Introduction

Sailing Yacht Scorpio II
Richard Hewson, Emilie Martinet
Sun 6 Jul 2014 02:13
Re-introducing the beautiful Sailing Yacht Scorpio II to world cruising and skippers Richard Hewson and Emilie Martinet.

Rich and Emilie are currently in the processing of purchasing Scorpio II (I say currently as we have been waiting on some financial problems to deal with themselves for the past month!).

Scorpio II is of some pedigree, being from the same mould as Challenger - the boat that Jon Sanders sailed round the world 3x non stop solo.  She's a fat girl weighing in at 12T so a little different to the racing boats we are used to, but perhaps Rich's arm can be twisted to sail her in the next trans tasman or so.  While fat she can still sails beautifully, and with plenty of room for moths, kites, surfboards and all the toys to live aboard there are still plenty of options to go fast if needed.

Scorpio II was built in Fremantle and sailed half way round the world to Ireland and back by a father / son team, where she was eventually sold and sailed to South Africa and finally back to Australia where she has done numerous runs up and down the coast and between Fremantle and Hobart.

The moment we stepped aboard we could tell she was a great sea boat, and easy to handle.  Already I guess she has over 50,000nm of water under her keel, and is still stiff and strong.   No doubt she can expect another 50,000nm more over the next few years.