2025 Season Champs Features Extra Part II: SSS Doublehanded Multihull

With the February 2026 edition of Latitude 38 out now, the “Season Champions” feature is officially wrapped up. We received so many submissions from the winners of different fleets this year that we didn’t have room for all of them in the print magazine, so over the next few weeks we will be posting in ‘Lectronic Latitude the submissions that we couldn’t fit into the magazine. Today we are focusing on Drew Scott, who won the SSS Doublehanded Multihull division aboard the Corsair F-27 Papillon. 

All our races this year were done as a family team, either between me and my father or my father and my younger brother. We’d flipped Papillon over the summer doing the Delta Ditch Run, and I was unsure about returning to racing after that setback. However, I think we learned valuable lessons in communication and sail handling that day. Because of this, we approached racing this season with hopes at redemption. I think it’s fair to say we achieved that goal.

The Corinthian was our best race this year. The light wind and relatively good starts by all in the fleet made it a slow, tactical race heading over to the Cityfront. As the day progressed, the wind turned into a steadier breeze, but light pockets lingered. Spotting wind behind Angel Island, my father and I decided to turn and run around the back side over to the finish. We hoped that the speed the wind would give us would beat out the more direct shot of Raccoon Strait. The gamble paid off, and the 2025 Corinthian became our one win of the season.

Concluding 2025, I’m so proud of my little brother, who seems to be discovering a new passion. He’s shown some great maturity and decision making on the water this year, all at the age of 13. I’m grateful that I’ve had some great father-son bonding time out on the water with my dad. I’ve had so much fun this year in friendly competition with the other boats and skippers in the fleet, and I appreciate the truly special support and camaraderie within the multihull fleet.

You can read the final print edition of the “Season Champions” feature in the February issue of Latitude 38, and you can find the first two parts of the 2025 “Season Champions” feature in the December and January issues.