International Dragons - 12 years off and returns with a win.

6:21 AM Sat 15 Jan 2011 GMT
The British crew aboard Alfie have just taken out the 2011 International Dragon World Championship. Skippered by Lawrie Smith, who has not been sailing since his 1999 Volvo Ocean Race campaign, and that?s 12 years ago. Speaking up at the clubhouse after the great win, Lawrie said, ?Four young kids took care of sailing for a while. The twins are now 13 years old, so it makes doing something like this possible. It really is such a joyous way to come back. I honestly did not think we?d get the win. Then again, I also thought it was going to ...

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by John Curnow