For decades it has been an article of faith that racing yachts and cruising yachts have almost nothing in common but wind and water.

Now one of the world’s most successful builders of high performance racing yachts has set out to satisfy the aspirations of a new generation of boat owners by bringing together the complementary qualities in racing sailboats and cruising yachts.

The partners of Boatspeed Performance Sailcraft have won a loyal following and an enviable international reputation building a string of thoroughbred boats with race winning speed and stamina.

Among many factors to which they owe their success, two stand out; uncompromising quality control and continuing, almost obsessive refinement of high technology composite construction techniques.

As the Ullrich’s planned the perfect large scale laboratory for advanced composite technologies, their vision broadened to conceive the ideal environment in which to create every element of a complex custom made, ocean going sailing vessels.

Their vision is now a working, thriving reality.  Boatspeed has brought together the specialist skills of four other highly respected companies in a purpose built state of the art facility, without equal in the Southern Hemisphere and one to be envied by the best in the Northern Hemisphere.

This site introduces the other five members of the “Boatspeed Alliance”: