Dragon (keelboat)

International Dragon
	Class symbol
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Development
Designer	Johan Anker
Location	Norway
Year	1929
Design	One-Design
Name	International Dragon
Crew	2–4; Maximum crew weight: 285 kg (628 lb)
Boat
Crew	2–4; Maximum crew weight: 285 kg (628 lb)
Draft	1.20 m (3 ft 11 in)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Carvel; GRP; Cold moulded plywood; Composite
Hull weight	1,700 kg (3,700 lb)
LOA	8.90 m (29.2 ft)
LWL	5.66 m (18.6 ft)
Beam	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Fixed
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
Sails
Mainsail area	16.0 m2 (172 sq ft)
Jib/genoa area	11.7 m2 (126 sq ft)
Spinnaker area	23.6 m2 (254 sq ft)
Upwind sail area	27.7 m2 (298 sq ft)
Racing
D-PN	89.5
RYA PN	986
Former Olympic class
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Dragon racing in 2008.

Wooden dragon, built by Abeking & Rasmussen (1954) on the Großer Brombachsee

Magic Dragon used as a bar in Britannia Yacht Club's Dragon pub

A wooden Dragon on its trailer, showing the keel shape and rudder arrangement

The Dragon is a one-design keelboat designed by Norwegian Johan Anker in 1929. In 1948 the Dragon became an Olympic Class, a status it retained until the Munich Olympics in 1972. The Dragon's long keel and elegant metre-boat lines remain unchanged, but today Dragons are constructed using the latest technology to make the boat durable and easy to maintain. GRP construction was introduced in 1973 and the rigging has been regularly updated.^[1]

The Dragon class is actively represented in over 26 countries on 5 continents. There were 1,444 boats registered in 2004 and the number of boats built has averaged 45 per year. There are many more which are used for day sailing. The World Championships are held in every odd year and the European Championships are held annually. The Gold Cup, which can only be held in certain specified European countries, is unique in that all six races count without discard. It is held annually and often attracts over 100 entries, usually starting in one fleet.

A strong Class Association manages the class rules carefully to ensure safety, high quality and uniformity. Spars and sails have a wide range of adjustment during racing, allowing a skillful crew to optimize the boat for any conditions. Crew weight limits, and restrictions on hiking out allow the Dragon to be raced successfully by a range of ages and both genders. It is possible to tow the Dragon behind many vehicles. It is often dry-sailed. It may be raced against boats of other classes, employing a Portsmouth Yardstick handicap of 986^[2] or a D-PN of 89.5.^[3]

History[]

The Dragon class was initiated by the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club, who gave Norwegian yacht designer Johan Anker a brief for a cheap cruising/racing boat with about 20 square metres (220 sq ft) of sail area.^[4] After the Second World War, the boat was considered slow, and genoa and spinnaker were introduced.^[4]

The Dragon was one of the Vintage Yachting Classes in the Vintage Yachting Games in 2008 and 2012.

Events[]

Olympic Games^[5][]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	2	0	0	2
2	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	1	4
3	Sweden (SWE)	1	2	0	3
4	United States (USA)	1	0	2	3
5	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
5	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
7	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	1	2
8	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	United Team of Germany (EUA)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		7	6	8	21

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London details	Norway (NOR) Thor Thorvaldsen Haakon Barfod Sigve Lie	Sweden (SWE) Folke Bohlin Gösta Brodin Hugo Johnson	Denmark (DEN) William Berntsen Klaus Baess Ole Berntsen
1952 Helsinki details	Norway (NOR) Thor Thorvaldsen Haakon Barfod Sigve Lie	Sweden (SWE) Per Gedda Erland Almqvist Sidney Boldt-Christmas	Germany (GER) Theodor Thomsen Erich Natusch Georg Nowka
1956 Melbourne details	Sweden (SWE) Folke Bohlin Bengt Palmquist Leif Wikström	Denmark (DEN) Ole Berntsen Cyril Andresen Christian von Bülow	Great Britain (GBR) Graham Mann Ronald Backus Jonathan Janson
1960 Rome details	Greece (GRE) HRH Crown Prince Constantine Odysseus Eskidioglou Georgios Zaimis	Argentina (ARG) Jorge Salas Chávez Héctor Calegaris Jorge del Río Sálas	Italy (ITA) Antonio Cosentino Antonio Ciciliano Giulio De Stefano
1964 Tokyo details	Denmark (DEN) Ole Berntsen Christian von Bülow Ole Poulsen	Germany (EUA) Peter Ahrendt Wilfried Lorenz Ulrich Mense	United States (USA) Lowell North Richard Deaver Charles Rogers
1968 Mexico City details	United States (USA) George Friedrichs Barton Jahncke Gerald Schreck	Denmark (DEN) Aage Birch Poul Richard Høj Jensen Niels Markussen	East Germany (GDR) Paul Borowski Karl-Heinz Thun Konrad Weichert
1972 Munich details	Australia (AUS) John Cuneo Thomas Anderson John Shaw	East Germany (GDR) Paul Borowski Karl-Heinz Thun Konrad Weichert	United States (USA) Donald Cohan Charles Horter John Marshall

World Championships^[6][]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1965 Sandhamn	White Lady (DEN) Ole Berntsen Ole Poulsen	Denmark Aage Birch	Sweden Jörgen Sundelin
1967 Toronto	Williwaw (USA) George Friedrichs Gerald Schreck Barton Jahncke	United States Robert Mosbacher	France Sence
1969 Palma de Mallorca	Aphrodite (USA) Robert Mosbacher	Australia Cueno Bradbary Shaw	East Germany Schwarz Pfeiffer Köpsel
1971 Hobart	Debutante (SWE) Jörgen Sundelin Peter Sundelin Ulf Sundelin	Australia Booth	Denmark Holm
1973 Athens	Crux (SWE) Roger Eliasson Johan Palmquist	West Germany Oldenburg May Meyer	Denmark Börresen
1975 Rochester	Galejan 2 (SWE) Bengt Palmquist Johan Palmquist Björn Palmquist	Canada Burgess	United States Craig
1977 Thun	U-2 (AUT) Franz Eisl	West Germany Ulrich Hofmann Hösch	Switzerland Wittwer Wittwer Wittwer
1979 Geelong	Kirribilli (AUS)	West Germany Glas	Australia Barry Calvert Tim Watts Ted Laing
1981 Trawemünde	Sandokan (FRG)	Denmark Børge Børresen Ole Børresen Goodall	Sweden Clander Hansson Nordin
1983 Vancouver	Mistral (CAN)	Australia Stiffe	Australia Wilmot
1985 Douarnenez	Cato (FRG)
1987 Geelong	Nordjyllong (DEN) Valdemar Bandolowski Soren Hvalso Erik Hansen	West Germany	Australia
1989 Torbay	Danish Blue (DEN) Poul Richard Høj Jensen Erik Hansen
1991	Krystle (AUS) Stephen Peel
1993 Trawemünde	Senior BB (DEN) Jesper Bank Ole Børresen Børge Børresen	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Claus Høj Jensen	Germany
1995 Perth	Karabos VIII (AUS) Andrew Burnett	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Klaus Jensen	Australia
1997	Sanne (DEN) Jesper Bank Claus Olsen Ole Børresen	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen	Germany
1999 Fort-de-France	Maria (DEN) Claus Høj Jensen	Netherlands Fred Imhoff	Denmark
2001 Hornbæk	Germany	Germany	Denmark Frank Eriksen
2003 Hobart	Chrisco (GER) Vincent Hoesch	Australia Nick Rogers	Kirribilli II (AUS) Murray Jones
2005 Neustadt	African Queen (DEN)	Occasion (GER) Thomas Auracher	HLL-Ariston (GER) Vincent Hoesch
2007 Dun Laoghaire	Sinewave (GER) Vincent Hoesch	Gaudium (SUI) Ulli Libor Frank Butzmann	Rumours (GBR) Claus Høj Jensen
2009 Medemblik	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Theis Palm	Ukraine Lars Hendriksen Michael Hestbæk	Denmark
2011 Melbourne details	Alfie (GBR) Lawrie Smith Ossie Stewart	Bunker Queen (UKR)	My-Way (DEN)
2013 Weymouth	Fever (GBR) Klaus Diederichs Andy Beadsworth	Strange Little Girl (RUS) Andrey Kirilyuk	Bunker Queen (UKR)
2015 La Rochelle	Bunker Boys (UAE) Yevhen Braslavets Serhiy Timokhov	Strange Little Girl (GBR) Andrey Kirilyuk	Bunker Queen (UAE) George Leonchuk
2017 Cascais^[7]	Provezza Dragon (TUR) Andy Beadsworth Simon Fry	Annapurna (RUS) Alexander Shalagin	Alfie (GBR) Lawrie Smith Hugo Rocha Gonçalo Ribeiro
2019 Fremantle^[8]	Provezza Dragon (TUR) Andy Beadsworth	Louise Racing (GBR)	Fever (GBR) Diego Negri

Vintage Yachting Games^[9][]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	0	2
2	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	0	1
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
4	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
4	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		2	2	2	6

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008 Medemblik	Netherlands (NED)	United Kingdom (GBR)	Australia (GER) Gordon Ingate David Giles Keith Musto
2012 Lake Como	Ukraine (UKR) Yevgen Braslavetz Georgii Leonchuk Sergey Timokhov	Netherlands (NED)	Russia (RUS) Igor Ivashintsov Aleksandr Muzychenko
2016 Weymouth Bay

European Championships^[10][]

Coupe Virginie Hériot

In memory of Madame Virginie Hériot and in accordance with her often expressed wish to encourage yachting, the Committee of the Yacht Club de France decided at a meeting on 21 May 1946 to initiate an International Cup and name it the "Coupe Virginie Hériot". The Cup is assigned to the International Dragon Class, but remains the property of the Yacht Club de France. In agreement with the Committee of the International Dragon Association the "Coupe Virginie Hériot" is the main trophy of the European Dragon Championship. The event is now held annually.

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1978 Ostend	Netherlands
1979
1980	Austria C. Scheineker
1982	West Germany
1984	Denmark Börge Börresen
1986	West Germany
1987	West Germany
1988	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen
1990	Denmark Lars Hendriksen
1992	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen
1994	Germany
1995	Germany
1996	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen
1998	Netherlands Fred Imhoff
2000	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen
2002 Thun	Germany
2003 Kinsale	Netherlands Fred Imhoff Rudy den Outer	Switzerland Vincent Hoesch	Denmark
2004 Tallinn	Germany	Denmark	Germany
2005 La Trinité-sur-Mer	Denmark Claus Hoj Jensen	Great Britain Poul Richard Høj Jensen	France
2006 Cowes	Denmark Lars Hendriksen
2007 Hanko	Germany Thomas Auracher	Germany	Finland
2008 Oslo	Russia	Russia Dmitry Berezkin	Germany Vincent Hoesch
2009 St. Tropez	Ukraine	Germany	Ukraine Eugen Braslavets Sergey Timokov Michael Hestbek
2010 Balatonkenese	Ukraine	Russia Dmitry Berezkin	Russia Andrey Kirilyuk
2011 Boltenhagen	Denmark Jens Christensen Kim Andersen	Ukraine	Ukraine Evgeny Braslavetz Sergey Timokhov
2012 Attersee	Ukraine	Germany Vincent Hoesch	Russia Oleg Khoperskiy [ru]
2013 Cascais	Portugal Gustavo Lima Frederico Melo	Ukraine Georgii Leonchuk	Denmark Jens Christensen Kim Andersen
2014 San Remo	Denmark Lars Hendriksen	United Arab Emirates Georgii Leonchuk	United Arab Emirates Evgeny Braslavetz Sergey Timokhov
2015 Båstad	United Arab Emirates Evgeny Braslavetz Georgii Leonchuk	United Arab Emirates Theis Palm	Russia Alexander Shalagin
2016 St. Petersburg	Russia Alexander Shalagin	Germany Frank Butzmann	Germany Jochen Schümann Theis Palm
2017 Thun^[11]	Pow Wow (POR)	Rocknrolla (RUS)	Bunker Prince (RUS) Yevhen Braslavets

Gold Cup^[12][]

The Winners of the 2011 Dragon Gold Cup: , and with the Gold Cup.

The International Dragon Cup was presented in 1937 by members of the Clyde Yacht's Conference with the intention of bringing together as many competitors of different nationalities as possible for yacht racing in Europe in a friendly spirit, in order to perpetuate the good feeling which existed at the first International Clyde Fortnight. The Clyde Yacht Clubs' Conference has been reconstituted as the Clyde Yacht Clubs' Association and the International Dragon Cup has become known as, and is now renamed, the 'Dragon Gold Cup'.

Members of the Clyde Yacht Clubs' Association created specific rules for this competition and donated a perpetual trophy made of pure gold for an annual international race. From the beginning, the Gold Cup was considered a family event for the Dragon Sailors and could be raced by yachts of the International Dragon Class belonging to any country, and for this reason was a very well attended event.

Until 1965, the year of the first Official World Championship, the Gold Cup was considered the unofficial World Cup. The first rules created by the Clyde Yacht Clubs' Association established that the Cup should be sailed annually and that the Cup should be retained by the winner for one year only. It also established that the event should take place in rotation in the following countries: Scotland, France, Sweden, Germany, Holland and Denmark.

With the revision of the rules in 1997, the number of hosting countries was enlarged to eleven: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

The hosting country and the Organising Authority continue to be selected by the Clyde Yacht Clubs' Association in conjunction with the International Dragon Association and the number of participants was limited to 120.

Class association^[13][]

The International Dragon Association (IDA) was founded on 31 October 1961 with London as its headquarters. The principal objects of the IDA are:

To further the interests of the International Dragon Class in all countries where Dragons are sailed and to introduce the Class to new countries.
To be responsible for the administration of the class rules and coordinating proposals for rule amendments for consideration by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).
To ensure that the class retains its "International" status by complying with the criteria adopted by the ISAF.
To co-ordinate and select venues for the following international championships:
- World Championships
- European Championships
- Gold Cups
To produce regular newsletters containing information about the Class and the activities of the IDA for distribution to all Dragon sailors throughout the world.
Membership is open to National Dragon Class Associations.

Class officers[]

President[]

H.M. King Constantine

Vice-Presidents[]

H.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
Poul Richard Høj Jensen

Chairman[]

Period	Country	Chairman	Major achievement
1961–1965	United Kingdom
1966	France
1967–1969	United Kingdom
1970–1972	France
1973–1975	United Kingdom
1976–1978	France
1979–1981	United Kingdom
1982–1984	France
1985–1988	Ireland
1989–1992	Germany
1993–1994	Finland
1995–1996	United Kingdom
1997–2000	Portugal
2001–2004	Sweden
2005–2006	Germany
2007–2010	United Kingdom
2011–2015	Netherlands
2015–2019	Russia
2019–	Monaco

References[]

^ "Some history of the Dragon class at britishdragons.org". Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "RYA Portsmouth Yardstick Scheme 2007" (PDF). Royal Yachting Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
^ "Keelboat Classes". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b Bremberg, Fred; Seth, Staffan (1965), Segelbåtstyper: kortfattade beskrivningar med igenkänningstecken och dimensionsuppgifter för svenska segelbåtar (in Swedish) (2nd revised ed.), Stockholm: Aldus/Bonnier, p. 64
^ Olympic results at sports123.com
^ World champions at sports123.com Archived 25 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Cascais Dragon World Championship – Clube Naval de Cascais".
^ "Final Result for International Dragon Class 2019 World Championship after 10 races with 9 races to count". Sportspage. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ Vintage Results at vintageyachtinggames.org
^ European championships at International Dragon Class Association
^ "Dragon European Championship 2017 manage2sail". manage2sail.com.
^ Gold Cup winners listed at International Dragon Class Association
^ International Dragon Class Association Homepage

External links[]

[1] "Some history of the Dragon class at britishdragons.org". Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

[RYA2007-2] "RYA Portsmouth Yardstick Scheme 2007" (PDF). Royal Yachting Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

[USkb-3] "Keelboat Classes". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

[BrembergSeth-4] Bremberg, Fred; Seth, Staffan (1965), Segelbåtstyper: kortfattade beskrivningar med igenkänningstecken och dimensionsuppgifter för svenska segelbåtar (in Swedish) (2nd revised ed.), Stockholm: Aldus/Bonnier, p. 64

[5] Olympic results at sports123.com

[6] World champions at sports123.com Archived 25 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[7] "Cascais Dragon World Championship – Clube Naval de Cascais".

[8] "Final Result for International Dragon Class 2019 World Championship after 10 races with 9 races to count". Sportspage. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[9] Vintage Results at vintageyachtinggames.org

[10] European championships at International Dragon Class Association

[11] "Dragon European Championship 2017 manage2sail". manage2sail.com.

[12] Gold Cup winners listed at International Dragon Class Association

[13] International Dragon Class Association Homepage

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Former youth classes	Byte

Development
Class symbol
+
Designer	Johan Anker
Location	Norway
Year	1929
Design	One-Design
Name	International Dragon
Crew	2–4 Maximum crew weight: 285 kg (628 lb)
Boat
Crew	2–4 Maximum crew weight: 285 kg (628 lb)
Draft	1.20 m (3 ft 11 in)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Carvel GRP Cold moulded plywood Composite
Hull weight	1,700 kg (3,700 lb)
LOA	8.90 m (29.2 ft)
LWL	5.66 m (18.6 ft)
Beam	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Fixed
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
Sails
Mainsail area	16.0 m² (172 sq ft)
Jib/genoa area	11.7 m² (126 sq ft)
Spinnaker area	23.6 m² (254 sq ft)
Upwind sail area	27.7 m² (298 sq ft)
Racing
D-PN	89.5
RYA PN	986
Former Olympic class
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