Glandore's Lawrie Smith Secures Back To Back Dragon Edinburgh Cup Wins, Kinsale's Cameron Good is Corinthian Champion

13th July 2024

Edinburgh Cup 2024 Abersoch Overall first place winner Alfie GBR 815 Lawrie Smith (with trophy), Martin Wrigley (Goncalo Ribeiro, Ruaridh Scott not pictured) with officers of the host club, South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club in North Wales

Lawrie Smith, sailing under the burgee of Glandore Harbour Yacht Club in West Cork, has claimed his fourth Dragon Edinburgh Cup win at Abersoch, surpassing Graham Bailey's three titles and placing him within the prestigious group of most wins along with Tony O'Gorman, Poul-Richard Høj-Jensen and Rory Bowman.

Ireland's Cameron Good, Henry Kingston and Shaun Kingston from Kinsale were Corinthian champions, with Dubin Bay's Jaguar Sailing of Martin Byrne, Adam Winkleman and John Simms second.

Edinburgh Cup 2024 Overall Corinthian winners at Abersoch were Little Fella IRL 211 Cameron Good (right) with Henry Kingston and Shaun Kingston and the Commodore of the host club, South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club in North Wales

The final day of the 76th Edinburgh Cup was a celebration of the annual British Dragon National Championship but sadly delivered no racing. Race six was unable to take place due to insufficient wind, so on count back, Lawrie claimed the win over Grant Gordon GBR 833 on equal points.

76th Edinburgh Cup winners

Alfie GBR 815 Lawrie Smith, Goncalo Ribeiro, Rualridh Scott, Martin Wrigley
Louise GBR 833 Grant Gordon, Luke Patience, Elliot Hanson, Faye Chatterton
Saturn POR 89 Pedro Reiberio de Andrade, Miguel Leitmann, Martin Westerdahl

Corinthian Champions

Little Fella IRL 211 Cameron Good, Henry Kingston, Shaun Kingston
Jaguar Sailing Team IRL 201 Martin Byrne, Adam Winkleman, John Simms
Fit Chick GBR 753 Jono Brown, Chris Grosscurth, Andrew Norden

Jordan Bell Trophy - Jaguar Sailing Team
Seagull Trophy, Best lady foredeck crew - Faye Chatterton
Classic Trophy - Fit Chick
BDA Vintage Trophy - Ran

Full results can be viewed here

International Dragon class attention now turns to Kinsale, which stages the prestigious Dragon Gold Cup in September.

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