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Finn Ferner
Finn Christian Ferner geni.com; accessed 19 December 2015. (10 March 1920 – 11 March 2001) was a Norway, Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He was born in Oslo and died in Nesøya, Akershus, Nesøya. He received a silver medal in the ''6 Metre, 6 metre class'' with the boat ''Elisabeth X'' at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, together with Johan Ferner (his brother), Erik Heiberg, Tor Arneberg and Carl Mortensen. References External links * 1920 births 2001 deaths Norwegian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Norway Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in sailing Soling class sailors { ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing (sport)
The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing formats include both closed courses and point-to-point contests; they may be in sheltered waters, coast-wise or on the open ocean. Most competitions are held within defined classes or ratings that either entail one type of sailing craft to ensure a contest primarily of skill or rating the sailing craft to create classifications or handicaps. On water, a sailing competition among multiple vessels is a regatta, which usually consists of multiple individual races, where the boat crew that performs best in over the series of races is the overall winner. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing from large yacht to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
