HUN 57 “Johanna” won the opening Winter Series in Cascais in a fleet of 20 top International teams. Ferenc Kis-Szolgyemi, crewed by Karoly Vezer and Tamas Kiss were worthy winners, as their discard was a 6th place, quite remarkable considering the high standard of this fleet. Ferenc simply told me afterwards “This is our first European Regatta win […]
Christian Borenius (Centre) with his Daughter Andrea & Richard Pernici at Prize Giving. The Armisitice Cup was concluded in Cannes yesterday after a 4 race series. The hero of the day was Christian Borenius, sailing with his Daughter Andrea & loyal crew Richard Pernici. This top team got off to a slow start after recording […]
President of World Sailing Kim Andersen with our IDA Chairman Vasily Senatorov. Very many congratulations on behalf of fellow Dragon Sailors all over the World to Kim Andersen our new President of World Sailing. Many of you will recognise Kim (centre) from his successful Dragon racing with Jens Kristensen… DEN 410. “Current Holders” of the […]
Lars Hendriksen wins 2 of the 3 races in DEN 138 “Eva”, with Claus Olesen & Georgi Leonchuk. The 1st Cascais Winter Series began in earnest today with a 7 – 10 knot wind and three good races which helped to make up for the lack of sailing yesterday. Winner of race 1 was the ever improving ESP 71 […]
In Cascais the wind was never above 3 kts, so unfortunately no racing today….. It was a frustrating day in both Cannes and Cascais as no racing was possible due to no wind in Portugal & a 35 knot Mistral in the Cote d’Azur…… Cannes was great for Kite Surfing, but no chance for Dragon Racing today 🙁 These things […]
Cannes (today) is looking good for the Armisitice Cup that begins on Friday 11th Nov. This weekend Dragon Sailors are “spoilt for choice” as racing begins in both Cannes, France and Cascais, Portugal. With teams now arriving at both venues and a good predicted forecast in both countries, it should be a great start to our Winter […]
For the first time in it’s 29 year existence the Drag’s Cup did not manage to complete any races over the 4 day period…. However, this did not dampen the spirit of the 25 International Teams who all promised to return next year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Drag’s Cup, Cazaux Nov 1st to 4th 2017. […]