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ENLIGHTENED SPIRIT

It’s safe to say that the Spirit 111 Geist is unique, a quality that is a lot rarer than the yachting industry’s love affair with hyperbole might have you believe. Spirit Yachts in the United Kingdom built this modern classic of wood and epoxy. She is a masterpiece of sustainability and a work of art. Gobsmacked is the colloquial British expression that best describes how I felt when I saw her.

(German for spirit or ghost) is thought to be the largest wooden sloop built in Britain since the 1930s. She was designed for a European owner in (Spirit Yachts is set to return to the big screen with 007 in ).

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