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August 17, 2015  |  By Dorade Team

Rolex Fastnet: August 17 Report

A Light Air Affair

2015 Rolex Fastnet Fleet  heading into the English Channel (Rolex/Kurt Arrigo)
2015 Rolex Fastnet Fleet heading into the English Channel (Rolex/Kurt Arrigo)
Dorade and Comanche at the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Start yesterday (Rolex/Kurt Arrigo)
Dorade and Comanche at the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Start yesterday (Rolex/Kurt Arrigo)

After a light-wind start off Cowes yesterday for the 2015 Rolex Fastnet, Matt Brooks and his team aboard the 52-foot classic yacht Dorade are now 170 miles into the 603-mile offshore race. Up until early morning today, the team held the IRC Class 4 lead, but strong currents off the southern coast of Cornwall combined with just a whisper of sea breeze has shuffled the deck of competitors, leaving many seemingly parked on the water; Dorade is fighting its way out of its current seventh-place standing.

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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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Matt and Pam were recently presented with three sp Matt and Pam were recently presented with three special trophies at the NYYC’s 2022 Prize-Giving. Dating back as early as 1853, the trophies were received for outstanding performance in multiple events, including the New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta, the New York Yacht Club Annual Cruise, and Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. Check out the link in our bio to read the blog post for more on these classic trophies.

[📸: Dorade Team, Alpha Cup (1853)]

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Matt and Pam were recently presented with three special trophies at the NYYC’s 2022 Prize-Giving. Dating back as early as 1853, the trophies were received for outstanding performance in multiple events, including the New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta, the New York Yacht Club Annual Cruise, and Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. Check out the link in our bio to read the blog post for more on these classic trophies.

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A look back at the warming winds of June on this w A look back at the warming winds of June on this winter day. On the second day of the 2019 New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta, Dorade sails upwind in good breeze as she approaches the Pell Bridge on Narragansett Bay.

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A look back at the warming winds of June on this winter day. On the second day of the 2019 New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta, Dorade sails upwind in good breeze as she approaches the Pell Bridge on Narragansett Bay.

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Action shot with the GoPro! Foredeck crewman Nick Action shot with the GoPro! Foredeck crewman Nick Bellico coils lines after a spinnaker set during a race in 2018.

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Action shot with the GoPro! Foredeck crewman Nick Bellico coils lines after a spinnaker set during a race in 2018.

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Matt and Pam's passion for wooden boats extends be Matt and Pam's passion for wooden boats extends beyond Dorade to Lucie, a 1931 Six-Metre built for Briggs Cunningham by Nevins on City Island by Clinton Crane. Acquired and restored by Matt to join the fleet in 2011, here she is sailing upwind in strong breezes at Newport Classic Yacht Regatta in 2016.

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Matt and Pam's passion for wooden boats extends beyond Dorade to Lucie, a 1931 Six-Metre built for Briggs Cunningham by Nevins on City Island by Clinton Crane. Acquired and restored by Matt to join the fleet in 2011, here she is sailing upwind in strong breezes at Newport Classic Yacht Regatta in 2016.

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