Loads of interest on the Dragon stand at Gothenburg Boat Show. Martin Palsson, answers questions.
There was much interest around the brand new Petticrows V6.1 at the boat show in Gothenburg, as the Swedish Dragon Association and some of their members promote the 2021 Gold Cup. Martin Palsson and friends were amongst the organisers as the Swedish Dragon Class continues to grow and look forward to hosting this most prestigious championship in Marstrand next year.
Petticrows V6.1 one of the “highlights” at Gothenburg Boat Show.
With around 10 additional Dragons joining the Swedish Fleet last year, there is no doubt the class is becoming more popular. To that end the Swedish Dragon Association are increasing their sailing program with a “Multi” National event in June 12-14 at Marstrand. At this event, all three National Championships will take place for the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Fleets! This will rotate to Denmark and Norway in future years……The idea of combining all three National Championships into one regatta is to see “hopefully “ a 30 to 40 boat fleet compete for the major honours. So the highest placed boat from each of the three Nations will be their National Champion for 2020.
The official Gold Cup logo for the 2021 Gold Cup in Marstrand.
In addition this season the Nordic Cup will be awarded to the best team after 3 combined events:
In Denmark 8-10 May, Sweden 12-14 June & in Norway 25th-28 June.
So lots going on up in Northern Europe this season let’s hope many of the teams competing in the Nordic Cup will also support the Irish Fleet for this year’s Gold Cup in Kinsale…. 5th to 11th September.
I will be meeting with the Kinsale Yacht Club Organisers in April so will post a more informative Blog on the 2020 Gold Cup soon….
The Finnish Dragon fleet has been very lucky in 2020 and has squeezed in a whole season of races. The annual Rapu Regatta or Cray Fish regatta took place 22 – 23 August in the beautiful surroundings of Jollas, eastern Helsinki. The event was organised by one of the local sailors in cooperation with Helsinki …
The NOR for the Trofeo Sofia Iberostar Spanish Dragon Grand Prix has been published and entries are now open at http://cruceromonotipo.trofeoprincesasofia.org/es/default/races/race-inscription-cruise-nopre-login/text/3475
The last regatta of the Finnish Dragon class was organized by HSK and sailed on the Melkki sailing area. 10 boats confirmed entry, slightly down on the average but a very competitive fleet lined up. The racecourse was shared with the Star and the 606 classes. On Saturday racing was postponed for two hours for …
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 …
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Swedish Dragon at Gothenburg Boat Show….
There was much interest around the brand new Petticrows V6.1 at the boat show in Gothenburg, as the Swedish Dragon Association and some of their members promote the 2021 Gold Cup. Martin Palsson and friends were amongst the organisers as the Swedish Dragon Class continues to grow and look forward to hosting this most prestigious championship in Marstrand next year.
With around 10 additional Dragons joining the Swedish Fleet last year, there is no doubt the class is becoming more popular. To that end the Swedish Dragon Association are increasing their sailing program with a “Multi” National event in June 12-14 at Marstrand. At this event, all three National Championships will take place for the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Fleets! This will rotate to Denmark and Norway in future years……The idea of combining all three National Championships into one regatta is to see “hopefully “ a 30 to 40 boat fleet compete for the major honours. So the highest placed boat from each of the three Nations will be their National Champion for 2020.
In addition this season the Nordic Cup will be awarded to the best team after 3 combined events:
In Denmark 8-10 May, Sweden 12-14 June & in Norway 25th-28 June.
So lots going on up in Northern Europe this season let’s hope many of the teams competing in the Nordic Cup will also support the Irish Fleet for this year’s Gold Cup in Kinsale…. 5th to 11th September.
I will be meeting with the Kinsale Yacht Club Organisers in April so will post a more informative Blog on the 2020 Gold Cup soon….
Higher, Faster, Longer……… Stavros.
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