Dragon Gold Cup 2010

The Royal Gothenburg Yacht ClubThe Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club

1860 - 20101860 - 2010

150150thth anniversary anniversary

Facts about GKSS

•Founded in 1860 and today one of Sweden’s biggest clubs.

•Approximately 4300 members.

•60 days of racing per year performed by 250 volunteer officials.

•Elite training for 10 international classes.

•More than half the national sailing team comes from the club.

•Yacht harbour in Gothenburg with moorings for 650 yachts.

•125 instructors training/educating 1250 pupils per year.

•Club houses in Gothenburg and Marstrand.

•Board and 10 committees, all volunteers.

•Office with 8 employees on yearly basis.

GKSS and the Dragon ClassGKSS and the Dragon Class

First public printings of the Dragon or at that time called the "Ankers suggestion" from GKSS Seglarbladet, 25 December 1928

In 1928 GKSS loosened the purse-strings and ordered three one design yachts from the Hjalmar Johansson shipyard located in the Club’s marina at Långedrag, Sweden.The yachts were built after drawings by Johan Anker who had won GKSS’s design competition that year with his "Anker’s suggestion”.In 1930 and 1931 GKSS built two more yachts per year as lottery boats. The yacht became a very popular GKSS class and was named the Dragon. The rest is history.

Application for

The BMW Dragon Gold Cup

2010

August 5August 5th th - 13- 13thth

Marstrand

Experience Previous events organised by GKSS

Dragon Gold Cup 1991 (-39, -49, -53, -58, -63, -69, -75, -83)

Swedish Match Cup 1994 – 2009 Match Racing Grade 1

World Championship Dragon 1997

World Championship Match Racing 1997

IMS European Offshore Championship 2001

Volvo Ocean Race Stopover Gothenburg 2002, 2009

X –Yacht Gold Cup 2002

Finn Class European Championship 2003

Volvo Ocean Race Finish 2006

World Championship H-boat 2006

Swedish Championship Dragon 2006 (-98, -00, -02, -04)

ORC international European Championship 2008

GKSS Board

Lennart SvantessonCommodore

Matts Agélii1st vice Commodore

Robert Casselbrandt 2nd vice Commodore

Anne KolniSecretary

Bert IsakssonChairman of Race Committee

Sture ChristenssonChairman of Rules Committee

Klaes MattssonChairman of Junior Committee

Catharina JedeniusChairman of Social Committee

Vendela SanténChairman of Training Committee

Magnus IgelChairman of Marketing Committee

Lars NyströmChairman of Harbour Committee

Richard Hammarvid Chairman of OS Club committee

Principal Race Officer

Kerstin Holmberg

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Dep. PRO Anders Andrén

GKSS Managing Director

Peter Klock

Swedish Dragon Federation

Chairman Patrik Salén

International Jury

Thomas Kresse

International Race Officer

Bert Isaksson

Race Office

Jessica Grahn

Security Officer

Anders Andrén

Measurement

Günter Ahlers

Tommy Andersson

Press / Media

Anne Kolni

Social Events

Lars Ahlström

Pär Nordstrand

Results

Jan Sjögren

IT

Homepage

Fredrik Hanson

Harbour

GKSS Board

MarstrandMarstrand2,5 nm

Race venue - Marstrand fjord

DistanceDistance from from harbourharbour

1,5 nm1,5 nm

Ca. 70 %

WindWind and and currentcurrent

Race office, Race office, GKSS’s Club houseGKSS’s Club house MooringsMoorings

Ferry landing

Regatta venueRegatta venue

Racing area

Moorings

GKSSClub house

Car parkingCar parking

Launching,Launching,MarinasMarinas

MooringsMooringsSail makerSail maker

GKSS Club houseGKSS Club house

Ferry Ferry landinglanding

HotelHotelBoarding-houseBoarding-house

Gothenburg to Marstrand 55 Km or 34 mile

ProgramAugust 5 – 13, 2010.

Thursday 5 Registration, Measuring

Friday 6Registration, Measuring

Saturday 7 Tune up race Opening Ceremony

Sunday 8 Race 1 After sail, Dayly first prize

Monday 9 Race , Race After sail, Dayly first prize

Tuesday 10 Lay day

Wednesday 11 Race After sail, Dayly first prize

Thursday 12 Race Regatta dinner, Dayly first prize

Friday 13 Race Prize Giving Ceremony

Int. Swedish Championship for Dragon July 28 – July 31, 2010 Social program for non-sailing participants YTDOwners’ meeting YTD

Swedish Championship 2006 in Marstrand

Marstrand at its best

After Sail in the club house garden

Prize giving ceremony

They make it possible – volunteer officials

A crowded day;”sailing expertise” on the rocks

Swedish Championship 2006 in Marstrand

Looking forward to the

BMW Dragon Gold Cup 2010 in Marstrand