Deck layout diagram for a Dragon?

[bamamick]

You guys have come up with some amazing stuff in the past, so how about this?

A new Dragon owner in Nova Scotia asked if I had a diagram of a Dragon deck layout and rigging. No, I don't, though such a thing would probably be very useful. A guy in south Florida did this for Finns years ago and I swear that just about everyone that I know has used those drawings. So we need a drawing for the Dragon class. If you have seen or have access then I would appreciate it if you could help us.

Funny thing, I put a post similiar to this one of the IDA forum and one on the British Dragon Association mailing list. I sort of forgot that the BDA mailing list has something like 165 names on it, so I have been methodically going through their return e-mails this morning, saying thanks, and wishing them good cheer. Lot's of well wishes but no diagram as of yet.

Any help would, as always, be appreciated.

Mickey Lake USA149

[Lulworth]

Mickey,

Do you have a copy of "The Royal Dragon" by some British royal muckety-muck. It is a recapping of some Prince of somewhere's Olympic Dragon campaign in ... the fifties or sixties ... . It has, if I recall correctly, pictures of the royal toy being built at the Nicholson yard and a stirring (joking!) account of the various international races that they entered including some at the RCYC (where I wasted part of my youth) and RHYC (both in Canada). I picked up a copy at a used book store in Newport a long while ago. I looked at the pics, felt nostalgic about the fleet of varnished dragons at the RCYC, and shelved it, hence my fuzziness on the details. If you don't have a copy, I could be convinced to part with mine since you clearly are a keen Dragon person.

David

[bamamick]

I will be happy to mail you a check.

Thanks.

Mickey Lake

[Wooden Boat Fittings]

Not a drawing I'm afraid, Mickey, but maybe of some use?

Mike

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[bamamick]

as something lovely to look at this morning. How old is that beauty? I haven't actually seen too many woodies before (come to think of it, I have only ever seen the two that I have owned :)). I haven't seen one with that cat head before. How I wish that my boat still had the teak deck on her. That's a project for 'one day' that I really want to accomplish.

Thanks for the photo.

Mickey Lake

[Lulworth]

Mickey,

I found the book on my shelf and it's about the Duke of Edinborough's 1953-1957 campaign of a Dragon called Bluebell. It's definitely worth having if you are a Dragon fancier, the pic of a swarm of Nicholsons workers with Chisels, Planes, etc alone is quaint but the discussion of the change in class rules to allow synthetic sails in 1957 is priceless! I am happy to send you the book but cost- and effort-wise it seems easier just to pick it up on Abebooks for $8.00 or so. (Turns out that its not as rare as I initially thought). And, yes, having flipped through the book again, I'm remembering why I blew the $5.00 and I'm trying to wriggle out of my offer to you! One way or the other you need this book, you'll definitely get a kick out of it.

Look it up on www.Abebooks.com (http://www.Abebooks.com) : Author: H.L. Hewitt; Title: The Royal Dragon

published around 1958

If the 10 copies available now disapear, I'll send you mine.

David

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

I picked up a copy of that book - a good read - but I suspect only once.

There were some curios tucked inside the cover.
A copy of the class rules from 1981
A tuning guide from YandY 1995 and a class history.
(YandY = Yachts and yachting - racing mag).

Its a dog eared copy - but if you'd like it, shoot me a PM with a postal address.

[bamamick]

I ordered a copy from Abebooks for $10 plus shipping. should be here next week.

I got my books about/by Paul Elvstrom yesterday. Wonderful! The guide to dinghy and keelboat sailing was pretty much all I have ever needed to know about sailing the boats that I want to sail. There were even tuning guides on the Finn, Star, and Dragon! A little out of date (the book was written before 1968 :)) but hey, the man is the Master. I especially like the 'Paul Elvstrom talks about yacht racing' book. Basically a biography, which is what I was hoping that it would be. The strange thing is that I think that I used to own this book long ago but can't for the life of me remember where I put it or what I did with it.

Thanks again. I look forward to reading about the Royal Dragon. I am sure that it's not going to make me go faster, but I like to read anything about Dragons. Oh, I forgot. The first Elvstrom book that I opened yesterday had color photos of the Dragons racing in the 1964 Olympics on the cover! My dad always told me that I was born a generation too late.

Mickey Lake

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

Mine had the winches on the coachroof.

[Presuming Ed]

Mine had the winches on the coachroof.
Modern ones don't have any winches at all. Coarse/fine tune systems on the runners and genoa sheets. Ratchet blocks for the spinnaker sheets.

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