Dragon Gold Cup

The winners of the 2011 Dragon Gold Cup: Markus Wieser, Sergey Pughchev and Matti Paschen together with the Gold Cup.

The Dragon Gold Cup is an annual sailing race for the Dragon class since 1937, organized by the International Dragon Association and the Clyde Yacht Clubs' Association.

The most successful sailor is Danish Aage Birch, with seven titles, followed by fellow Danish Ole Berntsen, with five titles. In total, Danish crews have won 32 titles.^[1]

History[]

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.

Editions[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1937 Oslo	Sweden Rolf Billner
1938 Travemünde	Germany Herbert Döhler
1939 Gothenburg	Sweden Harald Gedda
1947 Clyde	Great Britain W. H. Barnett
1948 Arendal	Norway Thor Thorvaldsen
1949 Marstrand	Denmark Ole Berntsen
1950 Vejle	Norway Thor Thorvaldsen
1951 Clyde	Denmark Thorkil Warrer
1952 Hankø	Norway Øivind Christensen
1953 Marstrand	West Germany Theodor Thomsen
1954 Skovshoved	Denmark Ole Berntsen
1955 Amsterdam	West Germany Theodor Thomsen
1956 Clyde	Denmark Thorkil Warrer
1957 Hankø	Denmark Ole Berntsen
1958 Marstrand	Italy Sergio Sorrentino
1959 Skovshoved	Canada
1960 Amsterdam	Denmark Ole Berntsen
1961 Clyde	Great Britain Sir Gordon Smith
1962 Hankø	Denmark Ole Berntsen
1963 Marstrand	Denmark Aage Birch
1964 Travemünde	Denmark Aage Birch
1965 IJsselmeer	Denmark
1966 Copenhagen	Denmark Aage Birch
1967 Clyde	Denmark Børge Børresen
1968 Hankø	Denmark Aage Birch
1969 Marstrand	Denmark Aage Birch
1970 Travemünde	Denmark Aage Birch
1971 Medemblik	United States A. W. Henry
1972 Copenhagen	Denmark Aage Birch
1973 Clyde	Great Britain D. Young
1974 Le Havre	Great Britain N. Truman
1975 Marstrand	Denmark T. Krogh
1976 Travemünde	West Germany P. Stulcken
1977 Kinsale	West Germany P. Stulcken
1978 Ebeltoft	Sweden Bengt Palmquist
1979 Edinburgh	Sweden Bengt Palmquist
1980 Enkhuizen	West Germany Achim Ulrich
1981 Douarnenez	West Germany Alo Schaefer
1982 Travemünde	West Germany Dieter Krautgartner
1983 Marstrand	West Germany Klaus Oldendorff
1984 Skovshoved	Denmark Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hermann Hansen Søren Hvalso
1985 Clyde	Denmark Børge Børresen
1986 Enkhuizen	Denmark Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hermann Hansen Søren Hvalso
1987 Clyde	Netherlands
1988 Le Havre	Joker (NED) Fred Imhoff
1989 Travemünde	Joker (NED) Fred Imhoff	Denmark
1990 Dublin	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen
1991 Marstrand	Denmark
1992 Ostend	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen
1993 Medemblik	Joker (NED) Fred Imhoff
1994 Rungsted	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen
1995 Torquay	Germany
1996 Douarnenez	Germany Vincent Hoesch
1997 Dublin	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen
1998 Cascais	Denmark
1999 Horten	Denmark Lars Hendriksen
2000 Warnemünde	Germany Fendt Vincent Hoesch	Netherlands Pieter Heerema	Finland Theis Palm
2001 Ostende	Germany
2002 Mariehamn	Sinwave (GER)	Danish Joker (NED) Fred Imhoff Rudy den Outer	Finland
2003 Medemblik	Denmark	Denmark	Netherlands
2004 Falmouth	Denmark
2005 Sandhamn[2]	African Queen (DEN)	Nanoq (DEN) Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Theis Palm	Roberto (GER)
2006 Douarnenez	Germany		Denmark
2007 Palma de Mallorca	Denmark Lars Hendriksen
2008 Cascais	Danish Blue (DEN) Poul Richard Høj Jensen Theis Palm	Jerboa (GBR)	Quicksilver III (GBR)
2009 Skagen	CCCP (UKR) Ruslana Taran	Bunker Queen (UKR) Lars Hendriksen	Annapurna (RUS) Andrey Kirilyuk
2010 Marstrand	Annapurna (RUS) Andrey Kirilyuk	Bunker Queen (UKR) Lars Hendriksen Georgiy Leonchuk	Xalet (POR) Miguel Pinto
2011 Ostende	Bunker Queen (UKR)	African Queen (DEN)	Annapurna (RUS) Andrey Kirilyuk
2012 Kinsale	Sinewave (GER) Vincent Hoesch	Alfie (GBR) Lawrie Smith	Strange Little Girl (RUS) Andrey Kirilyuk
2013 Douarnenez	Bunker Queen (UKR) Georgiy Leonchuk	Bunker Prince (UKR) Evgeny Braslavetz Sergiy Timokhov	Troïka (NED) Pieter Heerema Theis Palm
2014 Medemblik	Bunker Queen (UAE) Georgiy Leonchuk	Troïka (NED) Pieter Heerema Theis Palm Claus Olesen	Bunker Prince (UAE) Yevgen Braslavets Sergiy Timokhov
2015 Kühlungsborn	Lawrie Smith (GBR) Lawrie Smith	Strange Little Girl (RUS) Andrey Kirilyuk	Sinewave (GER) Vincent Hoesch Marc Pickel
2016 Hornbæk	Sophie Racing (SUI) Hugo Stenbeck Bernardo Freitas	Bunker Prince (UAE) Yevgen Braslavets Sergiy Timokhov	Nina (DEN) Nicklas Holm
2017 St. Tropez	Desert Holly (GER) Frank Butzmann -	Pow Wow (GER)	Desert Eagle (UAE) Robert Stanjek
2018 Helsinki	African Queen XI (DEN) Theis Palm	Troika (NED) Pieter Heerema Lars Hendriksen George Leonchuk	Provezza Dragon (TUR) Andy Beadsworth
2019 Medemblik	Neptune (POR-84) (POR) Pedro Andrade	Troika (NED-412) (NED) Pieter Heerema Lars Hendriksen George Leonchuk	Yred (JPN-56) (JPN) Peter Gilmour
2021 Marstrand	Troika (NED-412) (NED) Pieter Heerema Lars Hendriksen George Leonchuk	Petti Portugal (POR-89) (POR) Pedro Andrade	Yred (JPN-56) (JPN) David Gilmour

See also[]

• Gold Cup (disambiguation)
• Dragon World Championships

References[]