Mueller ice cool to take Dragon honours

A classic outcome for a classic one-design boat, celebrating the 65th anniversary of one of sailing’s best known trophies, was completed off the Old Head of Kinsale yesterday when Germany’s Tommy Mueller discovered he had won the event overall in a remarkable comeback.

It had been a week of comebacks, and as Mueller with his crew Vincent Hoesch, himself a six-time winner of the Gold Cup, and bowman Michael Lipp set out on the sixth and final race in a distant third place to overall leader Lawrie Smith.

Smith had been the winner by a nose of the first race, denying class master Poul Richard Hoj-Jensen the honour an setting out his intentions in typical form.