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October 19, 2011  |  By Dorade Team

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Finally finished the in – water portion of measuring this morning.  Tucked way up in the marina at New England Boatworks, we found the calm waters needed for this type of work.  The photos show DORADE with her twin spinnaker poles rigged to extend out from the chainplates.  With a digital inclinometer rigged to his tough book, Andrew hung lead weights from the pole ends.  Each side was inclined at a 2 degree angle for 5 minutes per side.  The numbers recorded during this interval will be averaged out and entered into a formula along with the weight and the distance outboard of the lead.  This measurement is used to determine the vertical center of gravity of DORADE.  The VCG helps account for a boats “stiffness” in the rating formula.  The higher the center of gravity is vertically on a boat, the more tippy she will be.  A lower VCG means that more force can be applied to the sails with less heeling over.

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Dorade is to windward in a fleet of classics at th Dorade is to windward in a fleet of classics at the breezy start of the 165th NYYC Annual Regatta. The 2019 event, held in Newport, RI, Dorade earned 2nd place in the Two-Day Series, Classics 1 Division.

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Dorade is to windward in a fleet of classics at the breezy start of the 165th NYYC Annual Regatta. The 2019 event, held in Newport, RI, Dorade earned 2nd place in the Two-Day Series, Classics 1 Division.

[📸: NYYC/Daniel Forster]

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“I was lucky: I had a goal. As far back as I can “I was lucky: I had a goal. As far back as I can remember I wanted to design fast boats,” writes Olin Stephens in the opening words of his autobiography, All This and Sailing Too, which we heartily recommend. Today you can read another take on Olin and his brother Rod in our latest blog post, at the link in our bio—a look back at the two-part feature story on the Stephen Brothers written by Morton M. Hunt for The New Yorker's September 1957 issue. In this excerpt, we pick up the story with the publication of Olin’s first design in Yachting magazine and the beginning of the partnership that became the pre-eminent yacht design firm of the mid-20th century, Sparkman & Stephens. A yacht named Dorade was soon to follow…

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“I was lucky: I had a goal. As far back as I can remember I wanted to design fast boats,” writes Olin Stephens in the opening words of his autobiography, All This and Sailing Too, which we heartily recommend. Today you can read another take on Olin and his brother Rod in our latest blog post, at the link in our bio—a look back at the two-part feature story on the Stephen Brothers written by Morton M. Hunt for The New Yorker's September 1957 issue. In this excerpt, we pick up the story with the publication of Olin’s first design in Yachting magazine and the beginning of the partnership that became the pre-eminent yacht design firm of the mid-20th century, Sparkman & Stephens. A yacht named Dorade was soon to follow…

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Racing in rough water at Antigua in 2012. [📸: Racing in rough water at Antigua in 2012.

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Racing in rough water at Antigua in 2012.

[📸: Tim Wright]

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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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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.

[📸: @sharon_green_ultimatesailing ]

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