Britain's Lawrie Smith will add international spice to next week's Irish Dragon National Championships at Dun Laoghaire's Royal St George Yacht Club.
Smith, the current Edinburgh Cup and Gold Cup champion, is among some big international names coming to Dublin Bay before September's Gold Cup in Kinsale.
The country's leading Dragon keelboat club will host the National Championships from August 22 to 25 as part of the class's European Grand Prix Circuit.
Alongside Irish championship-winning sailors such as Cameron Good, Neil Hegarty, Don O’Donoghue, and Martin Byrne, the lineup includes top-ranking international sailors like Smith, Peter Gilmour, Pedro Andrade, and Grant Gordon.
Race Officer Con Murphy. who will also run the Gold Cup, expects 30 plus Dragons for the Dublin Bay four-day championships.
Some international entries have already arrived at the Royal St. Geroge forecourt, having travelled directly from the class European Championships in Estonia.
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