The NEXT Shuten-dohji

Shuten-dohji II off the coast of Capetown, South Africa in 1990

Minoru Saito has acquired his “new” boat for Saito Challenge 8, a 1989 56-foot steel-hulled cutter-rigged sloop designed and built in Hawaii.

Thanks to a generous donation by the Nicole Group of Companies, the vessel could be acquired and has been renamed “Nicole BMW Shuten-dohji III.”

The vessel is currently being refitted in Auckland New Zealand before departing for the 4,800 km voyage to Japan. Arrival in Yokohama is expected in late June/early July.

Click to read the daily log of the vessel on its 4,800 nm repositioning voyage from Auckland to Yokohama.

Welcome to the official web site of
Minoru Saito’s Challenge 8 campaign
to become both the FIRST and the OLDEST sailor to complete eight solo circumnavigations of
the globe — this time the “wrong way around.”

SITE NAVIGATOR

The NEXT Shuten-dohji

Shuten-dohji II off the coast of Capetown, South Africa in 1990

Welcome to the official web site of Minoru Saito’s Challenge 8 campaign to become both the FIRST and the OLDEST sailor to complete eight solo circumnavigations of the globe — this time the “wrong way around.”

SITE NAVIGATOR

The NEXT Shuten-dohji

Shuten-dohji II off the coast of Capetown, South Africa in 1990

Welcome to the official web site of
Minoru Saito’s Challenge 8 campaign
to become both the FIRST and the OLDEST sailor to complete eight solo circumnavigations of
the globe — this time the “wrong way around.”