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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 […]
October 2, 2014
It seems to be a theme of our Mediterranean racing circuit that day one of each event is cancelled due to high winds. Corsica, Cannes and now St Tropez have all suffered the same fate. We all want to be out on the race course, it's what we love to do but despite the breeze […]
September 24, 2014
Despite the first day of racing here at the Regattes Royal in Cannes being cancelled due to strong wind conditions, the Dorade team were informed by our neighbours that we had most definitely won the hors d'oeuvres competition. What started as a tradition during the transpac, the early evening cocktail and snack soirée is still […]
September 19, 2014
Photos from the 2014 Corsica Classic Regatta. Pictures courtesy of Bernard Rubinstein