Russia leads Cascais Dragon Gold Cup

by Event media on 2 Sep 2008
Russia's Artiom Kuznetsov with Vladimir Silkin and Georgy Shaiduko are Cascais Dragon Gold Cup leaders after race 1. In an eight knot west breeze, the Russians were stronger than Denmark's Jorgen Schonerr, Jan Eli Gravard and Christian Videbaek and Edward Sawyer, Martin Payne and William Willet, from the USA.

Monday the 74 boat Dragon fleet started a tough battle for the Gold Cup title. After a general recall, the fleet started a very tactical 12 mile windward-leeward race. Germany's Thomas Muller lead the fleet until the end, but was disqualified (BFD).

Artiom Kuznetsov, one of the 17 Russian crews present at Cascais, crossed the line second to be crowned winners, showing the Dragon Russian power. Denmark's Jorgen Schonerr was second and he's a real candidate to the title, after being also second at the Chrysler Challenger 2008, the Pre-Event test.

Third place went to Edward Sawyer, Martin Payne and William Willet of the USA with Markus Wieser, Thomas Auracher and Sergei Pugatchev of the Ukraine were fourth and Poul Richard Hoj Jensen with Theis Palm and Andrew Mordem finished fifth.

Three Portuguese crews close the 'top 10'; José Matoso/Charles Nankin/Afonso Marques are 8th, Mário Quina/ Fernando Passeiro/Eric Van Dame (9th) and Manuel Champalimaud/Mark Hart/Ed Streeter (10th).

Cascais Dragon Gold Cup is part of Cascais Vela 2008 project and with the participation of 74 boats, representing 16 countries, is considered as the most important and prestigious regatta of the International Dragon Class, which returns to Cascais 10 years after it was held here in 1998.

Tomorrow the fleet will have two races, starting at 12:00h.

Dragon Gold Cup - Results after race 1

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Country	Series Points	Race 1
1	RUS-44	Red October	Artiom Kuznetsov	Vladimir Silkin / Georgy Shayduko	Russia	0	0
2	DEN-391	African Queen	Jorgen Schonherr	Jan Eli Gravad/Christian Videbaek	Denmark	3	3
3	USA-310	Clairvoyant	Edward Sawyer	Martin Payne / William Willet	USA	5,7	5,7
4	UKR-7	Bunker Queen	Markus Wieser	Thomas Auracher / Sergei Pugatchev	Ukraine	8	8
5	GBR-735	Danish Blue	Poul Richard Hoj Jensen	Theis Palm/Andrew Mordem	Great Britain	10	10
6	DEN-166	White Lady	Tom Carlsen	Mark Flint/Philipp Skafte-Holm	Denmark	11,7	11,7
7	IRL-204	Seabird	Don O`Donoghue	Brian Mathews / Mark Pettitt	Ireland	13	13
8	POR-55	Drago	Jose Matoso	Charles Nankin / Afonso Marques	Portugal	14	14
9	POR-57	Whisper	Mario Quina	Fernando Passeiro / Eric Van Dame	Portugal	15	15
10	POR-42	Mar	Manuel Champalimaud	Mark Hart/Ed Streeter	Portugal	16	16
11	UKR-9	Eva Bunker	Lars Hendriksen	George Leonchuk/Martin Leifelt	Ukraine	17	17
12	RUS-31	Integrity	Emelianov Konstantin	Mikhail Senatorov/Alexandz Prokorov	Russia	18	18
13	RUS-25	Versia 3,1	Alexey Krylov	Vlad Kapitonov/Alexey Bushuev	Russia	19	19
14	GER-972	Pinga	Christian Krausenecker	Karl Ibscher/Lasr Walter	Germany	20	20
15	DEN-380	Lil	Peter Warrer	Eric Orsted / Thomas Sorensen	Denmark	21	21
16	SUI-288	Gaudinm	Robert Stanjek	Markus Koy / Friedemann Nisch	Switzerland	22	22
17	RUS-45	Yegoza	Sergey Yazikov	Igor Frolov / Vladimir Liubomirov	Russia	23	23
18	POR-34	Imaculada Conceição	Fernando Bello	Jorge Moya/Tiago Geraldes	Portugal	24	24
19	SWE-338	Linnea	Stefan Winberg	Bosse Ahlstrom / Peter Casso	Sweden	25	25
20	UKR-8	Bunker Boys	Eugeniy Braslavets	Sergey Timokhov/Claus Olesen	Ukraine	26	26
21	GBR-688	Quicksilver III	Robert Campbell	Matt Walker / Jonathan Hill	Great Britain	27	27
22	SWE-342	Seralia	Bjorn Osterblom	Peje Emilsson / Bo Kaijser	Sweden	28	28
23	GER-1036	Gin Palast	Max Glas	Wolfi Steuer/Simon Ramstetter	Germany	29	29
24	RUS-81	Comme il Faut	Mikhail Apukhtin	Leonid Klepikov / Alexander Mironov	Russia	30	30
25	RUS-47	Sasha 2	Igor Skalin	Valery Zatsarinskiy/Roman Frolov	Russia	31	31
26	SUI-296	Ariston	Harro Kniffka	Michael Lipp / Michael Koch	Switzerland	32	32
27	GER-1009	Gioia	Ulrich Matthiesen	Michael Nesselhauf / Jorg Fischer	Germany	33	33
28	GER-976	Montana	Dirk David	Stefan Abel / Mark Bayer	Germany	34	34
29	GER-1056	Achilles	Burkhard Keese	Phil Blin / Jorg Moesnang	Germany	35	35
30	RUS-77	Diamond	Inna Shternberg	Yury Bozhedomov/Petr Zakharov	Russia	36	36
31	GER-1042	Puck III	Philip Dohse	Oliver Mose / Jan Scharfetter	Germany	37	37
32	POR-47	Catarina III	Henrique Anjos	Vasco Serpa / Pedro Costa Alemão	Portugal	38	38
33	NED-305	Dawn	Bram de Wilde	Henri Boere / Gijs Evers	Netherlands	39	39
34	RUS-2	Alisa	Sergey Maslov	Vladimir Krutskikh / Aleksandr Ezhkov	Russia	40	40
35	POR-146	Maria	Jorge Pinheiro	Frederico Pinheiro de Melo/Francisco Mourão	Portugal	41	41
36	RUS-71	Multima	Maxim Semerkhanov	Dmitri Tereshkin/Alex Smirrnov	Russia	42	42
37	SUI-297	Tachiston	Ulli Libor	Frank Butzmann / Stefan Hellriegel	Germany	43	43
38	RUS-1	Godfather	Arnold Shternberg	Artem Smirnov / Alexander Andrianov	Russia	44	44
39	GBR-716	Jerboa	Gavia Wilkinson-Cox	Jon Mortimer / Ron Rosenberg	Great Britain	45	45
40	POR-56	Peggy	Miguel Magalhães	Jorge P. Melo / José Magalhães	Portugal	46	46
41	POR-51	Baby Girl	Filipe Silva	Joaquim Moreira / Miguel Pinto	Portugal	47	47
42	GBR-708	Rumours	Len Jones	Claus Hoj Jensen / Jaime Lee	Great Britain	48	48
43	RUS-27	Annapurna	Anatoly Loginov	Alexander Shalagin/Andrei Kirilyuk	Russia	49	49
44	GBR-723	Gorgeous Worgeous II	Quentin Strauss	Nigel Young/Lars Wegener	Great Britain	50	50
45	FRA-365	Ar Youleg II	Louis Urvois	Gwen Chapalian / Jimmy Pahun	France	51	51
46	MON-11	Tamm Ha Tamm	Christian Boillot	Lionel Pean / Gerad Le Goff	Monaco	52	52
47	RUS-69	Murka 7	Olga White	Igor Ivaskintsov / Alexey Murashkin	Russia	53	53
48	RUS-32	Just For Fun	Andrey Samoylov	Leonid Altukhov / Manat Nevlyutov	Russia	54	54
49	GER-1044	Scarabeo	Horst-Wilhelm Stroh	Rudiger Karsten / Katharina Stroh	Germany	55	55
50	RUS-96	Murka 8	Mikhail Muratov	Valentin Uvarkin / Viacheslav Varnachkin	Russia	56	56
51	RUS-35	Sunflauer	Oleg Khopersky	Victor Fogelson/Eugeny Ivanov	Russia	57	57
52	POR-58	Xalet	José Duarte Bello	Henrique Costa e Silva / Miguel Cardoso	Portugal	58	58
53	POR-36	Etc…	Patrick Monteiro de Barros	Pedro Beckert / Paulo Bastos	Portugal	59	59
54	DEN-266	Mad Britt	Frank Berg	Soren Nielsen/ Soren Kaestel	Denmark	60	60
55	GBR-575	Flotation	Richard Davies	Titch Blachford / Patrick Welton	Great Britain	61	61
56	POR-49	Pamalican IV	Francisco Lacerda	Diogo Lacerda / Diogo Pereira	Portugal	62	62
57	POR-54	Noni	António Mardel Correia	Pedro Rebelo de Andrade / Bernardo Santos	Portugal	63	63
58	NED-309	Furie	Guus de Groot	Richard van Rij / Hay Winters	Netherlands	64	64
59	POR-50	Christmas	Pedro Mendes Leal	Pedro Pinheiro de Melo / Jorge Ferlov	Portugal	65	65
60	RUS-80	Billy Raiy	Andriy Litsynskyy	Vladimir Makaron / Andriy Golvoko	Russia	66	66
61	RUS-6	Stasya	Alexander Shmid	Alexander Yanin/Mikhail Markin	Russia	67	67
62	POR-46	PMS	Francisco Pinheiro de Melo	Vicente Pinheiro de Melo / Francisco Ramada	Portugal	68	68
63	GBR-730	Scimitar	Julian Sowry	Claire Sowry/Philip Catmur	Great Britain	69	69
64	POR-53	Blue Velvet	Fernando Nogueira	Fernando Gamboa / Morgan Nogueira	Portugal	70	70
65	GER-1043	Electra	Cian O`Carroll	Thomas Hill/Kane Williamson	Germany	71	71
66	GBR-690	Blue Moves	Stephane Baseden	Pascal Buli-Debat / Franck Corbiere	Great Britain	72	72
67	POR-40	Dragull	Pedro Almeida Lopes	João Almeida Lopes /António Santos Matos	Portugal	73	73
68	HKG-50	Phyloong	Phyllis Chang	Lowell Chang / Lars Gelbjerg-Hansen	Hong Kong	74	74
69	BEL-69	Chapter V	Michael Van Callwelaert	Jan de Bie/Lien de Bien	Belgium	75	75
70	POR-23	Arreda	Filipe Loureiro	Miguel Tavares / Luis Vasconcelos Dias	Portugal	76	76
71	AUS-206	Whimsey	Gordon Ingate	Christine Ingate / Robert Alp	Australia	81	81
71	GER-996	Sinewave	Thomas Muller	Vincent Hoesch / Maximillian Scheibmair	Germany	81	81
71	MON-2	A.P.Cist	Jens Rathsack	Bjorn Oestreich / Nina Rathsack	Monaco	81	81
71	POR-27	Alisema	Antonio Vianez	Andre Bravo/Henrique Lopes Cardoso/Luis Cadelo	Portugal	81	81