Dorade Team
January 3, 2012
Photos from Buzzards Bay Yacht Services during the construction of the Sitka Spruce spars. http://www.buzzardsbayyachtservices.com/doradespars.html
December 28, 2011
Joseph Wheeler Appleton was the skipper on the Philip Rhodes designed cutter Skal that placed second to Olin Stephen’s Dorade in the famous 1931 transatlantic race. During this period he began making models professionally in a small shop he created in his family home at 33 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights, about one block from […]
December 23, 2011
This months Classic Boats Magazine features Dorade in two different articles. This blurb features Malcolm Darch who has been making maritime models for 35 years and whose works includes this model of Dorade.More model photos
December 21, 2011
Dorade is featured in the January 2012 article "25 Very Classic Boats". Click thumbnail above. You can see the article on the online version here:http://gb.zinio.com
December 16, 2011
Dorade received a prior refit in 2007-08. The link below has the photo journal for this refit. The refit was undertaken by Edgar Cato, the then owner. Work included mizzen mast repair, removal of the interior, re-framing (35 pairs of frames), new floor timbers, 10 new planks per side and many other details. For a complete […]
December 15, 2011
Davis G. Murray the "master of deviation" made the trip over to Coral Bay from Saint Thomas yesterday to help sort out our compasses. Using his sun reading compass we re calibrated the B and G flux gate compass to exact precision. The box compass was adjusted and Davis wrote up an appropriate deviation table. […]
December 12, 2011
Two very nice long exposure shots of DORADE in the late evening taken by Meriah. A passing cruise ship and approaching rain squall are highlights in the background.
December 6, 2011
A big part of the October refit work was finishing inside the various cabinets. Chad and Gabe did a fantastic job of creating elegant yet sea worthy storage for china, glassware and cooking gear. Some of the features shown in the photos include custom knife storage, stemless wine glass racks that are removable for table […]
December 4, 2011
The work on the construction of the replica of the original Dorade dinghy is proceed quickly at IYRS. The second planks on each side will be installed today on the Dorade Dinghy. The IYRS students will be starting work the rig soon as well. Related article
December 1, 2011
Dorade has over 70 manuals to all of her various systems. Every attempt has been made to have both a paper copy as well as a digital version of each manual. These come in handy daily as we are learning all the systems aboard.
November 24, 2011
What a difference a year makes! A lot happened inside and out to the cabin house during the refit. The bottom photo is from this time last year. I thought this would be a good place to start our refit recap as the work of so many craftspeople is represented in this one area. […]
November 23, 2011
Dorade is scheduled to participate in some of the most exciting Caribbean regattas this winter. Dorade is looking forward to: Heineken Regatta in St. Maarten St. Barths Bucket Regatta (not participating) Les Voiles de Saint Barths Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta Then back onto Dockwise in St. Thomas to get the boat back to Newport for: […]