Saturday 12th May sees the return of the popular 'Try a Dragon' morning at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham on Crouch. Read more »

The Dragon South Coast Championship will be hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Cowes from 5-7 May. Read more »

The BDA is conducting an e-mail/online survey of all members asking for their input to assist in planning for future events. All members of the BDA should have received the survey by e-mail direct from BDA Treasurer Charles Cronin. If you are Read more »

The Notice of Race and Online Entry for the Northerns and Edinburgh Cup have gone live and we've news of a special ferry deal with Stenna plus an update on accommodation. Read more »

Rob Campbell and his Quicksilver V team took on a strong 18 boat fleet and came out smelling of roses at the 2012 Dragon Easter Regatta in Burnham. Martin Makey Report.. Read more »

From July 2012 anyone driving in France will be required to carry a Breathalyser kit in their car at all times. There is clearly still some confusion over the exact technical requirements of this new law but with the help of the Drugs & Alcohol UK weblog we've Read more »

The BDA magazine will be hitting doormats soon. This year we have included a White Book of members contact details for you to keep handy. Read more Read more »

As a result of the highly successful event last year, entry enquiries have already been received for the Dragon Easter Regatta 6th-9th April 2012. With a varied 8 race schedule Read more »

The NOR and the Entry Form for the Dragon South Coast Championship (May 5-7 in Cowes) are now available online. Read more »

If you are thinking about building a wooden Dragon or simply have a love of classic yachts take a look at a new book called Wooden Boat Building: How To Build A Dragon by Nick Loenen of British Columbia. Read more »

This year’s Dragon Classic Championship will be held within Aldeburgh Week between 12th and 17th August. The Aldeburgh Yacht Club is delighted to welcome as many elegant wooden Dragons as possible to its petite estuary, which is exceptionally kind to elderly boats much cosseted by their owners. Read more »

The latest IDA Annual Review has been posted to members, along with membership subscription invoices from the Treasurer. The BDA Magazine will be with members shortly. Read more »

AGM and Prize Giving a great success. New Officers elected. Read more »

The Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club has published lots of helpful information for those of you planning your trip to Cultra, Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland for the Northern Area Championship (30 June to 3 July) and Edinburgh Cup (3-7 July). Read more »

Dragon Teams Invited To Take Part In Virtual Endeavour Trophy! - The RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, held over the weekend of 3-4 March 2012, Alexandra Palace, London will have an added attraction this year in the form of an exciting virtual regatta. To find out more about how you can represent the Dragon Class at this event read on Read more »

Last night's BDA AGM and Dinner were both declared a resounding success. Tim Wilkes will bring you a formal report of the AGM shortly but in the meantime here are a few photos from the dinner. Read more »

Please note that an error crept into the Agenda sent to all members with the invitations to the AGM & Dinner. The correct dates for the Northern Championships at Cultra are 30 June to 3 July and for the Edinburgh Cup are 4 to 7 July. Apologies for the confusion Read more »

Calling all McGruer built Dragons that are still afloat; news of what sounds like a very jolly regatta. Read more »

If you are looking for a truly special Dragon restoration project read on to find out more about Suzanne, the first Dragon built by Borge Borresen, which is now available for restoration Read more »

Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club is both delighted and honoured to be offered the opportunity to host the Northern Area Championship and Edinburgh Cup in July 2012. The Club has a long history with the Dragon Class and last hosted the Edinburgh Cup in 2000. Prior to that Read more »

We've asked Derek Gibbons, currently hard at work on the refit of Classic Dragon GBR373 to bring us a series of updates on his progress. Currently Derek is trying to figure out the best layout for his deck panels on his plywood sheets, so if you are mid refit yourself, thinking of undertaking a restoration or just keen to find out more please Click Here for the first of Derek's reports. Read more »

The Brits are shaping up well in Belgium where Tim Tavinor, Thomas Wilton and Pedro Andrade sailing Tigger took the Belgian Open and are currently in third place in the Gold Cup. Read more »

Patrick Gifford reports from a challenging Aldeburgh Week where Rory Bowman proved that he still has that old magic. Read more »

Check out the new photo galleries from the Bluebottle Gala Dinner and Friday's racing at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. Read more »

The 13 strong Dragon Fleet voted Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2011 the best Cowes Week in years with great conditions, fantastically close racing and a perfectly judged social programme. Check out the report, results, photos and video updates from the regatta. Read more »

At a special awards ceremony held last night GBR720 Aimee, sailed by Graham and Julia Bailey, Tim Tavinor and Will Heritage won the new Aberdeen Asset Management Bluebottle Trophy. Read more »

At last night's Solent Dragon Fleet Bluebottle Gala Dinner to celebrate the 90th Birthday of British Dragon owner HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Gavia Wilkinson-Cox announced the introduction of an exciting new perpetual trophy, to be awarded Read more »

There's still plenty going on in the Dragon Fleet around the UK to keep everyone fully entertained in the coming weeks. This weekend sees the start of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week (6-13 August) where the Read more »

The Island Sailing Club hosted the 3-day 8-race Dragon South Coast Championship last weekend. Of the nine entries, two were from the mainland and one from Ireland. Read more »

Official Press Release announcing the Solent Dragon Fleet's special Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week celebration activities to mark the 90th birthday of Prince Philip Read more »

It all went down to the wire for the 43-strong fleet from Japan, Australia, Russia, Ireland and the UK on the final day of the 2011 Dragon Edinburgh Cup, supported by Aberdeen Asset Management, at the South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club in Abersoch. Read more »

The penultimate day of the 2011 Dragon Edinburgh Cup supported by Aberdeen Asset Management, in Abersoch may have featured only one race, but what a race it was. For the first time this week the wind was well up into double figures and the 43 strong Dragon fleet was able to enjoy a long course with beats of 2 miles plus Read more »

"About as difficult as it gets. I'm not sure when I've seen a trickier race course than that and the last race was particularly difficult." was how Graham Bailey described the second day of racing at the 2011 Dragon Edinburgh Cup supported by Aberdeen Asset Management in Abersoch. Despite the exceptionally Read more »

Unexpectedly good sailing weather and two hotly contested races opened the 2011 Dragon Edinburgh Cup, supported by Aberdeen Asset Management, in Abersoch today. The forecast had been for beautiful sunshine but very light airs and the 43 crews from Australia, Japan, Russia, Ireland and the UK went afloat in a fickle Read more »

The resurgence of the International Dragon Class in the UK continues apace this week in Abersoch as the Dragon Northern Area Championship and Edinburgh Cup, supported by Aberdeen Asset Management, attract their highest number of entries in decades. Thirty-five teams competed in the Northern Area Championship, which concluded today, and no less than forty-three teams will race for the Edinburgh Cup, which gets underway tomorrow. Read more »

The official media coverage from the Northern Area Championship and Edinburgh Cup in Abersoch gets underway tomorrow and you can keep up with all the latest news and developments at the Edinburgh Cup Website. Read more »

If you are racing at the Northern Area Championship and Edinburgh Cup or want to keep updated on what is happening at the championships please visit the Edinburgh Cup Website. Today additional competitor information Read more »

We still have a significant number of crews who have declared they wish to race Corinthian at the Northerns and Edinburgh Cup but have not submitted their data/obtained their ISAF Classifications Read more »

Check out this great video of Julia and Graham Bailey training up 12 year old Will Heritage as their new bowman. Read more »

Check out this amazing historic footage of Dragons racing in Burnham in 1946 Read more »

It is expected that demand for British places at the 2013 Dragon Worlds in Weymouth will be high and we would therefore like to clarify the selection criteria to British Dragon Association (BDA) members and other UK based sailors with an interest in entering. Read more »

Read the latest Northern Area Championship and Edinburgh Cup press release. Read more »

Please visit www.edinburghcup.org to catch up with all the latest news from the Edinburgh Cup where entries are now over 40 boats, including teams from Australia, Japan and Russia, and the directions for competitors arriving for the regatta have been published. Read more »

Please don't forget that the closing date for entries for Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is 17.00 on Monday 13 June so if you plan to compete but haven't yet made your entry please do so now at www.aamcowesweek.co.uk Read more »

We've got a second report for you from the East Coasts, this time courtesy of Mike Holmes. Thanks to both Martin and Mike for their reporting of what was obviously a great event. Read more »

Martin Makey reports from the very successful Dragon East Coast Championship where Jørgen Schönherr was victorious for the second year running. Read more »

This year's Edinburgh Cup and Northern Area Championship are looking all set for one the biggest entries in recent years. Already 39 teams have confirmed Read more »

The Notice of Race and Entry Form as well as details of the special ferry travel discount for the 2011 East Coast Championship, being hosted by the Island Sailing Club, Cowes, from 23-25 July, are now available online. Read more »

The British contingent put in a great showing at the recent Coupe Credit Mutuel de Bretagne and Guyader Grand Prix in Douarnenez. In the opening Coupe Credit Mutuel regatta both Ron and Julia James sailing Fei Lin's Flirtation and Gavia Wilkinson-Cox aboard Jerboa put in good individual race performances with Read more »

Seventeen Dragons were to contest the 2011 RCYC Dragon Easter Regatta. That number included Gitane (Colin Brereton), Merlin (Rob Riddell) and Mystere (James Peters) all the way from the fledgling Abersoch fleet in North Wales. All three of these boats made something of a return to East Coast waters, each having previously Read more »

Congratulations to Mark and Mandy Wade and Andrew "Noddy" Norden on their victory in the 2011 Burnham Easter Regatta. David Hall, crewed by Geoff Butcher and Julie Thomas-Page had been Read more »

We wanted to know why Dragon sailors sail their Dragons so we asked a Dragon sailor for their thoughts. Ron James, well known face in the Dragon fleet racing GBR633 Fei Lin's Flirtation with his partner Julia Walsh, stepped up and Read more »

Stavros is providing daily video reports from Douarnenez which will be published on the IDA Blog together with all the results, photos, etc, so please check there for the latest news. Read more »

Martin Stavros Payne brings us some top tips on preparing your boat for the season ahead. Read more »

We are delighted to announce that thanks to the efforts of Eric Lebon and our colleagues at the French Dragon Association the special agreement with Brittany Ferries that allows Dragon sailors a 25% discount on their cross Channel ferry sailings with Brittany Ferries. Read more »

The 2011 European Championships take place in Boltenhagen, on the Baltic Sea, from 3-8 July. Entries have to be made by 23 May. As a fleet the BDA is entitled to 11 entries. So far I have received notification of one entrant. In addition Read more »

The Burnham Fleet is on standby to welcome you for two great events this spring. First off why not join them for their Easter Regatta from 22-25 April where as always the racing will be fun and the social even more fun! A month later the Dragon East Coast Championship will be hosted by Burhnam from 28-30 May and after the success of last year's event in Medway a big turnout is expected so don't miss out. Read more »

In January of this year Tim Tavinor joined Lawrie Smith and Ossie Stewart in becoming the first British crew ever to win the Dragon World Championship when they snatched victory in the closing moments of the final race in Melbourne, Australia. Alongside this success on the race track Tim's Burnham-On-Crouch, Essex based company Petticrows Ltd continues to lead the way as undoubtedly the most productive and arguably the most successful Dragon builder in the World. The BDA's Fiona Brown took the opportunity to catch up with Tim recently and find out more about that historic Worlds victory and the secret of Petticrows' success:- Read more »

Due to a cancellation Martin Payne aka Stavros has a brand new Petticrow available for charter for Douarnenez this year. Euros 950 per day, including good sails, rigged & delivered, ready to go. At the end of the regatta, just leave the boat. Simples Read more »

Check out the new dedicated Edinburgh Cup website which has just been launched to provide Dragon sailors with a one stop solution for all the information, news and history of the Edinburgh Cup, the British Dragon Open Championship. Read more »

Our move to the Army & Navy Club proved so popular in 2011 that we will be returning to there for the 2012 BDA AGM and Dinner. The event takes place on the final Friday of the London Boat Show so why not make a weekend of it. Details of how to purchase tickets and the AGM Agenda will be published towards the end of this year but please mark your diaries now. Read more »

The International Dragon Association's Dragon One Design Magazine is now available to read online at www.intdragon.org. It's a good read and is the first edition of the magazine to be published using the new Dragon identity and custom fonts, etc, so click through and enjoy! Read more »

The British contingent put in a good showing at the Cannes Dragon Grand Prix this past weekend with Gavia Wilkinson-Cox, crewed by Mark Hart and Christian Videbaer leading the regatta overall for two days before finally finishing fifth in her brand new boat. Ivan Brandbury, crewed by Martin "Stavros" Payne and Will Willets, won the fourth race of the series and finished thirteenth overall in the hotly contested sixty five boat fleet. Read more »

Martin "Stavros" Payne and the Baileys were representing the British Dragon Association at last weekend's Cascais Winter Series event in Portugal and Graham has sent us links to some great video clips of the on board action from Aimee (Julia Bailey at the helm, Neil Payne, Graham and local gymnast Mafalda Cunah crewing). Stavros also brings us one of his inimitable reports over on the IDA blog. Read more »

Britain's Ivan Bradbury was victorious at the Primo Cup in Monaco despite a weekend of extremely tricky conditions. Stavros brings us all the news from the event over on the IDA Blog Read more »

While we wait for the weather to warm up enough here in the UK for us to get our Dragons out on the water again Stavros has been flying the British Flag down in Cascais at their new Match Racing Event. Check out his reports over in the IDA Blog Read more »

We're really keen to get your feedback on the new website so once you've had a chance to look round please let us have any comments or suggestions so we can ensure it truly meets the needs of British Dragon sailors and enthusiasts. Send your comments to E-mail Fiona Brown Read more »

The 2011 BDA AGM and Dinner, held at the Army & Navy Club, Pall Mall, London, was declared by all to be a huge success. Following welcome drinks Chairman Patrick Gifford brought the meeting to order and kept business moving swiftly to ensure that despite a packed agenda and some lively discussion things ran to time and at 8pm on the dot members adjourned to the dining room. Read more »

Lawrie Smith GBR 751 can add the Dragon World Championship to his magnificent sailing CV after squeezing over the finish line yesterday, by less than half a metre, to secure the 6th place required by him and his team aboard "Alfie", which gave them the title over Markus Wieser UKR 7 on count-back! Read more »

Now that the IDA has confirmed that the 2013 Dragon Worlds will take place in Weymouth (5-13 September 2013 at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy) its time to think about how to qualify if you would like to take part. Read more »

Latest info on the AGM agenda and the menu for the BDA Annual Dinner and how to book your tickets from BDA Secretary Tim Wilkes. Read more »

BDA Vice Chairman Martin Makey updates us from Melbourne where the British contingent are all set for the Dragon Worlds Read more »

Tim Wilkes confirms the venue for the 2011 BDA AGM and invites you to join the Class for a really special evening.... Read more »

For those of you who love to social network the British Dragon Association now has its own Facebook Group so to keep up with all the very latest news and gossip from the class please sign up and join the group. Read more »

There is still a chance you can race in Australia at the Worlds. Currently 75 boats are entered. Read more »

At the recent IDA AGM the BDA was awarded the honour of running the Dragon World Championships in 2013 on the Olympic sailing waters of Weymouth Bay. Read more »

With the demise of some Dragon fleets around the country, the Committee felt it would be appropriate to recognize the following fleets, subject to ratification at the next AGM. Read more »

The Annual General Meeting of the BDA will take place at the Farmers Club, 3 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EL at 6.00 pm on Friday 21st January 2011. It will be followed by the annual BDA Dinner, which is open to all members and their guests. All members are strongly encouraged to attend both the AGM of your association as well as joining in with friends for an evening of entertainment, in a fresh location and at a price likely to please! We hope to have an interesting personality give us an enlightening talk after dinner. Read more »