#dragon – Dublin Bay's Martin Byrne leads the Irish Dragon class ranking list as the class prepares to divvy out limited places for Irish sailors intending to compete at the world and European class championships in 2013.
World or European championship places are allocated according to a ranking list (see xcel file for download below). The Irish fleet gets 8 places at a World or European Championship (plus one for a current Officer of the IDA). The system used for the past number of years allows sailors to count their best 3 results from the Easts, Nats, Souths and Derg in the calendar year before the Championship regatta.
Unfortunately, this year the East Coasts did not have the requisite number of races to count as a ranking regatta. After consultation with the International Dragon Association Irish officers decided to amend the ranking procedure this year to allow helmsmen to qualify for 2013 events (the Europeans in Cascais 6 – 13 April and the Worlds in Weymouth 5 – 13 September) counting their best three results from the Edinburgh Cup 2012, the Irish Nationals 2012, the Irish South Coasts 2012, the Gold Cup 2012 and the Jack Craig Memorial Bell in Derg 2012.
The attached Ranking List is calculated using the low point scoring system and only Irish Dragon Association members are included in the analysis.
