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Artifacts in situ on the Bodekull wreck site. (left) Plan and side view ofthe Bodekull.
& Stephens and launched in 1957. The race now finishes in Subic Bay, Philippines, but, like its first winner, Dorade is also a Sparkman & Stephens, commissioned by Roderick Stephens Sr. She was designed in 1929 by his son Olin Stephens and built
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muskets, glass bottles, pottery, tools, shoes, cannons, artillery equipment, and a sword. Although the ship is well-preserved in situ, it was the documents uncovered at the Swedish Military Archives by Niklas Eriksson of Stockholm University that led to the ship's identification. Minutes and letters of the Swedish admiralty revealed that the Bodekullwas heading south, in the direction of Kalmar in southern Sweden, rather than north towards Stockholm, when it sank, placing the Bodekull at the location of the mystery wreck. The ship's loss was welldocumented because the admiralty discussed at length the possibility of making bread with seawater-soaked flour from barrels recovered from the ship as it foundered. . .. The famous 1931 Sparkman & Stephens classic yacht Dorade will be racing in the 29th edition of the Rolex China Sea Race in March of 2018. The China Sea Race was established in 1962 with five yachts racing from Hong Kong to Corrigedor, Philippines. The winner was C. F. Von Sydow's yacht Reverie, a 40-foot classic yawl designed by Sparkman
under the oversight of his yo unger son Rod. Dorade has raced all over the world and won more ocean races than any other yacht in history. In 2015, she completed a four-year campaign retracing the steps of all the major ocean races that the boat had won in the 1930s; in each competition, she beat her original elapsed time performance. She was the overall winner of the 2013 TransPacific Race, 77 years after her first overall win in that race in 1936. Dorade rook part in Rolex's Fastnet Race and Middle Sea Race in 2015. The vessel is owned and sailed by Matt Brooks, along with a professional crew led by tactical navigator Matt Wachowicz. (www.rolex chinasearace.com) J, SEA HISTORY 160, AUTUMN 2017