Classic Boat — November 2017

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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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