GBR 375 “Blue Haze” is dominating the racing at the 39th Regates Royal in Cannes. After 7 races Danish helm Lars Hendriksen holds a comfortable lead ahead of his 43 rivals as we enter the final day of racing here in Cannes. Sailing Ivan Bradbury’s “Blue Haze” a Pedersen & Thuessen built in 1957 Lars has shown […]
Peaceful settings in the beautiful Old Port of Cannes as the 44 Dragons wait for wind. The 39th Regates Royal is underway in Cannes with 44 Dragons participating over 5 days. So far 3 races have been completed in extremely light winds in the east bay whilst the Classic Yachts enjoy their traditional racing to the […]
Great racing in Torbole’ from former years overlooked by the magnificent Mountain’s. This October (4-7) the final Dragon Grand Prix Grade 1 event of 2017 will combine with the popular 13th Hans-Detmar Wagner Cup on Lake Garda, Italy. Torbole’ has a tremendous reputation of being “The” place to sail as conditions are almost perfect every day due to it’s geographical position at the […]
Pieter Heerema, Lars Hendriksen & Claus Olesen are the 2017 Dutch Champions. The final day of racing provided the very best conditions with sun, wind & excellent championship courses… Requiring just one more half decent result to clinch the title NED 412 helmed by Pieter Heerema did it in style by winning race 6. After rounding […]
GBR 803 helmed by Quentin Strauss, with Nigel Young & Pedro Andrade win race 5. Two more races were completed yesterday (Sat 10th Sept) in Muiden as the 37 boats enjoyed a rain free day! Yes, we had grey skies and even the occasional black clouds but the rain only fell on Amsterdam so a […]
NED 412 “No Way Back” wins the 3rd race of the Dutch Open Championship in Muiden. Day 2 of the Dutch Open Championship was delayed yesterday (Friday 8th Sept) as there were gusts in excess of 30 kts and lots of rain squalls… So when the 37 boats did eventually set sail from the Royal Netherlands Yacht […]
Race 1 of the Dutch Open Championships gets underway in Muiden with 37 boats… “It is the largest and strongest fleet for 15 years” was the call from Dutch Secretary Philip de Koning yesterday as the 37 international teams had 2 very close races yesterday organised by the Royal Netherlands Yacht Club (RNLYC) in cooperation with […]
Goran Alm, Thomas Wallenfeldt & helm Martin Palsson are the Nordic Champions. It has been a good year for this top “Corinthian” team from Sweden who have just added the Norwegian Open Championship to their Swedish National title and a very respectful 3rd place in the Danish Nationals. Martin Palsson, Goran Alm and Thomas Wallenfeldt put together […]