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Spirit of Tradition Yachts Designed In Maine

A floating home called ImmerstThe beautiful power boat, Citronella. A Spirit of Tradition Yacht Design by Stephens Waring Yacht Design.A floating bedroom in a custom designed and built Immerst house
Acres of solid Teak or elegant choices in paints and other materials are all about what a SoT yacht means to their owners. photo credit: Alison Langley.
Classic Boat Awards 2019

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Stephens Waring Yacht Design is a custom naval architecture, engineering, and design firm located in Belfast, Maine. We helped pioneer the concept of Spirit of Tradition sailing and motor yachts, that blend the best of classic yacht designs with the latest in materials and technology. Our business is to turn our global clientele’s dreams and passions to reality.
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  • New Life for S/Y Isobel
    We were saddened to learn the news from the Caribbean last March—while racing in St. Maarten’s Heineken Regatta, Isobel, our 75-foot fast cruiser […]
  • Fallen in Lust: Bill Haynie on Zemphira
    Following a 10 year career at sea as a yacht captain, Bill Haynie moved ashore to Newport RI and now works as a broker […]

Introducing IMMERST

Introducing IMMERST

IMMERST is a new brand created to translate the unique design expertise of Stephens Waring to address architecture and engineering challenges outside of traditional boat building. Learn More

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We’re getting accustomed to reporting great results from the Superyacht circuit, thanks to the stellar performance of our 91-foot Bequia and her talented crew. This weekend upped the ante—our designs came out on top in BOTH classes of the Superyacht division at the Safe Harbor Race Weekend in Newport, RI: Bequia convincingly took class B with two bullets and a second, while our newly refit Zemphira (previously Goshawk) swept Class A with three wins. This 76-foot sloop benefited from an updated design for her keel and rudder over the previous two winters, as well as significant deck hardware upgrades and […]

We were saddened to learn the news from the Caribbean last March—while racing in St. Maarten’s Heineken Regatta, Isobel, our 75-foot fast cruiser built by Brooklin Boat Yard in 2011, lost her rig following a hardware failure, and after some kinks with insurance, spent the spring on the hard in Simpson’s Bay after her second owner stepped away from her. We’re really happy to know that Isobel has found herself in good hands and back in Maine, where her proud new owner will give her the refit she needs, along with a shiny new spar. The first step was a […]

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