The original GOLD CUP on it’s new and recent mounting, a spectacular trophy… Quoting from the original 1937 rules the intention of the Gold Cup was to “bring together as many competitors of different Nationalities as possible in a friendly spirit”. It was donated to the Dragon Class by the Clyde Yacht Clubs and has […]
Irish National Champions, IRL 176 “Phantom” David Williams, Neil Hegarty, Peter Bowring Neil Hegarty helmed “Phantom” to victory yesterday and won the Irish National Championship, with David Williams & Peter Bowring for the impressive 5th time. This brilliant Irish Team finished the championship in style after 4 days of wonderful racing in Dublin Bay, hosted by the […]
IRL 176 “Phantom” leads the fleet home in the second race yesterday, under a fantastic sky.. It was a full on day in Ireland with 2 more races for this competitive fleet at the Irish National Championships.. With an ever increasing oscillating wind, again from the west, neither race was over till it was over… The […]
Another two races on day 2 of the Irish National Championship in Dublin Bay saw two more different winners in this very competitive fleet. With the wind again from predominately the west, oscillations would measure up to 25 degrees in some shifts which kept everyone at full alert. No time for “corner bashing”, no time to relax, […]
This Magnificent Irish National Championship Trophy will be won by the best team competing in Dublin Bay this week at the Irish Nationals, hosted by the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire.. The trophy was restored 5 years ago by Tommy Muller (Germany) after suffering a few dents and bruises from typical Irish Celebrations of […]
Yvegen Braslavets wins in La Rochelle with Alexander Mirchuck & Sergiy Timokhov The final day in La Rochelle began with an short delay to allow the wind to settle after an overnight front had seen rain move up from Bordeaux. This more or less prevented any chance of two races, so when the fleet eventually […]
GBR 795 “Excite” wins the 5th race of the Dragon Worlds in La Rochelle.. Tom Vernon, Adam Bowers and Oliver Spensley-Corfield sailed a most perfect race yesterday, on Day 4, of the Dragon World Championships to win the 5th race in La Rochelle. It was a race started in 16 to 20 kts of wind, […]
POR 66 “Drago” Jose’ Matoso, Gustavo Lima and Frederico Melo win again in La Rochelle.. Day 3 of the 2015 International Dragon World Championship could not have been more exciting or exhilarating for the 80 Top Teams in La Rochelle. With just 1 race scheduled our International Race Officer Philippe Faure, set a 2.5 mile first beat […]
Dmitry Samokhin, RUS 76 takes the overall lead in the Dragon Worlds in La Rochelle.. It was a wonderful Day for Dmitry… After missing the last World Championship in Weymouth, 2 years ago. Dmitry Samokhin and his fantastic team of Andrey Kirilyuk and Aleksey Bushuev jumped into the overall lead today of the Dragon World Championship […]
POR 66 Jose’ Matoso, Gustavo Lima & Frederico Melo Win race 1 of the World Championship.. It was just champagne sailing for all the 80 International Dragons in La Rochelle yesterday as the 2015 World Championship “kicked” off in style. The International Race Officer Philippe Faure set a magnificent 3 hour course with a 2.5 […]