Irish Dragon Class Sailing News and Regatta Results
Harry Lewis Awarded Kinsale Yacht Club Person of the Year 2024 for 'Outstanding Volunteer Service'
2nd November 2024 Kinsale
Harry Lewis has been named the Kinsale Yacht Club Person of the Year 2024 for his exceptional contributions to the sailing community. Harry holds a Club Management Committee role, and according to Commodore Tony Scannell, "he is the man to…
Portuguese Crew Win Dragon Gold Cup in Kinsale, Ireland's Cameron Good Wins Corinthian Trophy
13th September 2024 Dragon
Portugal's Pedro Rebelo de Andrade, Jose Leitmann, and Jamie Lea have won the Astra Construction Dragon Gold Cup at Kinsale on 33 points. After a thrilling final race, the trio overtook weeklong leaders Peter Gilmour, Yasuhiro Yaji, and Sam Gilmour, sailing for Japan on…
Day five of the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 supported by Astra Construction Ltd brought the fifth race winner in five races. A lighter northerly breeze of five to eighteen knots and a more benign sea state made for a…
Beadsworth Takes a Dragon Gold Cup Race Win as Gilmour Holds Lead in Kinsale
11th September 2024 Dragon
With four races down and two to go Australia’s match racing legend Peter Gilmour sailing JPN56 YRed continues to hold a narrow lead at the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 supported by Astra Construction Ltd. Race four got underway after…
Gilmour Still Leads at Halfway Stage of Dragon Gold Cup in Kinsale, Ireland's James Matthews is 13th
10th September 2024 Dragon
After three races of six sailed at the no-discard Dragon Gold Cup in Kinsale, Australia's early leader Peter Gilmour, sailing a Japanese entry, continues to lead with his crew of Yasuhiro Yaji and Sam Gilmour by two points from Britain's Lawrie Smith on 14. Lying in…
Tuesday's Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup Postponed by Strong Winds as Gilmour and Cooke Shine in Exciting Start
9th September 2024 Dragon
Racing has been postponed this morning (Tuesday) at Kinsale due to more strong winds ahead of the third race of the Dragon Gold Cup 2024. International Race Officer Con Murphy told the fleet this morning: "The forecast wind is from 270…
The first Dragon Gold Cup race was cancelled today when northwesterly winds gusted to over 30 knots off Kinsale. International Race Officer Con Murphy sent the 62-boat fleet back to Kinsale Yacht Club. It's the second cancellation of the programme with…
Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 Welcomes Over 200 Sailors from Around the Globe
7th September 2024 Dragon
Kinsale Yacht Club has thrown open its doors to welcome more than 200 Dragon sailors from around the globe in preparation for the Kinsale Dragon Gold Cup 2024 sponsored by Astra Construction Services Ltd, which gets underway tomorrow, Sunday 8…
Saturday's practice race of the 80th Gold Cup for the International Dragon class could not be staged today due to a lack of wind off Kinsale Harbour. The 62-boat fleet representing 14 countries and four continents went out to race…
Kinsale Yacht Club in County Cork is welcoming 62 International Dragon Teams, representing 14 countries and four continents from across the globe, to compete in the 80th Dragon Gold Cup, which gets Cork underway with a practice race on Saturday,…
Lawrie Smith is Favourite as Kinsale Yacht Club Gears Up for 80th Dragon Gold Cup with International Fleet
3rd September 2024 Dragon
Kinsale Yacht Club is on standby for the arrival of 62 International Dragon Teams, representing 14 countries and four continents from across the globe, to compete in the 80th Dragon Gold Cup, which gets underway with a practice race on…
The strong westerly winds that provided such testing championship conditions since last Thursday in Dublin proved a little too much on Sunday (August 25th), bringing the curtain down a day early on four national championships, a key offshore cross-channel race…
Consistent Lawrie Smith Has Nine Point Lead Going into Final Race of Irish Dragon National Championships
25th August 2024 Dragon
With one final race to be sailed on Sunday, multiple champion Lawrie Smith holds a nine-point lead at the Irish Dragon National Championships on Dublin Bay. The Olympian and America's Cup skipper – who took a 1, 2 on Saturday –…
Meteorological commentators tell us that Autumn has definitely arrived, thereby closing off the decidedly mixed summer of 2024. So there's a certain awed fascination in contemplating the reality that in Ireland the 2024 sailing season is only really getting into…
Lawrie Smith Continues to Lead at Royal St George Irish Dragon National Championships on Dublin Bay
23rd August 2024 Dragon
Britain's Lawrie Smith continues to lead the Irish Dragon National Championships after four races sailed in strong westerly winds on Dublin Bay. The Olympian and America's Cup skipper – who took two seconds on the opening day – had a…
A consistent Lawrie Smith leads the Irish Dragon National Championships after two races sailed on Thursday (August 22) in medium to strong westerlies on Dublin Bay. The multi-world champion opened his account in the Royal St. George Yacht Club hosted…
