2017


August 4, 2017

Dorade is currently underway, racing in the Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race, the first event in its "Dorade Down Under Campaign" track the team in real time at https://yb.tl/b2k2017 Stay tuned for a wrap up post after the race!  

July 27, 2017

Dorade Arrives in Australia to Kick Off "Dorade Down Under" Campaign The 86-year-old Sparkman & Stephens classic yacht Dorade made yacht racing history in the 1930s and holds a competitive edge over its modern counterparts to this day. The 52-foot wooden yawl arrived in Brisbane earlier this week to begin putting her reputation to the […]

July 6, 2017

  It was a very busy week for Dorade and crew, with the yacht being loaded onto a yacht transport ship on Monday, July 3rd in Long Beach, California and beginning its over 7,000 mile voyage to Brisbane, Australia where it will kick off its “Dorade Down Under” Campaign. This will be the first time […]

June 12, 2017

Dorade had a great time exhibiting at the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival over the weekend, with many people coming down to check out the 52-foot Sparkman & Stephens classic yawl on Saturday. In the end, the classic yacht walked away with three trophies, the “Longest Distance Traveled”, “People’s Choice Best in Class” and the […]

June 9, 2017

Tomorrow, Saturday, June 10, Dorade will be on exhibit to the public for the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival hosted out of Balboa Yacht Club. For anyone in the Newport Beach area interested in seeing the classic yacht as well as a number of other beautiful boats, come on down! Admission is free, but donations […]

June 8, 2017

Photo Credit: Sharon Green/Ultimate Sailing

June 6, 2017

From the Rolex China Sea Race Media Team: The 12th entry for 29th edition of the Rolex China Sea Race has been received from the famous classic yacht Dorade. The China Sea Race was established in 1962 with five yachts racing from Hong Kong to Corrigedor, Philippines. The winner was C.F. Von Sydow’s on his […]

June 5, 2017

Dorade took first in its class (Division D) in the SoCal 300 over the weekend. The race, which kicked off on Thursday, June 1 took the team, along with the rest of the 26-boat fleet, on a 245-nautical mile race from Santa Barbara to San Diego. The team crossed the finish line at 1:24 PM […]

June 1, 2017

Dorade kicked off the 245-nautical mile SoCal 300 today. The offshore race from Santa Barbara to San Diego is the final event in the team’s West Coast racing circuit. From there, the 52-foot Sparkman & Stephens yawl will showcase in the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival on June 10 before heading to Australia to kick off […]

May 15, 2017

  Dorade wrapped up the 43rd Annual Yesteryear Regatta in San Diego over the weekend, with the 52-foot yawl finishing second in its class and taking home the Sparkman & Stephens Perpetual Trophy for being the top Sparkman & Stephens design on corrected time.   "Dorade sailed very well in the race this weekend, and […]

May 12, 2017

Tomorrow, Dorade will compete in the 43rd Annual Yesteryear Regatta, hosted by the Ancient Mariners Sailing Society, on San Diego Bay. This is the 52-foot yawl’s first time competing in the regatta and it will go up against a number of other storied classic yachts, including fellow Sparkman & Stephens Orient, which was launched in […]

May 4, 2017

Press release from the event organizers:  The world's most successful yacht to compete at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2017 The world’s most successful ocean racing yacht over the past nine decades; the famous 16-metre long American yawl, Dorade, is to compete at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2017. No yacht in the long history of […]

May 2, 2017

Dorade kicked off its 2017 season this past weekend with the Newport to Ensenada Race, which took the 52-foot Sparkman & Stephens classic yawl on a 125 nautical mile offshore race from Newport Beach, California to Ensenada, Mexico. The team finished second in its class with an elapsed time of 25 hours, 31 minutes and […]

April 20, 2017

“Dorade Down Under” Famous Classic Yacht Targets Australian Races in Ambitious 2017 Campaign VENTURA, CALIFORNIA (April 20, 2017) -- Over the past 86 years, the iconic Sparkman & Stephens classic yacht Dorade has sailed hundreds of thousands of nautical miles across open water and won more ocean races than any other yacht in history.  This […]

March 27, 2017

After six and a half days on the road, Dorade arrived in Ventura, California earlier this month. The 52-foot yawl, which spent the winter months in Rhode Island undergoing updates, is preparing for its 2017 "Dorade Down Under" campaign. Over the weekend, the yacht was launched and its mast stepped. The team will do some […]