Photo Credit:Christopher Nordhoff
Photo Credit: Chip Riegel
Photo Credit: Dale Northey
About Dragon Class
The Boat – Technically demanding, Classic lines, Modern spars and rigging
The People – Raced by a range of ages and genders – crew of 3 or 4 within weight limits, Great social events
The Class – Active in 30 countries, 5 continents, with 1420 registered boats, Racing at local, national and world levels, Classic and Corinthian trophies, Active racing fleets in NA on the West Coast, Great Lakes
IDA Yearbook 2020/2021:
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Design
Boats Produced: 1500
Class boat builder(s):
BB Sailing I/S, Denmark
Doomernik Dragons, Netherlands
Petticrows Ltd, UK
Pinnacle Yachts / Ridgeway Dragons, Australia
Premier Composite Technologies LLC, United Arab Emirates
Vejle Yacht Services APS / Royal Dragon, Denmark
Approximately how many boats are in the USA/North America? 80
Where is your One-Design class typically sailed in the USA? List regions of the country:
West Coast, North East, Great Lakes
Does this class have a spinnaker or gennaker? Yes
Ideal combined weight of range of crew: max weight 628 lb (285 kg)
Boat Designed in 1929
Beam: 6 feet 5 inches
Weight of rigged boat without sails: 2 tons
Draft: 3 feet 10 inches
Mast Height: 35 feet (stepped to keel)