Nationals on Balaton, won by Tibor Pallay
  • Dutch Nationals in Medemblik, won by Peter Peet
  • International Finn Cup Malcesine, won by Laurent Hay
  • North American Championship at Newport Beach won by James Golden
  • German Nationals at Dümmer, won by Ondrej Teply
  • Brazilian Southeast Championship, won by Pedro Lodovici
  • Spanish Nationals in Ibiza, won by Laurent Hay

The 10th Finn World Ranking List is based on the World Tour for Finns, which includes around 60 events in 25 countries across the world. It now includes 1,398 sailors from 40 countries.

The 2026 World Tour for Finns is under construction and the current list of events can be found here

The next Finn World Ranking List will be released in March 2026.

Finn World Ranking List 010 - November 2025: (top 20)

The full ranking list can be found on the IFA website here.

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