The final day of the Edinburgh Cup.., supported by Aberdeen Asset Management, served up another tantalisingly close race in challenging conditions. The day started with an hour’s postponement while a sea breeze became established – a decision that delivered another stunning day, making best use of the afternoon’s limited amount of decent wind. With Graham […]
Today saw tensions rise in an incredibly close race in unstable winds that saw the top five boats separated by just 12 seconds at the start of the final beat. To add to the drama, it was this leg that decided the overall winners of the event: after a consistent four races Graham and Julia […]
The third day of the Dragon Edinburgh Cup, supported by Aberdeen Asset Management and hosted by Royal Lymington YC, delivered fickle winds with a mix of showers and sunny spells for race three of the series. Boats on the right hand side of the first beat gained an advantage they would hold until the finish, […]
The second day of the 2014 Dragon Edinburgh Cup supported by Aberdeen Asset Management and hosted by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club provided champagne sailing in bright sun and 10-15 knots of breeze. Today’s was a closer race than yesterday’s, with the lead changing on every leg and new faces appearing at the front of […]
6 July, Lymington UK, Reporter Rupert Holmes – The opening day of the DragonEdinburgh Cup supported by Aberdeen Asset Management and hosted by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club provided a sparkling day on the water with winds building to give gusts of more than 20 knots. Despite a strong challenge from Lawrie Smith’s Tigger, Graham […]
The Edinburgh Cup, for the British Dragon Open National Championship, gets underway from Lymington today. With 24 teams racing including defending Edinburgh Cup Champion Lawrie Smith and defending Corinthian Champion Julia Bailey its going to be a great regatta. You can keep up with all the latest from the event via the British Dragons Blog […]
Corinthian Champions GER 1144 “Sapphire”, Soenke Bruhns, Jan Woortman & Rainer Goerge. Deauville Yacht Club (sponsored by the mergers and acquisitions firm “LINKERS”) held the first ever Corinthian “Only” Championship last weekend and it was won by a very good team from Germany, helmed by Jan Woortman, crewed by Soenke Bruhns and Rainer Goerge in “Sapphire” GER 1144. However, […]