Archive

Our collection of historical documents.

 IDA Class Rules and Registers

1952 Class Rules
1960 Class Rules
1965 IDA Booklet (includes Class Rules and lists of registered Dragons by country)
1970 Class Rules
1981 Class Rules

IDA Newsletters & Publications

1979 IDA 50th Anniversary Newsletter

ADA (formerly AIDA) Newsletters

Feb 1970 AIDA Newsletter
May 1970 AIDA Newsletter
Dec 1970 AIDA Newsletter
Nov 1972 AIDA Newsletter
Apr 1973 AIDA Newsletter
Jan 1974 AIDA Newsletter
Jul 1977 AIDA Newsletter
Feb 1990 AIDA Newsletter

Published Articles

1951 Corinthian YC, Seattle - USA10 Butterfly (still sailing) - 10 Dragons being shipped to Seattle
1954 National Geographic - we think this is USA40 Troll of Trondheim (being restored in Montana)
1956 Sports Illustrated - Gene Walet prepares for Melbourne Olympics
1962 Sports Illustrated - Dragons sailing in Sydney Harbour
1962 Sports Illustrated - Supersailor and a soup tureen - Buddy Melges and the Mallory Cup
1966 Sports Illustrated - Courtly Confusion at Copenhagen - Dragons at th 100th Anniversary of the Royal Danish YC and a mix-up in the Sailing Instructions
1988 Classic Boat - The Years of the Dragon
2011 Sail World Australia - Golden Girl returns from 1956