bamamick
08-16-2007, 09:31 PM
I have been needing some Dragon talk anyway so I will throw this out there.
I have recieved e-mails from two different boatyards here recently that they have begun building plank-on-frame Dragons and would like me to advertise the fact. One of the yards is in St.Petersburg (the one in Russia :)) and the other is in the Ukraine (sorry but I seem to have forgotten where exactly).
The Russian yard is an older, well established yard where they have been busy restoring and bringing the Russian fleet up to speed. Russia has the fastest growing fleet of Dragons in the world and Russian Dragon sailors are making some serious noise on the international circuit.
The other yard is a joint venture between an Italian company and a Ukranian yard and they are just getting started. I do not know anything about costs and such but if anyone was interested I could supply the contacts.
I think that this is interesting, to say the least. The Dragon class is one of the most competitive racing classes in the world with fleets of 70-80 boats not uncommon at European regattas. We have several well established builders (Petticrows-UK, Royal Denship-Denmark, the builders of the Borresen Dragon, and others) but these folks seem to think that there is a market for traditionally built wooden boats and that they can produce them at competitive prices.
As I say, if you are interested let me know. And I will share anything that I find out about these hulls.
Mickey Lake
I have recieved e-mails from two different boatyards here recently that they have begun building plank-on-frame Dragons and would like me to advertise the fact. One of the yards is in St.Petersburg (the one in Russia :)) and the other is in the Ukraine (sorry but I seem to have forgotten where exactly).
The Russian yard is an older, well established yard where they have been busy restoring and bringing the Russian fleet up to speed. Russia has the fastest growing fleet of Dragons in the world and Russian Dragon sailors are making some serious noise on the international circuit.
The other yard is a joint venture between an Italian company and a Ukranian yard and they are just getting started. I do not know anything about costs and such but if anyone was interested I could supply the contacts.
I think that this is interesting, to say the least. The Dragon class is one of the most competitive racing classes in the world with fleets of 70-80 boats not uncommon at European regattas. We have several well established builders (Petticrows-UK, Royal Denship-Denmark, the builders of the Borresen Dragon, and others) but these folks seem to think that there is a market for traditionally built wooden boats and that they can produce them at competitive prices.
As I say, if you are interested let me know. And I will share anything that I find out about these hulls.
Mickey Lake