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Dragon-class boat Drac
Dragon-class boat Drac, Borresen's boatyard, 1966
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Num. inventory: 19720
Object name: Dragon-class boat
Title: Drac
Object date: 1966
Author: Borresen's boatyard
Technique and material: wood, metal, paint, plant fibre. Shipbuilding.
Vessels
Vessel built at Borresen Boatyard (Denmark) in 1966. This type of craft has its origins in a contest organized by the Royal Yacht Club of Gothenburg in 1929 to design a medium-sized boat for regattas with a relatively low cost. The winner was the Norwegian naval engineer Johan Anker, with a keelboat that rapidly became popular and was made Olympic class in 1948.
The Dragon reached Spain through clubs like the Nàutic de Barcelona or Nàutic d’Arenys, related to olympic sailing circles at the time. In fact, the Dragon is a craft considered “aristocratic” in the world of dinghy sailing. This boat, named Drac and with a length of 8.90 meters, a 1.95-meter beam and a depth of 1.20 meters, was totally restored and is now active, sailing and participating in multiple events.
