Royal Brighton Yacht Club
RBYC Dragon News 13 May 2009
Dragons
The Dragon fleet was well represented at the Cerberus Race last Saturday with 50% of the fleet attending click for more.
The excuse by mark Woodland was Kids and Sport etc, and Simon Hoffman has become a proud father of another potential dragon Crew, he advises that if anyone is looking for crew for the 2028 season please keep Caroline Alice Hoffman in mind. At 6lbs 14oz. she will be a great way to keep under the weight restrictions. Pic available by contacting the proud Dad.
The winner this week of the Beachcomber bottle of wine for the winning Dragon crew was Amazing Grace. The Dragon fleet thanks the Beachcomber for their ongoing sponsorship; try them out look for the Orange umbrellas at the St Kilda Sea Baths, the same colour as the spinnakers. Click on the Spinnaker Pic for the link.
WORLD WIDE GROWTH IN DRAGON REGATTA FLEETS
GRAND PRIX PETIT NAVIRE 2009, with 87 entries click here
13 May 2009 The Bunker Boys UKR 8, from Odessa, sailed by Evgeniy Braslavets, Sergey Timokov and Roman Sadhikov won a great race in Douarnenez by winning the 10th Grand Prix with only 16 points in their new boat. Visit the regatta website to view the videos and pics. This is compulsory viewing for the RBYC fleet to check out the tacking and other crewing skills.
Check the Dragon website at
www.intdragon.org for great pics
