Dorade Team


January 15, 2024

Pam Rorke Levy, keeper and shaper of the Dorade story, passed away on January 4, 2024.
Dorade dinghy during transatlantic crossing 1933

December 8, 2023

We learned recently that Dorade's dinghy once moonlighted successfully as a racing yacht herself.

June 24, 2023

Opening the 2023 season with a win in the shortened Around the Island Race, Dorade went on to finish a close second in the buoy racing portion of the regatta

May 25, 2023

Team Dorade looks back at the first restoration of Dorade with the man who put several Sparkman & Stephens designs back in fighting trim

March 22, 2023

In a two-part magazine feature story, Morton Hunt tells the remarkable story of Olin and Rod Stephens rise to success, a story starring our favorite 52' yawl

January 29, 2023

Vintage yachts deserve vintage silverware! At least that's what the New York Yacht Club decided when they began repurposing these extraordinary trophies in recent years.

December 31, 2022

Dorade and her veteran team dealt with their share of challenges, but made the most of the opportunities of racing throughout New England

June 2, 2022

The second chapter of Dorade's career began in the mid-'30s when she was sold to James Flood of San Francisco

November 12, 2021

Last summer's sailing wasn't always about winning on the competitive New England circuit, but Team Dorade was pumped up to get out there racing again.

June 28, 2021

Recovering from a 5th in the first race, Team Dorade found its way to the podium in a competitive classics regatta.
Dorade Sparkman & Stephens yawl New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta

June 22, 2021

Victory in the country's oldest regatta was sweet but simply sailing Dorade with a crew of long-time friends was even sweeter.

February 18, 2021

This winter's feature projects are a more perfect bottom and a complete new Harken winch package to give Dorade an edge on the racecourse.
Dorade humidifier system

September 2, 2020

Despite never being launched, Dorade spent the summer staying wet, inside two tents.

May 21, 2020

Mike Fletcher's varnish and paint crew spent another vigorous spring keeping Dorade beautiful.
Sparkman and Stephens yawls Dorade and Stormy Weather

March 16, 2020

This comparison first appeared in the October, 1935 edition of The Rudder magazine.