It was a great start to the Open Dutch National Championship yesterday with 32 Dragons racing on the famous Ijsselmeer, based at the Olympic Regatta Centre here in Medemblik. With an oscilating wind of 10-15kts, mainly from the south, the fleet experienced flat water and challenging wind shifts. Ideal conditions for Dragon racing and with the […]
The Dragon Gold Cup is considered the open World Cup of Dragon Sailing with a high calibre of interest from all over the world. This year, the Brewin Dolphin Dragon Gold Cup is hosted by the Kinsale Yacht Club, Co Cork, Ireland, from 8th-14th September. Already, over 60 boats have entered from Japan, Hong Kong, […]
Although it was forecast, it was still disappointing for the 30 competing teams to have the final race of the French National Championships cancelled yesterday in Douarnenez. But with winds of over 35 kts and sea’s of 4m waves it was just not possible to safely send the teams out. Also the forecast carried a BMS […]
Yesterday, Friday and day three of the French Open National Championships was not a day for the faint-hearted, as winds from a southerly direction (190-200 degree’s) peaked at times up to 30kts !! It was not just the strength of the wind that the 30 boat fleet had to cope with, but also the direction of the […]
FRA 207 “Q TI TOO” helmed by local Sailmaker Fred Gourlaouen had a fantastic second day of the French Open National Championships by recording a 2nd and a 1st place in light tricky winds from the west. The 30 boat fleet were kept ashore until 3pm as there was not enough wind in the bay […]
30 Dragons raced yesterday in the beautiful sunny bay of Douarnenez for the Open French National Championship Title of 2012. With a 10-12kt wind from around 290 degree’s the PRO had no problems getting the fleet away for two races, as the forecast for today looks like having no wind… Both races were won by Luc […]
Eric Williams helming his Petticrow GBR 682 “Ecstatic” crewed by Chris Dunn and Matt Walker won his 8th Cowes Week title yesterday with a race to spare…. It was a week full of changing fortunes, with race leaders getting caught out with various tidal changes and shifting winds.. But one thing remained constant, Eric Williams. In […]
All the White Group Racing Fleets in Cowes were cancelled on Wednesday as gusts up to 40 kts were recorded over the “Brambles Bank” by mid-afternoon… So no Dragon racing… However, yesterday (Thursday) the wind moderated to around 24 kts and so the fleet set off from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line at 11.05am with a […]
Yesterday in Cowes, the sun shone brightly and the wind forecast of 12kts was spot on… All the fleets got away on time and a great sailing day was about to take place… Unfortunately, although the south-westerly direction looked steady enough and certain to remain within the middle solent for a few hours, a predicted […]
When the tide goes out (ebbing) on the solent, it can sometimes reach a speed of around 4kts….. So as all the different classes prepared for their start’s yesterday, extreme caution had to be taken or else it would be easy to record an OCS and have a difficult time returning to the line to […]