The Dorade Log:  Lessons in Light Air

John Burnham

The Caribbean training campaign continued in early April at St. Barth for Dorade and our crew, as we prepare to race the restored classic offshore in June from Newport to Bermuda. Modest breezes were certainly less exciting than we’d experienced in our St. Maarten shakedown a month earlier, but the opportunity to spend a week competing aboard the 52-foot Dorade in beautiful, warm waters while learning how to help her slip along quickly were at least as valuable and enjoyable.

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