With three races sailed today in the beautiful bay of Cascais and Estoril, Lawrie Smith won his first Dragon Regatta since recently joining the class, after using his vast “Match Racing” experience to keep Ireland’s Andrew Craig at bay…. Craig continued where he left off yesterday by winning the first race, then after a 3rd […]
Ireland’s Andrew Craig threw down the gauntlet to Lawrie Smith yesterday by winning two of the three races and finished second in the other…. Graig helming the chartered boat “Finito’ showed his intent with some excellent tactical sailing in 20kts of ever shifting wind. His top dragon tactician, Mark Petit, chose many perfect upwind lanes as […]
Yesterday in Cascais, the first two races of the 2nd winter series were held with 10kts of breeze from the south which produced very difficult sea conditions. Big steep waves with little wind are probably the most testing conditions a Dragon team can meet as they try to keep moving fast by sail trimming, careful helming and […]
After the 52 boat gathering in Cannes last week, today see’s the Yacht Club Naval fly the flag for Portugal as they host the 2nd Winter Series event here in Cascais. 25 boats are expected to test their skills and fine tune their crewing techniques, as eyes begin to focus on the World Championships in Melbourne. Some of today’s participants […]
Giuseppe Duca held ofstiff competition during the final day of the November regatta in Cannes to win the Coupe de Armistice title with very consistent sailing. Without an individual race win ITA 56 put together an excellent series of results over the 5 races to be the top Dragon of the 52 competitors…… The final […]
Yesterday in Cannes, the sun shone brightly in the deep blue Mediterranean sky whilst 52 Dragon’s had to wait patiently for the gentle sea breeze to settle in the west bay… At around 2.30pm Race Officer, John Coveny, managed to get the 2nd race of the Coupe de Armistice, cleanly away. With a 1.3 mile […]
Popularity breeds success, so it was no surprise to see over 50 boats turning up for the “Coupe de Armistice” in Cannes. Despite dreadful weather throughout Europe, Dragon Sailors headed south to catch the last of the summer sun in the beautiful bay of Cannes, and thus experience the true ambiance of France. But, with […]
Whilst a number of Dragon’s are now on their way to Melbourne, packed in 40 foot containers braving the elements of the Southern Ocean and of like, many of us “lucky” sailors have events to look forward to over the next two weekends, here in Europe. First we have the Coupe de L’Armistice in Cannes which […]
The final day in Cazaux was sailed in perfect dragon conditions with bright sunshine and a fresh Northerly breeze. As I previously stated, it would have taken an absolute disaster for Remy Arnaud FRA 396 and his team from La Baule, to have lost the overall lead after sailing so consistently over the previous three […]
Another three excellent races were sailed yesterday under the watchful eye of race officerYves Leglise. With frequent localised showers bringing major windshifts across the freshwater lake, it was not easy to always chose the correct way…. But Dominique Herpe FRA 276 had a wonderful day with a 3rd, 1st and 2nd over the three races, […]