SHOSHOLOZA RSA-83 yacht

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SHOSHOLOZA RSA-83 yacht

Post by aukepalmhof » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:53 pm

The yacht depict on this stamp issued by Nevis is the SHOSHOLOZA built as a challenger for the 2008 America Cup in Valencia, Spain.
2007 Built as an ACC Rule V5 class yacht at the team boat yard in Somerset West near Cape Town for the Royal Cape Yacht Club.
Chief designer Jason Kerr.
November 2004 commenced building.
Weight 24 tonnes, dim. 26.0 x 4.5m.
April 2005 the hull was put on board a MSC container vessel for Valencia were she will be fitted out and mast and keel placed. MSC was also one of the sponsors for the yacht.
19 May 2005 was she officially launched as the SHOSHOLOZA RSA-83 by Rita Barbera the mayor of Valencia.
2007 Was she complete overhauled and modified.
2007 In the Louis Vuitton Race at Valencia she ended as 7th with 9 wins and 11 defeats.
2008 Took part in the Velalonga Regatta in Naples.
2009 Competed in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series in Auckland, where she defeated defending champions ALINGHI in the last day of the regatta’s first Round Robin. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/feb/03/sailing
2014 Still owned by South Africa owners.

Nevis 2008 $3 sg?, scott? (she is the yacht on the left of the stamp, the yacht on the right could be one with sail number NZL-?)
Maldives 2008 RF10 sg?, scott?
Source: Internet.
Not a yachting fanatic all corrections and additional info welcome.
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