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This year the IDA celebratesits 50th anniversary. Foundedin 1961, at a Gold Cup on theClyde, the inaugural meetingwas held in a pub and attendedby our current President, KingConstantine of Greece. Hereminded us of this when hespoke to the IDA last Octoberat a dinner celebrating 50 yearssince he won his Olympic GoldMedal in Dragons, aged 21, inItaly in 1960.The Dragon Class has, at last,agreed a cohesive BrandingIdentity to be used for all applicationsand right across theworld. This will create betterawareness of who we are and,over time, will definitely helpto further strengthen our internationalfranchise. We needenthusiastic participation by allNational Associations. A full reportis in this magazine, pages28 & 29, and the guidelines forimplementation are covered inClass Regulations (Part IV) availableon our website.The rules for the World andEuropean Championships havebeen amended. As I reportedlast year, these were needed toclarify entry qualifications andto avoid over-subscription tothese prestigious events. Fulldetail is available on the website.2010 has been another successfulyear for the Class. Championshipevents were held onLake Balaton (Europeans, Hungary)and at Marstrand (GoldCup, Sweden). Balaton wasparticularly successful, beingthe first time the IDA has helda Championship in Hungary. Iam also pleased that the IDAFinancial Accounts recoveredfrom last year, showing a smallbut satisfactory surplus. During2010, South Korea joined theChairman’sReportClass, our 30th National Association– we welcome them asa further step for our Class inthe eastern hemisphere. Withincreasing worldwide penetration,we have decided to offeran article each year in this magazineconcentrating on one NationalAssociation and are startingthis year with Hungary, seepage 18 & 19. I hope you enjoyit and it might even encourageyou to attend a regatta there!Technically we have hadanother quiet year and I wouldlike to thank Mike Hayles (Chairman,Technical Committee) andMarcel Wagenaar (Chief Measurer)for their contributions.Mike is retiring this year andPhilip Dohse will become thenew Chairman.Robert Alpe has retired asVice Chairman and has beenRobCampbellreplaced by Reemt Reemtsma from Germany. An article in thismagazine will give you some personal background on Reemt andyour Officers are pleased to again have a representative from Germany,our single largest fleet by far. Phyllis Chang has completed2 years as Vice Chairman and has agreed to stand for a further 2years. David Dale and Jill Hayward have again done sterling workto support us and, on your behalf, I thank them.By the time you read this, we will already have completed the2011 World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. In Australia,the Class is growing strongly. The Worlds, with around 75 boats,was by far the biggest Dragon fleet ever gathered in the SouthernHemisphere. Our thanks go to Andrew Merrett and his team atthe Royal Brighton Yacht Club for such an amazing achievement.The rest of the 2011 circuit will, I am sure, have plenty for everyone.The calendar is very full of events for all Dragon sailors at whateverlevel they choose to race. This will be my last annual message asChairman, and I would like to finish this report by emphasising thatthe backbone of our class remains the local club racing and theenthusiastic amateur participation. I believe the class should keepthis point very clearly at the forefront of its considerations.Rob CampbellPage 3

Index3 Chairman’s letter5 Current Champions6 Gold Cup 2010 Report8 European Championship2010 Report10 Worlds Championship2011 Report12 Stavros On 201114 Interview - Reemt Reemtsma -New IDA Vice Chairman16 Calling All Corinthians18 The Story OfDragon Sailing In Hungary21 European Championship2011 Preview22 Classic Dragons23 Gold Cup 2011 Preview24 Interview – Marcel Wagenaar –New IDA Chief Measurer26 The Image Gallery28 The New IRL and NRL Ranking Lists30 The New Dragon Class Identity32 The National Fleets40 Regatta Schedule 201141 Dragon Builders42 IDA National Fleet ContactsIDAOfficersandOfficialsPresidentH.M. King ConstantineVice PresidentsH.R.H. Prince Henrik of DenmarkChristopher DickerChairmanRobert Campbell [GBR]Dragon House, 13 Ship RoadBunham on Crouch CMO 8JXUnited KingdomMobile: +44 (0)7974 204441eMail: rob.campbell@googlemail.comVice ChairmenPhyllis Chang [HKG]Level 3, 40 Chung Hom Kok RoadHong KongMobile: +851 6478 8791eMail: lowellphyllis@netvigator.comRichard Blickman [NED]51A Koningslaan, 1406 KG, BussumThe NetherlandsMobile: +31 653 357 789eMail: rwblickman@hotmail.comReemt Reemtsma [GER]eMail: reemt@reemtsma.orgTreasurerAndrew Craig [IRL]Tel Office: +353 1 662 6210eMail: andrew.j.craig@ie.pwc.comSecretaryDavid Dale [GBR]2 Leelands, Lower Pennington LaneLymington, Hants S041 8EYUnited KingdomTel/Fax: +44 (0)1590 689 704eMail: dmdale@btinternet.comAdvertisers2 Petticrows Ltd7 North Sails One Design13 Grand Prix Douarnenez15 European Championship 2012Dragon World Championship 201317 Fritz Segel GmbH18 European Championship 201125 Pantaenius39 British Dragon Association43 Royal Dragon44 Focus Yacht Racing ServicesAssistant SecretaryJill Hayward [GBR]30 Minton RoadFelpham, Bognor Regis, PO22 7JNUnited KingdomTel: +44 (0)1243 830444Mob: 07894518216eMail: jillhayward@intdragon.orgIDA Technical CommitteeCharimanPhilip Dohse [GER]eMail:philip.dohse@luther-lawfirm.comMembersMarcel Wagenaar [NED]Chief MesaurereMail: info@annmar.nlAndrew Johnson [AUS]eMail: bill@physics.uwa.edu.auLars Hendriksen [DEN]eMail: sunz@sunz.dkGunter Ahlers [GER]eMail: g.o.ahlers@web.deBurkhard Keese [GER]eMail: burkhardkeese@yahoo.deDesign & Page LayoutYves Leglise [FRA]eMail: yves.leglise@free.frRobert AlpeEditorial & ProductionFiona BrownEditorial SupportDavid Dale & Jill HaywardClassic Boat CoordinatorPatrick Gifford [GBR]eMail: patrick@gifford97.fsnet.co.ukIRL & Design Guidelines OfficerRobert Alpe [AUS]eMail: robert.alpe@fontfactory.comPage 4

BMWDragonGoldCupby Mrs. Kerstin Holmberg - Chairman, Race Committee.BMW Dragon Gold Cup 2010 at Marstrand island in Swedenwas impressive in many ways. Partly because there were 103 participantsfrom 17 different nations and partly because of thelarge number of sailors who were Olympic and World Championshipmedalists, some coming from the Dragon class, but also frommany other classes.It was the 10th time that the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club(GKSS) arranged a Dragon Gold Cup and also the club’s 150 anniversary,therefore the opportunity was taken to celebrate thistogether with the event.The first day’s sailing was a wet story of rain, light winds andstrong currents. Three attempts were made to start the first race,then black flag was shown, finally a successful start was launched.Ninety-six boats were started on an impressive starting-line, 1.2kmlong, with the race committee boat at the center. The best crewto choose between the wind advantage on one hand and on theother hand the advantage for strong current, was the Germanboat GER 1071 with Helmut Schmidt / Peter Liebner / Andreas List,which won ahead of Ukraine UKR 9 Werner Fritz.Germany and Denmark have always been the dominant nationsamong the Dragons, raising the question of was Ukraine’ssecond place in the first race maybe beginner’s luck, but it turnedout later that this was not the case.In number of boats per nation Sweden was at the top with 13participating boats, which maybe is not that strange, but secondnation in number of participating boats was Russia with 6 boats.Monday’s second day of sailing offered weather with sunshineand blue skies, but with a windforce of nearly 12 m/s and awave height of up to threemeters. You had to be a skilledsailor to manage this situation,some crew members actuallyfell from their boats in the roughsea. The most skilled crew wasthe Ukrainian boat UKR 8 witha Danish helmsman, Lars Hendriksen.Lars Hendriksen alreadyhad two overall wins inthe Dragon Gold Cup, in 1999and 2007. It was a Danish crewin second place with Frank Bergand the Crown Prince Frederikof Denmark ended up in seventhplace.After two races the Ukrainianboat UKR 9 with Werner Fritzas helmsman was in the lead,at second place was Germanywith one of the favorites, namelyhelmsman Thomas Müller,third was Lars Hendriksen withUKR 8 and fourth the Russianboat RUS 27 with Anatoly Logi-nov as helmsman.The third day was a lay day,which was much needed sincemany sailors had minor injuriesto take care of and many boatshad to be repaired.The third race started with anice breeze at 5 m/s, but afterthe first upwind leg the windalmost died completely andthe rain just poured down. Butdespite this, the overall leadingboats was the first to cross thefinishing line. In this case it wasLars Hendriksen in UKR 8 whowon and in second place wasthe Russian boat RUS 27 withAnatoly Loginov. Those boatsalso held the first and secondplace overall following threeraces.On August the 12th a Regattadinner was held with morethan five hundred participatingguests. The dinner guests notonly included the gilded splendorof the Royal Prince Henrikand Crown Prince Frederik ofDenmark attending, both whoparticipatied in the race butalso the King and Queen ofSweden.On the final race day, thebattle for victory was betweenthe Russian boat RUS 27 andthe Ukrainian boat UKR 8. Itstarted well for Lars Hendriksenin UKR 8 and he rounded thefirst weather mark in sixth place.He also did an incredibly gooddownwind leg and roundedthe first leeward mark in thirdplace and with this the victoryseemed to be secured. But nowthe wind dropped down andturned 15-20 degrees duringthe two remaining windwardlegs. Lars Hendriksen lost placesand finally finished 12th inthis race.Instead the Russian boatRUS 27 with crew membersPage 6

Anatoly Loginov, Andrey Kirlyukand Alexander Shalagin, gota fourth place in this final raceand become the overall winnerof the BMW Dragon GoldCup 2010. In second place wasUkrainian team UKR 8 with LarsHendriksen, Igor Sidorov andGeorgiy Leonchuck and in thirdplace came Portuguese crew inPOR 58 with Filipe Silva, HenriqueCosta e Silva and MiguelPinto.The Nations Cup Trophy waswon by the Russian team ( RUS27 Anatoly Loginov, AndreyKirlyuk and Alexander Shalagin,RUS 69 Olga White/ Vadim Statsenko/ Martin Leifelt and RUS25 Anatoly Karachinskiy / AlexeyKirilyuk / Vladislav Kapitonov)with 246 points.The new Corinthian Trophy,founded by Jacob Wallenberg,was won by Great Britain andPatrick Gifford, Michael Gifford,Charlotte Savage & Harry Pynn.Results - Gold Cup1 RUS27 – Annapurna - 29 ptsAnatoly LoginovAndrey KirilyukAlexander Shalagin2 UKR8 – Bunker Queen - 33 ptsLars HendriksenIgor SidorovGeorgiy Leonchuk3 POR58 – Xalet - 33 ptsFilipe SilvaHenrique Costa e SilvaMiguel Pinto4 UKR9 – Bunker Prince - 39 ptsWerner FritzIgor MatvienkoRoman Sadchikov5 GER996 – Sinewave - 48 ptsThomas MüllerVincent HoeschMichael LippCorinthian WinnerGBR717 – NereidPatrick Gifford, Michael Gifford,Charlotte Savage, Harry PynnPage 7

Balaton, the largest surface lakein Central Europe proved to allparticipants of the Dragon Europeansin Hungary last June,that she is a female one. Morethan 40 Dragoneers comingfrom all over Europe from Cornwallto Moscow, from Denmarkto Switzerland and even fromthe United States experiencedthat Balaton can display a hundredfaces. Just like a woman.She began her flirtationwith the Dragon fleet showinga light air on June 1st, the firstday of the the Hungarian Championship,the tune up for theEuropeans. 39 Dragons madeuse of the possiblity to learn thevenue, a fleet that a HungarianChampionship had never seenbefore. The first race had to beabandoned because the windhad been slowing down to 3knots. After the second starta northerly breeze of about 6knots made the first race possible.In a shortened race theRussian boat with helmsmanAnatoly Mikhaylin adapted thebest to the varying conditionsand won the race. The secondrace was started at 4 pm whenPRO Gert Schmidleitner andlocal race officer Farkas Litkeysent the fleet out in a Northerlybreeze of 10 to 12 knots.After two races, the Germanboat with Dirk Oldenburg,1972Olympic medaillist Ulli Liborand Uwe Mares led in front ofVinciee Hoesch, the most experienced’Balaton-expert’ amongthe top Dragon sailors who hadwon the Hungarian Championship2008 and 2009 in the samevenue.Yes, the venue: Balatonkenese,a tiny town on the Easternshore of Balaton which madehuge efforts to accomodate theInternational Dragon fleet. TheirPage 8Rendez-vousin the Heartof Europeby Vilmos NarayEuropean ChampionshipBalatonkenese, Hungary.host, Kenese Marina-Port proved to be a superb facility: a completepier for 70 Dragons had been made empty to accommodate theDragons. Craning went smoothly, there has been plenty of parkingplaces and those who chose Hotel Marina-Port to be accomodated,made a right decision: they were separated only 100 metresfrom their boats.Günter Ahlers, the Chief Measurer and his aide, Bence Toronyimade all possible efforts to get the measurement checks runningsmoothly. The Race Office, led by PRO Gert Schmiedleitner andChief Organizer Vilmos Náray spoke every language from Russianto German and English and worked all around the clock to solveevery possible unique problem and to fulfil all wishes.Back to sailing: the third and fourth race of the HungarianChampionship saw a reduced fleet after Balaton turned to showher angry face: a Northerly breeze gusting up to 30 knots with anaverage of 25 knots welcomedthe participants on Fridaymorning. The unpleasant choppywater and the gusting roughconditions were mastered bestby the Russian boat with AnatoliyMikhailin at the helm. Theywere leading after four races, 15points ahead of Vincie Hoeschwhose mast bent in the firstrace of the day. At this point noone could have thought thatthe next week will never bringNortherly winds any more.On Saturday Balaton cameback with a light-wind 5thrace. At about 11.00 a.m. GertSchmidleitner sent the field offin a light, 6-7 knots West-North-West which slowed down to4 knots after 1.5 hrs. The rightdecision was to shorten, so thefield finished after the seconddownwind leg. Vincie succeededin getting around FRA 323in the last leg and won the racewhich ensured him his thirdback-to-back Hungarian Championtitle. Two points behindVincie the second place wentto RUS 27, Anatoly Mikhailin,Andrey Kirilyuk and AlexanderShalagin. They mastered thesecond day’s heavy wind verywell and sailed – even in theabsence of their helmsmanAnatoly Loginov – a fantasticrace. Third place went to GER1014 with Dirk Oldenburg, UweMares and Ulli Libor who saileda perfect first day.The Championship finishedwith a ‘fun’ race, where theguests of Erste Pivate Banking,the major sponsor of the tworegattas and the HungarianDragon fleet, were taken onboard of 16 dragons and saileda short light-wind course. Theluckiest bank client was sailingwith Vincie’s team who finishedeven in this race first again. As

all the other participants hadwhere a special bread had beendecided to start right from theThe prize giving ceremonyarrived and made their lastmade for them. After somefinish line, which enabled twowas held in the framework of anpreparations, the participants ofglasses the local choir taughtmore races for the day (theoutstanding Hungarian dinnerthe Hungarian Championshipeveryone the traditional songsailing instructions have beenwhere a Hungarian Gipsy Bandenjoyed a superb grill party to-’Széles a Balaton vize’ (The wa-amended accordingly). Themade a fantastic atmosphere.gether with Erste Bank’s guests,ter of Balaton is wide’) in Hun-titleholder mastered the sec-The applause of the day wentwho spent their whole day ingarian! Results of high rankingond race even better. He madeto Jenny Green who in spitethe marina.IDA officers to make huge ef-a good start, and came up toof her Motor Neurone DiseaseSunday should have start-forts in learning the song canmark one as second behindsailed all races.ed with a test race which wasbe seen on YouTube.leader Ron James. Surpris-The king of the day wascalled off as the wind went onof course new-old Europeanweekend holiday. Instead ofChampion Markus Wieser whosailing the participants enjoyedthanked the organizers anda friendly welcome at the open-congratulated his opponents,ing ceremony in the public parkespecially to the even bet-of Balatonkenese where schoolter Eastern European teams.children held the national flagsThe peak of the evening wasof participating nations. On theMarkus’s ’Chardas’ dance withmelody of the Hungarian na-major sponsor Marinepool’stional anthem three old wood-marketing lady, Oli Repaja.en dragons hoisted their main-After some calm days in thesails. The young dancing groupFinally, on Wednesday theingly, Ron James lead the fleetbeginning the Dragon Europe-and the local choir entertainedWeather God was merciful andHowever, at the gate, Bunkerans in Hungary proved to be aabout 300 guests. IDA Chair-the real race started. At aboutQueen’s German ace was al-perfect regatta with 7 races. Theman Rob Campbell thanked ev-12.30 the long expected South-ready first and managed toHungarian Dragon Associationeryone for the welcome in hiserly breeze arrived. PRO Gertlead the fleet into the finish.sees the event as a proof foropening speech and said ’I haveSchmidleitner managed to startThe race was won by RUSbeing able to organise largebeen fantastically impressed bythe first race – after one general90 with Dmitry Berezkin who,Dragon events on Balaton andthe wonderful open water here’.recall with black flag – at 13.50.with that victory, moved up toconfirmed its intention to inviteBut the water remainedMarkus Wieser proved to besecond in the overall ranking.the fleet again soon.calm for the next two days. In-calmest. At the first mark he wasThird went to Anatoly Logi-stead of exciting races therewere exciting shore programs.On Monday the local bakery’Katica’ invited the particpantsfor some glasses of ’pálinka’ andto have a look inside tha bakery12th, at the gate already 3rd,and after a duel with EvgeniyBraslavets he won the race.The breeze of about 8 to 9knots held on the whole afternoon.The race managementnov, who worked himself up toplace 13 in the 7th race. But themost important thing was thatdefending European ChampionMarkus Wieser won the titleagain, as he sailed to the firstmark as second and kept calmthroughout the whole race. Inthe end he finished as third andwon the Championship, resultingin a wave of applause fromall supporting boats on the finishline.The fleet was welcomedback in the harbour by a perfectlyorganized craning-outprocess. During not more than3 hours all boats were on theirtrailers thanks to the work ofPeter Wonke and all his team ofvolunteers.Results - Europeans1 UKR7 – Bunker Queen – 27 ptsMarkus WiserSergey PugachevMatti Paschen2 RUS90 – Zenith – 38 ptsDimitry BerezkinAnatoly KudritskiyAleskey Bushuev3 RUS27 – Annapurna – 45 ptsAnatoly LoginovAndrey KirilyukAlexander Shalagin4 UKR8 – Bunker Team – 47 ptsLars HendriksenIgor SidorovGeorgiy Leonchuk5 GER1036 – Dragon Holly – 52 ptsStephan LinkFrank ButzmannMichael ObermaierPage 9

British take 2011Dragon WorldChampionship!Page 10It had been eight years since a Dragon World Championship washeld in the southern hemisphere (Hobart, 2003) so when the Australianswere awarded the right to host the 2011 event they wentall out to ensure a great turnout and a great event. With 70 boatsfrom a dozen nations travelling to Melbourne to compete theycertainly got a great turnout and, despite the challenges of oftenatypicalweather, it also proved to be a great championship.The Prince Philip Cup, for the Australian National Championship,preceded the Worlds and was raced on the same courseproviding an excellent pre-worlds regatta. After seven hotly contestedraces Denmark’s Joergen Schoenherr, crewed by Axel Waltersdorphand Theis Palm, snatched victory by just two points fromGermany’s Tommy Müller with Anatoly Loginov of Russia third.The Opening Ceremony for the Worlds and the Prize Givingfor the Prince Philip Cup were held at the Queen’s Hall ParliamentHouse, one of Australia’s oldest public buildings, and the crews enjoyedan evening of traditional Aussie hospitality.With warm-up, registration and formalities completed theWorlds got underway. For the opening PRO Kevin Wilson laid hisline in 16-18 knots in front of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club. Manyof the ‘form’ boats worked the starboard side of the first beat includingBritain’s Lawrie Smith, who was in a tight group at the firstrounding with Tommy Müller, Denmark’s Stig Lassen and Germany’sMarkus Wieser sailing for the Ukraine. For the second beat theleaders worked the shifts up the middle resulting in some placechanging, but on the last beat those who went right made thegains and were led into the finish by Smith with Jens Christiensenof Denmark second and Anatoly Loginov third.Predicted 25 knot winds for day two went through earlier thanexpected and the second race got underway in around 6 knots. Ageneral recall was followed by a clean start on a long line and manyfighting for space at the committee boat end. Meanwhile from thepin a handful of boats including the beautiful varnished ‘GalejanII” of Sweden’s Johan Palmquist, which sailed in the Olympics inMelbourne in 1956, and the equally beautiful brand new ‘Wolly’ ofWouter ten Wolde from Holland, sailed serenely up the left handside of the course and arrived first and second at the weather mark!The first run was difficult with the fleet splitting, the lead pairwere overtaken by a clutch of boats, and with a course change atthe bottom the left hand lane on the next beat was the way to go.Australia’s Wolf Breit led at the second top mark and on the longslow frustrating second run, but then the course was shortenedand Willie Packer, from Perth, overhauled him right on the line. Russia’sMikahil Apukhtin was thirdand Wouter ten Wolde fourth.With two days gone andonly two races completedday three was all-important. Itdawned with no wind, and theAP hung from the masthead allmorning until around 2.30pmwhen the fleet was ordered tosea. The PRO got the race awayin around 10 knots after twogeneral recalls and with theBlack Flag in play. Middle wasthe place to be and the ‘names’were back in charge as Müller,Smith and Evgeniy Braslavets ofUkraine led down the first run.There were plenty of incidentsat the gate, as the bulk of thefleet blanketed those turningahead, but generally the topten boats hung on to their places.On the second beat the rightpaid and there were changesat the front but Braslavets stillled from Dirk David from Germanyfollowed by Denmark’sLars Hendriksen sailing for theUkraine. The final positionswere Braslavets first, David secondand Wieser third.And that was it for the day!Three days gone and threeraces in the can, Markus Wieserleading, Martin Pallson of Swedensecond and Evgeniy Braslavetsthird, with two more racesneeded to make a series andthree to allow for a discard!With the lay-day ahead, thatevening all the competitorswere treated to a “European”night, where the German teamsgenerously sponsored foodand copious amount of alcoholthroughout the evening.Hendrick’s Gin proved to be themost popular drink of the party,which saw 84 year old AustralianOlympian Gordon Ingatedancing the night away with 16year old competitor Juliette tenWolde – a combined age of exactly100 years. There seems tobe no end to Gordon’s stamina- or was it the Hendrick’s Gin?Thursday dawned with torrentialrain and 25 knots, whichabated as the day wore on. Followinga recall the Black Flaggot the fleet away clean, withthe pin end looking good. Tasmanianstar Nick Rogers pickedthis end, as did Danish legendFrank Berg. They both sailedright in to the beach then outto the mark to arrive first andfourth, meeting Igor Goihbergof Russia and Markus Wiesercoming in on starboard in secondand third places.The lead group got away andthe separation continued downthe run. At the bottom Berg wasahead but Steven Shields of Tasmaniahad taken second fromGoihberg with Rogers fourth.At the top Berg was stretchinghis lead, Goihberg was back tosecond and Willie Packer had arrivedinto third. The course wasshortened on the run and at thefinish Berg and Goihberg heldtheir position but Rogers hadretaken thirdRace five followed on in

10 knots and persistent light rain. The committee boat end wasfavoured leading to heavy congestion, some boats escaped andtacked off right but it was middle and left which paid, with a bigprocession coming into the mark on port led by Jacob Wallenbergof Sweden, Frank Berg and Joergen Schoenherr. At the first gate itwas Schoenherr from Müller and Wallenberg, but up the next beatit was Müller who hit the gas, got into first place and stayed thereuntil the finish. Berg was second and Wallenberg third.During all these races 30 all-amateur crews were also racing forthe new Corinthian Trophy presented by the late David Atkinson aprevious Commodore of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club and initiallythe Chairman of the Organising Committee. A number of the Corinthianboats had been sailing consistently near the front of thefleet, among them William Packer, Nick Rogers, Frank Berg and DirkDavid. Going into the final race Frank Berg was leading Corinthianas well as posing a big threat to the overall leaders. For many crewsit was ‘all to play for’ on the final day, especially with the prospect ofthe discard coming into play.Saturday dawned sunny and clear and the boats lined up forthe final start in 6-8 knots on a Black Flag. Many were surprised notto see Markus Wieser “all over Lawrie Smith like a rash” as by stoppingSmith from having a good start, Wieser could have guaran-to finish in sixth or higher, asWieser got swallowed up in thishighly competitive fleet, andthat was never going to be easy.With the pin end boats easilyable to cross the fleet MikhailMauratov lead Frank Bergaround the top mark, closelyfollowed by Nick Rogers. Smithrounded just inside the top tenso the experienced British teamknew exactly what they had todo, PASS THREE MORE BOATS!It took every ounce of helmingtechnique; crewing skillsand sail trimming for Smithto slowly climb up to seventhplace on the final run. But withthe race leaders all having theirown private battles which includedsome heavy “cover tacks”,Smith and crew had to braveTavinor and Ossie Stewart.In the Corinthian competitionFrank Berg, Søren Holmand Saren Kaestel’s final racewin confirmed their Corinthianvictory from David Dirk withWillie Packer third.It was a tense week for competitorsand Race Officers alike,the weather threw a lot at both,but in the end a series with adrop was achieved, the winnerswere very happy with theirTrophies, the sun was shiningand the Melbourne hospitalityreached its peak at the PresentationDinner.Congratulations to the winners,the runners up, the RoyalBrighton Yacht Club and theirarmy of volunteers for runninga great World Championship.teed victory. But such was the respect that the German sailor hasfor his British counterpart that the predicted engagement neveremerged. “He never came at us” Smith was later heard to say, sothe start got away fairly with the two boats quite close togethertowards the pin end.For the first time there seemed to be a strong current whichassisted the leeward boats and a massive separation started totake affect as the fleet got up to speed in the light wind. Boats thatstarted right could see that by holding onto their first starboardtack, they were making a considerable gain over the rest of thefleet. In fact it was the boats that started just below Smith and Wieserthat were doing the best and so Smith was able to pull out anadvantage over Wieser who was slightly to windward.This was the first part of the winning strategy, now Smith hadthe bad air caused by such anticsand pray they could holdonto their essential position asthe finish line beckoned. Oncrossing the finish line with alast ditch roll tack the Britishtrio took sixth place by a whiskerwhich put them on 30pts,equal with Wieser who crossedthe line in 25th place. On countback,because Smith had wona race and Wieser had not, theWorld Championship Title wentto Lawrie Smith crewed by TimResults - 2011 WorldChampionship1 GBR751 – Alfie – 30 ptsLawrie SmithTimothy TavinorOssie Stewart2 UKR7– Bunker Queen – 30 ptsMarkus WieserSergey PugachevMatti Paschen3 DEN266 – My-Way – 39ptsFrank BergSøren HolmSaren Kastel4 UKR9 – Bunker Prince – 44ptsYevgen BraslavezSergey TimokhovEvegeniy Kuschienko5 UKR8 – Bunker Boys – 48ptsLars HendriksenGoergiy LeonchukKushchiyenko YevgenCorinthian WinnerDEN266 – My-Way – 39ptsFrank BergSøren HolmSaren KastelPage 11

New Year’s Greetings Campers....As you may know I normallygive an end-of-seasonroundup at this time to helpyou all keep up to date with theStavroson 2011hood Charity Race and the European Championship all into onefantastic event. I tell you if anyone can pull it off, it’s the Libors. WithUlli rushing around like a madman of half his age and Manuelaorganising everything behind the scenes, it’s an event not to bemissed. Boltenhagen has wonderful beaches to relax on after somewinners and the individual suc-refreshing racing on the Baltic Sea. It’s new Marina is surroundedcess stories I witness throughby superb hotel facilities and apartments, which complement thethe year, bringing hopefullyshort sailing distance to the race course. If you have ever thoughta smile to your faces as I lookof doing a Europeans, DO THIS ONE, it will be family friendly withback over yet another seasonmany “off the water” activities and superbly organised. Some travel-of Dragon Racing at the high-ling boats may take the opportunity to move onto the German Na-est of levels... However, due totional Championships in Kuehlungsborn which starts a week later.the new “Blog” format offeredI have been assured by the great Tommy Müller that this will be anby our exciting and ever chang-extremely well attended event. So why not spend a week touringing IDA Web Site, the past hasthe sights of Hamburg after the Europeans and then try your handbeen noted, it’s the future youagainst the biggest National Dragon Fleet in the World!require!Belgium will then have the privilege of hosting the Gold CupSo looking ahead to 2011in September. As the 2010 Belgian National Champion, I can tellthe Melbourne Worlds are al-you a great deal about Ostend. It’s Yacht Club is one of the mostready upon us and by the timefriendly you will ever visit and the town has endless golden sandythis article is out in circulation abeaches that will keep the most active of young family membersnew World Champion will havebusy. Meanwhile on the water, the North Sea tides offer a mostbeen crowned... With over 80boats registered, many from Europemaking the long journeydown under, I am sure it willhave been exciting, challenging,rewarding and extremelyhard fought at the highest levelof sailing any class can offer. Iwill be there to take part andwinter racing will be in full flowat Cascais, Cannes, Vilamoura,San Remo and Monaco. What away to brush away those dustychallenging race course, with sand banks, tidal changes and differentsea conditions that will keep the most experienced of our sailingfleet on their guard to the very end of every race….. Thinkingback I’m sure many of you will recall the last Gold Cup held there in2001, which saw some boats stranded, fighting an increasing tide.But please don’t let that put you off travelling to Belgium, for thelast nine years we have had the most excellent racing organised bysome of the best Race Officer’s in the World and with the BelgianNationals preceding the Gold Cup, a better warm-up event couldCMYCMMYCYCMYKwitness how the races unfold,cobwebs and get the magicnot be planned. Be There!as a betting man myself, I’ll put“feel” back in those steadyAnd so finally Camper’s keep your eyes glued to the IDA webmy money on either Markushands and set the blood rush-site Blog where I will bring you regular updates from the events IWieser or Lars Hendriksen win-ing through those overstrainedattend throughout the coming season. Try to get your own Dragonning, with Tommy Müller in theveins filled with the Xmas &down to any of the early winter series (or contact me for boat char-top three! The following namesNew Year festivities. In May it’ster possibilities). Make dates in your diaries to attend and supportto be in the frame and possibleour ever-faithful Douarnenezyour own National Championships throughout the year, as well asrace winners, Richard Lynn, Nickregattas, where Louis, Gwentravel whenever you can. It’s great to see the International eventsRogers, Andrew Craig, Jorgenand Annie put together thewell attended, but never forget the grass roots of the class whereSchoenherr and Lawrie Smith.BIGGEST FLEET event of thethe local clubs still need every support.... Remember to encourageWith my wild card wager ofyear.“New Blood” into the class whenever possible, we need youngerKlaus Diederichs being in theIncidentally, the “Flintstone’s”sailors learning the skills from the experienced racers in order tomix. Whoever lifts the trophyare not liked in Afghanistan, butkeep our precious fleet at the very top of it’s game. Then lastly andat the end of the week, it willthe people of Abu Dhabi Do :-)very finally, raise a glass to our class legend, Poul-Richard Hoj-Jen-have been probably the tough-(sorry about that one Densil....)sen, who no doubt is relaxing at his new home in Antigua, trying toest and highest standard of anySo onto the other majorsneak another beer from the fridge, as his watchful guardian angelDragon Worlds..events of 2011, Boltenhagensearches for another home improvement task for him under theThen in Feb/March/April wewill host the Europeans in earlyblue and cloudless sky......will all have the delightful op-July, where Ulli and Manuelaportunity of sailing in the Southof France, Portugal or Italy, asLibor will hope to combine theGerman Grand Prix, the Child-Higher, Faster, Longer.............paynesailing@aol.comStavrosPage 12

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Interview IDAVice ChairmanReemt ReemtsmaAt the 2010 International Dragon Association AGM in London,top German Dragon sailor Reemt Reemtsma was elected as ViceChairman of the IDA. Born in 1960 in Hamburg but now based inBerlin, Reemt is a lifelong sailor whose sailing experience is bothextensive and extremely varied. A lawyer by profession he sailsregularly with his wife Petra and their small daughter and alsoenjoys scuba diving, skiing and travelling.As well as being an enthusiastic sailor Reemt has also dedicateda lot of his spare time to the administration of our sportand brings a wealth of class and regatta management experienceto his new role including previous involvement with the IDA ontechnical matters. We caught up with Reemt to find out moreabout his background and what he feels he can bring to the IDA .IDA – How long have you been sailing Dragons and what broughtyou to the class in the first place?RR - I bought my first Dragon GER 851 in 1994 from Andreasand Joh von Eicken, well known and successful Dragon sailors,who had sailed her only for a few races. We are now sailing mythird Dragon GER 1067 (built 2009).When I moved to Berlin I was looking for keelboat class forleisure sailing and racing on the local lake, with a competitivelocal fleet. The class also had to offer the opportunity to go racingat other venues in Germany and may be once or twice a yearabroad. At that time there were not many classes which wouldhave fulfilled these requirements. I choose a Dragon although Ihad never sailed one before.Luckily I consulted Achim Kadelbach, the only Dragon ownerI knew in those days, before I bought my first Dragon. As resultof his advice I spent a multiple of my initial budget but that waswell-spent money, because I had from the beginning a verycompetitive boat and I was immediately fascinated by Dragonracing. Since then I have against my initial intention never usedmy Dragons other than for racing.IDA - Tell us a little about your sailing background, achievementsand goals.RR - I started sailing as a kid with my parents. During schooltime me and my friends spent almost all of our spare time at oraround the yacht club. The classes I raced: included Pirat, Laser,OK-Dinghy, Finn and Admiral’s Cup yachts. Beside that I madesome extended journeys with cruising yachts including someocean crossings and a journey to Spitzbergen. Some of you mayknow that I gave up my job in 2001 and sailed our X-482 with mywife and our little daughter in the Baltic Sea, crossed the AtlanticOcean, spent two seasons in the Caribbean and sailed her back toEurope.When it comes to achievements its hard to tell, may be a 2ndplace in an OK-Dinghy World Championship at Medemblik, maybe the experiences I made during some of our cruises. For exampleduring one ocean crossing our yacht almost fall apart and wewere really worried to keep her afloat, or when we were headingfor Jan Mayen (a small Island in the middle of the Arctic Ocean)coming from northern Norway the mast broke and we had to rigthe spinnaker pole as a mast to reach the coast where we riggedan old telegraph pole as mast and sailed all the way back to Germany!I think such experiences are much more important thanwinning races or championships.IDA - You have been involved with top-level race managementfor a number of years now. What do you see as the key factors inachieving good event and race management for the IDA?RR - I think it is basically simple: These days Dragon sailorsappreciate good races and one or two beers in the marina, theydo not travel and race for caps, T-shirts or social events. Thereforethe IDA and every hosting club needs to concentrate on what isessential for a nice day on the water and good racing, i. e. a venuewith reliable sailing conditions, an experienced Race Committeewith reliable equipment to run races, a suitable marina and shortways to the race course. The IDA provides a set of recommendationsfor hosting a successful event and if everybody involved inhosting an event tries as hard as possible to follow this recommendationwe are on a good path.IDA - You are a lawyer. How do you think this might inform yourwork for the IDA?Page 14

PROUDLY PRESENTSDragonEuropean Championship2012 Austria UYC AtterseeFreitag, 8.6. – Freitag, 15.6.2012UYCAS_A5_Ansicht.indd 1 15.12.10 09:21RR - A lot of the IDA’s responsibility has in one way or anotherto do with rules and regulations. Because they required technicaland administrative experience it does help if you are able toread, draft and revise rules and regulations precisely, that is whatlawyers do every day, so that may be or is helpful.IDA – What type of legal work are you involved in?RR - My work does cover the whole range of real estatetransactions including financing, from simple sale and purchase offlats and houses to complex structured international transactionsincluding financing.IDA – Coming back to the IDA, what do you see as the key tasksand objectives for the IDA and the Dragon Class in the coming fiveyears?RR - If the IDA can continue its successful work, the steadydevelopment of the class it is all we can do. We have to observetechnical and other developments and consider constantly if andhow we shall react, to keep the Dragon as attractive as it is andhas been for the last decades.IDA - What prompted you to become involved with the IDA Classmanagement again and what do you feel you can bring to theclass in your new role?RR - When Robert Alpe’s term expired, Rob Campbell [IDAChairman] felt that Germany with the largest fleet worldwideshould be represented in the Committee, as nobody else raisedhis or her hand I did!WorldChampionship2013Weymouth, UK5 - 13 September 2013More information –www.britishdragons.orgor e-mail martin@themakeys.co.ukPage 15

Calling all CorinthiansAn innovation this year to two of the major IDA events has beenthe inclusion of Corinthian trophies open to all non-professionalcrews. The aim of the Corinthian trophies is to provide recognitionto the many fully amateur crews who race at the internationalevents alongside the semi and fully professional teams. The Corinthianteams sail within the main fleet but their Corinthian results arescored separately.Long time supporters of the Class have generously donatedmagnificent trophies for the Corinthian Division. The Royal SwedishYacht Club donated the Corinthian Gold Cup Trophy, and thelate David Atkinson from Australia donated the Corinthian WorldChampionship Trophy. They are both ‘perpetual’ trophies and willbe competed for in future at these events. They are also extremelyattractive trophies and a great addition to any trophy cabinet.Frank Berg & Saren Kastel withthe Corinthian World TrophyIt is early days for this innovation and it was a little disappointingthat only 50 boats at the Gold Cup and 30 at the Worlds entered forthe Corinthian competition although many more crews were potentiallyeligible. Our aim now is to promote greater awareness ofthe Corinthian Championships and to encourage as many teams aspossible to take part.As an ISAF International Class the Dragon uses the ISAF SailorClassification system to identify which sailors are truly amateur(Classification 1) and which are professional (Classification 3).The first step to qualifying as a Corinthian team is to get all ofyour crew to obtain their Sailor Classification 1 from ISAF. This is asimple two-step process that takes only a few minutes to completeonline. Go to www.sailing.org and select the “Sailors” link from themain navigation window. Then select Sailor Classification in the leftnav menu followed by First Application. This takes you to the formto request an ISAF ID (you will also need this for the IRL and NRLRankings of which more on page 28). You’ve now completed step1 (and you will be able to see that you are logged into the ISAF website).You will receive an e-mail from ISAF confirming your ISAF IDnumber (for example mine is GBRFB – GBR indicated nationality isBritish, and FB is the initials and 3 shows that this is the third Britishperson to register with the initials FB) and you can use this with yourchosen password to log into the ISAF system again in the future.Make sure you record your ID and password in a safe place.Once you have submitted your ID application the system willgive you the option to continue with your ISAF Classification Application.Click Next and then from the left side nav menu selectRequest New Classification. This will bring up the form to requestyour Classification. Answer all of the questions carefully and submit.Some applications are processed immediately by the system andin this case you will see the confirmation on screen and be offeredthe opportunity to view your Certificate. We recommend you viewand print out a copy then keep it with your regatta boat papers so itis ready to present when needed. In some cases your classificationrequest may be placed under review and then the ISAF Sailor ClassificationCommission will contact you via the e-mail you used toregister requesting further information. Please ensure you correctlyfollow the response procedure given to ensure your application isprocessed promptly.An ISAF Classification is valid for up to two years from the date ofissue, however, if at any time there is a change in your situation thatmight affect your Classification it is your responsibility to renew yourClassification giving details of your new position. When your Classificationexpires you will need to log back into the ISAF site usingyour ID and your password and renew your Classification.So now you and your crew are ready to race Corinthian and thenext thing is to ensure that you correctly declare this when youmake your entry to events. The Organising Authority will includea separate Corinthian entry form with the entry papers and there isno extra cost. To prove that you all correctly qualify as Corinthiansyou must supply the ISAF ID number for each crew member, youmust confirm that all are ISAF Classification 1 and you must give theexpiry date for each Classification (note all classifications must bevalid until at least the last date of the event).The completed Corinthian entry form with details of all crewmembersmust be sent to the Organising Authority by the advertisedlast date of entry. They will be checked by the OA and by ISAF.ISAF may also send a representative of the ISAF Sailor ClassificationCommission to the event to conduct sailor interviews during the onsite registration period. In this case a list of crews required to attendfor interview will be published on the official notice board and sailorsmust attend. Failure to do so will result in disqualification fromthe Corinthian Division.To summarise this procedure:• Get your ISAF ID• Get your ISAF Classification (and make sure it has not expired)• Complete the Corinthian entry form and submit by closing entrydate.It couldn’t be simpler, and if you’re good enough, will give youone more beautiful trophy to take home!!Page 16

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From the minister’s lover... to the Europeans on BalatonThe story of Dragon sailing in HungaryThe early yearsWe are in 1955, one year beforethe Hungarian revolution.Stalin is dead, the popularityof the communist party is decreasingday by day in Hungary.Yachting is seen as a heritageof the past, a sport made byenemies of the ‘people’s democracy’.Still: no matter whatthey say, the new rulers in thecommunist government knowexactly, how to enjoy life. Andthe Minister for Transport, LajosBebits, decides to have a sailingboat on Lake Balaton, the ‘Hungariansea’. However, he wouldbe despised by his comrades forowning a yacht himself. That is,why the newly built boat wasgiven to his girlfriend, Olga.This is the start of Dragonsailing in Hungary. Olga’s boatwith iron frames is being builtin Siófok, the biggest town onthe southern shoreline of the80 kilometre long lake. Whenowned by the Minister’s lover‘Gordius’, was called Vitu, meaning‘We two’. (Bebits used tolive in the USA as a leader ofthe communist party’s Hungariansection there in the 20s, sohe spoke English). The couplehad been sailing with the boatsix years long, and Bebits musthave been very proud of it, as atthe end of the 50s he was HungarianAmbassador to Sweden,Norway and Iceland – where hesaw a large bunch of Dragons atthat time.Gordius/Vitu is registeredPage 18with the Hungarian Dragon Associationas Nr. 2. Unfortunatelywe have not seen her lately butshe still exists. The Dragon fleetis, however, very proud of stillhaving its Nr. 1 – Triton. She wasbuilt earlier, some sources say1953, some others 1955 in Budapest.She has recently beenrefurbished again and sailsquite regularly with her proudowners, Balázs Barts and IstvánLukáts.The Golden EraBut the story did not stopwith the lover of the Minister.The sixties brought the GoldenEra of the Dragon class in Hungary.In Balatonfüred, the keyyachting centre at the Lake, andSiófok, about 25 boats had beenbuilt in the yards. The shipbuildersused all types of wood thatwas available these times, whenHungary was quite isolatedfrom ‘capitalist’ import sources.Mahogany, okume, oak, cedarand a series of other types oftimber were used for the construction.Unfortunately, in some years copper nails had been unavailable,so the builders used quite often iron nails. This resulted inan erosion of the wooden parts of the boats, forcing the owners tosell these boats at a very low-price in the 80s and 90s.The last wave of the development of wooden Dragons tookplace in the early 70s, when five new boats (Nr. 30 to 34) were builtfor competing in international regattas. They sailed in the Bavarianlakes and even at the Kiel Week. For one or another reason, however,a Hungarian Dragon never sailed at the Olympics, and these dreamsvanished with banning the class from the Olympics after 1972. Themost successful Hungarian Dragon, Yorikke, built in 1969, won theHungarian Championship 17 times and after her last refit in 2006even sailed in the European Championship in Balatonkenese, 2010.Rebirth and development until 2010From the late 70s until the mid 90s the Hungarian fleet did notchange much. The Dragon degraded to an ‘old sailor’s boat’, youngsailors tended to choose more interesting classes. A new developmentwas first heralded in when two Hungarian boatbuilders triedto build new GRP Dragons and some quality second-hand boatswere imported in the late 90s.Suddenly, Dragon gained an appeal for the sailors. As regattasbecame more and more interesting, talented sailors came into theclass again. Some enthusiasts started to go abroad and sailed inSwitzerland, Germany, Austria. After decades of being away fromthe international Dragon circuit, Hungary attended the Europeanson Lake Thun, Switzerland. This was the basis for building up an organizedassociation again.We received much support from Germany, where Sándor Kecskés,an exiled Hungarian, succeeded in persuading his fellow Dragonsailors to come and compete in the Hungarian Dragon Championshipson Balaton. Sailors from Germany, Switzerland and Austria,

as well as some others from the States and the UK regularly cameto the Hungarian Championship in Balatonfüred. The internationallinks made the class even more attractive which helped us reorganizingthe Hungarian Dragon Association from 2005 onwards. Weset the objectives that within five years we should have at least 30boats in the fleet of which 20 regularly participate in regattas.Some enthusiasts within the Dragon sailors’ circle saw a goodin 2010 was held in Balatonkenese, Hungary and we received muchapplause from the participants.The reasons behind our successIt was clear for us from the very beginning that Dragon is atwo-fold boat: competitive and social at the same time. We putmuch emphasis on both: created family-type events to makethe class attractive for passionate sailors who just did not wantchance to develop a modern, open and international class for Hungariansailors who wanted to enjoy one-design racing instead offighting against the clock in handicap-systems. They went to lookfor sponsors and decided to bring a grand international event toHungary. We were lucky to find Erste Private Banking, whose managementwas aware that the Dragon image is very similar to thatwhat they see to be important values. They supported us in our effortsto build our class. We ended up with Nr. 55 in 2010 – with 15to 20 participants in large Hungarian events and up to 3 to 4 boatsregularly attending events abroad.And, what we are really proud of: the European Championshipto leave their children at home. At the same time, ranking list regattaswere very competitive and we hired the best Hungariansailors to be Race Officers.We paid much attention to the classic fleet. As the most of themhave no real chance to be in the top 5 at the regattas, we usuallyhave extra prizes and an extra ranking list for them. Their enthusiasmis a core element of the success of the fleet.There is, of course, some set-back in Dragon popularity in Hungaryafter the Europeans. All in all we think that we have achieved aunique development in Hungarian sailing and the Dragon class hasa stable basis for the future.Article byVilmos NarayPage 19

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2011 European Championshipin Boltenhagen, GermanyBMW to be key partner for theDragon classBMW AG will support, asthe automobile co-partner ofthe Dragon class, the 2011 EuropeanChampionship of theInternational Dragon, whichtakes place in Germany for thefirst time in more than 20 years.The European Dragon Championshipwill be hosted by the hoteland marina complex “WeisseWiek” (‘White Bay’) at Boltenhagenon the Baltic coast of thestate of Mecklenburg-WesternPomerania.As presenting sponsor theTransbunker Group will supportthe event. Transbunker isa privately owned internationaloil trading, oil storage and bunkeringcompany whose founderand principal shareholder is adedicated sailor and also theowner of the currently leadingthree Dragon crews worldwide.The “Weisse Wiek” hotel and marina complex hosted successfullyin 2010 the Dragon Grand Prix Germany, the fifth time it washeld in Germany and the first time in Boltenhagen. It was a highlysuccessful prelude to the 2011 European Championship and establishedthe “Weisse Wiek” hotel and marina complex as one of theoutstanding new sailing venues worldwide. As a result, the InternationalDragon Association assigned the European Championship tothe Marina Boltenhagen from 3 – 8 July 2011.The world-elite of the Dragon sailors is expected for the 2011 EuropeanChampionship. The reigning European Champion, MarkusWieser, who is also an ambassador on behalf of BMW and a memberof the prolific Transbunker sailing team, will defend his EuropeanChampionship title for the fourth time in succession.The world-wide number one ranked Dragon sailor, Anatoly Loginovfrom Russia, as well as the vice-world champion, Lars Hendriksenfrom Denmark, will also be at the starting line.The Dragon class is often referred to as the royal class, becauseKing Constantine of Greece won the first gold medal for Greece insailing in the Dragon class in 1960 and a number of other Europeanroyal family members are actively involved in the Dragon class. Thelevel of competition in this class is extremely high: more than 40 ofthe current competitors are winners of Olympic medals, World-andEuropean champion titles.The Dragon class supports a major charitable foundation. Forthe 7th time in succession and as a prelude to the European Championshipthe CHILDHOOD Race will be sailed, on Sunday, 3rd of July2011, in support of the WorldChildhood Foundation, foundedby her Majesty Queen Silviaof Sweden.Close to 1 million Euros havebeen raised in the past withthe help of the CHILDHOODraces for the World CHILDHOODFoundation - under the motto“top Dragon class sailing forchildren in need”.Further information:www.dragon-grand-prix.deMAL EventsManuela LiborRathausstraße 155546 Frei-LaubersheimTel.: 0 67 09 - 911 907Fax: 0 67 09 - 911 5970Mobil: 0162 - 93 69 289E-Mail: mlibor@mal-events.dePage 21

The NEW Ranking Lists ...Effective 2011, National DragonAssociations [NDAs] have theoption of adding their own NationalRanking List [NRL] to theInternational Ranking List [IRL].Even if National Associationsuse a pre-existing Ranking Listsystems, the new NRL will significantlybenefit their sailorsas the NRL is fully integratedinto the IRL, accessed throughit, and calculates results in anidentical manner. Further, eachNRL annual result has the significantbenefit of being treatedas a single Regatta Result with aMultiple of 2 and a RL factor of1.2 in the IRL.The goals and and purposes ofthe IRL are:• Rank all registered Dragonhelmsmen internationally correspondingto their relativeperformance within the last 12months.• Use the current ranking informationto fill up groups foran event with group starts.• Extend the current conceptof ‘International qualification’ toWorld and European championship:The best 25 helmsmenof the International Ranking Listof the previous year are qualifiedfor the World and EuropeanChampionships of the ongoingyear.• Build-up a database withthe results of all major Dragonevents which can be accessedvia the internet.The goals and purposes ofeach NRLs are:• Domestically rank all interestedhelmsmen correspondingto their relative performancewithin the last 12 months.• Use the annual ranking ofeach NRL to populate the IRL asa single Regatta entry.• Extend the current conceptof ‘National qualification’ to InternationalChampionships.• Build a strong database withthe results of all major Dragonevents which can be accessedvia the internet.Helmsmen and crew wishingto be included in the IRLmust be registered with ISAF.The ISAF Sailor ID shall be includedin all entry forms for IRLranking events.How we calculate the IDA-IRLresults?The IDA determines andthe AGM agrees on a list ofevents to be included in thecalculation from a list of Championship,Grade 1 and Grade 2events. The following events areincluded in the IDA-IRL:• The Gold Cup and the WorldChampionship with a rankinglistfactor (RLfactor) of 1.30 anda multiplier of 2.• The European Championshipwith an RL-factor of 1.25. and amultiplier of 2• The ‘Grade 1’ Dragon regattaswith an RL-factor of 1.20 and amultiplier of 2.• Each Domestic Ranking List*functioning from Rankinglist.org software (Grade 2) with aRL-factor of 1.20 and a multiplierof 2.• Each national championship(Grade 2) with a RL-factor of1.10 and a multiplier of 2.• In each country with a NationalDragon Association, onemore event (Grade 2) with anRL-factor of 1.00 and a multiplierof 1.Not more than 3 events inPage 28

each Dragon country per year shall be counted with the exceptionof France. Because of the large geographical distributionFrance (Atlantic coast and Mediterranean) is allowed to contribute4 events in regular years and 5 in a year where one of the threeIDA Championship events will be held in France. Not more than 2events (3 in a year with an IDA Championship) may be located inone of the major areas (Atlantic, Mediterranean).Australasia is regarded as a continent (not as country), the IDARegulations under 4. and 7. apply.There is NO minimum number of entries into any regatta.How we calculate each NRL result?The NDA agrees on the domestic events to be included in theirRanking List by October 1, each year for the regattas in the followingNovember1 to October 31 year.The following events are be included in each NRL:• National Championship with RL-factor of 1.20 and a multiplier of 2• One specified Regatta or Series over the sailing period with RLfactorof 1.10 and a multiplier of 2• One specified Regatta or Series over the sailing period with RLfactorof 1.10 and a multiplier of 1• Any number of Regatta or Series raced over the sailing periodwith RL-factor of 1.00 and a multiplier of 1There is NO minimum number of entries into any regatta.How do we obtain individual RL-points for an event?The individual points will be calculated using the final positionin the event by the following formula of the standard RL-system:[NoOfParticipants+1] -FinalPositionRLPts=________________________*100.0*RLFactorOfEventNoOfParticipantsIn all Ranked Regatta with 20 or more entries this formulaawards the equivalent of 100*RL-Factor points to the winner ofa series and distributes all other participants evenly according totheir final position.2010 IRL top 20 ResultsRank Points Last Name First Name Country1 123.512 LOGINOV Anatoly Russia2 120.237 MÜLLER Thomas Germany3 117.316 HENDRIKSEN Lars Denmark4 112.567 WHITE Olga Russia5 112.303 MURATOV Mikhail Russia6 111.695 URVOIS SNR Louis France7 108.864 LILJEBLAD Hans Sweden8 106.899 TAVINOR Tim United Kingdom9 106.331 LINK Stephan Germany10 103.880 LYNN Richard Australia11 103.413 APUKHTIN Mikhail Russia12 101.861 WILKINSON-COX Gavia United Kingdom13 100.250 BOILLOT Christian France14 95.707 DIEDERICHS Klaus United Kingdom15 93.118 WINBERG Stefan Sweden16 92.544 SENATOROV Vasily Russia17 91.785 MATOSO José S.M. Portugal18 90.975 FOGELSON Victor Russia19 90.471 EVDOKIMENKO Oleg Russia20 90.310 SCHÖNHERR Jørgen DenmarkThe following sample result table shows the distribution of RLpointsfor an event with 28 participants and a RL-factor of 1.20:1. 120,000 2. 115,714 3. 111,4294. 72,857 5. 68,571 6. 64,28627. 8,571 28. 4,286RL-points are awarded to the helmsman and the crew in thesame way, but they are counted for the corresponding ranking listonly.In all Ranked Regatta with 19 or fewer entries a scaling factoris applied to the winner of a series and distributes all other participantsevenly according to their final position. The following showsthe distribution of the scaling factor for regatta with 19 and fewerentries.Entrants >= 20 scale factor 1.00Entrants >= 15 & = 10 & = 5 &

For as long as I have racedDragons, I have felt the Class hadno real identity, nothing thatbound us together as a worldwideclass, nothing that said‘premium quality’ beyond ourbeautiful hull shape and elegantsail plan, nothing that usefullyleaned on our proud 80 year history,nothing that underpinnedour incredible ‘One Design’ suc-A GenesisThe newDragonClassIdentitygood grasp of how to get to thenub of the problem. By the timewe arrived in Adelaide, we haddeveloped 4 foundation cornerstonesand my creative brief:1 A Class Vision Statement“By pursuing the Corinthianprinciples of careful worldwideClass stewardship, honourable,competitive One-Design racing,evolutionary modernisationtransposing political, culturaland other differences. Regattasare available throughoutthe world, offering a uniqueopportunity to meet this diverserange of sailors.b. The Boat. Its classic lines andtight one design make theDragon a unique racing experience.The design and sailingcharacteristics are akin tocess, nothing that was commonto all Dragon racing nationsby Robert Alpeof the boat, upholding Classtraditions, supporting ISAF,the metre classes and, unlikethe metre classes, they are af-other than a ‘D’ on our sail. Eventhen the ‘D’ varied from sail tosail compliments of the widevariety of sail makers around theworld.Between March 2008 and October2009 I began to engageour illustrious IDA Chairman indiscussions about the need toseriously address this issue. Acautious and intelligent man,Rob acknowledged the issueof a blurred Class Identity existedbut would be exceedinglycomplex and difficult to correct.Imagine Rob’s challenge ... getting30 National Dragon Associations,3 Officers, a President,2 Vice Presidents, the TechnicalCommittee, our Treasurer andboth Class Secretaries to actuallyagree on something soemotive. It was a challenge ofhuge proportions. Moreover theIDA had once tried to secure aformal identity package, but formany and varied reasons wasdevelop a proposal for the 2010AGM in London to consider.” Tothe sceptics amongst you, I didnot set Christoph up to ask thequestion, although I applaud hisobservations and the question.I had invited Rob to Perthto helm my boat in the PrincePhilip Cup in early January 2010and to make the 5,000 klm roadtrip from Perth to Sydney over a10 day period. This required wecross the Nullabour Desert, asolid 48 hour drive with amplestops for food, rest and expensivepetrol. We used this crossingto develop the brief for anew Class Identity. As a designer,I have provided quality solutionsfor as many as 20 CorporateIdentity briefs, so I had sufficientexperience to know what wasrequired to complete a qualitybrief. Rob had managed a numberof successful businessesover the years, so he too had aand enjoying the fellowship ofour global sailing fraternity ...the International Dragon shallbe the World’s pre-eminentOne-Design keelboat Class.”2 Communication ObjectivesThe International Dragon Classneeds a new graphic identitythat communicates thestrengths of the class throughoutthe whole sailing communityincluding current Dragon sailorsand potential Dragon sailors.The Dragon should be alignedto other premium brands forthe purposes of attracting andretaining international and domesticsponsorship, and for thebetter presentation of the classwith that of the sponsor at majorRegattas.3 Specific Class Strengthsa. International. We are veryproud of our global reach.Meeting sailors from othercountries makes one feel partof a very special global family,fordable to a reasonably wideaudience. The boat is longlasting with less depreciationthan almost any other modernboat.c. The People. The number ofcommitted Dragon sailorsand ex Dragon sailors mustbe greater than any otherclass. Owners ages tend to be40+ but crews are of all agesfrom 25 upwards.d. Competition. The class hasa wide range of top sailors,any major regatta including anumber of competitors withOlympic and other Championshipmedals. Very tightone design reinforces the intensenessof the competition.Dragon races are highly competitive.Many sailors whohave won championships indinghy classes move to theDragon in their 40’s wherethey can experience the levelof competition they desireunsuccessful with the attempt.with somewhat less physicalAustria’s representative Chris-agility required.toph Schindler posed an ‘out ofThis project will be successfulthe blue’ question at the 2009only if the broad spectrum ofAGM in Paris. “Is there somethingthe Dragon family buys into thethe class can do to present anew identity. To be successfulglobal class identity. We are cur-it had to be embraced enthu-rently 29 countries that race thesiastically across the whole ofsame boat, but each presentthe Dragon world. It also had toour class differently?” To whichbe long lasting without furtherChairman Campbell said, “Thechange.Officers agree and undretake toPage 30

4 New Identity must meet thefollowing objectives:a. Be unified and cohesiveacross all forms of communicationincluding:• The sails• The boat• NDA & IDA Letterheads• Literature. Promo, NOR, SIs• Media. Web, Publications• Clothing. Ties, shirts, belts• Jewelry. Pins, cuff links,brooches, necklaces• Stickers. Cars, trailers, signsb. Communicate the broad internationalreach of the classc. Reinforce the unique natureof the Dragon family to allcurrent and past Dragon sailors.The family operates on 2tiers, firstly nationally and secondinternationally.d. Communicate the benefits ofthe class to potential Dragonsailors. The most importantcharacteristics for this targetaudience are the high level ofcompetition, the internationalspread and the tight onedesign, classic metre style ofthe boat.e. The Dragon identity shouldalso include a unique symbolcapable of independent registrationto protect its franchiseSo that was my creative briefand direction to which I added:Our non-Branding has comeabout by the class being totallyCorinthian in its approachto development. It has allowedthe class to present as a vibrant,diverse, competitive, amateur,amorphous entity that has, unsurprisingly,tended to borrowbranding from its heroes likeBorresen and Hoj Jensen andassociated brands like Borresen,Petticrows and Norths. This hasgiven the class personality ratherthan a specific branding. Per-sonalities vary, the perceptionof ‘things Dragon’ varies also.Unlike the Melges for examplewho are well branded, theDragon has a ‘D’ only at its centre,and girth. Unlike the Melgeshowever, the Dragon has a longand colourful history to drawfrom in the creation of a DragonBrand. We are well served byour past, by the personalities,and by the sheer beauty of thehull design and sail shapes.Our branding should be,strong, clean, universal, international,modern, and mostimportantly, applied to EVERY-THING in a consistent manner. Itmust be a brand for the IDA, theNational Dragon Associations,the events we compete in andthe Dragon herself. Fortunatelywe have a start in the recognisablehull shape and sail shapesthemselves. This Dragon imageryis innate, intrinsic and betterleft unstated in the branding, ifonly to leave the purities of themix, floating at the top. Plus, inone design racing, the InternationalDragon is at the pinnacleof its category. It has a long andproud history from which itdraws constant sustenance andacclaim. It has a Royal heritage,and an Olympic heritage andmaintains its category pinnaclewith authority and to a delightfuldegree, humility also.The new branding needed torespect its long and proud historyand build on it.The 8 Metre Class grew out ofthe 1907 First International Rule.This allowed One Design as weknow it to be established andgave them an early entrée intothe Olympics. The Second InternationalRule came into effect in1914. Thankfully, this introducedgreater rationality to the optimizingof metre boat designsand began the move to a fairerOne Design culture.After designing and buildingliterally dozens of metre boats,it was not until the late 1920’sthat Johan Anker settled on abalance between beam andlength that optimized waterspeed and boat handling. Anker’slong and successful metreboat design and productionexperience led him to designthe smallest metre boat ... theDragon! In combination with itsperfectly balanced sail plan theDragon became the most successfulOne Design metre boatever launched. The Dragon isnot known as a metre boat today,but that is very much herDNA.From the beginning of metreboat racing, their sails displayeda class number or letter with asolid line beneath. The vessel’ssail number was under the solidline per ...J 6 8 12 D11 12 16 10 19And yes, the Dragon was alsoidentified this way ... that too, isan integral part of the Dragonclass history.Together with our fellow Officers,we worked on several solutions.Phyllis Chang wished tohold on to remants of the existing‘D.’ Richard Blickman calledfor more acknowledgement ofour metre history. So after discardingseveral creative directions...the Officers settled on a ‘fromthe past, for the future’ universalclass identity for use on oursails, stationery, and merchandise;in publications, Notices ofRace, Sailing Instructions; at regattasetc ... in fact everywherewe ‘show the Dragon’ facearound the world.The following designs wereapproved at the 2010 IDA AGMin London in October.Class Logo: For use by the IDAand National Dragon Associations.[Sails & Merchandise Insignia:For use by the IDA and Sail Makers.]Presenting ‘ONE IDENTITY’ tothe world.There is more ... the readermay download Class IdentityGuidelines from the IDA WebSite. They are part of the IDARegulations.Page 31

NationalReports[ijklmnoAustriaThe European Championship in1912 on lake Attersee broughtthe expected big impact to theAustrian Dragon Fleet. As onlyeight boats will have a guaranteedstarting place, we expectan exciting regatta among the30 regatta sailors interested toreach the qualification limit.Thirty-three boats attendedthe Austrian Championship in2010 and we have been ableto stop the declining trend.The Austrian Dragon scene hasbeen reinforced by numerousgood sailors, including ChristianScheinecker, the Europeanchampion of 1970, who aftera long break decided to comeback to the Dragon class again.Qualification for the EuropeanChampionship is planedshould give a bonus to all frequentDragon sailors.In 2010, Austrian sailorshave been visiting 13 destinationsoutside Austria. For 2011this number will further increase.Also for the five Austrianregattas we expect a large participation.Many foreign crewshave announced that they arecoming to get familiar withthe situation on Lake Attersee.More than 40 boats at the AustrianChampionship will be realistic.The Union-Yacht-Club Atterseeis well prepared to hostthe Europeans. 125 years of experiencein organizing regattasand hosting guests should bea guarantee for good sailingand staying. We look forwardto welcoming the InternationalDragon Fleet in Austria.FranceOnce again, the French fleetshowed strong activity in thewake of previous years.Firstly, the winter circuit organizedin the MediterraneanSea around the Cannes fleetnow comprises seven regattasbetween October and March,with each time between 32and 62 boats and more than 10countries.so that 50% of the ranking listpoints of 2010 will be addedAustrian Dragon Association.to the ranking list 2011. Thiswww.dragonclass.atMoreover, we have now innorthern France a summer tourstarting in May with the GrandPrix of Douarnenez, then theDragon Derby in La Baule, theDeauville Open in June andending with the Open du Morbihanin September.All fleets have been very activeand start moving more andmore abroad as several teamshave participated in the championshipsof United Kingdom,Italy, Germany and Belgium butalso in the Gold Cup in Swedenand the European Championshipin Hungary.The report on the 2010 seasonwould be incomplete if wedid not include mention of theSilver Cup, a competition createdby HRH Prince Henrik ofDenmark, but hosted this yearby the fleet of Arcachon. De-Page 32

spite their knowledge of thecurrent, the French team endedup second behind the RoyalYacht Squadron, but before theRoyal Danish YC and the RoyalHong Kong Y.C. The other eventwas the Défi des Clubs Alliés duYacht Club de France. Indeed,this prestigious club choosesour class for its annual regattaopen to all clubs affiliated to it:17 different yacht clubs werepresents.2011 looks good for France!First, the Semaine Internationalede Cannes was classifiedGrade 1 by IDA, two new raceswill be added to the usual program:Coupe des Pyramides inLa Grande Motte (Mediterraneancoast) and Trégor Classic(Brittany) mainly focused on theclassic Dragons.This year, the Championshipof France will be held in Deauvillefrom 19 to 22 May 2010.French Dragon Associationwww.afsid.orgHong KongIf you like to race in heavy wet weather gear around icebergs, thenHong Kong is not the place to be. But if you enjoy sailing in shorts(usually) and in flat, warm waters at any time of the year, then thisis be place to be, and you are cordially invited to join us. Althoughwe sail the year-round, our racing season starts in September andends in May each year, under the organization of the Royal HongKong Yacht Club, our home base since the 1930’s. In the winterwe are fairly busy racing and if you in Europe are having race withdrawals,then it is the ideal time to visit Hong Kong. Many times wehear that you have stopped in Hong Kong on your way to xxxxx.Next time, you should contact us if you have time to sail on theweekend.During the 2009-2010 racing season, the usual culprit, KarlGrebstad, with his co-conspirators, Rick Herbst and Greg Jarzabkowski,won the Dragon of the Year even though Phyllis Chang,Marc Castagnet and Lars Stenfeldt won the Nationals, after whichevent Marc immediately bought himself his own Petticrow. Apparentlyhe had enough of women telling him what to do (he has awife, two daughters, and numerous female housekeepers).In the 2010-2011 racing season, half of it has already passed,but there are plenty of races coming up until May 2011. The racesare listed in the Regatta Schedule elsewhere in this magazine, butsome of the more interesting ones are the second half of the Nationalson 15-16th January 2011, Class Regatta on 12-13th February2011, and Spring Regatta, a two-day event on 14-15th May 2011.In the last Saturday of March, which is always during an unbelievablypopular competition staged in Hong Kong commonlyknown as Rugby 7-a-side, a sport involving a ball of some shapeand played feverishly on a football pitch. If you need a break fromthe rugby scene and want to relax a little before the rugby finalson Sunday, join us for the Alternative 7’s when we sail several races,until we can take no more. It is actually fun and is becoming moreand more active as the years progress.Another well-attended one-day race in Hong Kong is theAround the Island, attracting 200-220 competitors every year. Notall in Dragons, though. It is a pursuit race and an exciting, if notbeautiful, event to enter. We see competitors from all over theWorld coming to join every year, including Dragon sailor, LorandGombos from Hungary.In September every year, we also have Autumn Regatta, a twodayevent. This year a team from Japan came to join. If you arethinking of coming to Hong Kong and would like to join as a helmor crew, or come with a team, please let us know in advance andwe are sure to get what you want in the Dragon class. The AutumnRegatta, the Around the Island Race, and other races starting fromSeptember 2011 will be posted from August 2011 on the websiteof the Yacht Club at www.rhkyc.org.hk. You may always contact usthrough the RHKYC who knows how to connect with us.Hong Kong Dragon Associationwww.rhkyc.org.hkPage 33

NationalReports[ijklmnoGreeceThe Hellenic Dragon Class Associationhas made good progressover the last four years. It nowcounts ten Dragons and may beanother two will join the Classbefore the end of this year.The Class requested fromthe Ministry of Culture of Greecea part of the Athens 2004 sailingpremises and a positive finaldecision is now pending. If so,the Class will create in Athensa Permanent Winter DragonCenter where the Dragon ownerswill receive privileged pricesto move the boats by ferry toGreece, will not pay any duesthroughout the year, while themain activities will be betweenOctober to April, and will haveall other facilities (storage, parkingetc) for free. At the sameplace the Yacht Club of Greecewill offer high-class hub andrecreational services.With the cooperation ofDragon champions a permanentline of seminars will bescheduled and three majorraces in the winter will takeplace, so that the athletes combinetraining, racing and a goodtime with relaxing and culturalevents at no cost. The athletesand their friends will only covertheir traveling and hotel accommodationexpenses, for whichthe NDA has already obtained a50% discount for the other NDAmembers.The full program and presentationwill be projectedsoon and will really favour theDragon owners greatly.IrelandThe Irish Dragon Fleet was activeat home as always this seasonwith Championships in Dublin,Belfast, Kinsale and Lough Derg.In 2010 we had only two Dragonsrepresenting the Irish fleetat the international events ona regular basis while a numberof others travelled occasionally.While attendances at Club levelwere weak everyone here wassatisfied with the competitiveaspect of the Championshipevents which were well supported.Special mention must go toOlaf Sorrenson who togetherwith Martin (Stavros) Payne &Shawn Kingston sailing “Christianna”have been diligentlyrepresenting the Irish DragonFleet & Kinsale Yacht Club at theinternational events in Franceand Italy over the last few seasons.They are not just makingup the numbers either, as theyregularly finish on the podiumand occasionally take the oddtitle.Our season opened in Mayat the Royal St George YachtClub in Dun Laoghaire for theEast Coast Championships.The event was mostly sailed invery light conditions on DublinBay but nevertheless the fullcomplement of six races wascompleted. Former NationalChampions Neil Hegarty, PeterBowring & Dave Williams sailing“Phantom” led from start tofinish with a consistent set ofresults in the top three. Howevernotice was served by AndrewCraig, Brian Matthews &Mark Pettit sailing “Chimaera”that they intended to return tothe front of the fleet. An OCS intheir results ensured that theywere to finish second overallthis time, however they lookedto be a very fast team. DefendingEast Coast Champions, MartinByrne, Adam Winkelmann &Ronan Murphy sailing “Jaguar”were slow to start this eventand eventually finished a distantthird overall.The highlight of the seasonwas the return of the Irish Dragonfleet to Belfast Lough forthe first time in over ten years.Royal North of Ireland YachtClub hosted a magnificent IrishNational Championship whichwas sponsored by Belfast HarbourCommissioners. The Irishfleet was supplemented by anumber of visitors from the BritishDragon Association fleets inAbersoch, Aldeburgh and Cowes.Simon Brien and his dedicatedteam of volunteers ensuredthat the fun ashore wasat least as exhausting as theracing afloat. Martin Byrne andhis team in “Jaguar” returnedto winning ways when theyregained the title of NationalGreek Dragon AssociationChampions for the second timewww.hdca.grin three seasons. Martin, whowas joined by Pedro Andrade &Adam Winkelmann, won comfortablywith a consistent set ofPage 34

esults all in the top four includingthree bullits. However theItalyples is planning to organize inJune 2011.competition for second overallwas intense and was not decideduntil the final leg of the finalrace. Don O’Donoghue sailing“Seabird” eventually overtookAndrew Craig in “Chimaera” totake second overall by just onepoint. This left the 2010 EdinburghCup holder, Claus Diederichssailing his beautiful newDragon “Fever” in fourth overall.In September we made ourway to Kinsale Yacht Club forthe South Coast Championships.This was to be our onlywindy event of the season andthe fleet enjoyed spectacularsailing conditions with somedecent waves to challenge us.As expected the local fleet wereenjoying their home waters andit was Kinsale’s Cameron Goodsailing his new Dragon “LittleFella” who made the podium forthe first time this season to finishin third overall. However itwas Andrew Craig in “Chimaera”and Martin Byrne in “Jaguarwho fought a close battle overthe six races at the front of thefleet. Despite winning threeraces “Jaguar” could only finishsecond overall to “Chimaera”.Andrew took the title with asuperb result sheet that read2,2,2,1,1,2.Traditionally the Irish DragonFleet completes their seasonin October with a freshwater regattaat Lough Derg on the RiverShannon in the centre of Irelandwhere we race for the JackCraig Memorial Bell. This was tobe “Jaguar’s” event where Martinwas joined by Paul Maguireand John Simms. They won theevent with four 1sts, a 2nd anda 3rd. Richard Goodbody withRic & Rob Johnson sailing theirnew “Diva” were second overallclosely followed by CameronGood in “Little Fella”.There are a number ofevents that many of us in theIrish Dragon Fleet are particularlylooking forward to. Theseinclude the 2011 and 2012Edinburgh Cups in Abersoch& Belfast Lough together withGold Cup 2012 in Kinsale. FourIrish Dragons travelled justacross the Irish Sea to Abersochin 2010 for the British NorthernChampionships. While wewere anxious to support ourneighbours and their developingfleet in Abersoch, secretlysome of us would own up tochecking out the racing watersthere in anticipation of a returnvisit for Edinburgh Cup 2011.After the success of our NationalChampionships in BelfastLough, Royal North of IrelandYacht Club was quick to retainthe sponsorship from BelfastHarbour Commissioners to securethe Edinburgh Cup 2012.In addition 2012 sees the GoldCup return to our shores, thistime to Kinsale, where the organisingteam are already hardat work preparing to welcomethe International Dragons witha traditional Irish welcome. So,all in all, it was a good 2010 seasonwith much to look forwardto in our Dragons in 2011 and2012.Irish Dragon Associationwww.dragonclass.ieNew Dragon owners havejoined the growing DragonItalian fleet. Their motivation ismultifaceted. Firstly Dragons regattasare part of an extremelyinteresting circuit. Some bigboat owners see in the Dragona way to keep up their desireto race at the highest levelof competitiveness, often inrather crowded races, but witha smaller crew and lower expenses.Second, the class, bothnationally and internationallyis buoyant and extremely wellmanaged. Last but not least thesensuous lines of the Dragon,the gleaming of her paint or ofher cabin’s varnished mahogany,all combined with the stateof-theart rig and deck layout,seem to increasingly appeal toboat lovers. Big boat ownershad a chance to test a Dragonin Sanremo waters during thepast IRC/ORC winter championship,an initiative that has bornefruits.A Dragon flotilla is takingshape in Viareggio, a sea sidecity half way between Pisato the south and Genoa tothe north, famous for its boatyards and sand beaches. ClassicDragons are coming backto Naples some fifty years afterthe XVII Olympic Games whenPrince Constantine of Greecewon the gold medal and ItalianNino Cosentino at the helm ofhis Dragon Venilia had to settlefor the bronze medal. This far,eleven classic Dragons are keptin sailing conditions or had amajor refit. Among them a Borresen,a Pedersen and Thuesen,and a 1936 Johansson. It is expectedthat classic Dragons willrace in an event that the RoyalYacht Club “Canottieri” of Na-This past year has seen thestrengthening of the alreadystrong cooperation existingbetween Cannes Dragon Internationaland the Italian DragonAssociation. Two Italian eventshave been included in thewinter series organized by theCannes Dragon Internationalcalled “L’hiver des Dragons”,the Dragons’ Winter. This lastOctober, the Alassio DragonWeek opened successfully theseries that will end in Sanremowith the Italian Championshipin March 2011. A rich series ofseven events in seven months.Alassio and the Circolo Nauticoal Mare proved their mettlewith steady breezes, a goodracing area, a perfect race organizationand social events thatwere even more pleasurable forthe discovery of local gastronomy.Fifteen boats representingsix nations were in the water infront of Alassio - a very promisingbeginning.Sanremo has seen an everincreasing success as a growingnumber of North Europeansparticipated in the event lastMarch with a total of 57 boatsracing in strong and sustainedwinds. Sanremo and the organizerYacht Club Sanremo-Compagnia della Vela, provedonce again to be the main centrefor Dragon activities in Italy.Portofino was host to the AlbertiDragon Cup, a prestigioustrophy presented by the AlbertiPage 35

NationalReports[ijklmnoPage 36family. Good international presencefor this classic of the ItalianDragon calendar organizedby the Italian Yacht Club. Downsouth, the Maremma DragonCup was held in May 2010.While both events were organizedextremely well, entrieswere lower than expected. Wehope that Dragon sailors willcome down in 2011 attractedby the hospitality of both Portofinoand Castiglione dellaPescaia, the latter surroundedby the wild yet attractive sceneryof the thick maritime pineforest that stretches along theTuscan coast.The Hans-Detmar Cup hasconfirmed its appeal to manyGerman and increasingly non-German sailors. Thirty one boatsrepresenting seven nationalities,with some of the best internationallyrecognized helmsman,fought for the cup duringthree days and seven races in acordial yet very competitive atmosphere.The event location,Torbole, is graced by fantasticscenery and blessed by a mildclimate with predictable andsometimes strong breezes. The“Circolo Vela Torbole” pamperedthe participants with rich afterrace buffets and plenty of terrificlocal wines.2010 has been a very positiveyear for the Dragon classin Italy. We believe that we willgrow further in 2011 with thecontinued good cooperationof the Cannes Dragon Internationaland the support of IDA.Dear Dragon sailors we thenexpect to welcome you in evengreater numbers at Dragonevents in Italy. Please contactTonino Viretti at dragone.ita44@free.fr or Ezio Gianni Murzi ateziogianni@gmail.com.www.assodragone.itNetherlandsIt was expected to be a rather quiet season after the Worlds inMedemblik the very busy previous year. It can be reported howeverthat we had the best participation ever this season. Some newfaces and familiar faces returning to the class refreshing the fleetled to good racing.Tradionally the season started at the Westeinder Lake with 2weekends and the Easter series. Apart from the races also the dinnerat the club was well attended by over 100 people.From the Lakes the fleet moved to Muiden to occupy theDragon Sailing Centre again to sail 4 series on the Southern partof the IJsselmeer. The series were shortly interrupted by the NorthRegatta in Scheveningen, our only salt water and tidal racing of theseason.After Muiden the fleet headed North to Medemblik for theTune-up series and the Open Nationals. With a fleet of 35 Dragonsincluding foreign entries from Germany, Belgium and the UK sailingfor the title, once again Medemblik provided excellent racingcircumstances. Exciting to the end, the NED 227 (1987 BorressenDragon) of Joep Kuhwilm proved that sailing regulary in a seriespays off and without winning one race he took the title home. Hisprevious title was in 1989. As is traditional the class dinner was heldin the Castle Radbout and well attended by 135 people.The last Dutch series was sailed at the lake near Alkmaar in October.A growing local fleet and more boats coming to race provideda grand finale to the season.Overall winner of the season was the NED 311 of Bram de Wilde.For 2011 the racing calender is slightly different to our regularseason in order to give room the the Gold Cup in Oostende inearly September. Our Nationals will now be held in late June. Weare looking forward to the coming season and of course invite allDragons to join us for the races.Marc van Bemmel.Dutch Dragon Associationwww.dragonclass.nl

Norwayahead and this way we mighteven get more internationalPortugalWhy not join us? The ClubeNaval de Cascais have created aIn Norway where the summeris beautiful but short, our regattasare arranged in the monthsof June-September. As nearlyall competing Dragons are situatedin the Oslo area, the regattasare arranged somewhere onthe Oslo fjord. This is of coursevery comfortable for many of usthat leave our Dragons on thewater during the entire season.Normally we sail to the racecourse from our home harbor,and back again Sunday evening.Maybe the fact that we allare so comfortably situated inour beautiful fjord and that welive and sail on the northern topof Europe is why Norway sometimesare underrepresented inmany international regattas.In the 2010 season we hadtwo Norwegian boats in theMarstand Gold Cup, and a coupleof other Swedish Regattas,but I would love to see moreNorwegian boats in both Europeansand World Championshipsin the future. Hopefullywe can increase our internationalparticipation in the yearsDragon sailors to visit us herein Oslo. (Despite the steep beerprice)We are working hard tocontinue the class growth inNorway, and we’re currentlytrying to bring some recruitmentboats from abroad. We’dlike to let new teams try out theDragon for a season, and let theboat convince them that theDragon is their vessel for the future.This way we hope to ableto grow with both younger andmore experienced sailors in theclass. Time will show, but I surebelieve in active recruitment tothe class.The Norwegian Championship2010 was sailed from 3-5thof September and Eivind Mellebywon the event again, as hedid in 2008, congratulations.We are currently lookingforward to a new season andhopefully we will meet somenew Dragon sailors beyond theborder of our own safe haven.Tore HovdaNorwegian Dragon Associationwww.nordragon.com2010 was a very special year forthe Portuguese fleet. It was thefirst year of the King Juan CarlosTrophy as a grade 1 event andthe number of participants isincreasing in the Cascais WinterSeries which is becoming morepopular amongst InternationalDragon sailors, who are attractedby the fantastic conditionswe have in Cascais.We restarted our activity inVilamoura, Algarve, with 3 regattas- the Amadeu´s Cup, the D.Pedro Cup and I PAN. We hopein the near future to have also abig fleet of International Dragonsailors sailing with us in the Algarve.There they also have verygood conditions to offerThe Portuguese fleet activityremains very strong, withmore than 80 races per year.Regarding the Winter Series,Cascais has proven over manyyears to have some of the bestconditions for sail racing anywherein Europe. Different rangesof wind, from light to strongand from varied quarters, arenormal over the Winter Series.Less than half an hour is neededto reach either of the two usualracing areas offering differentsailing conditions, with flat waterand shifting winds closerinshore in the bay and largerocean swells with more stablewind patterns further out west.Weather normally presentslarge sunny spells with air temperatureranging from a minimum12/15 º C in winter to asmuch as above 20º C in the falland early spring (March/April).In 2010, 5 of the Dragonsthat winter trained in Cascaiswere top 10 in the DouarnenezGrand Prix and 8 in Coupe deBretagne!!!very interesting package, whichallows all sailors to leave theirboats there during the winterunder very good conditions.Regarding accommodation,competitive rates for hotels andapart-hotels are available. Lisbonairport is just 30 minutes bycar and has direct connections,including low budget airlinesto major Europeans Cities. TheCascais Municipal airport, just15 minutes by car from CNC,can accommodate private jetsand commuter planes. If youare interested in any more information,please contact CNC(www.cncascais.com) or thePortuguese Dragon Association(Dragopor@yahoo.com).In the 2010 Cascais WinterSeries we had 36 participantsfrom 6 different countries. Thewinner was POR 55 José Matoso,followed by POR 50 PedroMendes Leal both from Portugaland Rus 34 Vasily Senaratovfrom Russia. We look forward towelcoming more internationalteams for the 2011 series.To conclude, I would like tothank the IDA and all the Dragonsailors for all their support.Looking forward to seeingyou on the race course in PortugalMário Quina – President Associaçãoda Classe InternacionalDragão de Portugalwww.dragopor.comPage 37

SwedenFor the Swedish Dragon Association 2010 was a remarkable year,with 96 boats starting in the Dragon Gold Cup in Marstrand, proceededby the Swedish Championships. Both regattas formed apart of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the GKSS. In1929, GKSS took the initiative which created and introduced theDragon. Also this year, a new Audi Dragon Cup Regatta, consistingof three events, two on the East Coast and one on the WestCoast, was successfully organized by the Swedish Dragon Association.Our ambition is to make this an annual event. The number ofDragons participating in nearly all the different national regattaswas on a very satisfactory level.There has furthermore been a considerable increase this year inthe number of members in the Association and six new Dragonshave arrived. Unfortunately, not all the boats which were replacedstayed in Sweden. A number of Swedish Dragons are participatingactively internationally with quite good results. Participation in internationalregattas is encouraged by the Swedish Dragon Associationand for this purpose a prize has been set up. At each AnnualMeeting the “World’s Best Swedish Dragon” is honoured with thisprize. The 2009 winner was SWE 338 Linnea with Stefan Winberg atthe helm and crewed by Peter Cassö and Bo Ahlström. This year’swinner has not yet been nominated.The plans for the 2011 season are already well under way withthe same regular events as in previous years. We will however havethe 2011 Swedish Championships in Båstad, which is a very popularsummer holiday town on the Kattegat in the north-west cornerof the Southern County of Skåne, close to Denmark. Båstad is wellknown for hosting the annual summer Swedish tennis championships,having one of the oldest golf courses in Sweden and providingbeautiful surroundings. We are also applying for the 2015Europeans to be sailed in Båstad. There are Dragon fleets recoveringin two areas in the South of Sweden and therefore the Båstadinitiative is now being taken to promote active Dragon sailingagain outside the Gothenburg and Stockholm regions. This venueshould also stimulate closer regular collaboration with our DanishDragon friends but hopefully also Norwegian and German Dragonsailors. Ulf Bjurman • Swedish National Secretarywww.segladrake.sePage 38SwitzerlandDuring the Ascension Dayweekend from 11-15 May 2010,the weather on Lake Thun wasless than idyllic for the SwissChampionship. As in the restof Switzerland, it was cold andwet. 31 teams spent the entireWednesday sporting their raingear while anxiously waitingto sail. First-time visitors to theBernese “Oberland” – such aspotential winner, Gavia Wilkinson-Coxfrom the UK – couldnever view the renowned “Eiger,Mönch and Jungfrau” alpsduring the entire Swiss championship.Dieter Schmid, President ofthe Swiss Dragon Associationand member of the organisationalcommittee for the LakeThun Yacht Club viewed thechampionship as having beena positive experience, “We wereable to offer everything besidessunshine.” He also praisedthe efforts of members of theyacht club who lent a helpinghand throughout the event.From the second day onward,the wind finally found its wayback to the 80-year-old DragonClass on Lake Thun – resultingin three fair races between 2-5on the Beaufort scale on bothThursday and Friday. Nail-BitingShowdownThe interim results promisedan exciting seventh race. Wilkinson-Coxwas 10 points awayfrom sixth place. Starting forSwitzerland, former OlympianOdd Lofteröd (Norway) and UllLibor (Germany) were in secondand fourth place, respectively.Local sailing veterans DieterSchmid and Beat Aebischer alsohad a good chance of winning,having placed second and fifthin the previous races.“While completing the firstone and a half race legs, I feltlike a virtual Swiss champion,”said Schmid, alluding to thechallenging winds of force 4-5.One glance at the rankings toldhim otherwise: he had riskedtoo much with a false-start andfell back to sixth place. “Oldhats” Lofteröd and Libor foughtfor their own chance at winningthe championship. Lofteröd,the Norwegian starting for theZug Yacht Club, ousted Britishleader, Wilkinson-Cox, andonce again placed first. Ulli Libor(Germany) had a leg up onSchmid after the latter’s OCSand finished in third place. BeatAebischer won fourth place.Raoul Rudinwww.dragon-class.ch

United KingdomThe optimism in last year’sBritish Dragon report that devaluationwould bring overseasvisitors to the Edinburgh Cupin Cowes turned out to be justified,even if cause and effectwere unclear. Ten visitors camefrom countries as far away asJapan, Australia, Portugal andRussia. As a result entries werewell up on the previous year.The event was sponsored againby Aberdeen Asset Managementand provided an excellentweek of sailing, with lovelyweather, dominated by twonow-resident arrivals in Britain.Poul-Richard Hoj-Jensen wonthe South Coast Championshipvery easily and then narrowlylost a very tight battle for theEdinburgh Cup to Klaus Diederichs,a new face in the classexcellently supported by SimonFry and Andy Beadsworth.Visitors also won both theEast Coasts and the Northerns.Joergen Schoenherr made anunexpected appearance onthe Medway. He was resisteduntil the last race by PatrickGifford but proved too strongdespite being a newcomer totidal estuaries. Abersoch’s newDragon fleet ran the Northernsin preparation for next year’sEdinburgh Cup but failed tostop Tim Tavinor from Essexwho won narrowly from MartinByrne and Patrick Gifford.The British class has nowintroduced Corinthian trophiesat all its events which we hopewill become valued in theirown right rather than beingviewed as consolation prizes.These were won by Simon Brien(Edinburgh Cup), Mark Wade(South Coasts), Patrick Gifford(East Coasts) and Martin Byrne(Northerns). We are still experiencingsome difficulties in gettingparticipants to understandthe significance of ISAF IDs andclassifications [see article page16]. These are easy to get on theinternet and we hope that thisis just a teething problem.British boats travelled tomany different events abroadin 2010. The only actual regattasuccesses were that MartinPayne (Stavros to most of you)won the Belgian Championshipin Ostend, warming upfor next year’s Gold Cup andLawrie Smith won the secondCascais Winter Series. This wasthe first Dragon event thatLawrie has been able to addto the very long list of victoriesin other classes. Patrick Giffordwas rather surprised to win theCorinthian Trophy at the GoldCup despite only finishing 17thoverall. Otherwise we had threeof the first 6 at both the FrenchChampionships and in Ostendas well as the second (IvanBradbury) and the third (LawrieSmith) at the Regates Royales inCannes.Club racing remains a problemarea, though the Dragon isnot unique in this respect. WeThe British Dragon Association& Aberdeen Asset Managementinvite you to Abersochfrom 9 – 16 July 2011for the Northern Championship& Edinburgh CupCome and join us!For further information visit www.britishdragons.orgor e-mailpatrick@gifford97.fsnet.co.uk or rob.riddell@hotmail.co.ukare considering ways in whichwe can make the class more accessibleto anyone interested init. It isn’t just a question of money.Perceived complexity has tobe overcome as does the needto put crew together who havea good understanding of whichrope to pull!For 2011 we are looking forwardto an excellent season thehighlight of which will be theEdinburgh Cup in Abersoch,home of our newest Dragonfleet. Looking further ahead,we have been awarded theWorld Championship in 2013,which will be held at the 2012Olympic site in Weymouth/Portland. This will provide anexcellent purpose-built venueand a large almost tideless bayin which to sail. We are veryoptimistic that the prospect ofsuch a high-profile event, particularlyin a “dead” year for theOlympics will enable the Dragonclass to advance in Britain.Patrick Gifford – ChairmanBritish Dragon Associationwww.britishdragons.orgPage 39

2011 Dragon Regatta ScheduleRegattas RL_F M Date_Start Date_End Venue Country ContactIDA Championships 2011European Championship 1.25 2 03/07/11 08/07/11 Boltenhagen / Baltic Sea Germany http://www.dragon-grand-prix.de/index.htmlGold Cup 1.3 2 02/09/11 10/09/11 Ostend Belgium http://www.beldragon.beGrade 1 EventsAllianz Dragon Grand Prix 1.2 2 23/02/11 26/02/11 Cannes France http://www.yachtclubdecannes.comXVI H.M. King Juan Carlos I Trophy 1.2 2 31/03/11 03/04/11 Cascais Portugal http://www.cncascais.comGrand Prix Guyader 2011, Douarnenez 1.2 2 04/05/11 07/05/11 Douarnenez France http://www.grandprix-douarnenez.com/Grade 2 EventsItalian Dragon Cup & Open Championship 1.1 1 24/03/11 27/03/11 Sanremo Italy http://www.yachtclubsanremo.itGrand Prix Enkhuizen, Paashazen, Opening 1 1 23/04/11 25/04/11 Muiden Netherlands http://www.dragonclass.nlGreece Champioship - 1st part 1.1 1 14/05/11 15/05/11 Athens Greece http://www.hdca.grFrench Championship / Open Int de Deauville 1.1 1 19/05/11 22/05/11 Deauville France http://www.dyc14.comEast Coast Championship 1 1 27/05/11 29/05/11 Royal Irish Yacht Club Ireland http://www.dragonclass.ieTune up Race (Alpencup) 1 1 28/05/11 29/05/11 Morges, Lake Geneva Switzerland http://www.dragon-class.ch/Hungarian Dragon Championship 1.1 1 01/06/11 05/06/11 Tihany, Lake Balaton Hungary http://www.dragonclass.huInternational Swiss Chamionship 1.1 1 01/06/11 05/06/11 Morges, Lake Geneva Switzerland http://www.dragon-class.ch/Derby dragon 1 1 08/06/11 12/06/11 La Baule France http://www.yclb.netPortuguese National Championship 1.1 1 10/06/11 13/06/11 Cascais Portugal http://www.cncascais.comOpen Dutch Championship 1.1 1 23/06/11 26/06/11 Medemblik Netherlands http://www.dragonclass.nlEdinburgh Cup 1.1 1 13/07/11 16/07/11 Abersoch UK http://www.britishdragons.org/International German Championships 2011 1.1 1 16/07/11 20/07/11 Kuehlungsborn, Baltic Sea Germany http://www.drachen-idm-2011.deEntenpokal 1 1 30/07/11 31/07/11 Attersee Austria http://www.dragonclass.atRussian Open Championship† 1.1 1 03/08/11 07/08/11 Saint-Petersburg Russia http://russiandragon.ru/Swedish Championship 1.1 1 04/08/11 06/08/11 Båstad Sweden http://www.segladrake.seIrish Open Championship 1.1 1 11/08/11 14/08/11 Kinsale Yacht Club Ireland http://www.dragonclass.ieDanish National Championship 1.1 1 18/08/11 21/08/11 Hornbaek Denmark http://www.dragonclass.dk/Austrian Championship 1.1 1 25/08/11 28/08/11 Attersee Austria http://www.dragonclass.atOpen Belgian Championship 1.1 1 28/08/11 01/09/11 Ostend Belgium http://www.beldragon.beNorwegian Championship 1.1 1 02/09/11 04/09/11 Oslo Norway http://www.nordragon.com/Hungarian Fleet†Championship 1 1 02/09/11 04/09/11 Csopak Hungary http://www.dragonclass.hu/Hans-Detmar Wagner Cup 1 1 13/10/11 16/10/11 Torbole, Garda Lake Italy http://www.drachenklasse.de/home.php4Drag’s Cup 1 1 29/10/11 01/11/11 Cazaux France http://www.cercle-de-voile-cazaux-lac.comGreece Champioship - 2nd part 1.1 1 12/11/11 13/11/11 Athens Greece http://www.hdca.grNon-Graded EventsLipton Cup Pursuit Race 19/02/11 Hong Kong Hong Kong http://www.rhkyc.org.hkCommodores Series 26/02/11 Hong Kong Hong Kong http://www.rhkyc.org.hkMoonraker Series 12/03/11 Hong Kong Hong Kong http://www.rhkyc.org.hkCascais Dragon Winter Series 2010/2011 5th 18/03/11 20/03/11 Cascais Portugal http://www.cncascais.comMoonraker Series 19/03/11 Hong Kong Hong Kong http://www.rhkyc.org.hkAlternative 7’s Series 26/03/11 Hong Kong Hong Kong http://www.rhkyc.org.hkMoonraker Series 02/04/11 Hong Kong Hong Kong http://www.rhkyc.org.hkAlassio Dragon Week 08/04/11 10/04/11 Alassio Italy http://www.primazona.org/Dragone_home.htmHKRNVR Pursuit Race 09/04/11 Hong Kong Hong Kong http://www.rhkyc.org.hkMaritime Cup 16/04/11 17/04/11 Athens Greece http://www.hdca.grDrachen Training 16/04/11 17/04/11 Thun Switzerland http://www.dragon-class.ch/Finale 16/04/11 17/04/11 Aalsmeer Netherlands http://www.dragonclass.nlPhyloong Series 16/04/11 Hong Kong Hong Kong http://www.rhkyc.org.hkEasterregatta 22/04/11 23/04/11 Thun Switzerland http://www.dragon-class.ch/Coupe de Bretagne 30/04/11 02/05/11 Douarnenez France http://www.grandprixpetitnavire.comPage 40

Regattas RL_F M Date_Start Date_End Venue Country ContactGlarisegg-Cup 07/05/11 08/05/11 Steckborn Switzerland http://www.dragon-class.ch/Phyloong Series 07/05/11 Hong Kong Hong Kong http://www.rhkyc.org.hkPassage Race 08/05/11 Hong Kong Hong Kong http://www.rhkyc.org.hkAlberti Cup, Portofino Rolex Trophy 13/05/11 15/05/11 Portofino Italy http://www.yachtclubitaliano.it/Spring Regatta 14/05/11 15/05/11 Hong Kong Hong Kong http://www.rhkyc.org.hkSchwerpunkt 21/05/11 22/05/11 Mattsee Austria http://www.dragonclass.atJungfrautrophy 21/05/11 22/05/11 Thun Switzerland http://www.dragon-class.ch/Grand Prix Enkhuizen, Finale 21/05/11 22/05/11 Muiden Netherlands http://www.dragonclass.nlCoupe Drakkar 02/06/11 04/06/11 Deauville France http://www.dyc14.comII Prova Apuramento Nacional 04/06/11 05/06/11 Cascais Portugal http://www.cncascais.comPelle Gedda Cup 04/06/11 05/06/11 Saltsjobaden Sweden http://www.segladrake.seNorth Sea Regatta 10/06/11 13/06/11 Scheveningen Netherlands http://www.dragonclass.nlLitzlwurmpreis 18/06/11 19/06/11 Attersee Austria http://www.dragonclass.atTune Up to Open Dutch 18/06/11 19/06/11 Medemblik Netherlands http://www.dragonclass.nlMarstrand Cup 18/06/11 19/06/11 Marstrand Sweden http://www.segladrake.seSommerregatta 25/06/11 26/06/11 Steckborn Switzerland http://www.dragon-class.ch/Gold Cup Edoardo Pepe, (classic Dragons only) 29/06/11 03/07/11 Napoli Italy http://www.ryccsavoia.it/TrofÈu Patrick Monteiro de Barros 02/07/11 03/07/11 Cascais Portugal http://www.cncascais.comSandhamn Race Week 02/07/11 04/07/11 Sandhamn Sweden http://www.segladrake.seDunlaoghaire Combined Clubs Regatta 08/07/11 10/07/11 Dunlaoghaire Clubs Ireland http://www.dragonclass.ieNorthern Areas 10/07/11 12/07/11 Abersoch UK http://www.britishdragons.org/Drachencup 06/08/11 07/08/11 Thun Switzerland http://www.dragon-class.ch/South Coast Championship 02/09/11 04/09/11 Glandore Ireland http://www.dragonclass.ieOpen Dragon du Morbihan 07/09/11 11/09/11 Port du Crouesty† Arzon France http://www.ycca.netTraunseedrachen 10/09/11 11/09/11 Traunsee Austria http://www.dragonclass.atTrofÈu Patacas 17/09/11 18/09/11 Cascais Portugal http://www.cncascais.comPiraeus Trophy 17/09/11 18/09/11 Athens Greece http://www.hdca.grRégates Royales 19/09/11 24/09/11 Cannes France http://www.yachtclubdecannes.comBenaki Cup 24/09/11 25/09/11 Athens Greece http://www.hdca.grZugerseemeisterschaft 24/09/11 25/09/11 Zug Switzerland http://www.dragon-class.ch/Dragon Saint Tropez 07/10/11 09/10/11 Saint Tropez France http://www.snst.orgRegenbogen en Draken 08/10/11 09/10/11 Alkmaar Netherlands http://www.dragonclass.nlJack Craig Memorial Trophy 14/10/11 16/10/11 Lough Derg Ireland http://www.dragonclass.ieHerbstpreis and GYC Teamtrophy 15/10/11 16/10/11 Thun Switzerland http://www.dragon-class.ch/Cascais Dragon Winter Series 2011/2012 1st 21/10/11 23/10/11 Cascais Portugal http://www.cncascais.comCommodores Series 05/11/11 Seoul Korea ra_esq@hotmail.comArmistice Cup - Championnat de MÈditerranÈe 11/11/11 13/11/11 Cannes France http://www.yachtclubdecannes.comCascais Dragon Winter Series 2011/2012 2nd 18/11/11 20/11/11 Cascais Portugal http://www.cncascais.comCascais Dragon Winter Series 2011/2012 3rd 02/12/11 04/12/11 Cascais Portugal http://www.cncascais.comCoupe d’Hiver 03/12/11 04/12/11 Cannes France http://www.yachtclubdecannes.comCup of Greece 17/12/11 18/12/11 Athens Greece http://www.hdca.grIDA Championships 20122012 European Championship 1.25 2 08/06/12 15/06/12 Attersea Austria http://www.intdragon.org2012 Dragon Gold Cup 1.3 2 08/09/12 16/09/12 Kinsale Ireland http://www.intdragon.orgINTERNATIONAL DRAGON RULES & PLANSAvailable from the IDA – info@intdragon.orgPlans 1-7 + Johan Anker Original Drawingsvia e-mail £60Plan 8 hard copy £130Plan 8 on disk £300Prices are approximate and subject to changeBUILDER PLAQUES - 30/9/2009 to 30/9/2010Petticrows Ltd 39Doomernik 4The IDA and all National Dragon Associationsacknowledge the support of photographers whohave generously contributed images to this issue ........LICENSED INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BUILDERSJoop DoomernikHavendijk 22, 5017 AM-tilburgThe NetherlandsTel. +31 (0)13 - 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IDA National Class Contacts & Registered Fleet NumbersCountry Name Contacts Details Web | eMail Registered BoatsAntigua Poul Hoj-Jensen Home: + 447753650803 http://antiguadragons.org/Mobile: + 12687822898 Sophia@hoj-jensen.com 12Australia Donald Blanksby Office: + 61 3 9536 3103 www.dragonclass.org.auMobile + 1417377492 don@assocmanagement.com.au 30Austria Christoph Schindler Home: + 43775271194 www.dragonclass.atMobile: + 436642114490 schindler.christoph@aon.at 30Belgium Benoit Quatannens Home: + 3259277545 www.beldragon.beMobile: + 32476472187 secretary@beldragon.be 16Canada Paul B. Taylor Home: + 1 604-879-3326 www.usdragons.org | Dragonman@Shaw.ca 15Denmark Claus Olsen Home: + 4540954800 www.dragonclass.dkFax: + 4573624819 clsu@mail.dk 52Egypt Admiral Home: + 202 23646763 www.eswf.info/Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil Mobile: + 20122158334 Eswf_eg@yahoo.com 15Estonia Karboinov Alexander Home: + 372504 86 51 Sass@jakari.eeOffice: + 3725018101Fax: + 3 726 398 994 5Finland Hanna Westman Mobile: +358 40 540 6679 www.finnishdragon.fi | hanna.westman@iki.fi 23France Didier Gacoin Mobile: + 33 6 12 50 29 26 www.afsid.org | didier@afsid.org 99Germany Rupert Fischer Office: + 49 89 546369 21 www.drachenklasse.deMobile: + 49 1 72 593 56 33 info@drachenklasse.deFax: + 49 89 546369 69 429Greece Antonis Nicolaras Home: + 302104526894 www.hdca.grOffice: + 302104519557 leonelex@otenet.grFax: + 302104532165 6Hong Kong Phyllis Chang Home: + 85228131877 www.rhkyc.org.hkOffice: + 85225332718 lowellphyllis@netvigator.comMobile: + 85264788791Fax: + 85231503718 19Hungary Naray Vilmos Office: + 36 (1) 225 7836 www.dragonclass.huMobile: + 36 (20) 369 2126 info@dragonclass.huFax: + 36 (1) 225 7848 26Ireland Tim Pearson Office: + 353 1 772 8900 www.dragonclass.ieMobile: + 353 87 2480361 timothympearson@gmail.com 38Italy Antonio Viretti Home: + 39010583557 www.primazona.org/Dragone_home.htmMobile: + 393356121592 dragone.ita44@fastwebnet.itFax: + 39010583557 21Japan Bocci (Atsushi) Ayoma Home: + 81(0)3 3444 4600 unhex@t3.rim.or.jpOffice: + 81(0)3 5159 8951Mobile: + 81(0)90 3135 6987Fax: + 81(0)3 5159 8953 21Rep. of Korea Josha Obink Office: + 82 2 3476 0068 www.alliancemarine.kr | ramarine@hotmail.com 2Netherlands Jens de Waardt Home: + 31 235316093 www.dragonclass.nlMobile: + 31 653223573 info@dragonclass.nl 94New Zealand Jude Hooson Home: + 64 9 302 3035 www.dragonclass.org.nzOffice: + 64 9 307 1002 judehooson@mandala.co.nzMobile: + 64 21 662 006 12Norway Tore Hovda Mobile: + 47 922 00 610 www.nordragon.com | tore@hovda.com 45Portugal Mário Quina Mobile: + 351967814205 www.dragopor.com | dragopor@yahoo.com 23Puerto Rico Miguel A Casellas, Jr Office + 667877934700 miguel@casellas.comFax: + 667877811912 3Russia Vasily Senatorov Home: + 7 495 725 08 90 www.russiandragon.ruMobile: + 7 985 764 40 30 senatorov@doublev.ruFax: + 7 495 725 08 91 51Spain Pachi Caro Van Hoogstratten Home: + 34971725503 dragon.class@telefonica.netMobile: + 34871924964 4Sweden Ulf Bjurman Home: + 46 8 765 40 75 www.segladrake.seMobile: + 46 70 680 28 64 ulf-bjurman@telia.com 51Switzerland Lotti Schmid Home: + 41 31 931 61 69 www.dragon-class.chMobile: + 41 79 222 72 65 info@dragon-class.chFax: + 41 31 931 61 69 94Turkey Ersan Bayraktar Mobile: + 905323358585 www.turkish-sailing-federation.org.trersan.bayraktar@gmail.com 25UK Tim Wilkes Home: + 44 (0)1371 874909 www.britishdragons.orgMobile: + 44 (0)7720 288100 timwilkes6@hotmail.com 110Ukraine Evgeniy Braslavets Home: + 380562365183 ebraslavets@hotmail.comMobile: + 380979632054Fax: + 380562365183 7USA Mickey Lake Home: + 12519881718 www.usdragons.orgOffice: + 12514433418 BLake84530@aol.com 26Page 42TOTAL 1404

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