| 2010 Edinburgh Cup & South Coast Championship Dates Confirmed |
 The dates for the 2010 Edinburgh Cup and South Coast Championship, to be raced from Cowes, have been confirmed. The South Coasts will be raced from 27 to 29 June and the Edinburgh Cup will be held from 30 June to 3 July. The Solent Fleet are pulling out all the stops to make it a great event. Click here for more information. |
| 2010 BDA Events Published Now |
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 The 2010 BDA Event Schedule is now published and additional dates are being added regularly. If you have a Dragon event (be it a stand alone event or a regatta which includes a Dragon class) please e-mail details to fiona.brown@fionabrown.com and we will add them to the schedule. Click here to see the 2010 BDA Regatta Schedule.
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| Petticrows Celebrate In Style |
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 They've had plenty to celebrate at Petticrows recently with Poul-Richard Hoj Jensen winning the World Championship and John McVey completing a most impressive 20 years of service. Click here to find out about these celebrations and other exciting developments at Petticrows.
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| Dinghy Sailors Hijack Dragon! |
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 For a hillarious report about what happened when a bunch of young dinghy sailors took on the Dragon sailing elite at the Worlds in Medemblik Click Here.
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| Stavros Reports From The Worlds |
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 And for a more traditional counterpoint to the "alternative" report above read Stavros's missive from Medemblik to find out what happened to the rest of the fleet at the Worlds. Click here for full report.
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| Stop Press - Quentin Strauss Top Brit At Europeans |
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 Congratulations to Quentin Strauss and his crew Mark Pettitt and Ben Gray on taking eighth place and being first British finisher at last week's European Championship in St Tropez. Quentin narrowly beat Poul-Richard Hoj Jensen, crewed by Andrew Norden and Theis Palm, who finished ninth. Click here for full results.
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| Dragon Sailing On YouTube |
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 We've now got our own BDA chanel on YouTube where already we've posted some video clips from this year's major events. We're keen to add more footage to the chanel so if you have any clips we can publish please e-mail them to fiona.brown@fionabrown.com. To see the existing footage Click here to visit the British Dragons YouTube Chanel.
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| Classic Dragon "Point Man" |
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 BDA Vice Chairman Patrick Gifford explains his role as the IDA's "point man" for its dealings with the owners of "Classic Dragons". Click here to find out more about this fascinating job.
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| Yarmouth Regatta Report |
 The weekend following Cowes Week used to be a bit of an anticlimax, but as BDA Chairman Owen Pay reports, these days its the perfect opportunity to head west for a fantastic weekend of fun and racing in Yarmouth. Click here to read Owen's full report. |
| Abersoch Update |
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 The growth of the Abersoch Dragon Fleet has been on of the great Dragon success stories of 2009. Fleet Captain Rob Riddell explains how the fleet got off the ground, what they've been up to this year and issues some very special invitations including for the Edinburgh Cup 2011. Click here to find out more.
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| Aldeburgh Fleet Update |
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 The Aldeburgh Fleet enjoyed some great racing this season with seven of the eight possible boats out for most events. Patrick Gifford reports on the season's activities and invites you to join them for more great sailing and fun socialising in 2010. Click here to read the full report.
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| Ivan Bradbury Victorious At Regates Royales |
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Congratulations to Ivan Bradbury and his crew of Lars Hendriksen and Will Willett on their impressive 12 point victory at Regates Royales at Cannes. It was a good regatta for the Brits with David Palmer, Andy Beadsworth and Pedro de Andrade finishing fourth and Ron James, Julia Walsh and Mark Pettit seventh. Click here for full regatta reports. |
| Aldeburgh Week Report |
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 Glorious sunshine, good winds and some great competition were enjoyed by the nine strong Dragon Fleet competing at Aldeburgh Week 2009 where Rory Bowman was the ultimate victor. Click here to read Patrick Gifford's wonderful report of the event.
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| Kestrel On Delivery - Two Awfully Big Adventures! |
 Matthew Lingley, the intrepid owner of GBR207 Kestrel, wasn't goint to let a little thing like the lack of a road trailer put him off getting his boat from Aldeburgh to the Solent for the South Coast Championship and Cowes Week. Click here to find out all about his awfully big adventures on the way to and from Cowes. |
| Cowes Week Report |
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 The overall entry trend for Cowes Week 2009 might have been down by 15% but the Dragon Class bucked that trend firmly by increasing its numbers this year with 18 boats enjoying great Solent racing in this classic event. Owen Pay brings us all the details of a highly competitive Cowes Week.
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| 2010 Events Calendar |
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 Both the BDA and the IDA 2010 Event Calandars are now being updated with events.
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The Dragon is one of the most beautiful and prestigious keelboat classes in the world and with more than 1400 boats racing in at least 26 countries around the globe it is also one of the largest. Designed in 1929 the Dragon quickly became a leading international class and remains a world leader .
Although an historic class the boats now being built are constructed using the very latest high technology materials and methods and around 50 new boats are launched each year. Careful class rule management has helped to ensure that a well maintained classic boat can still race competitively against its modern counterpart and all major championships include special trophies for classic Dragons.
The Dragon class was established in Britain during the 1930s and fleets rapidly formed along the south and east coasts, in Scotland and Ireland. Currently over 130 crews compete regularly in British Dragon regattas and the British Dragon Association has a membership of more than 500. Visit www.britishdragons.org for more information. | |
