RUS 96 Mikhail Muratov crewed by Valetin Uvarkin and Valdimir Krutskikh stole the show on the final day here in Cascais by winning all three races, which gave him overall victory… It was also a great day for his wife Olga White as she helmed her Dragon RUS 69 into 3rd place overall with two […]
The second day of the 4th Winter Series saw the return of the strong South Westerly wind, which once again conjured up huge waves which made upwind sailing a struggle, but downwind surfing enjoyable…. In fact it was impossible not to “catch” wave after wave as once the spinnaker’s were set in this 25kt wind the […]
19 boats took to the start line today to sail the first two races of the popular Cascais Winter Series. The strong North Westerly winds had blown themselves out over the past week andso the big rolling swell from the Atlantic finally died away… It left a very confused chop, but with the wind strength […]
Here in Cascais, the final day of races had to be cancelled due to extreme wind conditions, but with 5 races already sailed GER 1080 helmed by Marcus Brennecke and crewed by his “Bavarian Dream Team” (Hoesch and Lip) took the title of the 3rd winter series finishing on 10pts. Right on his heels in […]
Marcus Brennecke, GER 1080, crewed by Vincent Hoesch and Michi Lip, sailed consistently well today finishing with two 2nd places, to take the overall lead here in Cascais after 5 races… With the wind at around 110 degrees and gusting 18-20kts in race one, Ireland’s Andrew Craig started as he finished off in the last […]
The 3rd Winter Series at Portugal’s premier sailing centre Cascais, began today in 8-10kts of breeze, whilst the rest of Europe froze to a standstill. Teams from Ireland, Russia, Germany, Sweden and the UK braved the elements to join the local Portuguese fleet who scratch their heads in wonder about why we would chose to live anywhere else […]
With three races sailed today in the beautiful bay of Cascais and Estoril, Lawrie Smith won his first Dragon Regatta since recently joining the class, after using his vast “Match Racing” experience to keep Ireland’s Andrew Craig at bay…. Craig continued where he left off yesterday by winning the first race, then after a 3rd […]
Ireland’s Andrew Craig threw down the gauntlet to Lawrie Smith yesterday by winning two of the three races and finished second in the other…. Graig helming the chartered boat “Finito’ showed his intent with some excellent tactical sailing in 20kts of ever shifting wind. His top dragon tactician, Mark Petit, chose many perfect upwind lanes as […]
Yesterday in Cascais, the first two races of the 2nd winter series were held with 10kts of breeze from the south which produced very difficult sea conditions. Big steep waves with little wind are probably the most testing conditions a Dragon team can meet as they try to keep moving fast by sail trimming, careful helming and […]
After the 52 boat gathering in Cannes last week, today see’s the Yacht Club Naval fly the flag for Portugal as they host the 2nd Winter Series event here in Cascais. 25 boats are expected to test their skills and fine tune their crewing techniques, as eyes begin to focus on the World Championships in Melbourne. Some of today’s participants […]