Spirit Yachts’ news – British boatbuilder’s new product launches staff changes, innovations, turnover, opinions and more.
Includes new breed of owner, details of electric models in build, clean energy drives, solar sails, and structure of company under new management changes . . . plus, of course, James Bond (007) associations.
Spirit Yachts Regatta 2024, exclusively for Spirit Yachts’ owners, crew, and guests, will take place in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, from Saturday 15 June to Saturday 22 June 2024. West System, a leading provider of marine-grade epoxy, will sponsor the event. Following its debut in 2022, the Spirit Yachts Regatta returns this year, and is […]
British modern classic yacht company Spirit Yachts has been commissioned to build a contemporary version of a Q Class yacht. Alongside Dykstra Naval Architects, Spirit was selected as the build yard by the project’s owner. The project is now in the final design stages with the build due to start shortly. Sometimes known as a […]
British yacht build and design firm Spirit Yachts has appointed Kevin Wallis as its representative in Australia and New Zealand. “Kevin is a keen sailor, who is full of enthusiasm and passion for Spirit Yachts,” says Spirit Yachts’ managing director Karen Underwood. “His experience on the water and in yacht sales is a great fit […]
“Creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an everyday challenge and conversation, not a yearly post,” says Belinda Joslin. She’s the founder of the Instagram group, Women in Boatbuilding, which she started in 2019 when she began working at Spirit Yachts. After an encounter with another female boatbuilder, Joslin decided to create a […]
Spirit Yachts says it’s noticing a marked change in its new customers, who increasingly have no sailing experience. Karen Underwood, MD at Spirit Yachts, says: “We’ve seen a high increase in younger people who want to buy and go off sailing and come back to land three years later. “These are clientele who have sold […]
The UK-based engineering firm, Equipmake, has supplied an advanced e-drivetrain system for a long-range electric flying boat currently in development. The SpiritBARTech35EF project, in collaboration with Spirit Yachts and BAR Technologies, is a 35ft electric vessel that uses active retractable foils to lift the hull above the water and reduce drag, enabling a fast-cruising range […]
British yacht builder Spirit Yachts has appointed Julian Weatherill as the firm’s new production and design director. The news comes after the Suffolk-based company confirmed details of a new ownership structure and management overhaul in March 2023. Weatherill has worked in the marine industry for 30 years. In addition to sales and client management roles […]
Yacht design and build company Spirit Yachts has announced a new management and ownership structure. Following its original founder Sean McMillan taking a step back from his CEO role to become a consultant designer and brand ambassador, Spirit Yachts is now majority-owned by a group of Spirit yacht owners, who have committed significant capital to […]
Last year, Sean McMillan, founder of Spirit Yachts, announced that more than half the boats on order with the company were repeat orders for existing owners, but each repeat order owner was moving from diesel to electric. This obviously delighted him. It’s no industry secret that Spirit has been pushing hard on the sustainability agenda […]
British yacht design and build company Spirit Yachts will be the focus of a BBC television documentary titled Making Waves: Building Boats airing on BBC One East tonight (11th November) at 7.30pm (GMT). As part of the wider BBC series ‘We Are England’, the programme tells the story of Ipswich-based Spirit Yachts; from its beginnings […]
As early bird tickets are released for next year’s Southampton International Boat Show (SIBS), organisers say 83,000 people attended – fewer than originally predicted due to the day’s closure for the Queen’s funeral – but 14,000 of those got out onto the water. There were 685 individual stands and berths, over 650 craft on display […]