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Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Dragon Scottish Championship

by British Dragon Association 29 Jun 2015 23:26 PDT 27 june - 3 July 2015

Julia Bailey wins overall, Patrick Gifford Wins Corinthian title

Teams prepare for Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Edinburgh Cup

Twenty of the top International Dragon crews are gathered in Largs for the 2015 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Dragon Scottish Championship and Edinburgh Cup. The regattas, which take place from 27 June to 3 July, have attracted competitors from across the UK and as far afield as Japan.

After three days and five thrilling races the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Dragon Scottish Championship concluded on Monday evening with the trophy being awarded to Julia Bailey, Keith Tippell, Will Heritage and Pedro Andrade sailing GBR720 Aimee. Team Aimee arrived in Largs as the defending Edinburgh Cup Champions having won both the overall and Corinthian Edinburgh Cup Trophies in Lymington in 2014 with Julia's husband Graham at the helm. Graham was unable to attend this year's regatta so it was Julia's turn to take the helm and she roped in old friend Pedro to complete their team.

From the opening race Cowes based Julia put her stamp on the regatta showing impressive boat speed and tactical superiority. She won three out of the five races and finished third in another with the only blot on her copybook being an OCS disqualification in race two, when she failed to realise she was on the wrong side of the start line.

Julia's nearest rival was Martin Payne from Cornwall, sailing GBR789 Bear with crew Gillian Hamilton and Donal Small, whose constantly improving scoreline of 4, 2, 2, 1 left them three points behind Julia, but clearly still in firm contention for the coming Edinburgh Cup.

Third place overall and the Corinthian Scottish Championship Trophy, for all amateur crews, was awarded to Patrick Gifford of Angus sailing GBR515 Basilisk with his son Michael and guest crew Martin Spall. Patrick was understandably happy with their achievement as their boat is 29 years young and this was the first time they had raced with Martin in the boat.

For Julia her victory was particularly sweet as she noted, "My Grandfather Machlachlan would have been very proud to know that his granddaughter had won the Dragon Scottish Championship." At the prize giving she also paid tribute to the excellent race management provided by the Scottish Sailing Institute's Race Committee headed by Race Officer Chris Hadden, the outstanding quality of the Clyde's sailing waters and the warm Scottish hospitality that has been extended to the competitors since they arrived at Largs Sailing Club.

On Tuesday morning the fleet will begin racing for the Edinburgh Cup, which was presented to the class by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in 1949 and is awarded annually to the British Open Dragon Champion. Racing will continue until Friday 3 July with up to six championship races plus a crew's race scheduled.

Joining the fleet for this second part of the competition will be a number of top crews including Gavia Wilkinson-Cox sailing GBR761 Jerboa with Mark Hart and Philip Catmur; Tom Vernon sailing GBR795 Excite with Adam Bowers and Oliver Spensley-Corfield; Mike Budd sailing GBR793 Harry with Mark Greaves and Sam Gardiner; and Ron James sailing GBR633 Fei-Lin's Flirtation with Julia Walsh and Mark Pettit.

The Edinburgh Cup is one of sailing's most prestigious trophies and with four days of top level racing ahead of us it promises to be an extremely close competition. Regular updates, results, photos and videos will be posted to the British Dragon Association Blog and via the British Dragons at Facebook.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoBoat NameHelmCrewClubR1R2R3R4R5Pts
1st720AimeeJ BaileyP Andrade K Tippel W HertageRoyal Yacht Squadron1(OCS)1316
2nd789BearM PayneG Hamilton D SmallSalcombe YC4221(RET)9
3rd515BasiliskP GiffordM Spall M GiffordAldeburgh YC513‑9615
4th760HandsoffM HolmesT Wilkes T WilkesRCYC Burnham2‑646416
5th50Yevis IIB AoyamaK Harsberg N IgelEnoshima YC63‑84316
6th790FloatationR DaviesC Hurn D MilneRoyal Thames YC3755‑820
7th704GanadorM MakeyR Nel G ButcherRCYC7477‑1325
8th622MerlinR RiddellG Dewar S CashSCYC105610‑1131
9th793HarryM BuddM Greaves S GardnerSCYC8(OCS)DNC2532
10th791ChristiannaO MorganA Dobson D ElliottRoyal Thames YC9810‑111037
11th633Fei‑Lin's FlirtationR JamesJ Walsh M KoskRoyal Forth YC(DNC)DNCDNC8244
12th508AtlantaT SaundersG Davies C Holme (DNC)RET912745
13th343Wizz TooH HorsfallH Boyd S BoydRoyal Forth YC1391113‑1446
14th489KestraR LeaskW Adams N Jamieson V LeaskRoyal Forth YC11(DNS)DNCDNC954
15th509KismetC SedgeworthS Kerr F Hutchison M KinearRoyal Forth YC12(DNS)DNC141255
16th761JerboaG Wilkinson‑CoxM Hart TBARORC(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC68

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