Dorade Team
October 7, 2011
IYRS is building a replica of the original tender (lifeboat) for Dorade. Bruce, the President of S&S, found and supplied the original plans for this. Related article
October 5, 2011
Nice article featuring Dorade. Yachting's Dozen: In no particular order, here are a handful of yachts we love. Read the full article here http://www.yachtingmagazine.com/yachtingsdozen
October 5, 2011
Dave has built a plexi-glass drop board to be used when we are offshore. The piece provides light and visibility from down below while blocking water from entering into the companionway. This board will be fitted with hardware to be compliant with offshore racing rules. It will be securely lockable, have a lanyard and be […]
September 19, 2011
Paramount on the list of racing improvements for DORADE is to get the genoa sheet lead as low as possible on the rail. It was decided that the best all around solution would be to fabricate some fair lead cars that could be used on their own or aft the existing cars. The carvings […]
September 17, 2011
Stanchions and lifelines for DORADE have been mocked up using PVC pipe and messenger line. This has helped us determine leads and heights for the wires and place the final stanchion aft. The wires will be at 24 and 15 inches above the deck. The bow pulpit mock up has been secured for transport and […]
September 17, 2011
Tim Conway has fashioned a very nice reproduction of the original DORADE life ring. One is in the works for the starboard side as well with perhaps a different yacht club in the crossed flags! Max from Mt. Hope Boatworks built the mahogany and bronze support to Kyle's specs. Nice upgrade althiugh in the old photos […]
September 16, 2011
The beautiful custom wooden blocks that adorn DORADE'S rigging are getting new leather jackets. Katie from OKTO Canvas has hand stiched these elkhide covers to protect the blocks and the boat.
September 15, 2011
After a short season of racing we have now decommissioned the boat to go back into refit mode. Much was learned during our brief but busy sailing circuit. Improvement was very noticeable from beginning to end. Now we pick back up on the building left to be done. The sink will be installed, the cabinetry […]
September 13, 2011
We are honored to have Cory Silken join us as staff photographer for each regatta. An avid outdoor explorer, Cory Silken's photographic and outdoor interests lie in yachting. He has crewed aboard the classic America’s Cup 12 Metre Class fleet in Newport, Rhode Island and currently enjoys racing Firefly, a classic wooden Herreshoff S Class boat, […]
September 13, 2011
DORADE is sharing the dock at LMI with the French trimaran IDEC. This stunning machine holds the solo round the world sailing record. After dismasting off the coast of Long Island, the team has jury rigged half of the spar and plans to set sail for France on Thursday. They plan on a 10 day […]
September 13, 2011
DORADE'S original boom crutch has a new beautifully crafted cradle by Dan de Leiris.
September 10, 2011
Practice session today for Sail for Pride Regatta tomorrow. 1st time since refit the Dorade hosted her spinnaker!
September 7, 2011
The original blue burgee that flew on the Dorade during the 1931 Trans-Atlantic Race is currently undergoing conservation treatment at Riley Textile Conservation’s lab (RTC) in Oakland, California. Hannah Riley, RTC Principal Conservator, remarked that, “Taking into account the effects of salt air, time, and moths, the 80+ year-old woolen artifact shows amazing integrity.” RTC […]
September 6, 2011
Sail for Pride is this weekend. SUNDAY… Around the Island…. Start at 11AM. Greg is going to work on our rating for the weekend for NBYA PHRF. The plan is to sail in a spinnaker class. This will add a new dynamic to the boat handling! The right thing to do is to do a […]