NINE DRAGONS — 18889
Model: DK 46
DK YachtsMark Mills
Updated
NINE DRAGONS (18889) is a DK 46 designed by Mark Mills and built by DK Yachts. She has been racing since 2024 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most DK 46s. Against a typical DK 46 she is quicker downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats12
Race starts
1
Win
50%
Podiums
80
Race Edge
DK 46: 73
461.6s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
14.10 m
46′ 3″
Beam
4.11 m
Draft
3.01 m
Displacement
9.0 t
Sail area
133 m²
On the podium
Where NINE DRAGONS finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
50%
of 12 starts · DK 46 fleet: 40%
Wins
8%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with NINE DRAGONS on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Pittwater Regatta - NSW ORC Championship2025777221- Pittwater Regatta - NSW ORC Championship2024224344
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Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 9 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats NINE DRAGONS meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (4)
Met too few times for a figure.
OLD SCHOOL RACING (DK 46, 6 meetings), DAGUET 2 (Mylius 50, 6 meetings), LOCKDOWN (Melges 32, 6 meetings), ORGANISED CHAOS (1d35, 6 meetings)
How NINE DRAGONS compares with a typical DK 46
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, DK 46s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical DK 46; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical DK 46 on the downwind.
Speed at every angle
NINE DRAGONS in blue, a typical DK 46 dashed.
NINE DRAGONS in blue, a typical DK 46 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other DK 46s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the DK 46
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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