Irish Dragon Class Sailing News and Regatta Results
#dragonsailing – Lawrie Smith showed his mettle to take the 2014 Irish Dragon Nationals at Kinsale YC today writes Claire Bateman. Britian's Smith with crew Adam Bowers and Jack Wilson and sailing under the Burgee of the Glandore Harbour Yacht Club won today's…
#dragon – The second day of the Irish Dragon nationals at Kinsale in County Cork has been scrubbed due to lack of wind. Racing is scheduled to start an hour earlier tomorrow at 11am.
#dragons – On driving to Kinsale yesterday to photograph the 2014 Irish Dragon Nationals it was a miserable outlook with the rain thundering down in quantities not experienced for some months writes Claire Bateman. Even while waiting around in Kinsale…
#dragon – Race officer was Barry O'Neill, who ran six great races in perfect Dragon conditions - 12-15 knots, and calm sea with all but short waves. With windward leeward courses around 1 hour, three races were sailed on Saturday and…
Irish National Dragon Champions Year Boat Helm Crew Crew 1966 ADYAR G.F.Crosbie R.D’Alton P.D.Crosbie 1967 MEDUSA J.O.T.Hughes 1968 1689 1970 MAJ-BRITT A.Holm P.Holm P.R.Hoj-Jensen 1971 MEDUSA J.O.T.Hughes 1972 ALETTA S.A.Flood R.Michael R.Rafter 1973 ALPHIDA S.A.Flood H. Byrne J.McMenamin 1974 …
Dragon Edinburgh Cup Winners Year Helm Yacht Location 2012 Simon Brien KIN (IRL214) Cultra 2011 Martin Byrne Jaguar (IRL201) Abersoch 2010 Klaus Diederichs Fever (NOR282) Cowes 2009 Bill Hardesty Gorgeous Worgeous (GBR723) Falmouth 2008 Don O'Donoghue Seabird (IRL204) Plymouth 2007…
Weymouth finally showed herself at her best for day three of the Gazprom International Dragon World Championship where the fleet enjoyed two stunning races, races two and three of the eight race series. Sole Irish trio competing Garry Treacy, Don…
Dragon Title Goes to Royal St. George Yacht 'Phantom' on Dublin Bay Home Waters
12th August 2013 Dragon
#dragon – Peter Bowring's Phantom was the winner of the ten-boat Irish Dragon nationals at the Royal Irish Yacht Club at the weekend. Second was Royal North's Simon Brien with Bowring's Royal St. George club mate Andrew Craig third in Chimaera.…
#dragon – Phantom skipered Peter Bowring holds a one point lead over Martin Byrne after day two of the Irish Dragon National Championships hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire writes Aidan Tarbett. Andrew Craig's Chimera lies…
#dragon – The Dragon keelboat National Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club will be held from Thursday 8th – Sunday 11th August 2013, a change from an earlier venue due to lack of numbers. The Notice of Race and entry form…
#dragon – The Irish Dragon class has been unable to commit to 'more than a handful of boats' travelling to Bangor in County Down for the 2013 Irish National Championships in August. As a result, the class has been forced in…
It was all change on day three of the 2013 Dragon Edinburgh Cup supported by Aberdeen Asset Management in Weymouth, where today's fifth race brought high tension on the race course and the introduction of the discard. As a result…
The International Dragon fleet's weeklong festival of sailing in Weymouth got off to a great, if slightly delayed, start today with the South Coast Championship. Originally scheduled to be sailed over two days, strong winds on Sunday had forced the…
#dragon – Next week sees the Dragon Fleet descend on the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy for the Dragon South Coast Championship on the 23 and 24 June, immediately followed by the Edinburgh Cup. Many teams will be using…
#dragon – Royal St. George yacht Chimaera skippered by Andrew Craig was the winner of the weekend's East Coast Dragon Championship on Dublin Bay staged by the Royal Irish Yacht Club. There were 12 entries with six races sailed and one discard. Scroll…
#dragon – The Notice of Race has been published and online entry is now open for the 2013 Dragon World Championship to be hosted by the Portland and Weymouth Sailing Academy from 5 to 13 September 2013. The event is…
