During the past 18 months Scorpio has spent 13 months in a “dry dock”, being subject to the Mother of All Refits (a slight exaggeration, as there was nothing seriously wrong with her). We started the project in May 2010, then went for a sea trial of 4,000 nm to the Maldives in January – May 2011, after which the project resumed between May and December 2011.
For this reason, between May and December this year, there has been less activity on the Scorpiosail website than usual. This is about to change soon: Scorpio was lifted back into the sea a couple of days ago.
We, the crew, have been living in a hotel for seven months during this renovation project and we will not move aboard until around mid-December. Until then we will work on the last details of the renewed interior of the yacht including electronic installations.
We hope to be sailing again before Christmas.
