Pedro Andrade Wins Portuguese Grand Prix in Vilamoura.

Pedro Andrade Wins Portuguese Grand Prix in Vilamoura. Pedro Andrade, Tanit Cabau, Afonso Rodrigues & Haydn Sewell. The 4th and final IDA Grade 1 attracted 18 top teams to Vilamoura from 20th to 24th November. Conditions were ideal throughout the championship with sunshine every day, cloudless skies and a variety of wind conditions that saw all […]

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AGM Full Minutes

Annual General Meeting 2023 Minutes Held in the Royal Thames Yacht Club (by kind permission and through the good offices of the British Dragon Association) on Saturday 28 October 2023 at 0930 Read the full documents here >>> […]

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AGM Flash Minutes

AGM Flash Minutes Poul-Richard Hoj-Jensen elected to honorary position of President, succeeding King Constantine who passed away last winter Gérard Blanc re-elected for a second two-year term as Chairman of IDA Board Martin Lutz elected for a two-year term as Vice-Chairman IDA Gregor Berz re-elected for second term as a Vice Chairman IDA Technical Committee […]

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Norwegian Drake Club hosted the Norwegian Open Championship

The Norwegian Drake Club hosted the Norwegian Open Championship over the weekend (25-27 August). There were 13 registered boats of which 2 were Swedish. It was no surprise to see top Swedish sailor Martin Pålsson with crew Gøran Alm and Berra Johansson taking the overall victory in front of the next Swedish boat with Anders HEDLUND, Håkan LING and Magnus BRENTON. The bronze medal was won by NOR 280 with Steff HERBERN, JosteinTHOMASSEN and Iver WAALEN. 10 races were planned, but due to high […]

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Belgium Ben Wins Nationals in Ostend….

17 teams attended the Belgium Nationals last week in Ostend, hosted by the Royal North Sea Yacht Club.  The winning boat was BEL 80 with it’s famous team of Ben van Cauwenbergh, Manu Hens and Thibaud den Hartigh back together again after 8 years! In 2nd place was NED 438 sailed by Jan Bakker and […]

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Martin Pålsson wins 10th Swedish Championship title

Martin Pålsson with crew Göran Alm and Gustavia Gärdebäck have just won their tenth national Swedish Championship title against a large international fleet of 30 boats. Martin, who is on the Board of the International Dragon Association, won his first national title in 1996 and his consistency in recent years has been remarkable. As well as the […]

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