POR 64 “Lady Tati” victorious Alvaro Marinho, Patrick de Barros (Helm) & Rodrigo Vantacich. Patrick de Barros left Palma de Mallorca for “possibly” the final time at the weekend after competing in 38 Princess Sophia’s participating in Finn, Star and finally the Dragon Class. So it was even more pleasing for Patrick and his professional team of Olympian Alvaro Marinho […]
Italian Champions, GER 1068 Malte Philipp, Ingo Ehrlicher (Helm) & Tommy Auracher. There were two more races completed yesterday (Sun 26th), in San Remo to conclude the Italian National Championships. The wind was between 12 to 16 kts from 220-230 degrees, so conditions were perfect for the final day. Although the line was set with […]
Patrick de Barros POR 64 leads overall after 4 races at the Princess Sofia in Palma de Mallorca. After the rains & light winds of yesterday there were 3 nice & sunny races in Palma today (Sat 24th) with POR 64 “Lady Tati” scoring 1st, 2nd, 1st to lead overall. Patrick de Barros, (crewed by Alvaro Marinho […]
Winners of Race 1 in San Remo, Simon Fry, Andy Beadsworth & Ali Tezdiker (Owner). It was all smiles today, Friday 24th (apart from Simon Fry), for TUR 1212 “Provezza Dragon” as they won the first race of the Italian National Championships in San Remo. After a frustrating day ashore yesterday, the 36 boat fleet started the […]
Unfortunately, there was no wind today (Thurs 23rd) in San Remo. The 36 Dragons had to wait patiently ashore today as there was simply not a breath of wind today to begin the Italian National Championships. However, it was Champagne all round for the team “Provezza” as their new Petticrows (V6 Model) was launched by […]
Tomorrow (Thurs 23rd March) will see the start of the Dragon Cup in San Remo as 36 International Teams will compete for the Italian National Championship. Principle Organiser Umberto Zocca Di Montelupo is hoping the weather will behave itself so that a full program of races can be sailed over the next 4 days. […]
Calling all Dragon sailors – GBR and ALL Dragon nationalities. This is your Captain speaking! I am honoured to be the Chairman of the 2017 Edinburgh Cup, which will be held in Cowes, Isle of Wight from 8 to 15 July. On behalf of the British Dragon Association, the Cowes Dragon Fleet is busy making arrangements to […]
Sailors were left frustrated at the 5th Cascais Winter Series, as the predicted strong Northerly Winds gusting in excess of 30 kts prevented anymore racing yesterday (Sunday). Therefore the results remained the same from the three races sailed on Saturday giving a delighted Pedro Andrade a well deserved event win. Not only did Pedro and […]
GER 1177 “Pow Wow” helmed by Pedro Andrade has a commanding overall lead in Cascais. The 5th Cascais Winter Series began on Friday with a windless, but extremely sunny day (27 degrees) so the 33 International Teams were able to enjoy a relaxing afternoon in this wonderful part of Europe. Then, as though a “magic” switch was turned on, the […]
The “Popular” 2K Team Racing will also take place this year in Hong Kong April 14th-17th. The success of the 2k Team Racing event held every year in Venice during early October has spread far and wide, so much so that a 2nd event will soon be held in Hong Kong. Event organiser Tam Nguyen has invited some […]