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Regates Royales 2026, one of the emblematic events of the Dragon international circuit, took place in Cannes, between September 19th and 26th. Organized by the Yacht Club de Cannes, 33 boats from 13 countries were in competition.

The victory went to “Easy”, with Michael Zankel at the helm.

Podium
🥇“POR90 - Easy” > Michael Zankel, Diogo Silva Pereira, João Matos Rosa (Norddeutscher Regatta Verein)
🥈“SUI313 - Jupiter” > Dirk Oldenburg, Dominik Zycki, Pedro Andrade (Societe Nautique Saint Tropez)
🥉 “UAE17 - Annapurna” > Anatoly Loginov, Aleksei Murashkin, Alexander Shalagin (Yacht Club de Cannes)

Corinthian
🥇“SWE404 - High Times” > Karl-Gustaf Lohr, Jesper Bendix, Mads Bendix (Royal Swedish Yacht Club)

Robert Deaves

Results
https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/48RR2026 #!/results?classId=0ab4d64f-93b9-4aab-b6b1-9994acaefb84




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Organized by the Kalevi Jahtklubi, the Range Rover Estonian Dragon Cup 2026 – 4th Stage was held from September 12th to 13th, in Tallinn Bay.

Fifteen teams realized six races and the victory went to “Johanna” with Dmitry Bondarenko at the helm.

🥇 “GBR408 - Johanna” > Dmitry Bondarenko, Aleksei Murashkin, Alexander Shalagin (Kalevi Yacht Club)
🥈 “EST119 - Vivi II” > Rene Treifeldt, Mihkel Kosk, Eero Pank (Kalevi Yacht Club)
🥉 “EST20 – Billy Ray” > Jaak Jõgi, Jaan Tiigi, Jaanus Talp(Kalevi Yacht Club)

📷 Aleksandr Abrosimov

Results
https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/RR20264 #!/results?classId=dragon





Eesti Draakon klassi purjetajate Liit / Estonian Dragon Association
International Dragon Sailing

The 2026 Hungarian Championship was held from September 3rd to 6th, in Lake Balaton.

13 boats were in competition and the victory went to “Hanni”, with Kis-Szölgyémi Soma at the helm.

Podium:
🥇 “HUN57 - Hanni” > Kis-Szölgyémi Soma, Vezér Károly, De Jonghe Arthur, Csizmazia Bence
🥈” HUN63 - Nyári Mikulás” > Gömbös Lóránd, Horgos Tamás Ferenc,Lukáts Csaba
🥉 “HUN70 - Drake” > Scholtz Imre, Luda Ottó, Hegyi Dénes Márton, Scholtz Balázs

Results
https://rrs.sh/documents/15502/event?name=dragon-folkboat-es-h-boat-orszagos-bajnoksag-hungarian-dragon-folkboat-and-h-boat-national-championship-sonnenschein-cup

Organized by Seadis, the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix Grade 1 & Open Dutch Championship Dragon took place from September 3rd to 6th, in Medemblik - Netherland.

39 dragons from ten countries realized five races and the victory went to “Easy”, with Michael Zankel at the helm.

Podium
🥇 “POR90 - Easy” > Michael Zankel, Diogo Silva Pereira, João Matos Rosa (Norddeutscher Regatta Verein)
🥈 “GBR833 – Louise Racing” > Grant Gordon, Luke Patience, Faye Chatterton, Scott Ruairidh (Royal Yacht Squadron)
🥉 “TUR12 - Provezza” > Andy Beadsworth, Enes Çayak, Kivanc Sevinc (BAYK - Bodrum Offshore Sailing Club)

Corinthian
“NED438 - Douzement” > Jan Bakker, Dominic Bakker, Olivier Bakker (WV Aalsmeer)

Results
https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/c2691bc8-b7de-43df-86be-64b411f9c09c #!/results?classId=7d945347-827f-4d42-bd90-3a1a6ccfb5ad





International Dragon Sailing

Hosted by Royal Yacht Squadron, the Marblehead Trophy 2026 was held from August 22th to 25th, in Cowes.

25 dragons from six countries realized six races, and the winner was “Louise Racing” with Grant Gordon at the helm, while “Lilibeth” skippered by Magdalena Grundt won the Corinthian Trophy.

Podium Overall
🥇 “GBR820 - Louise Racing” > Grant Gordon (Royal Ocean Racing Club)
🥈 “GBR402 - Meteor” > Pete Cooke (Royal Forth Yacht Club)
🥉 ”GBR833 - Bluebottle” > Graham Bailey (Royal Yacht Squadron)

Corinthian:
🥇 “GER1151 – Lilibeth” > Magdalena Grundt (Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee)
🥈 ”GBR753 - Fit Chick” > Jono Brown/Chris Grosscurth (Norfolk Broads Yacht Club)
🥉“GBR748 - Sanka” > Dave Ross (Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club)

Results
https://racing.rys.org.uk/regatta-results/413847fc-e05f-4d9b-84ce-19d1114262bf?year=2026





British Dragon Association
Royal Yacht Squadron

2026 Edinburgh Cup & UK Dragon Grand Prix, the Third Euro Grade 1 which is one of the most important events of the season, held between August 18th to 21st, in Cowes. Hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron, during four days, 49 teams from eleven countries were in competition.

The victory overall went to the “Bluebottle”, with Graham Bailey at the helm, while “Jaguar Sailing Team” skippered by Martin Byrne won the Corinthian Trophy.

Podium:
🥇“GBR 192 – Bluebottle” > Graham Bailey, Julia Bailey, Killian Boag, Will Bedford (Royal Yacht Britannia Trust)
🥈 “TUR12 – Provezza Dragon” > Andy Beadsworth (BAYK - Bodrum Offshore Sailing Club)
🥉 “GER11 - Aurora” > Christoph Toepfer (Norddeutscher Regatta Verein)

Corinthian
🥇 “IRL201 – Jaguar Sailing Team” > Martin Byrne, Rory Byrne, Adam Winkelman (Royal St George Yacht Club)
🥈 ”BEL79 – Corso” > Dries Van Den Abbeele (Koninklijke Liberty Yacht Club)
🥉“BEL88 – White Pearl” > Guy Celis (Royal Yacht Club Van Belgie)

Seagull Trophy > “GER1238 - Heizkorper” helmed by Mars Hueckstadt
Quaich Trophy > “GBR 192 – Bluebottle” helmed by Graham Bailey
BDA Vintage Trophy > “GBR753 - Fit Chick” helmed by Chris Grosscurth

Results
https://racing.rys.org.uk/regatta-results/db12e6bb-aa83-4d10-9510-3599dac70a1f?year=2026&method=PageChanged&pageIndex=0&divisionId=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&class=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000





British Dragon Association
Royal Yacht Squadron

Organized by Royal North Sea Yacht Club, the International Brugse Zot Cup 2026 was held from August 8th to 10th, in Oostende – Belgium.

Sixteen dragons realized eight races and the victory went to “AnnAmaii”, with the Belgian Ben Van Cauwenbergh at the helm.

Podium:
🥇”BEL80 – AnnAmaii” > Ben Van Cauwenbergh, Pim Ten Harmsen, Van Der Beek, Marc Reijnhoudt (Royal Yacht Club Van Belgie)
🥈“BEL100 - Friendship” > Alex Helsen, Floris Mortelmans, Richard Van Rij (Royal Yacht Club Van Belgie)
🥉“NED438 - Douzement” > Jan Bakker, Dominic Bakker, Olivier Bakker (WV Aalsmeer)

Results
https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/a8b7f752-612b-4c4f-89be-ad5cf7684ed3 #!/results?classId=97a5081a-2420-4f7f-bdb8-f0e6892495c8

📷Ricardo Pinto





BDA - Belgian Dragon Association
International Dragon Sailing

Organized by Royal Thames Yacht Club, Cowes Town Regatta, Royal Yacht Squadron, Royal London Yacht Club, Royal Southampton Yacht Club, Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club, Royal Ocean Racing Club and Island Sailing Club, the Cowes Week 2026 – 200 th anniversary, one of the world´s most famous regatta, held from August 1st to 7th.

Twenty five dragons realized seven races and the victory went to the “Bluebottle”, with the Graham Bailey at the helm.

Podium:
🥇”GBR192 – Bluebottle” > Graham Bailey
🥈“GBR818 – True Story” > Martin Payne
🥉“GBR357 – Blue Haze” > Ian Bradbury

📷Paul Wyeth

Results
https://www.cowesweek.co.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?map=cw-res&style=std&ui=cw-res&override=§ion=racing&page=points2026&resultrequest=150&submit=