Transatlantic
July 14, 2015
Dorade may have finished the Transatlantic Race yesterday, but their full journey didn’t come to an end until today at 15:40 UTC (11:40 EST) when the team completed the event’s separately-scored coastal race, which continued from the finish at The Lizard and took them an additional 169 nautical miles to the Royal Yacht Squadron finish line […]
July 13, 2015
Today (July 13, 2015) at 13:00 EDT, Matt Brook’s 52-foot yawl Dorade finished the 2015 Transatlantic Race, beating Rod and Olin's 1931 record by more than a day, despite having gone almost 200 miles further due to this year’s exclusion zone. The team’s preliminary standings (pending the rest of the finishes) are second place in the […]
July 12, 2015
Race Update: July 12, 2015 Terry Halpin Good evening sports fans – I'm normally a pretty quiet and reserved guy, but the boys have asked me to contribute to the Dorade blog, so I'm going to give it a shot. I'll start with the facts: We are approximately 180 nautical miles from the finish at […]
July 11, 2015
The last of these weather systems are over us now and have been for the past eight hours or so. The guys have all put in a huge effort to try and push Dorade as hard as possible, with the hopes of minimizing the mileage loss against the other boats in front and behind us. […]
July 9, 2015
It’s not often you get to do something this special. The past few days have provided us with some challenging sailing, interesting debates and great laughs. The winds have finally calmed down enough for us to open up the hatches, hoist all the sails and start the “downwind roll” (those that have sailed Dorade will […]
July 8, 2015
We have approximately 1,000 miles to the finish and the A4 sail is up on Starboard tack. After four days of grey skies and breeze up above 25 knots, we’re finally seeing a little change of weather with the skies slightly clearing. However, the water is still choppy and cold with the temperature around 65 […]
July 8, 2015
Exactly 84 years ago today, Dorade was taking on day five of the 1931 Transatlantic Race. What follows are excerpts from the boat’s logbook* from July 7-9, 1931. 7 July 5:00 am: School of porpoises from 4 to 4:30 7 July 10:00 pm: Sea smooth. Steering beautifully 8 July 6:00 am: Practically sailing herself. 8 […]
July 7, 2015
Dave “Naval” Shilton, July 7 My adventure on Dorade has been a very interesting one. When it comes to the weather, we’ve have had it all; mostly strong winds with a few days of very strong stormy conditions and the occasional light breeze. We have really pushed the boat as hard as possible. It’s incredible […]
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