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August 16, 2015  |  By Dorade Team

Fastnet Start

It was a slow-motion start for Dorade in the 2013 Rolex Fastnet, but the team is now off and currently leading the IRC 4 Class. The 52-foot yawl won the race in 1931 and 1933 at the hands of its innovative designers Olin and Rod Stephens. Follow her again this year with owner Matt Brooks at the helm!

HOW TO FOLLOW

  • Racing for all classes starts Sunday, August 16 at 1200 BST
  • Real-time tracking of Dorade will be available through YellowBrick Tracking: http://www.rolexfastnetrace.com/Tracking-Full-Page-Hidden/2015-fleet-tracking-race-player.html
  • For live updates during racing, tune into Fastnet Radio at http://www.fastnetradio.co.uk/
  • For team updates throughout the race, follow Dorade on Facebook, Twitterand Instagram. Visit the team’s website at http://dorade.org/. Hashtag: #DoradeSailing #ReturnToBlueWater
  • For event updates throughout the race, follow the Rolex Fastnet Race onFacebook and Twitter. Visit event website athttp://www.rolexfastnetrace.com/. Hashtag #RORCFR #RORC

 

RETURN TO BLUE WATER CAMPAIGN

The Rolex Fastnet Race is the final event in a series of four major ocean races in the “Return to Blue Water Campaign.” Conceived shortly after Brooks and his wife Pam Rorke Levy bought Dorade in 2010, the campaign was initially called “Matt’s Crazy Idea,” but soon after the completion of a year-long refit Dorade began winning races, both offshore and in coastal regattas in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean and on the West Coast, proving that she could once again be competitive.  The team silenced the campaign’s critics once and for all in 2013, when Dorade was the overall winner (on corrected time) in the 2013 Transpacific Yacht Race, 77 years after its first victory with the race.  That was followed by an IRC class win in the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race.  Earlier this summer, the team completed Dorade’s most significant victory, the 2015 Transatlantic Race, beating Olin and Rod’s 1931 record by 26 hours and taking second place in IRC 4.

DORADE BACKGROUND

Dorade was designed in 1929 by Olin Stephens and built under his brother Rod’s supervision the following year in City Island, New York.  Dorade’s 1931 Transatlantic victory helped the brothers launch their careers and established them as two of the sport’s most gifted innovators.  Dorade went on to win many of the world’s most demanding ocean races, including the Fastnet and the Transpacific Yacht Race, and Olin Stephens became one of the most successful yacht designers of the 20th century, responsible for six America’s Cup wins.  Brooks and Levy purchased Dorade five years ago; since then the boat has been restored to its original racing form, with the addition of modern safety and navigational equipment.  The current campaign has adopted the rigor and discipline of a modern race program, continuously searching for ways to improve performance under all conditions, and relying on the combined strengths of a skilled and passionate team.  For Dorade’s full history visit http://Dorade.org/history/

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