Owner Video Reveals $1.5M Island Spirit 525e Nearing Completion in Thailand

An owner visiting an Island Spirit factory and yard in Thailand has posted on-site footage and an accompanying article on the owner-creator channel Sailing Doodles, showing their Island Spirit 525e visually near completion and flagged in the video’s title at $1.5M, with the owner preparing for handover. The piece is published under the exact title: Owner Video: 'First Look at Our New $1.5M Catamaran' — Island Spirit 525e Nears Completion in Thailand.

The Sailing Doodles video and article include walk-through footage at the Thailand build facility and the owner’s close-up view of systems and fit-out as final work continues. Sailing Doodles is described in the brief as “a prominent owner‑creator channel,” and the on-site material is presented as the primary visual record of the boat’s state ahead of delivery. The supplied material does not include a firm handover date or detailed builder specifications for the 525e in the video or article.

The $1.5M figure appears in the Sailing Doodles title; the supplied notes do not provide independent builder specs or confirm whether that price is a list price from Island Spirit, an owner figure, or an estimate. The research notes explicitly state no technical specifications for the Island Spirit 525e (LOA, beam, engines, speeds or accommodation counts) are provided in the video transcript excerpts, so those details remain unreported in this account.

Background context from recent multihull coverage places Island Spirit’s new-build into a busy segment of the market. Yachtbuyer’s recent items show how power- and performance-oriented cats are sizing up: the 20m Prestige M8, unveiled at the 2023 Cannes Yachting Festival, “cruises at 15 knots,” “offers up to five cabins” and features “a standout 30m² owner’s suite forward,” and it earned the 2024 Yacht Style Award for Power Catamarans Over 15m. Yachtbuyer also notes the Prestige M48, which “debuted in 2022 as Prestige’s first power catamaran,” measures 15 meters, includes four cabins, a hydraulic swim platform and “a cruising range of 190 nautical miles,” and that it “won European Powerboat of the Year in 2023.” Yachtbuyer adds that “Prestige Yachts has released the first video footage of its new Prestige M7 catamaran, captured during early cruising in Italy ahead of her ongoing voyage to Dubrovnik.”

For sailing‑cat perspective, Cruising World’s test sail of the Excess 15 off Fort Lauderdale supplies a hands‑on comparison for handling and layout expectations. Cruising World wrote: “Right up front, let me say three things about the new Excess 15, which I got to sail with my Boat of the Year colleagues this past fall in ocean waters off Fort Lauderdale, Florida: It’s a big, roomy cruising cat that’s super easy to handle and really fun to sail. OK, make it four things: We all liked the boat. A lot.”

The owner‑led footage from Sailing Doodles gives the clearest public glimpse so far of the Island Spirit 525e as a near‑complete new build at a Thailand yard and sets a market reference at $1.5M in the owner’s title. Expect further owner updates and formal handover details to flesh out confirmed specifications and delivery timing as the owner completes the final stages of commissioning.