Petticrows

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=

💥Petticrows: 37 years of history

💯Petticrows craftsmanship, taking shape.

A new Petticrows D100 Centenary Edition Dragon is currently under construction, combining our latest GRP hull technology with a fully handcrafted wooden deck.

Every plank is individually selected, shaped and fitted by hand by the Petticrows team, reflecting the precision, experience and attention to detail behind every boat we build.
This special edition brings together everything that defines Petticrows: advanced engineering, proven performance, traditional craftsmanship and timeless Dragon elegance.

Built by Petticrows. Created for the Centenary of the Dragon Class.

Work in progress. More to come.

Organized by the Lübecker Yacht-Club, Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, Berliner Yacht Club and Zürcher Yacht Club, 2026 Travemünder Woche – North German Championship held from July 17th to 26th.

During three days, fifteen German teams competed and the winner was “Rosie”, with Benjamin Morgen at the helm.

Podium:
🥇“GER 1180 – Rosie” > Benjamin Morgen, Karl Morgen, Nico Raedecke (Norddeutscher Regatta Verein)
🥈 “GER1272 – Still in the making” > Dr. Benjamin Hub, João Vidinha, Martin Westerdahl (Norddeutscher Regatta Verein)
🥉“GER 1186 – Goldkante” > Tanja Jacobsohn, Bernhard Jacobsohn, Jan Scharffetter (Lübecker Yacht-Club)

Results
https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/86869cf2-a47a-43ee-a970-a53c4b9cb679 #!/results?classId=783ba0dc-5fdc-434c-a994-e382e19fd945

Organized by the Royal Irish Yacht Club, the Irish National Dragon Championship was held between July 16th to 19th , in Dun Laoghaire.

During three days, 15 teams were in competition. The winner was “Send in the Clowns” with David Tabb at the helm.

Podium
🥇 “IRL832 – Send in the Clowns” > David Tabb, Jack Bowen, Martin Westerdahl (Royal Southern Yacht Clubd1)
🥈 “IRL45 - Titan” > Andy Beadsworth, Ben Cooke, Dan Robins (Royal St George Yacht Club)
🥉 “IRL225 – Phantom” > Neil Hegarty, David Williams, Peter Bowring (Royal St George Yacht Club)

Results
https://afloat.ie/sail/sailing-classes/dragons/item/72248-david-tabb-claims-irish-dragon-championship-at-royal-irish?fbclid=IwY2xjawTLKUxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBJaGJySkdFZHJaN2VveVhBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiwLRkcUk_ela5f9zt1cVOckUFMGMD5_wclNJt5Xx0pazHMuqK3BlkakoSF7_aem_rxsKsqmCm0l95Jaf-eiHsA

Organized by the Münchener Ruder- und Segelverein, Starnberg Dragon Trophy was held from July 4th to 5th, in Starnberg Lake – Germany.

28 german teams were in competition, and the winner was the local “CHI”, with Michael Schattan at the helm.

Podium
🥇 “GER968 – CHI” > Michael Schattan, Marion Rommel, Tobias Spanle, Marie Rommel
🥈 “GER1153 – mia san mia” > Peter Fröschl, Sabrina Knief, Malte Knief
🥉 “GER1215 – Love Affair” > Christoph Gebauer, Frederik Gebauer, Uli Gerstmeier

Results
https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/0ca74784-2f85-4845-a5c9-b718bc55cb16 #!/results?classId=1af77f70-4a5c-4fba-81ba-333099d6a996

📷 Craig Dalgarno