2016
April 12, 2016
Later this week, Dorade will be launched! Last week, the team brought the spars back to Hinckley in Portsmouth and Razz and Nick started dressing her over the weekend. Dorade arrived back home last year from a long and tough 2015 season and after a thorough review was conducted in December, the team decided that […]
April 11, 2016
Raz and Nick appear to be quite happy that Dorade's main mast has been safely delivered from winter maintenance to Jen Lange's Baltic Boat Works. One of the few dry, sunny days that we've had lately in Rhode Island. Still chilly, as you can probably tell!
March 30, 2016
Last fall, Dorade nipper Nick Bellico got the call: drive to Vermont this weekend and meet with Olin Stephens' son Sam, grandson Olin IV, and daughter-in-law Carol, and pick up several items that were used aboard Dorade back in the 1930s, including the sewing machine that crossed the Atlantic in 1931, a compass, and a […]
March 25, 2016
From across the globe, members of the Cruising Club of America (CCA) assembled at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan to recognize their outstanding sailors of 2015 during the international organization’s Annual Awards Dinner on March 4, 2016. Dorade owners Matt Brooks and Pam Rorke Levy were among the selection of individuals to receive […]
March 23, 2016
Every year around this time all the shipyards in New England open their overhead doors to enjoy the first reasonably warm days of spring. Dorade is making good progress and is on her way to an early launch day (the target date this year is April 15). A lot of coordination is now required to […]
March 16, 2016
Dorade Adored: San Francisco Couple Restores Legendary Classic By Kara Hugglestone/Sail Couture Classic sailing yachts are romantic things, equal parts beauty, elegance, wood, metal, and fabric. Some achieve a mythical place in history, but few are as legendary as Dorade. First as a darling of the 1930s and again today thanks to San Francisans Matt […]
March 11, 2016
On Thursday, March 3, for the 12th consecutive year, IYRS supporters gathered for the Annual IYRS Giving Society Winter Event in The Model Room of the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan. Over 170 people filled The Model Room, a fantastic show of support for IYRS and the celebration of this year's Wave Award recipient […]
March 2, 2016
It was a good month with much accomplished on Dorade; the confidence level of the team remains high and we expect everything will be done for the intended “splash date” of mid-April. According to Baltic Boatworks, the varnish and repair work on the spars are complete and the equipment has been put into storage in […]
February 29, 2016
This year’s Castine Classic Yacht Regatta, sponsored by the Castine Yacht Club, will honor two of the world’s most famous yachts, Dorade and America. The 52’ yawl Dorade, designed by Olin Stephens in 1929 at age 21, took the sailing world by storm, scoring decisive victories in 1931 in the Transatlantic and Fastnet Races – […]