Dorade Team
December 24, 2014
Dorade Blog, 021: The basswood deck is being laid on the 1:32-scale model of Dorade. To maintain symmetry, each port-starboard pair of 0.047-inch-wide planks is nibbed to the king plank in turn. When four pairs have been fitted, they are installed in two batches, one to starboard and one to port. Then on to the […]
December 22, 2014
Dorade was mentioned in the article in the 2015 Yearbook of the Royal Ocean Racing Club. The article "Titans across the Atlantic" by Lizzy Narraway mentions the Dorade's exploits in the Transatlantic races and her recent 2013 victory in the Transpac Race. Portions of the article are quoted below: "One particular class worth keeping an […]
December 16, 2014
Being back in the boatyard in Newport in December is a little different from the last time I was here. I must get asked several times per day about when we will be headed to Florida or the Caribbean or at least somewhere warm. When I reply that we are staying put and that its […]
December 2, 2014
Seven days ago my crew and I drove south to the luxury of the Comfort Inn in Essington PA. It is not the most inspiring place any of us have been to but we were there to wait the arrival of Dorade. After some last minute delays we finally got the green light for offloading […]
November 17, 2014
As I sit in the warmth and comfort of my home here in Newport listening to the wind howl and the rain lash against the windows, the prospect of heading out to sea does not fill me with great joy. In two days time Dorade will make her final pit stop in Florida before the […]
November 10, 2014
Photos from the 2014 Corsica Classic Regatta. Pictures courtesy of Alexis and Vanessa de Prévoisin.
November 3, 2014
After a wait that seemed to go on forever including a change of flights to accommodate a late ship arrival, Dorade was finally hoisted aboard the ship this afternoon. It happens to be the exact same ship that sailed her over to the med for the highly successful summer season. Let's hope that her ride […]
October 29, 2014
Article by Bernard Rubinstein on Dorade's participation in the Corsica Classic. Published in Voile Magazine November 2014 Issue. The article is written in French. Click here to read the scanned PDF file.
October 27, 2014
Photos from the 2014 Corsica Classic Regatta. Pictures courtesy of Patricia Lascabannes
October 27, 2014
Photos from the 2014 Corsica Classic Regatta. Pictures courtesy of James Robinson Taylor
October 24, 2014
A brief weather window opened up for us on Monday allowing us a smooth passage from Port Grimaud to Genoa. Since the end of Les Voiles, the weather here has been pretty wild. Epic squalls, driving rain and pumping mistral have made it feel more like England rather than the Mediterranean. We decided to take […]
October 16, 2014
Photos of Dorade Crew with the 1st place trophy. Cannes 2014. Photos courtesy of Don Verhees.
October 13, 2014
So as soon as the team leave town after 3 days of sunshine and light airs sailing during Les Voiles all hell breaks loose. The weather gods have not been smiling on the south of France as we wait for the opportunity to depart for Genoa. Fingers crossed next week is a little more friendly […]
October 6, 2014
All the way back in July, Dorade was lowered into the Mediterranean Sea from on board the ship that carried her across from Bermuda. After emerging from her new paint job in Palma none of us knew what we might come up against in the series of Med regattas we had planned. We knew the […]
