Sea Spirit Passagemaker 60: Back to the Future


Sea Spirit Passagemaker 60
The Sea Spirit 60, like all of the designs from this builder, has
a retro canoe stern and simulated stack that hark back to previous yachting eras.

For the last 18 months or so we have all seen the ads,
read the articles and maybe even seen the Sea Spirit Passagemaker 60 at a couple
of boat shows. So where did this boat and new company come from and why is Sparkman
& Stephens taking such an active role in the project? More questions: if a canoe
stern is so good, why did they put a swim platform on it, and, finally, what is
the world’s most famous sailboat design firm doing designing a powerboat?
For answers to these questions and some eye-opening performance revelations --