Dragon Worlds: How the last race unfolded



10:09 PM Sat 15 Jan 2011 GMT
'Downhill run - Final race 2011 Dragon World Championship, Melbourne, Australia' Click Here to view large photo
From the excellent blog of the Int Dragon Association Stavros recounts the final race of the 2011 Dragon World Championship: 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 sixth place required by him and his team aboard 'Alfie', which gave them the title over Markus Wieser UKR 7 on count-back! As the boats lined up for the start of the final race of the Championship on a Black Flag, many interested onlookers were surprised not to see ...


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