International Dragons - Golden Girl returns from 1956

11:03 AM Fri 14 Jan 2011 GMT

'Racing back in 1956. - Dragon World Championships' Click Here to view large photo

After 55 years, the 1956 Olympic Gold Medal winning International Dragon, now known as Galejan II, but still with her original S(WE) 194 Sail Number, has made a return to Melbourne. Crewed now by Johan Palmquist, Christofer Edstr?m (co-owners) and Margareta Palmquist-Carlsson, the story is as fantastic as it sounds. At the 1956 Summer Olympic Games, the Dragon Class was sailed out of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club, which is also home for the 2011 World Championships. Back then, Slaghoken II as she was known, was skippered by Folke Bohlin and crewed by Bengt Palmquist with Leif Wikstr?m. 16 countries ...

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by John Curnow

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