RUS 34 “Even Better” helmed by Vassiliy Senatorov and crewed by Alex Myzichenko & Igor Ivashintson won the Allianz Dragon Grand Prix in Cannes yesterday in a dramatic final race that eventually saw the strongest wind of the week. The experienced Race Officer Philippe Faure, kept all 65 Dragons waiting for almost three hours before finally […]
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Day three of the Allianz Dragon Grand Prix saw a beautiful sunny day with a steady southerly breeze that settled in around 2.00pm. This time the race officer was able to set a course in the west bay of Cannes which meant the start line could be very close to the shore, this allowed for a […]
Day 2 of the Allianz Dragon Grand Prix saw all the 65 competing boats slip quietly out of the old harbour in Cannes at around 11.00am yesterday morning. After making the two mile trek over to the bay of Golfe Juan, sailors were delighted to find some unpredicted wind, as the forecast was for hardly […]
Out of the 65 Dragons entered for the Grade 1 Allianz Grand Prix, racing yesterday in sunny Cannes, two Russian boats were quick to stamp their authority on this International and very talented Fleet…… After all the boats had waited in the “Old Port” of Cannes close to the temporary purpose built tent that will host the […]
RUS 96 Mikhail Muratov crewed by Valetin Uvarkin and Valdimir Krutskikh stole the show on the final day here in Cascais by winning all three races, which gave him overall victory… It was also a great day for his wife Olga White as she helmed her Dragon RUS 69 into 3rd place overall with two […]
The second day of the 4th Winter Series saw the return of the strong South Westerly wind, which once again conjured up huge waves which made upwind sailing a struggle, but downwind surfing enjoyable…. In fact it was impossible not to “catch” wave after wave as once the spinnaker’s were set in this 25kt wind the […]
19 boats took to the start line today to sail the first two races of the popular Cascais Winter Series. The strong North Westerly winds had blown themselves out over the past week andso the big rolling swell from the Atlantic finally died away… It left a very confused chop, but with the wind strength […]
The first Dragon Match Race event in Portugal proved to be a huge success as it was a real “learning curve” for the 10 invited teams from all over the world. With competitors from Holland, Russia, Estonia, Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Denmark and Germany (Bavaria!), it was always going to be an exciting and colourful competition. To […]
The Match Racing in Portugal is proving to be a great success with all 10 of the invited teams enjoying the fine hospitality of the Clube de Naval Cascais. On the water 15 of the designated 23 flights have been completed in a variety of wind strengths, as the huge waves roll slowly, yet powerfully in […]