Lars Hendriksen lifts the Trophy (on behalf of Ivan Bradbury), winners of the Regates Royal 2014.. It was another beautiful sailing day in Cannes as the 46 Dragons prepared for their final race of the 2014 Panerai Regates Royal. PRO Philippe Faure, who did an excellent job throughout, sensibly held the fleet in the harbour until […]
Three more races were completed yesterday at the Regates Royal here in Cannes yesterday, in crystal clear Blue water, under an Blue sky and in a “Blue Haze”… Yes Ivan Bradbury helming his beautiful varnished Petersen and Thuesen GBR 375 built in 1957 not only won the first race of the day, but also followed it […]
Michael Zankel helming GER 1123 “Pow Wow” crewed by Pedro Andrade and Phillip Blinn were the most consistent sailors yesterday in the first three races of the 2014 Regates Royal here in sunny Cannes… Philipp Faure, the President of the Race Committee, did an excellent job to complete three races for this fleet of 44 boat’s […]
One of the many “Classic” Yacht’s that race alongside the Dragons in the Regates Royal, Cannes.. Standby for a feast of Dragon sailing in Southern France and Italy…. First we have the annual Regates Royal in Cannes, where the “Old Harbour” is full of Classic boats and International Dragons. A view from above the “Old Port” […]
Markus Wieser, Sergey Pugachev & Georgii Leonchuk winners of 2014 Gold Cup, sponsored by BMW. It was a fantastic final day in Medemblik for the 86 International Dragon’s competing on the glorious Isslemere, in a wind of around 10 to 12 kts from the North and a cloudless day. The most perfect sailing conditions…… The PRO Rob Hoogstra […]
Pieter Heerema takes the winning gun in Race 5 of 2014 Dragon Gold Cup, Medemblik. This superb photo (again taken by Ricardo Pinto) captures the moment Pieter Heerema helmed NED 412 to victory, crewed by Theis Palm & Claus Olesen. Claus told me after the excellent 3 hour race with a 2.6 mile first beat ! ” […]
Gavia Wilkinson-Cox wins race 3 of the 2014 Dragon Gold Cup in Medemblik. It was a most thrilling and tough day in Medemblik yesterday as two races were completed in a Northerly breeze that produced a most difficult “chop” across the shallow waters of the Isslemere.. With short, steep waves it is very easy to stop […]
Markus Wieser looks back at the fleet in Race 2 of the 2014 Gold Cup, in Medemblik. Markus Wieser crewed by Georgii Leonchuk and Sergey Pugachev helming UAE 7 (Petticrows) recorded another win yesterday to maintain a 100% record so far in the 86 boat Dragon Gold Cup, sponsored by BMW. As the current holder of […]
Racing eventually got underway yesterday in the most perfect Dragon sailing conditions here in Medemblik, Holland. Although it took several attempts to start the fleet of 86 boats, race one was completed in an oscillating wind predominately from a direction of 300 degree’s in 8 to 12 kts of breeze. Markus Wieser UAE 7 (the current Gold […]
GBR 789 leads the final race of the “Tune Up”, alas only 3 races were completed. With 90 International Dragons prepared to take to the waters in Medemblik today, this will be one of the best Gold Cup’s ever….. The “Who’s who” of sailing will battle it out for 6 days, one race per day, […]