2016
July 31, 2016
Dorade arrived safely in Rockland, Maine this past Friday and heads to Castine tomorrow morning where it will prepare for the seventeenth annual Castine Classic Yacht Race, which kicks off August 4. The 20 nautical-mile race to Camden feeds into the Camden to Brooklin race on August 5 and the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta on […]
July 28, 2016
Throwback Thursday to August 31, 1941 when Dorade was featured in Santa Cruz Sentinel.
July 26, 2016
Dorade at IYRS. The awnings had to be taken down due to the 20-25 knot breeze and storms in the forecast.
July 18, 2016
Here is Dorade after two weeks of interior varnish work. The team is now starting on the final assembly of the interior, which includes re-fastening all door hinges and installing new original design latches.
July 11, 2016
The Dorade team has completed the interior varnish – except for all the doors – on the 52-foot yawl. The doors are offsite having the varnish done on both sides. This week the doors as well as a few new latches will be installed onboard.
July 5, 2016
The Dorade team has been busy at work this past week and is well underway doing the interior varnish on the 52-foot yawl. Photos of the final product coming to the blog soon. Stay tuned.
June 30, 2016
Dorade Owners, Matt Brooks and Pam Rorke Levy, have gifted the Dorade Cup to the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) to be used as a perpetual trophy for future Rolex Fastnet Races. The Dorade Cup will first be presented at the 2017 Rolex Fastnet Prize Giving to the event’s leading classic yacht. Organized by the […]
June 28, 2016
After wrapping up the NYYC Annual Regatta with third place in the Classics Class (for the Around the Island Race) earlier this month, Dorade was moved to IYRS in Newport, R.I. where the team is working on the 52-foot yawl’s interior varnish along with a few other minor projects. Stay tuned for weekly updates on […]
June 11, 2016
Dorade and the rest of the Classics Class at the NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex kicked off the weekend with a coastal race on Narragansett Bay today. “Today we were up the bay,” said Dorade Boat Captain Rasmus “Razz” Bregenhoj. “The start was at Halfway Rock and then there was a small beat up […]
June 10, 2016
Dorade wrapped up the Around The Island Race portion of the NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex today. The 19-mile course took the team and the rest of the fleet around Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay. Though the day started with a strong northwest breeze (between 10 and 15 knots), about three quarters of the […]
June 9, 2016
Dorade kicks off its 2016 racing season tomorrow with the NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex. The boat is one of more than 150 expected to compete. The event will feature a race around Conanicut Island on Friday, followed by two days of buoy racing, all of which will take place on Narragansett Bay and […]
April 14, 2016
This morning at 8:30 a.m., Dorade was launched at Hinckley Yard in Portsmouth, R.I. The 52-foot Sparkman & Stephens yawl has been undergoing maintenance and updates since it arrived back in Rhode Island this fall after a rigorous international sailing campaign last year. The team will be back at it again this season and taking on the competition […]
April 13, 2016
The team is putting all the finishing touches on Dorade to get her in fighting shape for her 2016 season! The boats's deck furniture is back and installed and the belaying rail around the mast has new spindles. The forward hatch has been repaired and the burgee locker is back in place.. There was a lot of […]