HIRO MARU
Model: S&S 49
Year: 1971
Design: Custom One Off
Builder:
HIRO MARU - S&S 49
This 1971 custom aluminum one-off ‘HIRO MARU’ is owned and raced by Life long Sailor and US Regional Secretary Hiroshi Nakajima.
In 2019 Hiro with his all amateur Corinthian crew sailed to an incredible victory in the Transatlantic Race taking first in class for the 3200Nm Race. Previously ‘SCARAMOUCHE’ she won her class in the 1977 Trans Pac Race under then owner Bob Alexander of Seattle, Washington, USA as well as winning her class and 2nd overall in the 1972 SORC (Southern Ocean Racing Conference) in the USA for then original owner Chuck Kirsch.
Winning major ocean races in both Pacific and Atlantic Oceans over a 47 year span. The only modernisation to the boat was a new carbon spar and racing sails last year by Hiro and a slightly deeper rudder under previous ownership. Otherwise the hull is still the original 1969 S&S design.
Find out about Hiro’s Transatlantic win here:
HIRO MARU - S&S 49