Boat International US Edition — November 2017

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PHOTOGRAPH: ANDREA FRANCOLINI; SHUTTERSTOCK

ON BOARD

NOVEMBER 2017

The 86-year-old Olin Stephens-designedDorade,restoredtoher

original condition in 2010, is holding her own against modern yachts

inherlatestquestforbluewatersailingvictories.InAugust,Dorade’s

Down Under campaign began auspiciously with two spots on the

podium.AftertheNovember27BirdIslandRace,thevivacious

octogenarianandTeamDoradewillcapofftheyearwiththe

December26startoftheRolexSydneytoHobartrace.dorade.org

AN AMERICAN CLASSIC DOWN UNDER

WHAT’S

HOT

&

WHAT’S

KNOT

YACHT KITSCH

A late 1980s plastic box

full of toiletries, comb

included, from Trump

Princess (now Kingdom

5KR) was valued at $135

to $270 by an expert on

UK TV show Antiques

Roadshow. Keep that in

mind next time you get

a charter giveaway. THE UPPER CUT

From gold fabric on

Grace E to mirror-

polished stainless steel

on Diamonds Are Forever,

yacht elevators are

attention getters already,

but Lift Emotion’s new

robot arm elevator

would make for a real

talking piece.

GLAMOUR GLUTTONY

Designer Adam

Voorhees says

“overindulgence in exotic

materials solely because

they are expensive,”

is overkill, as is “using

1,000 different types

of wood, skin, or stone

in each room,” which

he attributes to an

inability to edit.

TWO HULLS

It’s official. With the

America’s Cup now in the

hands of New Zealand,

the long-rumored return

to monohulls – albeit

exciting foiling ones – is

a done deal, made when

Luna Rossa agreed to

help Team New Zealand

in Bermuda, the team’s

backer, Patrizio Bertelli,

recently revealed.

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THE AMERICA’S CUP AND ME

At the tender age of 38, Jimmy Spithill has lived enough to

write a 208 page memoir. He was too young to remember

when America’s Cup fever seized his home country of

Australia in 1987 but, by the time he was nine years old, he

told his parents he would win the America’s Cup someday.

And so he did. Twice. Bermuda in 2017 saw a third victory

elude the skipper and helmsman of Oracle Team USA,

leaving him to figure out what comes next. Written with Rob

Mundle, Chasing the Cup: My America’s Cup Journey is an

inside look into the making of a life of competitive sailing,

which started with a Hobie Cat. $15.99, bloomsbury.com

BOOK

OF THE

MONTH

$270

OLD GOLD

Dorade earned a

second place in IRC

Passage Division 2

at the Audi Hamilton

Island Race Week

2017

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