“Bluebottle” K192 in full Regalia in tribute to Prince Philip. Cannons roared from the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes yesterday (April 10th) and around the world in tribute to His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who sadly passed away aged 99. As crowds gathered in limited numbers due to covid, to pay their …
The Riviera Trophy, was won by Klaus Diederichs GBR 819. The 2021 Riviera Trophy was concluded in San Remo at the Paul & Shark Dragon Cup Regatta. This new event was conceived by the Italian and Monegasque Dragon Class Associations and held in four locations, Alassio, Imperia, Monaco and San Remo. Despite the difficult period …
Wolf Waschkuhn SUI 318 Wins his first International Regatta in San Remo. 20 teams from 9 Nations completed 5 races from March 25th-28th in San Remo at the International Italian Dragon Cup, sponsored by Paul & Shark. Although conditions were extremely light for the opening days, the final race day showed San Remo at it’s …
Preparing to Start in Puerto Portals. The IV Mediterranean Cup was held in the colourful bay of Palma organised by the Club de Regatas Puerto Portals between Feb 26th – 28th. 11 teams participated in glorious sailing conditions which allowed for 2 races per day, in a steady 10 to 12 kts of wind and …
GBR 819 “Fever” Klaus Diederichs, Diego Negri & Frithjof Kleen win in Imperia. The second event of the 2021 Riviera Trophy for the Dragon Class took place in Imperia at the weekend, with 8 teams enjoying the Italian weather which provided two excellent sailing days after no wind on the opening day. The Riviera Trophy …
Dmitry Bondarenko wins first round of the Riviera Trophy in Alassio. Dragon racing started again for 7 lucky teams in Italy last weekend (5th-7th Feb) as the 2021 Riviera Trophy began it’s first of four scheduled regatta’s in Alassio, before moving onto Imperia (19th-21st Feb), then Monaco (5th-7th March) and finally San Remo (26th-29th March). …
Excellent Committee Boat for Puerto Portals Winter Series. The 3rd Winter Series in Puerto Portals was raced from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd January in a wide range of conditions, under the deep blue skies of Mallorca. This was the final winter series before the scheduled “IV Copa del Mediterraneo” 26th-28th Feb and the European …
Puerto Portals 1st Winter Series 20-22 November. 12 Teams arrived in Puerto Portals last weekend for their first winter series. No races were sailed on Friday due to lack of wind, but 3 races were held on Saturday followed by 1 more on Sunday. Although mainly local sailors participated a few travelling teams managed to …
Pedro Andrade is top of the Podium in Finals. Of the 14 boats who participated in the Portuguese Grand Prix which was won by SUI 311 “Sophie Racing” only 10 teams ventured out to participate in the IDA European Grand Prix Finals in Vilamoura. Although a small fleet it was extremely competitive and 3 excellent …
Bernardo Freitas, Martin Westerdahl and Diogo Pereira Win Grand Prix. On the 4th day of racing in Vilamoura to decide the Portuguese Grand Prix, only one more race could be added to the program due to a weather front that saw gusts of 28kts and 2 metre high waves! This was in complete contrast to …