Spirit Yachts 30 (McMILLAN)

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The Spirit Yachts 30 (McMILLAN), on the water

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.00 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,700 kg of hull, so roughly 2,300 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 20 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 20

CoastalBluewater

At 1.69 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.69

LightHeavy

172 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 172

TenderStiff

40% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 40%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

Lighter than ~90% of boats her size on file
Draws less than ~76% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~99% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2513 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Spirit Yachts 30 (McMILLAN), as the fleet has seen it

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The Spirit Yachts 30 (McMILLAN) is a fractional sloop designed by Sean McMillan and built by Spirit Yachts since 2021. It measures 9.2 meters LOA with a 2.0-meter beam, a 1.4-meter draft, and displaces 1700 kg. The model features a fin keel with a spade rudder and is available with a cuddy cabin. A Spirit Yachts 30 crew earned a silver medal in the Havsvalas regatta, sailing in 12-knot winds that felt like 15 knots.0:39 They maintained 12 knots under gennaker after choosing to head up near shallow water rather than gybe in 25–27 knots of wind.2:32 Their competitor, Masu, experienced a gennaker wrap after attempting a gybe in similar conditions.2:01

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

40.0%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

Displacement / length

172.4

Comfort ratio

19.7

Capsize screening

1.69

Hull speed

6.2 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

500

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

Wood

Production

Years built

First built 2021

Designer

Sean McMillan

Builder

Spirit Yachts

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The family

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