“Down below may be compact compared with today’s beamy yachts. In the Foreword to Douglas Adkins’ superbly-researched, informative book ‘Dorade, The History of an Ocean Racing Yacht’, Llewellyn Howland III writes “Her accommodations are Spartan… She sails on her ear. She is a great roller in a seaway. Her berths are like coffins. Who in their right minds would want to own or go racing offshore in such a boat as this?” But then, what adventurous sailor wouldn’t?”