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July 24, 2013  |  By Dorade Team

DORADE VICTORIOUS: First Overall in the 2013 Transpac

Not everyone else has finished yet, but it is certain that Dorade has won the whole shebang on corrected time, 77 years after she last did it in 1936. Which ain’t too shabby for a boat built in 1930. She bested her 1936 elapsed time by over a day and covered the 2,225-mile course from LA to Honolulu at an average speed of 7.8 knots. Top speed, an all-time record for the old girl, was 15.9 knots!

Hats off to owner Matt Brooks. He and his wife bought the boat in 2010 and immediately launched into a massive refit (her third under as many owners) with the goal of again making Dorade a serious ocean racer. They suffered some criticism for this, as many believe the boat should be treated as a museum piece.

Here are some more of the pix I shot when I crewed on the boat during a New York Yacht Club Squadron Run in Maine in 2007 under her previous owner, Edgar Cato. Cato raced the boat seriously, but only around buoys, and focussed in his refit on returning the boat to original condition. He removed the engine, among other things, and was even talking about taking off the fancy teak deck and putting on a cheap pine one, as that’s what she had when first launched.

Edgar Cato on Dorade

That’s Edgar Cato on the helm with Mike Toppa of North Sails in the background

Dorade nav station

The make-do nav station, which really was a quarterberth

Dorade deck

Deck detail. You do know, don’t you, that dorade vents are called that because they first appeared on this boat?

Dorade interior

The interior, unposed, in the middle of the race. Later on I spent the night on my own up in the forepeak

Dorade foredeck

The foredeck crew in action. The wind was firm at this point and we didn’t need the staysail. To tack faster, however, the guys raised it just before the helm went down, then doused it again as soon as each tack was complete. Having the staysail in the foretriangle made it much easier to get the jib around

Dorade in light air

Working the light stuff. I love the poses in this shot! I was trimming the mizzen spinnaker when I wasn’t snapping pix

Original article by Charles Doane on July 24, 2013 on www.sailfeed.com found here.

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Team Dorade celebrates winning 1st overall in the Team Dorade celebrates winning 1st overall in the 2013 Transpac at the trophy ceremony. A stunning achievement as part of her "Return to Blue Water Campaign," the crew took to the podium 77 years after Dorade won the race for the first time. 

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