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Dragon 2006 to print 27/1/06 5:20 pm Page 1 INTERNATIONALDRAGON ASSOCIATION The International Dragon Association Newsletter Photo: Bertrand Duquenne WinterWinter 2005/62005/6 Dragon 2006 to print 27/1/06 5:20 pm Page 2 Dragon 2006 to print 27/1/06 5:20 pm Page 3 IDA Newsletter 2006 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE / INDEX Dear Dragon Sailors, hesitate to contact us with your ideas, This is my introductory report and you may suggestions, and observations. be thinking ‘is there something new in the I think we can all look forward to some Dragon Class?’ My answer would be ‘Yes great events and great racing during the and Yes’. Yes, because the Class continues coming year, but one final point I would to grow and attract new sailors, our Major like to make is that the gap between Events attract ever larger Fleets, we can "optimising" and "cheating" is very small. race on some of the best waters of the We know that the vast majority of Dragon World throughout the year and more great sailors stay well within the limits as laid out venues are offering to host Dragon events in our class rules and the ISAF racing rules in the future. And ‘Yes’, because I am sure because, they have internalised what the that the new Management Team, whom I sport of yacht racing is all about. The IDA am so pleased to be leading, can continue Officers will make this a discussion point to build on the excellent work done by our over the coming months. immediate predecessors Thomas Olrog and But let’s go back to the sunny side of Louis Urvois. Thank you to both of them for life. For those of you who are well below their work, time and ideas during the last 85 kg living weight I have exciting news four years. (the rest can, and should skip the rest of Two new Officers were elected at the this paragraph.) From now on you are AGM in Hamburg, and now that we have a permitted to sail a Dragon as a gang of new team on board I have asked them to four! So, all those small but clever oversee specific aspects of the IDA’s work. Mediterranean-type seamen, and those Of course the day to day work of the petite ladies of the sea, plus all small Association will continue to be handled by IDA newsletter and the Web Site. Peter will statured Asian sailors … get going, Find the Secretary and Assistant Secretary David also support the National Dragon yourself three pals (sex doesn’t matter!), Dale and Jill Hayward as before, but I want Associations to develop the Class in their tame the Dragon beast and show us, that a to ensure that our Vice Chairman are regions and to stay in close contact with 4-pack of brains can achieve more than a 3- focussed on key parts of our activity going IDA. pack of muscles! (Sorry, heavy guys - I told forward: With today’s top-level racing, glass you before that you should skip this!) Robert Alpe from the Northern Beaches boats and optimised systems, we should not This year’s AGM felt allowing Dragons of Sydney, Australia was elected in 2004; he forget the origins of the Class, carvel- to race 4-up was a good way of attracting will oversee the development of our Class planked boats built from the design of new and potentially younger people to the racing around the World and ensure that Johan Anker of Norway. Many of those class. So let’s try it and see where it takes the Regatta Regulations reflect any changes beauties are still around, well kept and us. In three years time this rule change will to the current format. lovingly cared for. Only on rare occasion’s be re-evaluated and either kept or … ? o Xavier Rouget-Luchaire lives in Paris nowadays will you stumble over a ‘Classic’ I wish you all an outstanding sailing and is President of the French Dragon at a Major event - their owners simply do season 2006 and may the wind shift to your Association. As a new Vice-Chairman, he not want to put them at risk at the busy side when it is really important. will oversee the work of the Technical windward mark. I always have a careful eye issues of the Class and our Rule Book for our fleet of "Classic" Dragons! May they together with Mike Hayles (UK) the new live on and on! Chairman of the Class Technical Committee. Details of the Officers are given on the o Peter Warrer from Risskov in Denmark following page of this Newsletter and also is also a new Vice-Chairman. He will on the Website. We are accessible. We are concentrate on information and available. We are interested. You will find Rupert Fischer communication, the development of the our e-mail addresses, and please do not (Chairman) Index Chairman’s Message 3 Rule Changes 16 Fixtures/ IDA Officers 4 Technical Matters 17 Future Events 20 - 21 Major Events 5 - 9 National Secretaries 18 Jorgen Schonherr 22 Stavros 11 General Information 19 News from AGM 13 - 15 Around the World 25 - 31 Copyright and Liability No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior permission of the publishers. Some of the articles and opinions in this Newsletter may not represent the official views of the International Dragon Class. The publishers do not accept liability for their accuracy. 3 Dragon 2006 to print 27/1/06 5:20 pm Page 4 IDA OFFICERS his newest purchase, a Tasmanian built IDA Officers Ridgeway named “Toogara&rdquo”. Treasurer The International Dragon Class Management Address: 37 Loombah Street, Bilgola Plateau, Andrew Craig (Ireland) team consists of one Chairman, three Vice Sydney, NSW 2107. Australia Elected 1994 re-elected 2002 Chairmen, Treasurer. Secretary, and Assistant Phone (Office): +61 2 9918 4885 Andrew Craig was born in 1955 and lives in Secretary. Technical matters are handled by a Phone (Home):+61 2 9973 4800 Dublin. He is a partner in the international specialist Technical Committee which has its Fax (Office): +61 2 9973 4600 accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. own Chairman. The Chairman and Vice Mobile: +61 419 272 167 Andrew has been sailing competitively since he Chairmen are elected every two years, the E-mail [email protected] was a child and has represented Ireland at many Treasurer and Secretary every four. The Secretary levels. He started sailing Dragons in the early and the Assistant Secretary's positions are 1990's with the well known known Irish permanent. The Officials of the IDA all have a Vice Chairman Dragon sailor Mick Cotter and bought his own common goal. To run the Class in the interests Xavier Rouget- Luchaire (French) Dragon in 1997. He is now on his third of Dragon sailors everywhere. Class Rules and Technical Matters "Chimaera" and competes regularly on the Elected 2005 International circuit. Andrew is a member of the President Age 59. Currently President of AFSID, Xavier is Royal St George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire H.M. King Constantine Chairman of a company specialising in sports and served as a member of the general equipment. Previously he was for 6 years the committee of the Club. Vice-Presidents French distributor for Henri-Lloyd products. He Phone (Office): +353 1 662 6210 H.R.H. Prince Henrik of Denmark has wide and lengthy experience of sailing, Phone (Home): +353 1 285 8057 Borge Borresen including the organisation and promotion of Fax: 353 1 704 8712 Christopher Dicker events, part ownership of a shipyard and the E-mail: [email protected] manufacture and sales of yachting products. He has sailed from an early age both competitively Chairman and cruising in dinghies, offshore racers and Secretary Rupert Fischer (Germany) more recently as a Dragon owner. He lives in David Dale Elected 2005 Paris and sails at Arcachon as well as at many of Appointed 2002 Rupert was born in 1954. He is a member of the European Dragon events. David has sailed since the age of 10. After an the Bavarian Yacht Club and started to sail a Address: 5, Square Jasmin, 75016 Paris, France early career in the Royal Navy he worked in Dragon in 1969, before getting his own in Phone: +33 085 21 01 38 Finance and Marketing with various companies 1996. In 2003 he was elected as Chairman of Mobile: +33 6 85 21 01 38 in the City of London. He has sailed a Dragon the German Association. As Chairman of the E-mail: [email protected] based on the Medway since 1986 and has IDA he intends to focus on the healthy taken part in Domestic and International evolution of the Dragon Class and on the Regattas. He is currently part-owner and continuous development of high-standard Vice Chairman Skipper of a Petticrow 2000 - Lightning. GBR International Regatta Events. Peter Warrer (Danish) 666 based on the Solent. Address: Kreuzstr. 19 D-82544 Egling, Germany Communication and National Secretaries Address: 2 Leelands, Lower Pennington Lane, Phone: (Home): +49 8176 92185 Elected 2005 Lymington, Hants SO41 8EY Fax (Home) : +49 8176 92184 Age 53. Peter is the Double World Champion in Phone/Fax: +44 (0)1590 689 704 Mobile: +49 172 8911132 Optimist 67/68, & European Champion in 1979. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] He has sailed Borresen Dragons since 2000, gaining 4 top 10 places in Regattes Royales and Princess Sophia. He is Sales and Marketing Assistant Secretary Vice-Chairman Director for a Danish International eyewear Jill Hayward (UK) Robert Alpe (AUS) company.