Gold Cup Winners GBR 801 “Prince Alfie”, Lawrie Smith, Joost Houweling & Tim Tavinor. The scene was set for a great final day in Kuhlungsborn as the final race would determine if Lawrie Smith and his great team of Joost Houweling & Tim Tavinor could hold on to their 11 point lead..? It was a perfect […]
Joost Houweling, Lawrie Smith and Tim Tavinor win the Gold Cup in Kuhlungsborn !! Full report on the final days racing and more photo’s to follow…. Stavros. […]
UAE 20 Markus Koy, Michael Koch & Helmsman Hendrik Witzmann win Race 5… The Gold Cup Fleet had another stunning sailing day here in Kuhlungsborn yesterday with a wonderful consistent breeze despite an overcast sky. The IRO Christian Haake set up the 2.5 mile first beat on a bearing of 200 degrees, from the superb […]
66 top Dragons are having fantastic racing at the 2015 Gold Cup in Kuhlungsborn. With 2 more races completed yesterday in near perfect conditions it is the British helm Lawrie Smith sailing GBR 801 with Tim Tavinor and Joost Houweling who have the best overall score after 4 quality races. Overall Leaders after 4 races, GBR 801. […]
Overall Leader Lawrie Smith with Boris (the Blade) Bayer re-living the past together !! Too much wind here in Kuhlungsborn cancelled all hopes of IRO Christian Haake to make the 3rd race of the 2015 Gold Cup possible. It was a great pity but extremely well justified as several heavy rain squalls continued through all […]
RUS 76 “Strange Little Girl” Wins Race 2 of Dragon Gold Cup in Kuhlungsborn, Germany. Race 2 of the Dragon Gold Cup was again started at the first attempt with just a “P” flag by the experienced and well respected IOR Christian Haake. Just three boats were early starters, two re-started, one did not so scored an OCS. […]
“Even Better” RUS 34 Vassily Senatorov Wins Race 1 of 2015 Gold Cup. The Borge Borresen Trophy will spend its next year in Russia proudly displayed in the house of IDA Vice Chairman Vasily Senatorov after leading the first race of the Gold Cup, with his crew Igor Ivashintsov & Alex Muzichenko, from start to […]
Tommy Muller, Vincent Hoesch & Frithjof Kleen win races 5 & 6 in Kuhlungsborn. What a fantastic day we had yesterday in Kuhlungsborn to end the 2015 German Dragon Grand Prix. Sunshine, Blue Skies, Wind and the most Perfect Sailing Conditions you could ever imagine…. The stage was set for a wonderful final day of racing and […]
Markus Wieser wins both races on Day 2 of the German Grand Prix in Kuhlungsborn. A Master Class is a class given to students of a particular discipline by an expert of that discipline….. Yesterday, Markus Wieser was that “expert”. With a 2 hour postponement ashore the 33 boats were eventually sent out by the International Race […]
RUS 76 Dmitry Samokhin, Aleksey Bushuev & Andrey Kirilyuk lead overall in Kuhlungsborn. 33 Dragons had the most perfect day of racing yesterday on day 1 of the German Grand Prix in Kuhlungsborn. This final Grade 1 event of 2015 could not have wished for better conditions as the battle for top spot began at this most […]