Spirit Yachts

A passionate lifelong sailor and skilled yacht designer, Sean McMillan founded Spirit Yachts in partnership with his friend Mick Newman in 1993. After thousands of sea miles delivering boats all around the globe, Sean and Mick had a clear vision: to build the most beautiful yachts that perform on the water.

Today, Spirit Yachts comprises a team of yacht design and build specialists from all over the world.

Based at waterside premises in Ipswich, Suffolk, Spirit Yachts designs and builds custom wooden sail and motor yachts for day sailing, performance racing, blue water cruising and occasionally a combination of all three. Every Spirit is unique.

By designing and building in-house, Spirit Yachts offers a collaborative approach that facilitates creativity and communication. The journey of a new project involves the yacht’s owner (or representative) from start to finish.

After establishing criteria for the yacht, hand-drawn designs evolve into flawless 3D concepts using state-of-the-art software, all overseen by Spirit’s in-house designers and naval architects.

SINCE SPIRIT YACHTS WAS FOUNDED IN 1993 OUR MISSION HAS BEEN SIMPLE:

To create timelessly beautiful yachts that deliver on sailing performance and their owner’s brief, while ensuring the lowest possible impact on the environment.

Spirit Yachts is committed to minimising the environmental impact of its operations and strives to apply environmental best practices in all that it does.

Utilising the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a foundation, Spirit approaches its environmental policy by continually looking at how it operates as a company using the People-Planet-Purpose pillars.

From specialist engineers and electricians to the meticulous finishers, our world-class team maintains its passion for each project from beginning to end.

Spirit Yachts marries flawless craftsmanship with the latest materials and technology to create a bespoke yacht that performs on the water. From high-efficiency deck equipment to sustainable solutions and luxurious interiors, Spirit Yachts delivers on the individual criteria for each yacht. Using new techniques and modern technology, Spirit Yachts continues to innovate and challenge the preconceptions of wooden boat building.

As with anything you treasure or take pride in, a Spirit yacht requires a level of care. Similar to your home, your car or a piece of furniture, a yacht that is well maintained can be used regularly while continuing to look timelessly beautiful.

There is a common misconception that wooden yachts are high maintenance. Providing the right covers are used for the respective climate, the correct cleaning products are utilised throughout, and support from the Spirit yachts team is engaged, there is no reason for your yacht to be overly demanding or costly in her maintenance.