Grant Gordon, Luke Endurance, Ruairidh Scott and Faye Chatterton, crusing GBR833 Louise Racing, received the 2026 Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup in Puerto Portals, Mallorca.
The British crew completed with a 24.5 successful margin after six races, from second positioned Graham Bailey’s GBR192 Bluebottle, with Jan Eckert’s SUI355 Ginkgo Racing in third.
65 Dragons representing 16 nations, together with six British Dragons, raced within the Bay of Palma underneath the Gold Cup’s famend lengthy race, no-discard format, a real check of consistency, resilience, and tactical excellence.
Race one delivered a successful begin for Grant Gordon who dead-heated with Jan Secher’s SWE800 Miss Behaviour. For the primary time, the Børge Børresen Memorial Trophy was collectively received by Grant Gordon and Jan Secher on the primary day of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup.
Race 1 additionally decided the Nations Trophy groups. A powerful efficiency from Louise Racing, Bluebottle and Gavia Wilkinson-Cox’s Jerboa assured their locations within the British group, and went on to safe the Nations Cup for Nice Britain, ending 1, 2, and twenty third general.
Different race winners:
Race 2 GBR 192 BLUEBOTTLE Graham BAILEY
Race 3 SUI 355 GINKGO RACING Jan ECKERT
Race 4 GBR 833 LOUISE RACING Grant GORDON
Race 5 POR 90 EASY Michael ZANKEL
Race 6 GER 1207 KHALEESI Nicola FRIESEN
2026 Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup – Ultimate Leaders after 6 races (65 entries)
1st GBR 833 LOUISE RACING Grant GORDON 1.5 7 3 1 6 5 – – 23.5 pts
2nd GBR 192 BLUEBOTTLE Graham BAILEY 12 1 4 5 23 3 – – 48 pts
third SUI 355 GINKGO RACING Jan ECKERT 7 2 1 6 2 36 – – 54 pts
4th POR 90 EASY Michael ZANKEL 10 20 2 8 1 17 – – 58 pts
fifth GER 11 AURORA Christoph TOEPFER 36 4 10 3 3 11 – – 67 pts
sixth SWE 800 MISS BEHAVIOR Jan SECHER 1.5 16 14 30 7 2 – – 70.5 pts
seventh UAE 17 ANNAPURNA Anatoly LOGINOV 18 14 15 4 8 13 – – 72 pts
eighth ESP 9 DR. CHACARTEGUI F. CHACARTEGUI CIREROL 15 18 25 7 12 7 – – 84 pts
ninth SUI 888 JUPITER Ben KOLFF 25 25 8 9 22 14 – – 103 pts
tenth BEL 82 HERBIE Xavier VANNESTE 8 17 44 2 19 22 – – 112 pts
