Sabre Spirit Design

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im Taylor Yacht design and the Sabre Design Team have collaborated on five award winning designs over the past 15 years and, for 2007, are proud to introduce the Sabre Spirit weekender, a yacht blending classic good looks and spirited performance. For 35 years, Sabre has built fine yatchs with a performance pedigree; built for people who love sailing and who enjoy the feedback that a great sailboat design can offer. But just as some owners look forward to long range cruising, there are those whose schedules call for a different sailing lifestyle. Sabre worked with Jim Taylor to design a weekender with the style and elegance of a classic sailing yacht, and added to the design mandate a blending of the performance of a youthful sport boat with “grown-up” ease of handling available with today’s modern sailing hardware. To merely use a size number to describe such a sailboat boat seemed inadequate, and so the name “Spirit” was chosen to better convey the very essence of this yacht. The overhangs of the Spirit’s hull convey a traditional elegance, and her nominally narrow beam allows her to sail beautifully and responsively. As is typical of all Sabre yachts, deck hardware and fittings are of the highest standards. Her carbon spar, chosen for added performance and increased stability, is provided by Hall Spars, a supplier for a quarter century. Below deck, a standard sail drive engine for boat reduces vibration and noise and increases propulsion efficiency. Sailboat keels and rudder, both by Jim Taylor Yacht Design, offer the latest in design technology and performance. Few sailing yachts will sail better than the Sabre Spirit. She is a fast and extremely elegant weekender that will bring back the excitement and exhilaration that you felt, the first time you tried the beautiful sport of sailing.