Round Up Video from Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019
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Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 – Final Report, Video & Pictures
The final day of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblik was a frustrating one as the wind refused to stabilise sufficiently to complete a race. From 11.00 to 14.30 the Committee made repeated attempts to get a race underway, but despite there being wind in the race area it simply wouldn’t stop shifting […]
Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 – Day 5 Report, Video & Photos
The fifth and penultimate race of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 was yet another heavy airs humdinger. With 18-22 knots average and gusts up to 27 knots from the south-south-west, plus a punishing short chop, it was seat of the pants stuff for even the most experienced crews. Britain’s Ron James, a stalwart of […]
Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup – Day 4 Report, Videos & Photos
The 93 strong International Dragon fleet had to face a rain storm of almost biblical proportions on the fourth day of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblik, as race four of the six-race series was completed. The teams left the dock under leaden skies in a boisterous northerly for the long sail out […]
Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 – Day 3 Report
11 June 2019 – Medemblik, Netherlands – As the regatta reached its mid-point, there were mixed fortunes for the leading teams on day three of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblik. Going into the day Holland’s Pieter Heerema, and Peter Gilmour sailing for Japan were at the top of the leader board with […]
Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 – Day 2 Report
Following day one’s lack of wind, which forced the abandonment of racing, day two of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblik was a complete contrast with great breeze and two challenging but closely fought races. Typically, one race per day is sailed at the Gold Cup as the courses are exceptionally long, with […]
Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 – Day 1 Report
After the gales of practice day, the opening race day of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblick got off to a promising start. Following a skippers’ briefing the fleet and race committee left the dock and at the appointed time of 13.00 the course was laid at 2.5 miles long on a bearing […]
Gale force winds meant that the practise race for the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2019 in Medemblik had to be cancelled and craning of the arriving boats suspended for a period. With winds regularly gusting to 40 knots and frequent heavy rain there was little the teams could do but complete their shoreside administration, secure […]
Sailors from around the World converge on Medemblik for 2019 Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup
Ninety-five International Dragon keelboats and their crews from across Europe and Scandinavia and as far afield as Australia, Japan, Canada and the United Arab Emirates are converging on the historic town of Medemblik in the Netherlands for the 2019 Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup. Hosted by the Royal Netherlands Yacht Club and the Royal Yacht Club […]