The Beautiful Lake Thun is the venue for the 2017 European Championships, Aug 14-19. Lake Thun and the picturesque town of Thun is set high in the Swiss Mountains (approximately 500 metres above sea level), next to Bern the capital of Switzerland. The 2017 European Championships will be a fantastic opportunity for Dragon Sailors to experience flat, fresh water conditions which offer […]
Calling all Dragon sailors, friends and family, past, present and future! Join us for a very special celebration of the International Dragon Class at our 2017 Edinburgh Cup Celebration on Friday 14 July. The Edinburgh Cup Celebration Friday 14 July 2017 – RORC Cowes Clubhouse NOTICE OF PARTY Tickets £45! Includes sparkling reception, 3 course […]
Mihkel Kosk, Viljo Vetik & Niklas Jansson win the 2k event in Hong Kong. After the 8 teams had completed a total of 42 races over 3 days, the winners of the Hong Kong 2K event went to the smiling Estonian Team who had flown out directly from Cascais to join in the fun… 🙂 Mihkel Kosk, […]
TUR 1212 “Provezza Dragon” has won the 22nd King Juan Carlos Trophy, in Cascais. Andy Beadsworth holds two smaller cups as Ali Tezdiker and Simon Fry hold the famous Trophy aloft at Prize Giving yesterday after adding this Grade 1 event to their Stavros Match Race victory earlier in the week, a brilliant achievement for […]
Smiles all round for GER 1140 “Smaug” Nicola Friesen, Frithjof Kleen & Vincie Hoesch. It was a long, long day of magnificent sailing on Day 3 of the Grade 1 “Juan Carlos Trophy” in Cascais, as 2 more races were completed in wonderful conditions. Even though the sailors did not return to the Club Naval de Cascais […]
GBR 780 “Louise” Grant Gordon, Theis Palm & Kasper Harsberg win 2nd Race. The early morning Easterly breeze did not materialise yesterday so the planned 10am start had to be delayed until the afternoon North-Westerly wind eventually filled in. Therefore, at around 2pm the 45 boat fleet were sent out for a great afternoon of […]
Jens Rathsack, Tiago Marcelino & Diogo Pereira win Race 1 of the Juan Carlos Trophy. Race 1 of the Juan Carlos Trophy began at 2pm yesterday (Thurs 6th April) with an Easterly wind of around 12 kts. Although the breeze had been stronger during the morning, with temperatures climbing to the mid 20’s, it was inevitable that the pressure […]
Winners of the 6th Stavros Match Race, Simon Fry, Ali Tezdiker & Andy Beadsworth. In the end it all came down to just one boat length! The final day began with a briefing to hand out the final “pairings” which gave every one of the 10 teams a chance to still win the 6th Stavros Match Race […]
2011 winner Henrique Anjos fights hard in the pre-start with Klaus Diederichs. The weather could not have been better as the 10 teams completed the “Round Robin” at the 6th Stavros Match Race event in Cascais. In pole position with 8 wins out of 9 races is TUR 1212 “Provezza” helmed by Andy Beadsworth. This former […]
Sailing Team “Provezza” are one of 4 teams with 3 out of 3 Wins after day 1 in Cascais. 10 teams from 7 different Nations are doing battle in Cascais to see who will win the 6th Stavros Match Race event in 2017. Perfect sunny conditions of 25 degrees and a Northerly 12 to 14 […]