Petticrows - News
Oct 2008 eNewsletter
Dear Dragon Sailors, As the financial storm is raging around
us, more or less every other sailor I meet on the dock asks:
"how is your order book?" Just in case you are wondering
too, let me give you the answer: "it is good". The
reason I think is, that for over twenty years, Petticrows
have delivered a good product, listened and supported its
customers with good service, on and off the racecourse. Read
more >>>
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Soling wins 2008 Soling Worlds
It is great to see that the Soling Class is thriving after
a tumultuous few years following its de selection as an Olympic
Class. A truly international fleet enjoyed racing their World
Championship at Marina Scarlino in Tuscany. The eventual winners
Bostjan Antoncic, Gennadi Strakh and Karlo Hmeljak from Slovenia
sailed a consistent series to take the title in their Petticrows
built Soling. Read
more >>>
 McLube
Hullkote Speed Polish
Over the last few months we have been testing this new speed
polish……it seems to do exactly what it says on
the tin!!
Keeping you hull looking good and clean for extensive periods,
and a clean boat is a fast boat.
Read more >>>
2008 Dragon Gold Cup. Cascais. Portugal
Poul Richard Hoj Jensen sailing with Theis Palm and Andrew
Norden sailed a consistent series of races in the non discard
series to take the championship. Poul was delighted - the
last time he won the Gold Cup was in 1997 in Dublin, he commented
that the standard of racing in the fleet is exceptional and
it take an immense amount of effort and concentration to win
any major regatta. It was a remarkable feat for the Royal
Corinthian Yacht Club who completed a clean sweep as club
members Gavia Wilkinson Cox and Robert Campbell and their
crews finished second and third respectively overall with
team GBR taking the Nations Cup. For full results see www.cascaisdragongoldcup2008.com
Below: The crew of Danish Blue receiving the Gold Cup from
HRH Prince Henrik and Jose Matoso, Commodore of the Caiscais
Yacht Club.
PETTICROWS YNGLINGS TAKE OLYMPIC GOLD AND SILVER
 Congratulations
to Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson (Team GBR) who
fought off a fierce challenge from the Dutch team to take
Gold and Silver at the 2008 Olympics in Qingdao, China. Both
the GBR and Dutch teams sailed boats built by Petticrows,
which were built during early 2008. We are very proud to have
been a part of these successful campaigns.
Hankoe Race Week:
The event is described as the "Cowes Week" of
Scandinavia. Great venue and atmosphere; perfect sailing conditions
right "outside the door". 17 Dragons took part;
I crewed for Oddroar Lofterod, an "old" Friend.
Read more >>>
Grand Prix in Kiel/Strande.
The Childhood Foundation /HHL Grand Prix event in Strande
combines the pleasure of racing Dragon (or playing Golf) with
raising money for charity. The brainchild of Ulli and Manuela
Libor, who also organise the event to perfection. Generously
sponsored by Hanseatic Lloyd- Harro Kniffka.
Read more >>>
Newsletter, June 2008.
At the half way stage of the 2008 Dragon season, I can report
that things are going well. The production side at Petticrows
is busy and back on stream after the introduction of the major
rule changes to increase the buoyancy to 2500L. Rule changes
that need to be implemented immediately are very disruptive
to production and lot of new moulds needed to be done.Read
more >>>
Derby de La Baule; 10-15th June
 Eleven
Dragons set off from Burnham to attend the Derby de La Baule;
10-15th June. The party started on the ferry the Channel and
never really stopped.
Read
more >>>
 Technogym
Wellness Cup 2008
This years Technogym Welness Cup hosted by Køge Sejlklub
was a great success held in perfect summer conditions. Congratulations
to Lars Hendriksen, Martin Leifeldt and Lars Stenfeldt who
sailed a near perfect regatta winning for the second year
in succession. The new team of Jens Christensen, Kim Andersen
and Philip Skafte Holm again showed some sign of their potential
, winning the last race and finishing as runners up The club
did a fantastic job on and off the water. Maybe their only
mistake was giving us the secret of Jorgens success with a
fine display of belly dancing at the gala dinner! Event
website >>>
Friendship Regatta 2008
 On
31st May Pirogovo Yacht Club in Moscow were hosts to the 4th
Annual inter club team race against the Royal Corinthian Yacht
Club (Burnham). The week ends activities opened with a flag
raising ceremony with Poul Richard Hoj Jensen and Boris Budnikov
performing the honors acting as a reminder of their epic duel
in the Soling in the eighties.. In Poul Richards speech he
reminded the hosts that although the score was 2 wins to Burnham
against one to the Pirigovo teams the visitors were determined
to improve on the loss they suffered the last time they visited
the Lake just north of Moscow. Read
more >>>
2008 Marble head trophy.
Light winds were the predominant conditions in the historic
2008 Marblehead trophy, held at the defender Frank Bergs,
Royal Danish Yacht Club.
Tommy Mueller sailing with Vincie and Max were victorious
under the burgee of Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, Hamburg.
Read more >>>
Antigua Race week and classic week 2008
Sunshine and good winds have been enjoyed by both local and
foreign sailors in the newly formed 12 boat Dragon fleet based
in Harmony Hall Antigua. Poul Richard won the inaugural Antiguan
Championship. Read
more >>>
Friendship Regatta 2008
On
31st May Pirogovo Yacht Club in Moscow were hosts to the 4th
Annual inter club team race against the Royal Corinthian Yacht
Club (Burnham). The week ends activities opened with a flag
raising ceremony with Poul Richard Hoj Jensen and Boris Budnikov
performing the honors acting as a reminder of their epic duel
in the Soling in the eighties.. In Poul Richards speech he
reminded the hosts that although the score was 2 wins to Burnham
against one to the Pirigovo teams the visitors were determined
to improve on the loss they suffered the last time they visited
the Lake just north of Moscow. Read
more >>>
 2008
Marble head trophy.
Light winds were the predominant conditions in the historic
2008 Marblehead trophy, held at the defender Frank Bergs,
Royal Danish Yacht Club.
Tommy Mueller sailing with Vincie and Max were victorious
under the burgee of Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, Hamburg.
In second were some happy sailors, Jens Christiansen, Kim
Anderson and Philip Skafte-Holm who took delivery of their
new 2008 model Petticrows Dragon the previous week.
The boat included the central console option allowing greater
movement about the cockpit, they were pleased to report that
everything worked a treat straight from the factory. To be
runner up to the mighty Mr. Mueller was a great start to their
regatta season.
Douarnenez 2008
 A
mixed bag of conditions from sunburn to hails stones, greeted
sailors in Douarnenez in 2008. Consistency paid in the Coup
de Bretagne, a non discard series. The new African Queen sailed
by Jorgen Schonherr and his team stamped their authority on
the event, winning in style including two race wins. The biggest
“if only “ of the regatta must surely go to Quentin
Strauss who scored all top ten positions other than an OCS
– not great when all races count!
Red October - George Shaiduko took his turn at the front
of the fleet in the Grand Prix regatta, taking Victory with
a good consistent series.
Bright yellow waterlines and trailer boxes turned a few heads;
Victor Fogelson’s new “Sunflower” scored
2 race wins. He might start the trend that you have to be
bright to be fast! Read
more >>>
Antigua Race week and classic week 2008
Sunshine and good winds have been enjoyed by both local and
foreign sailors in the newly formed 12 boat Dragon fleet based
in Harmony Hall Antigua. Poul Richard won the
inaugural Antiguan Championship. Congratulations to Olga
White and her team who won the Dragon Class in Classic week.
The Dragon fleet will be planning a busy winter in 2008/2009
so you might like to consider joining the fun.... charter
boats will be available.
Princess Sophia 2008
Poul Richard sailing with Noddy and Theis stormed to victory
in the Princess Sophia trophy 2008, showing particularly good
boat speed during the stronger wind races. Vassily Senatorov
with the unsurpressable Vincie and Max finished second overall.
Read more >>>
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Yngling
Petticrow built Ynglings have dominated the 2008 Yngling
Europeans in Spain. In a tense final medal race, any of the
first four boats, all built by Petticrows, could have taken
the title. With a nailbiting finish Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb
and Pippa Wilson (GBR) took the title, on a photo finish,
by 1 point from Sally Barkowus, American Team. Third and fourth
were the Dutch teams lead by Renee Groeneveld and Mandy Mulder.
Read more
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News Rules Modifications
The focus in the factory for the last few months has been
to make the design changes to satisfy the new rules introduced
by the IDA at the AGM last year in Oslo. These were largely
amendments to the existing rules asking the builders to make
necessary changes to increase the floatation and safety of
the Dragon after capsize or swamping.
The safety side of these new rules introduce an increase in
the buoyancy to a minimum of 2500 litres (up from 1700 litres
in the old rules) and a capsize test to be carried out to
test the new design for all new boats measured after March
1st 2008.
Read the full report on the new modifications >>>
Capsize Test
This is the technical side of achieving the new rules and
a new level of safety but the real test was always going to
be the capsize! The new rule calls for new boats to be pulled
over to 90 degrees for one minute and then when fully swamped
after this minute to float with no part of the deck awash
for thirty minutes. Probably naively I was extremely confident
this would be no problem, until the night before we were to
do the test when I did have a sleepless night!
Read the full report on the capsize test >>>
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