Having served the yachting community for over 20 years, the US full-service yacht design firm, Stephens Waring Yacht Design, specializes in custom and production projects. The company has worked on such superb vessels as their flagship 91-foot superyacht BEQUIA as well as the 75-foot sailing yacht ISOBEL.
Sailing yacht Bequia designed by Stephens Waring
As stated by Stephens Waring Yacht Design: “For years, we’ve been telling people we have the best job in the world. We get to meet exciting, dynamic people, collaborate with them to solve challenging problems, and create beautiful, spirited boats, all in an inspiring studio space.
Our studio takes up the entire top floor of a gorgeous 1885 brick building in downtown Belfast, Maine. At street level, enter the antique Victorian-era doors and climb the creaking stairway to the studio entrance where a two story foyer welcomes you into our crisp, modern space – marking a transformation out of yesterday’s historic decor into vibrant and inspiring themes exuding a spare, fresh reality. It’s a space for creativity – an atmosphere that’s intrinsic to the work we do.
The studio of Stephens Waring Yacht Design
Under a soaring skylight that lets soft northern light flow into the drafting room, we conduct our day’s work. From this inspirational space flow the designs with our signature—innovative blends of tradition and modern performance. One of us will take lead on each project—the choice made by affinity with our client. Yet each partner is intimately close to all the work coming from the studio – like a refined jazz performance where the music is like a conversation between musicians, these designs are shaped by the input and synergy from the partners of Stephens and Waring – each offering up ideas, notes, that begin to make up the phrases for each riff until it sounds like the right tune.
Stephens and Waring: two good friends, a conversation of design on the table, like notes played in a duet. And with a soft din of blues and jazz in the background, we create – Innovation Inspired by Tradition™ – a great day on the job.”
