Irish Dragon Class Sailing News and Regatta Results
Day three of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023 at Torquay brought yet more ultra-shifty and variable breeze, this time from the northwest quadrant, which built from around six knots at the start of racing to sixteen by the finish,…
Dismasted But Lawrie Smith's Glandore Dragon 'Alife' Continues to Lead Gold Cup in Torquay
12th September 2023 Dragon
The second day of racing at the Dragon Gold Cup 2023 in Torquay brought an intensely fought second race and more than a few dramatic incidents. Just as the race was about to get underway a call came over the…
Glandore Yacht Club’s Lawrie Smith, the 2015 Gold Cup and 2011 Dragon World Champion, and this season's Edinburgh Cup champion, emerged victorious in the Børge Børresen Memorial Trophy after a gruelling 10-mile-long windward leeward course in challenging conditions. From Ireland,…
Four Irish Dragon keelboats are in the hunt for the Gold Cup 2023 this weekend in Torquay. Hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club (RTYC), the regatta will officially begin with an Opening Ceremony on the Harbourside at 18:00 on…
Cameron Good, Simon Furney and Henry Kingston sailing ‘Little Fella’ maintained their lead to defend their Irish National Dragon Championship in Kinsale on Sunday (27 August). The host club leaders finished with a four-point margin after a total of seven…
Kinsale's 'Little Fella' Moves into the Lead at Dragon National Championships
25th August 2023 Dragon
Defending Champions Cameron Good, Simon Furney and Henry Kingston sailing 'Little Fella' have moved into the lead at the Irish National Dragon Championships in Kinsale on Friday (25 August). The host club leaders have a five-point margin after five races sailed over Dublin Bay's Phantom…
Whisper — sailed by Daniel Murphy, his brother Sean and Brian Goggin — tops the fleet after the first day of racing in the Irish National Dragon Championships in Kinsale on Thursday (24 August). The home team scored a bullet…
Lawrie Smith’s Alfie from Glandore Harbour Yacht Club, crewed by Richard Parslow, Goncalo Ribeiro and Ruairidh Scott, is 75th Edinburgh Cup and UK Dragon Grand Prix 2023 Champion. Peter Gilmour’s YRED of the Japanese Yanmar Sailing Team takes second place…
Kinsale Yacht Club is gearing up to host the Irish National Dragon Championships next weekend, which is set to attract boats from the UK, Dublin Bay and Glandore, who will join the strong local Kinsale fleet. The event, sponsored by…
There were big gains and big losses across the fleet as teams battled variable shifting breezes and strong tides on the penultimate day of the 75th Edinburgh Cup and UK Dragon Grand Prix in Cowes. Two bullets have given Peter…
While the sun shone and temperatures hit the mid-20s, sadly, the wind gods did not smile on day two of the 75th Edinburgh Cup and UK Dragon Grand Prix 2023 in Cowes. Rob Brown and his Royal Yacht Squadron Race…
Lawrie Smith, sailing Alfie for the Glandore Harbour Yacht Club in West Cork, gave a sailing masterclass in perfect Solent conditions to claim twin victories on the opening day of the 75th Edinburgh Cup and UK Dragon Grand Prix in…
Ireland's Four Time Dragon Edinburgh Cup Winner Tony O'Gorman is Special Guest at 75th Regatta Party
15th August 2023 Dragon
Ireland's Tony O’Gorman, winner of four Edinburgh Cups between 1978 and 1984, was a special guest at the Opening Ceremony and Cocktail Party at the Royal Yacht Squadron to mark the official start of the 75th Edinburgh Cup and UK…
Royal St. George's Martin Byrne Heading for 75th Edinburgh Cup at Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes
7th August 2023 Dragon
Ireland will be represented at The Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes this month when the club hosts the 75th Edinburgh Cup and International Dragon UK Grand Prix starting this Sunday, August 13th. Royal St. George's Martin Byrne of the Jaguar…
Royal St. George Dragon ace Neil Hegarty sailing Phantom and crewed four-up, has moved straight into the lead of the 12-boat Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. The local crew of Hegarty with David, Hillary and Emma Williams scored 2,1,1 in the three…
The Dragon Derby was established in 1987 by Don Street who presented, as a perpetual trophy, a ship’s decanter — together with sponsorship of two bottles of Mount Gay rum each year. Tradition has it that the competitors and support…
