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Dragon sailors promote class at Paris Boat show.....
An almost new Petticrows Dragon has been on display for two
weeks outside the VIP entrance at the Paris boat show. Readmore
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 Katie
clocks back in.... We have missed Katie Cole at Petticrows
for the last 15 months since we were all struck with the bad
news of her leukaemia diagnosis. It was a very happy day both
for Petticrows and for her Dragon friends when she returned
to work last week, having being given the all clear by the
doctors.
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Team Tigger take the Open Belgian Championships.
Ostend was the setting for the Open Belgian Championships;
a regatta in  its
own right and a warm up for the Dragon Gold Cup which is being
held there next week. After a tough regatta with long days
on the water and extreme tidal conditions mathematically 4
boats could win the championship going into the last race.
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 DRAGONS
MAKE IT TO THE CITY……. Aberdeen Asset
Management are a major sponsor of the UK Dragon Fleet and
also of Cowes Week that starts on Saturday. We had fun displaying
the Dragon in the City outside the Aberdeen London offices
in the courtyard of Mary-le-Bow Church with the kind permission
of the reverend . This allowed us to use Dragon as a focal
point of a photo opportunity to promote their involvement
in our sport. Read
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 Jens,
Kim and Anders win 2011 Europeans In a thrilling
showdown in the final Race in the 2011 Dragon Europeans in
Boltenhagen, Germany. The Danish team Jens Christensen, Kim
Anderson and Anders Bagger have taken the title sailing their
2010 Petticrows Dragon from Markus Wieser who was second.
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 The
new Yevis II It is great news that our Japanese friend
Bocci Aoyama and his crew will be joining the excellent fleet
at the Edinburgh Cup in Abersoch in his new Dragon Yevis II.
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 Stavros
with 3 lovely ladies The IDA’s roving bloggist
Martin “Stavros” Payne sent this picture to the
office of him launching his brand new charter boat “Bear.”
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Poul Richard Hoj-Jensen back on the podium.
After wintering in Antigua, sailing a variety of boats, Pouls
summer migration has bought him back to La Baule, France where
he sailed a brand new Petticrow Dragon. Pushed all the way
by Remy Arnaud and Gavia Wilkinson Cox, Stavros
takes up the story
 Daddy’s
on form in Oslo race week.
“Daddy’s” is a very distinctive and beautiful
new, dark blue and cream Petticrows Dragon which was delivered
to Norway as the snow was melting in the spring. Read
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 Petticrows
service van to go to European championship 2011 Our
service team will be on site in Boltenhagen from 30th June.
If you would like any items taken to the regatta please place
orders in advance to paul@petticrows.com
Please try to place orders prior to 22nd June.
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Petticrows build International Racing One Design Yachts
for the World.
 The
Petticrows company was established in 1896, some 200 metes
from the current purpose built factory. Burnham-on-Crouch,
traditional home of long established Royal Yacht Clubs, is
the second largest yachting centre in the South East of England.
Over the past 20 year Poul-Richard Hoj-Jensen, double Olympic
Gold Medalist, has masterminded the development of the International
Dragon Class construction within the yard. Today boats are
built under the expert guidance of boat builder Tim Tavinor.
The Petticrows total performance concept means everything
is built-in-house. This ensures consistent quality and attention
to detail by our highly skilled and dedicated team.
It is the unique blend of craftsmanship, and cutting-edge
technology in design and construction, which has kept Petticrows
ahead in International competition this past Century.
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The new World Champions Lawrie Smith (right), Ossie Stewart
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