Yesterday saw the conclusion and final race of the Brewin Dolphin Irish National Championships, sailed over 4 exciting days in Dublin Bay… It had been a tough few days both on and OFF the water for the 24 competing teams as the magnificent Irish hospitality once again proved to be a test of not only […]
Here in Dublin Bay, 25 high quality Dragon Team’s are competing in the Brewin Dolphin Irish National Championships, hosted by the Royal St George Yacht Club.. So far 4 races have been completed over the past 2 days and the current Irish National Champion Martin Byrne, has not had it all his own way.. Indeed in […]
Sadly fog meant there could be no racing for the 45 competing teams on the final day of the 2012 Dragon Edinburgh Cup sponsored by Belfast Harbour and hosted by the Royal North of Ireland Yacht club at Cultra on Belfast Lough. The day three results therefore stood with five of the six possible races […]
After racing on day 3 of the Edinburgh Cup sponsored by Belfast Harbour, Stav spoke to overall leader Simon Brien and second placed Martin Byrne on how the regatta has shaped up so far and what else is coming up in Ireland for the Dragon fleet this summer. […]
The penultimate day of the 2012 Dragon Edinburgh Cup sponsored by Belfast Harbour brought big winds and big changes in the overall leader board. There was just one race to complete so the committee set a full two-mile beat and with the wind gusting up into the high 20s it was to be a day […]
Day two of the Dragon Edinburgh Cup sponsored by Belfast Harbour brought just about every possible weather condition bar snow. The day started and ended with rain, there was thick fog for several hours followed by a spell of lovely hot sun and the wind came from almost every direction possible at some point in […]
After racing on day one of the Edinburgh Cup in Cultra Stav caught up with double race winner Julia Bailey and her 11 year old bowman Will Heritage and second overall Jens Rathsack from Monaco. […]
Cultra, Northern Ireland, UK – 4 July 2012 – The Edinburgh Cup, awarded to the winner of the Open British Dragon Championship, is one of the most prestigious and historic trophies in British yachting having been presented to the class by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in 1949 and sailed for annually since. It is […]
Cultra, Northern Ireland, UK – 3 July 2012 – After seven incredibly tough races over three days it all went down to a tie-breaker to decide the winner of the 2012 Dragon Northern Area Championship. Sponsored by Belfast Harbour and hosted by the Royal North Of Ireland Yacht Club on Belfast Lough from 30 June […]
We’ve two video clips for you from the closing day of the 2012 Dragon UK Northern Area Championship sponsored by Belfast Harbour. Clip one is an interview with regatta organiser and Dragon sailor Simon Brien with sailing footage and photos from the final day Stav interviews regatta winner Gavia Wilkinson-Cox, second place Chris “Buddha” Hunt […]