Finn National Championships

MORE ABOUT RESCUE AND RELIEFEFFORTS, WHEN WE RETURN.{***REOPEN ANIMATION**}THE UNITED THE UNITED STATESFINN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSCONTINUE TODAY ALONG THE CORPUSCHRISTIS BAYFRONT.{***BOXES**}OUR SUNRISE REPORTER CORDERROMCMURRY IS IN STUDIO TO TELL USMORE ABOUT THE BOAT RACES THATARE RETURNING TO THE COASTALBEND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25YEARS.CORDERRO?{***WX PLAS VO**}COMPETITORS FROM ALL AROUND THECOUNTRY ARE TAKING PART IN EIGHTSAILBOAT RACES TODAY ANDTHROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND RIGHTHERE IN CORPUS CHRISTI.{***VO**}EVENT CHAIR BRAD TINDALL SAYSWHATS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS YEARS’CHAMPIONSHIPS IS THE FINNSAILBOAT, WHICH IS A ONE PERSONSAILBOAT, WILL BE RETIRING AS ANOLYMPIC CLASS AFTER THE OLYMPICSIN TOKYO THIS YEAR.IT MADE ITS DEBUTE AT THE 1952SUMMER OLYMPICS IN HELSINKI ANDTINDALL SAYS THERE ARE SAILBOATSFROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRYEXCITED TO RACE HERE IN THECOASTAL BEND.{***SOT FULL**}Brad Tindall / Event Chair:"Most of these guys get to sailin lakes only so they love avenue like Corpus where they canenjoy our breeze and enjoy ourwaves.

They are very muchlooking forward to it they havehad a great time ever since theyhave arrived.

They have bepracticing here for some of thema week .":{***VO**}THE FIRST COMPETING RACE BEGINSTODAY AT NOON AND THEN SUNDAY ISTHE AWARDS CEREMONY.

THE PUBLICIS INVITED TO WATCH THECOMPETITORS ALONG THE BAYFRONT.{***WX PLAS WEB ANI**}{***WEB ANIMATION**}FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT