Tim Tavinor with Nicola and Thomas Wilton sailing GBR 744 their new Petticrow “Tigger” managed to keep the main contender NED 410 Apollo (Joop Doomernik, Catja Everhall-Blom and Martin Payne) behind them in the final race of the 2012 Regate International Di Napoli to win the event by three points… Naples delivered three days of cloud free, blue skies […]
With winds from the southwest of 12-14kts and sunshine all day, it has been a “Battle Royal” between Petticrow Owner, Tim Tavinor in “Tiger” GBR 774 , and Joop Doomernik in “Apollo” NED 410. Both are now sitting pretty on three wins a piece after 6 races, so the Championship is all on tomorrow’s last day and […]
The beautiful Southern Ireland town of Glandore held the 26th staging of the Glandore Inn Dragon Rosebowl over last weekend and it was won by “Our” current World Champion Lawrie Smith. The wonderful bay of Glandore is situated just 50km west of Kinsale where the 2012 Gold Cup will be held later in the year. Smith […]
Poul-Richard Hoj-Jensen sailing GBR 775 Danish Blue, with Paul Maguire and Peter Bowering, won this magnificent regatta after a “testing” final three races on Friday, which concluded the event, as no sailing could be held yesterday due to the strong winds across Western Europe. It proved to be another great succes for the Yacht Club of […]
Poul-Richard Hoj-Jensen sailed very smart and quick yesterday to lead overall after 7 races in his brand new Petticrow GBR 775 “Danish Blue”, crewed by Paul Maguire and Peter Bowring from Ireland. It was another fantastic day of sailing in the beautiful bay of La Baule where all 35 participants are having a great time both […]
La Baule started it’s Dragon Derby yesterday with 4 fantastic races in a building breeze and warm sunshine… After the 36 boats were towed out of the secure harbour, racing began on time at 10.am. In past years it normally pays to head for the shore, but recent sand drifts and an ever changing beach […]
Yes Camper’s, after a short lay-off 65 Dragons will be racing in Austria for the 2012 European Title, whilst around 50+ boats will test their skills on the beautiful west coast of France in La Baule… I am sure you will find regular up-dates from Austria on this main Home Page, whilst I will endeavour to […]