A zero-carbon cruising yacht? Spirit Yachts 44e boat test | Yachting Monthly 

I would literally swim from Canada to the UK to start an apprenticeship at Spirit Yachts, absolutely stunning craftsmanship.

Beautiful craftsmanship, love the Spirit line of sailboats.

Beautiful boat. Have not a clue about sailing, but I appreciate your video, thank you.

good to see YM video reviews back

Can't say I've seen anything so wonderful before, anymore beautiful and I wouldn't want to get it wet. It just looks as though it is made to make one feel good.

WHAT A LOVELY YACHT . EXQUISITE LINES ALL AROUND ! job well done ,.

These Spirit yachts are so beautiful.

Beautiful boat!

STUNNING!

Not to be snobby, but proud to be British when I see spirit yachts. Edit: the fact they say the price in this video is really good.

This is beautiful. I will probably swoon when it passes me on the Orwell...

Tasarım çok zarif...⛵🗺👏

The bench issue in the cockpit with the benches being a little too deep is easily fixed with cockpit cushions against the coaming. That would take up those extra few inches.

Perfect, maybe in 15 years from now I will be able to aford such a nice boat.

what is the name of the song at the start?

Beautiful.

composting head or pump out?

Nice, Will buy one tomorrow.

its very pretty

Lovely boat, decently reviewed by Theo. Not sure about infused wood for the decks. With such long overhangs the interior volume is more like a 33 foot boat.

Gorgeous boat! I love the interior wood selection, and that it's a satin finish instead of a gaudy high gloss varnish. Though, I do wonder if your camera operator was drunk that day...

This is what I call a yacht!

An elegant classy looking yacht nice to see craftsmanship of this standard is still available.

The interesting thing about this rather cramped cruiser is it's engine systems. What's the range? How do you charge it? Is there a generator? What's it's motoring speed? Where is Chris Beeson when you need him?

I would call it a coastal cruiser, not a deep water ocean crossing boat.

Nice I just have to win the lottery and this beauty could be mine ;) Hello Spirit yacht , dont you want to sponsorize somebody around the world ?

Stunningly beautiful

Could you cross the atlantic with this?

What are the black rectangles on the main sail?

Looks like a Hinckley Sou'wester

Bond!!! no time to die YachT!!!!

I had never heard of that LIgma wood. Interesting.

What she is: a “eco friendly” sailing riva for daytripping preferably on a lake. What she is not: A long range cruiser that can take on what the ocean can dish out. I can honestly not imagine what it would look and feel like being tossed about in half a gale on a 44foot dinghy. Credit where credit is due, she is of a very fine design and I supose doing away with a diesel auxilary would aleviate some of the maintenance time and costs. (But anyone who can afford to sink 800k+ in to this kind of a yacht might not really care)

So attractive on so many levels

Above all, a yacht should be a swan not a turkey. She's a rare gem.

Electric needs to become a mainstay of production boats, not just custom builds. Potentially infinite range and no noisy, smelly diesel should be an attractive feature.

Maybe some day we will see least wind resistant hull keeling the sails. The stem keeling the headsails and the mast greater than 50 percent back to keel the mast and mainsail. A keel line to match the style and rigging...

I find the craftsmanship and beauty utterly compelling. I think we all do ! (Not just the usual “wooden boat enthusiasts “! However. Why can’t we stop there ? What do I mean ? Well the claims of “eco” , “low carbon” , “green” , “environment friendly” … are arguably unnecessary. I’d go so far as to say untruthful, when you consider the big picture!

Range by engine..?

How fast can go

welcome the the 1890s lol craftsmanship minus the oil barons! but how much oil did it take to build this bueaty?

Not enough solar.

Dodger available? Can't see long-distance sailing without one.

Bond yacht

Lot of money for a weekend cruiser.

A cruising yacht more for being seen rather than for seeing.

Sales mumbo gumbo really is offensive! She is a fantastic machine with an electric motor which makes her quite under power, a huge plus but it also has draw backs. Overall if you can afford to buy it you love classic sailing and all the artistry required to build it.

0 carbon made from carbon fiber?

talk about tender! overpowered with main and jib.

Zero carbon yacht with a tall carbon rig. Funny, that.

The word is Homey, meaning Home-like, not homely, which means ugly

A stunning boat in every way. It reminds me of the old 8 meter cruiser racers I used crew on in the River Clyde in the 1960s. But - more than GBP 800,000? Just let that sink in. For that money you can get a fully equipped 3-year old Swan 50. The Spirit is a gorgeous toy, but for serious sailing there is no comparison.

nothing said about the solar sails, that was a bit disappointing, stunner of a boat, spirit should sell tickets to watch their boats built, i'd go.

Ropes???😅😂

Solar panels went connected. LOL

Zero carbon my ass. What about the resin? Batteries? It's all a bunch of feel good nonsense. Besides that, it's a nice boat.

Not a very practical weekend cruiser for the wealthy. For that kind of money, you can get a decent Hallberg-Rassy or Najad built for blue water in comfort.

Zero halogenated vinyl and halogenated carbon is more important. Zero fuel power is possible with edison generators.

Beautiful yacht, as usual from Spirit…..but…..please call it zero carbon emissions….. Not zero carbon….the whole boat is made from and built by carbon.

Homely?

Lol, "zero carbon". As a marine electrician and a sailor who has lived off-grid with 3x the solar capacity of this boat, I can tell you that its 625 watts of solar isn't even 1/10th the solar capacity required to make any kind of meaningful electricity for propulsion. You'll need some serious charging capacity dockside to charge up this "green" boat. The solar panels are there to sooth the conscience of the owner. Somewhere there is a power plant (here in the US, most likely fossil fuel) providing the energy for this boat. The efficiency is even more laughable - burn fossil fuel to make steam, turn a turbine with steam, run a generator off the turbine, step up voltage for the grid, transport electricity across the grid, step down the voltage, run a shore power charger to charge the battery, discharge the battery to run the electric motor - each step with significant loss of power. As for "recycling" of fiberglass and carbon fiber components, go visit a local boatyard and see how old sailboats are dismantled. They are chainsawed into pieces and loaded into a dumpster to go to the landfill. Beautiful boat, stunning build quality, but stop pretending that it is good for the environment in any way.

zero carbon. whatta joke this all is!

When the rich "virtue signal".

Its a stupid boat

Batteries and the stove are NOT zero carbon.

Awful and wrong

A supposed cruising yacht that compromises crew safety for aesthetics. Not a chance, try again.

What an utterly useless, cramped, poorly organized, beautiful boat.

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