Calling all Dragon’s, Entry for Gold Cup closes soon, please join the fun in St Tropez. Almost 70 boats are already entered for the 2017 Gold Cup!! This will be a most spectacular event to round off our excellent season… As part of this years organising committee I can assure you all that no stone will […]
World Champion crew Ali Tezdiker sprays European Champion at Prize Giving.. What a fantastic final day we had in Lake Thun.. At first any further racing looked unlikely as the anticipated early morning breeze from the mountains overlooking Interlaken did not materialize. So the 62 International teams had to wait again patiently ashore.. Waiting for […]
Race 3 is started in Thun, with a morning breeze from Interlaken of around 6 kts… It was another early start yesterday (18th August) for the 62 International Dragon teams competing at the 2017 European Championships on Lake Thun, Switzerland. Shortly after the start half of the fleet tacked onto port and headed for the right […]
Race 2 of the 2017 Europeans gets underway in Thun, after a long wait ashore… A 6kt afternoon thermal wind eventually arrived in Thun much to the delight of the 62 International teams who had been waiting at the club since 7.30am! Unfortunately, the early morning mountain breeze did not materialise as predicted so patience […]
Winning crew of Race 1 was 15yr old Bernardo Torres Pego, GER 1177 “Pow Wow”. Pedro Andrade nailed the opening race of the 2017 European Championship today with his crew of Charles Nankin & Bernardo Torres Pego, who joined the Pow Wow team after owner Michael Zankel had to withdraw. Despite not participating in the […]
Very Little wind on Day 1 of Dragon Europeans. Unfortunately the wind did not play ball today and no racing was possible on Lake Thun… The 64 Dragons from 14 Nations set forward onto the Lake anticipating a day of Champagne Sailing… However, the breeze proved fickle in both strength and direction. Principal Race […]
Dmitry Samokhin is the number 1 in Thun, as he records 5 wins & 1 second place! The 2017 Swiss National Championship concluded yesterday (Sat 12th) with two more races, providing the 26 boat fleet with a full 7 race series… Overall winners, with a near perfect score, was the excellent team from RUS 76 “RocknRolla” helmed […]
Start of race 4th of the Swiss Nationals on Lake Thun, with the breeze from Interlaken… As the clouds begin to lift around the mountainous Bernese Oberland region of central Switzerland, the wind yesterday came from the nearby direction of Interlaken. This set a different test to the competitors of the 2017 Swiss National Championship especially to the […]
RUS 76 “RocknRolla” recorded their 3rd straight win today to lead overall after 3 races. It was a real wet day in Thun as the rain never stopped and the wind eventually died away to nothing…. However, one race was completed, although it required a shortened course on the 2nd upwind leg. Yet again it […]
Coasting to 2 race wins on an overcast Lake Thun is RUS 76 “RocknRolla”….. It was a fantastic start for the recent 2017 Russian National Champion Dmitry Samokhin today on Lake Thun as he won the opening two races of the Swiss National Championships. Crewed by his loyal team of Andrey Kirilyuk & Aleksey Bushuev they “nailed” both races in […]