May 16, 2019
The elk hide block covers were worn out and it was time for new leather. A closer look at what’s involved.
Brooks Appointed to Board of Pilot Commissioners
December 20, 2018
Dorade’s owner, Matt Brooks, has been appointed to California’s Board of Pilot Commissioners, following in his father’s footsteps.
NYYC Cruise: Dorade Wins Astor Cup
August 14, 2018
On a rainy sunday, the Dorade team had one race, sailed well, and won the Astor Cup with NYYC Rear Commodore Chris Culver at the helm.
Women Skippers Set the Pace at Onion Patch
July 2, 2018
Swift and Dorade won the two divisions of the Onion Patch Series, skippered by Paige Krumweide and Pam Rorke Levy, respectively.
Dorade Wins Navigator Division of 2018 Onion Patch Series and Overall at Anniversary Regatta
June 25, 2018
The Onion Patch features the Newport Bermuda Race, New York YC 164th Annual Regatta and Royal Bermuda YC Anniversary Regatta.
Newport Bermuda Race: Evolving Fleet Competes for the Dorade Trophy
June 24, 2018
Named for the deck vent designed by the Stephens brothers, the Dorade Trophy features a beautifully aged vent mounted on teak decking.
Dorade Finishes the Newport Bermuda Race!
June 20, 2018
The 666nm Newport to Bermuda race may have been one of the lighter wind years but the competition was still fierce.
Dorade will compete in the 3570-mile race from Los Angeles to Tahiti, beginning May 28, 2020. The Transpac Tahiti Race has been raced 15 times between 1925 and 2012.
DORADE: S&S Design No. 7, 1929 – Minneford Yacht Yard, City Island, N.Y.
MISSION: Dorade was born to race in the open ocean. The goal for our current restoration and future sailing is to prepare Dorade to once again perform as a highly competitive ocean racer. To this end, I think it is essential that we work and consult with S&S, while continuing to rely on the advice, input and involvement of the current Dorade Team. By fostering active collaboration between Dorade’s original designer’s and her current keepers we will ensure that her history is honored and her lineage protected. We all acknowledge that Dorade is a very special craft, and all of us are committed to her preservation.Â
RECENT PHOTOS
“The scenario must be as old as sport. Competition builds along certain lines which suit the participants and thus a norm is established. From year to year marginal advances are the rule. Then along comes someone, something of an outsider and more single-minded in his efforts to win, who seizes an opportunity that is obvious to him though unrecognized by the routine participants. The new player exploits a new way that offers a winning margin. I have wondered whether this is good for the sport, yet I recognize it as part of the game. It keeps competitors on their toes. In 1929 I sensed the opening.”
-Olin Stephens
RECENT CAMPAIGNS
Nine times in nine events. Team Dorade was on the podium every time during the summer of ’16. She competed throughout New England and earned first-place silverware at the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta and the Marblehead Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta.
Sailing in the southern seas for the first time, Dorade competed in Australia in the second half of 2017. She sailed seven races off the south and east coasts, including the formidable Rolex Sydney Hobart Race in which she finished second in her division.
This classic series starts and ends with inshore regattas, sandwiching the Newport Bermuda Race. Dorade entered the Navigator’s Division and on the strength of solid scores in the first two events finished as low-point boat for the series when she won the finale in Bermuda.
Return to Blue Water 2013-2015
Following Dorade‘s restoration, the goal was to repeat all of the major ocean races the yacht had won in the 1930s, matching or bettering her original performance in the Transatlantic, Newport-Bermuda, Fastnet and TransPacific ocean races. The results were extraordinary.