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March 7, 2025
For Team Dorade, the 2024 racing season was challenging emotionally, but the 52-foot yawl still found her way to the podium again and again.
November 12, 2021
Last summer's sailing wasn't always about winning on the competitive New England circuit, but Team Dorade was pumped up to get out there racing again.
June 28, 2021
Recovering from a 5th in the first race, Team Dorade found its way to the podium in a competitive classics regatta.
June 22, 2021
Victory in the country's oldest regatta was sweet but simply sailing Dorade with a crew of long-time friends was even sweeter.
February 18, 2021
This winter's feature projects are a more perfect bottom and a complete new Harken winch package to give Dorade an edge on the racecourse.
September 2, 2020
Despite never being launched, Dorade spent the summer staying wet, inside two tents.
May 21, 2020
Mike Fletcher's varnish and paint crew spent another vigorous spring keeping Dorade beautiful.
March 16, 2020
This comparison first appeared in the October, 1935 edition of The Rudder magazine.
February 20, 2020
The team has planned a busy schedule of racing in Southern New England this summer.
October 30, 2019
For Dorade's restoration and bluewater campaigns, Pam and Matt were honored by the National Maritime Historical Society.
September 9, 2019
Light winds challenged the fleet in Newport, where Dorade traded firsts with the Herreshoff-designed Spartan.
August 26, 2019
A breezy race on upper Narragansett Bay tested Team Dorade’s sailhandling skills and ultimately led to victory.
August 19, 2019
The classic fleet moved offshore to compete in the two-day Nantucket Regatta and the wooden-boat classic, the Opera House Cup.
July 22, 2019
On the last day of a hard-fought week of racing in lighter and stronger winds, the series went to a worthy rival, the S&S 55 Santana.
July 20, 2019
A close call at the start of the second race added intensity to a day of already-close competition with Santana.
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