Dorade Team
August 22, 2017
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week: Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance By Tom Ehman/Sailing Illustrated Article Excerpt: What do you do next when, as a mountain guide you have led expeditions on some of the world’s toughest climbs and as a pilot you have broken several world aviation records? If you […]
August 21, 2017
Dorade kicked off Audi Hamilton Island Race Week on Sunday, August 20 and after winning today’s race in the IRC Passage Division 2 Class, the team holds second place overall. “We had a good day today -- racing in 8-13 TWS -- and relatively flat water, but it was a very challenging race with lots […]
August 11, 2017
Dorade wrapped up the Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race last weekend, finishing third place in both IRC and PHRF. The team along with the rest of the fleet endured challenging light air conditions throughout the 348 nautical-mile course from Brisbane to Keppel Bay, Queensland, Australia. “It was a tough race with our average boat […]
August 7, 2017
After racing 370 nautical miles in the Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race, Dorade crossed the finish line in Keppel Bay, Queensland, Australia at 4:23 p.m. (Australian Eastern Standard Time), Monday August 7 with an elapsed time of three days, five hours, 23 minutes and 25 seconds. Stay tuned for a full update from the crew! […]
August 6, 2017
The team is currently a little less than 40 miles out from the finish! Read the latest update from Navigator Kevin Miller earlier today here: "We’re just getting back into cell range now and are 50 miles out from the finish in a bit of a thunder and lightning storm. We were winning both classes […]
August 4, 2017
Dorade is currently underway, racing in the Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race, the first event in its "Dorade Down Under Campaign" track the team in real time at https://yb.tl/b2k2017 Stay tuned for a wrap up post after the race!
July 27, 2017
Dorade Arrives in Australia to Kick Off "Dorade Down Under" Campaign The 86-year-old Sparkman & Stephens classic yacht Dorade made yacht racing history in the 1930s and holds a competitive edge over its modern counterparts to this day. The 52-foot wooden yawl arrived in Brisbane earlier this week to begin putting her reputation to the […]
July 6, 2017
It was a very busy week for Dorade and crew, with the yacht being loaded onto a yacht transport ship on Monday, July 3rd in Long Beach, California and beginning its over 7,000 mile voyage to Brisbane, Australia where it will kick off its “Dorade Down Under” Campaign. This will be the first time […]
June 12, 2017
Dorade had a great time exhibiting at the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival over the weekend, with many people coming down to check out the 52-foot Sparkman & Stephens classic yawl on Saturday. In the end, the classic yacht walked away with three trophies, the “Longest Distance Traveled”, “People’s Choice Best in Class” and the […]
June 9, 2017
Tomorrow, Saturday, June 10, Dorade will be on exhibit to the public for the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival hosted out of Balboa Yacht Club. For anyone in the Newport Beach area interested in seeing the classic yacht as well as a number of other beautiful boats, come on down! Admission is free, but donations […]
June 6, 2017
From the Rolex China Sea Race Media Team: The 12th entry for 29th edition of the Rolex China Sea Race has been received from the famous classic yacht Dorade. The China Sea Race was established in 1962 with five yachts racing from Hong Kong to Corrigedor, Philippines. The winner was C.F. Von Sydow’s on his […]
June 5, 2017
Dorade took first in its class (Division D) in the SoCal 300 over the weekend. The race, which kicked off on Thursday, June 1 took the team, along with the rest of the 26-boat fleet, on a 245-nautical mile race from Santa Barbara to San Diego. The team crossed the finish line at 1:24 PM […]
June 1, 2017
Dorade kicked off the 245-nautical mile SoCal 300 today. The offshore race from Santa Barbara to San Diego is the final event in the team’s West Coast racing circuit. From there, the 52-foot Sparkman & Stephens yawl will showcase in the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival on June 10 before heading to Australia to kick off […]
May 15, 2017
Dorade wrapped up the 43rd Annual Yesteryear Regatta in San Diego over the weekend, with the 52-foot yawl finishing second in its class and taking home the Sparkman & Stephens Perpetual Trophy for being the top Sparkman & Stephens design on corrected time. "Dorade sailed very well in the race this weekend, and […]