Classic Boat — November 2017

SPIRIT OF TRADITION

Out and about

Spirit Yachts in Ipswich has now built 66 boats, but

founder Sean McMillan says perhaps the latest, a newly

designed 52D called Oui Fling, best captures the idea

of a ‘modern classic’.

The boat was the star of the regatta at Panerai British

Classic Week in July, where her racy lines and bare deck

attracted onlookers aplenty. The ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ would

have been all the louder if they’d seen down below to the

yacht’s stripped back interior, something McMillan, too, has

Bit on the side

Is she the ultimate modern classic? Spirit Yachts

founder Sean McMillan thinks she could be

PHOTOGRAPHS EMILY HARRIS

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