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.

The R30 is the entry point for the Spirit current model range. This classic design is a superb yacht for harbour and passage racing - but equally is a wonderful daysailer on your favourite harbour or waterway. The R30 is tailorable - so you can show off this beautiful piece of maritime elegance wherever you want to go!

The build time is about one year - we can then have your new R30 shipped to you anywhere in Australia - naturally being part of the build process is a wonderful opportunity to spec your R30 to your own needs!

Contact us for more details on how you can own a piece of timeless maritime elegance