Michael Zankel of Portugal, sailing with Diogo Pereira and João Matos Rosa, is the 2026 Dragon Class European Champion.
After the final race Friday, the Easy crew took a ten point victory after the final race on the waters outside Helsinki.
Second were Britain’s Blue Haze of Ivan Bradbury, Lars Hendrksen and George Leonchuk, who scored well in the second half of the event (3 4 5 4).
Third on the podium were Sweden’s Nono of Martin Palsson, Christian Videbaek and Viktor Langstrom, another crew who finished strongly with a 2 and 1 to snatch third.
GBR 192 Bluebottle of Graham Bailey, Julia Julia and Wil Bedford, who were second going into the final day with three race wins, could only post an 18 in the final race and slipped to fourth.
Dragon European 2026 Championship
Final Leaders after 7 races, 1 discard (62 entries)
1st POR EASY Michael ZANKEL – – 3 2 6 13 2 -15 7 – – 33 pts
2nd GBR Blue Haze Ivan BRADBURY – – 8 -30 19 3 4 5 4 – – 43 pts
3rd SWE Nono Martin PÅLSSON – – -19 4 4 17 17 2 1 – – 45pts
4th GBR Bluebottle Graham BAILEY – – 1 1 23 1 -27 4 18 – – 48 pts
5th BEL Herbie Xavier VANNESTE – – 12 -25 5 8 9 13 8 – – 55 pts
6th GER Sapphire Jan WOORTMAN – – 4 5 1 -49 11 10 27 – – 58 pts
7th EST Gustl XL Rene TREIFELDT – – 9 11 -31 11 3 12 12 – – 58 pts
8th GER Khaleesi Nicola FRIESEN – – 6 8 10 5 -19 14 -61 – – 63 pts
9th EST Sparven Yevgen BRASLAVETS – – 7 16 -24 4 6 11 22 – – 66 pts
10th GBR David TABB – – 10 13 27 2 16 -28 2 – – 70 pts