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When Craig Schionning designed the Spirited 380, the brief was essentially for a simple, functional and great looking performance cruiser that would be very easy to manage and handle, and that would offer as much pleasure sailing on a sunny Sunday, than on crossing oceans.

The Spirited 380 is a good balance of fresh modern styling, excellent sailing performance and a generous amount of internal volume for a good functional layout. With good bridgedeck clearance of 700mm, she will not pound underway. Built using lightweight materials will help with bridgedeck slamming and improve motion at sea, the boat will lift easily over waves without that sluggish hobbyhorsing often experienced on heavy cats.

With the two queen-sized beds located above the bridgedeck, the Spirited 380 offers the same living space if not more than most of the charter catamarans 3 feet longer. In the same time, her size under 12 meters will ensure most harbours will accommodate her, and the reasonable beam allows her to fit in most Travelifts -e.g. in Le Marin in Martinique, which Travelift is 7.10m wide.

The Spirited 380 has been designed with safety in mind. See for yourself:

  • Decks are large and flat, allowing an easy walk around the roof whatever the weather;

  • The large flat working area around the mast at deck level allows safe reefing of the mainsail;

  • A storm jib can be installed on the fixed inner forestay in a minute;

  • The composite prodder between trampoline nets provides safe access to the inner forestay, the genoa furler and the spinnaker;

  • The trampolines with continuous rope system ensures no gap is left to trap feet or fall;

  • The two steering wheels are well within the cockpit; there is always one on the dry side...

  • The "sacrificial" daggerboards, built with 80 kg/m3 foam, are light and forgiving if a collision were to take place;

  • The structure has been designed with a safety coefficient of 3 and can withstand the toughest conditions;

  • The balsa core and the watertight compartments give more than 200% buoyancy in case of capsize (CE regulations ask for 120%), ensuring level of bridgedeck remains high above water;

  • In addition to the foam noses, there are two separate watertight forward crash boxes in each hull for added protection in case of collision.

With the help of honeycomb/epoxy composite furniture throughout, the lightship weight is kept low, whilst maintaining a very good payload. The thin hulls allow outstanding performances when sailing and motoring, with a large motoring autonomy and very low fuel consumption.

Please see www.spiriteddesigns.com.au for additional information.