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 …
5 Races now completed in Vilamoura. The 14 lucky Dragon Team’s who are enjoying the sunshine and warm sea breezes in Vilamoura have now completed 5 of the 8 scheduled races over the past 3 days. Today the fleet hope to sail 3 more races in possibly the best conditions of the week with a …
Nino Shmueli and Team in Vilamoura. Due to the world wide pandemic the only IDA Grade 1 event of 2020 began today on the Portuguese Algarve, with a fleet of 14 boats in light wind conditions. Whilst the rest of Europe baton down the hatches for yet another Lockdown, 14 lucky Dragon teams enjoyed the sunshine …
Charles Nankin, Pedro Andrade and Manuel Rocha win for Club Nautico de Tavira. The 2020 Marblehead Trophy reached it’s climax yesterday with 5 teams still in with a chance of wining this coveted trophy on the final day of racing in the popular Portuguese Algarve venue of Vilamoura. With 4 races completed both Pedro Andrade …
2019 Marblehead “Podium” in St Petersburg. Over the next 3 days (Oct 28th-31st) 15 top teams will represent their Yacht Club’s to compete for the famous Marblehead Trophy in Vilamoura. With several European Countries on the verge of a second National Lockdown teams from Spain, Turkey, Germany, France, Russia, Switzerland, Portugal and the Netherlands have taken …
Port Camargue a most beautiful Marina. Port Camargue is a district in the town of Le Grau-du-Roi. Built in the 1960’s it is today one of the biggest Marina’s in Europe. Last week the Societe’ Nautique Grau-Du-Roi/Port Camargue ran another fantastic Dragon Championship which attracted 14 boats despite difficult Covid restrictions. With the help of Sud …
Jorgen Schonherr Wins on Lake Garda. 26 Dragons competed in the 17th Hans-Detmar Wagner Cup held over Oct 1st-3rd in Torbole’ on Lake Garda. This was an excellent turn-out considering travel restrictions and self quarantine requirements (for some Countries) in place during the on going Covid pandemic. 5 Italian boats joined the 18 German, 1 …
RUS 76 “RocknRolla” Overall Winners in Cannes. The 2020 Regates Royal took place this week in Cannes with a greatly reduced fleet (14 boats) due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. However, those teams that were able to travel to this beautiful sailing venue enjoyed the mixed range of conditions despite no social program. Yacht Club …