Group Island Spirit has been operating in various capacities for over 20 years. The company started yacht manufacturing in Thailand in 2011 and launched our first Island Spirit 380 sailing catamaran in 2012.
In 2017, the company merged with a small charter operator in the Gulf of Thailand to add charter bases in Koh Chang and Koh Samui and the sailing school operated from Ocean Marina Yacht Club near Pattaya. In 2019, the company purchased Elite Yachting in Phuket.
Now the company is the largest charter operator in Thailand and the only charter operator offering three destinations. In October 2019, the company expanded the sailing school to include Phuket as a second school destination. This positioned Island Spirit Sailing School as the largest sailing school in Thailand and the only sailing school offering courses in Phuket and Pattaya.
For many years the company was producing Island Spirit catamarans in it’s own factory in Thailand until 2017. From 2017 to 2020 the company was outsourcing the manufacturing. To maintain production quality and timely product delivery, the company purchased Austhai Marine in August 2020.
This gave the company a dedicated manufacturing facility for Island Spirit Sailing catamarans as well as the highly successful Austhai line of commercial power catamarans. The company has delivered well over 100 boats to date and has exported vessels to 11 countries.
Island Spirit is poised to continue to expand through the introduction of power and sailing catamaran models and, in 2022 and 2023, will see the launch of the company’s first fully electric product offerings. The company will also continue to expand its charter and school destinations through partnerships and acquisitions as the world recovers from the COVID pandemic.
Our newest acquisition, Bat-O-Bleu, is our first charter destination outside of Thailand, offering bareboat and luxury crewed yacht charters in the Seychelles. We’ll soon be adding a sailing school and yacht brokerage there too.
Be sure to stop by and see us, get out sailing and Live the Dream!