84 year old sailboat win Trans Pac Race, again.

[dhermann1]

The Dorade, an ocean racing yacht originally designed by the great naval architect Olin Stephens, won the Trans Pac Race in 1936, and has won it again in 2013. They gave it modern sails, a stronger mast, and straightened out the hull a little. Pretty amazing if you ask me.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/sports/77-years-later-yacht-repeats-win-in-transpacific-race.html

http://dorade.org/2013/07/23/dorade-wins-transpac-once-again/

 

[BR Gordon]

Truly a beautiful yawl and a wonderful accomplishment.

 

[Stearmen]

She sure is beautiful!

 

[bburtner@moran]

She`s a sweet boat.

 

[bond]

Excellent .

 

[dhermann1]

Here's another story from the Times, about an even older boat.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/s...-of-the-crew-is-still-in-school.html?src=recg

 

[Stearmen]

Argh, can't news papers get any thing right these days? That is not the Jolie Brise, below are two photos of her. Magnificent! Why didn't my high school have a program like this?

 

[dhermann1]

Actually, the caption does point that out. It's the Ran, which is owned by the guy mentioned in the story. But they do provide a link with good information on the actual boat. But why on earth would they run a story about a boat and not include a picture of it? Dumb.