EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
Bluebottle is a Dragon keelboat which belonged to the late HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and has recently undergone an exacting refit
After an 18-month restoration to an impressively high standard, Bluebottle, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Dragon, is racing again for the first time in 60 years. Even better, the boat won the class in Cowes Week, her first regatta, in the hands of Graham and Julia Bailey, with Cowes boatbuilder David Heritage as crew. She then went on to take 3rd place at the Edinburgh Cup, the Dragon’s UK National Championship.
was originally a wedding gift to then Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh from the members of the Island Sailing Club in Cowes. She was built in
