The Dorade Log:  Like Dating Marilyn Monroe

By John Burnham

You learn about a boat quickly when the wind blows above 15 knots, and that’s what happened in St. Maarten over four days when several of us had our first sail aboard Dorade. But even before absorbing the dozens of sailing lessons the 82-year-old yawl had to teach us, we quickly discovered that we’d first have to get used to sharing this classic Sparkman & Stephens design every step of the way with the paparazzi.

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