Transatlantic Yacht Race: The Race Begins

1530 EDT Race Update

Yachts Starting on June 28th, 2015 (IRC Class 4 – Racer/Cruiser)

Start time: 1350 EDT
Newport, R.I., Starting line off Castle Hill Lighthouse (Castle Hill Inn)

Dorade’s current position, as of 1530 EDT Lat/Lon 41’19.08 N, 071 13.11 W DTF: 2725.9 NM

Wind 6.0 knots 248 – Speed 7.6 knots @ 131.22′

5th in Line Honours
4th in IRC Overall
4th in IRC Class 4 R/C
2nd in Classics

 

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Dorade crew in England after Transatlantic win in 1931

 

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The Dorade crew on the IYRS dock just before the start of the 2015 Transatlantic Race

 

1530 EDT 6.28.2015 Line Honours

1. Kiva – Design: McCurdy – LOA: 49.9′ – Owner/Skipper: Mark Stevens, New Castle, N.H., USA
2. Dizzy – Design: C&C – LOA: 41′ – Owner/Skipper: Paul Anstey/Craig Rastello, Melbourne, Fla., USA
3. Mariette of 1915: – Design N.G. Herreshoff – LOA: 125′ – Owner/Skipper: Charlie Wroe, Falmouth, GBR
4. Carina – Design: M & R / Kaufman – LOA: 48′ – Owner/Skipper: Rives Potts, Essex, Conn., USA
5. Dorade – Design: S&S – LOA: 52.5′ – Owner/Skipper: Matt Brooks, San Francisco, Calif., USA
6. Arrowhead – Design: Johnstone – LOA: 42′ – Owner/Skipper: Steve Berlack, Franconia, N.H., USA
7. Aphrodite – Design: Frers – LOA: 46′ – Owner/Skipper: Christopher Otorowski, Port Madison, Wash., USA
8. Jacqueline IV – Design: M & R – LOA: 42′ – Owner/Skipper: Robert Forman, Bay Shore, N.Y., USA
9. Scarlet Oyster – Design: Farr – LOA: 48: – Owner/Skipper: Ross Applebey, GBR
10. Charisma – Design: Holland – LOA: 48′ – Owner/Skipper: Constantin Claviez, Hamburg, GER
11. Solution – Design: Neilsen – LOA: 50′ – Owner/Skipper: Carter Bacon, Hyannis Port, Mass
12. Shearwater – Design: Mason – LOA: 43.5′ – Owner/Skipper: Dan & Gretchen Biemesderfer, Guilford, Conn., USA
13. Zephyr – Design: J & J / Seaway – LOA: 50′ – Owner/Skipper: Micky St. Aldwyn, Lymington, UK

 

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