Leopard 3, the well known maxi racer, is at SYS for significant upgrades and interior modifications whilst she is refitted over the winter.

Windsor Belle is a classic steam driven Thames river launch built in 1901. She was brought to SYS in Spring 2011 in need of significant structural repairs prior to installation of a reconditioned triple expansion steam engine and boiler.

Hetairos is a 140ft Bruce King design, built at Aberking & Rasmussen and launched in 1993 as a modern classic global cruiser. With her powerfull ketch rig she has also graced the maxi race circuit, winning admiring looks and a clutch of silverware.

Sea Lion is a 67 ft Yawl built by Abeking and Rasmussen in 1953. She is currently undergoing an almost complete rebuild at SYS. A large number of frames have been replaced and new ring frames at the mast have been constructed to improve strength in this area.

Alinda V is a Classic ketch designed by Alfred Mylne and built in 1934 at Alexander Stephens and Son in Glasgow. She returned from Greece where she has been for some 50 years under the same crew for an extensive refit including machinery systems, hull structure deck fittings and rig.

Caneli & Waterlily are 43m motor yachts which came to Southampton Yacht Services in late 2008 with virtually no joinery fitted. The entire interior fit-out including joinery, marble work and domestic services has been completed in Summer 2009 and the yachts are currently cruising the Mediterranean.

Cambria is a large Bermudan Cutter designed by William Fife and built in 1928. In Spring 2009 we completed an extensive engineering and electrical refit.

Bystander is a modern motoryacht with a distinctive classical look reflecting her duty as a mother-ship to Velsheda.

Wings is a classic timber 12 metre recently completely re-built to a very high standard. Whilst racing in the Solent in the summer of 2008 her counter was damaged.

Merrymaid is a 100 foot gaff cutter designed by Charles Nicholson and built by Camper and Nicholsons in 1904. Having spent many years in a mud berth in Essex , she has now undergone a thorough restoration at Southampton Yacht Services.

Celera is a fast cruising yacht designed by Dubois Naval Architects and interior arrangement by Dick Young Design. Completed at Southampton Yacht Services November 2005, Celera boasts technology and refinement. Her hull is epoxy laminate with a lightweight composite foam core - locally reinforced with Kevlar and carbon fibres.

Mari-Cha III is a very powerful Philippe Briand designed 145ft (45 mtrs) ketch which, in 1998, broke the Transatlantic passage record. SYS removed the existing pod drive and replaced it with a Hundersted controllable pitch propeller. This involved significant composite construction modifications to her very lightweight hull.

Ilona of Kylesku, originally named Mona Loa, is a 92 ft (28 mtr) gentleman's motor yacht, built in Fleetwood in 1907. The restoration at SYS included repairs and renewal of frames and planking, and complete renewal of the interior joinery in a style appropriate to her age.

Savannah is a highly individual 90ft sloop designed by David Pedrick with a John Mumford interior. She was built on the north east coast of United States and due to her very individual nature there are many detailed features which still needed completing or adjusting when she came to Saxon Wharf.

Thendara is a beautiful ketch designed by Alfred Mylne and built in Scotland by Stephens in the 1930s. She was purchased by SYS' clients in Italy as a bare hull with alterations to the hull unfinished and no deck and no interior.

Intuition II, an ex Dutch pilot vessel, underwent a major conversion into a Luxury Private Yacht. SYS were involved in the design of the superstructure modifications and fit-out of the wheel house, sky lounge, Owner's and Captain's private suites, and the teak decking on her weather and guest decks.

Of the ten J-Class yachts built in the 1930s, Velsheda was the second built in Britain. Her present owner commissioned a total re-build at SYS in 1996. Starting with the empty steel hull, a new aluminum and teak-laid deck was fitted, together with a complete set of mahogany deck-houses, skylights and hatches. All the new electrical and engineering systems were based on the latest up-to-date technology.

United Spirit is a 34m high speed motor yacht, originally built of riveted aluminium construction in the late 1930s with the hull and superstructure being completely modified in Sweden in the 1990s.

Built around a hull of mahogany and red cedar, Zanna's sweeping lines contrast with the uncluttered teak decks and racing-inspired equipment. The interior includes a formal dining area, sofa and writing desk and is naturally lit by period-style skylights and classic portholes.

The ketch rig of Rocio is of identical proportions to the masthead Whitbread yachts, the inspiration to the owner and designer who requested a 25m ketch that would be fast, easy to manoeuvre, comfortable and keenly priced.

Belle Aventure was designed by W. & R.B. Fife and built from teak on oak frames as a gaff-rigged ketch. SYS carried out a major refurbishment of the hull and decks. Her original deck fittings were painstakingly restored and the wood used was so thoughtfully chosen that one would have to look very carefully to distinguish original wood from new.

Altair is a gaff-rigged schooner which was designed and built by William Fife, and launched in 1931. In the spring of 1986, SYS undertook a sympathetic and painstaking restoration which included a new plywood and teak-laid deck, completely new plumbing and electrical systems, extensive hull repairs, many re-cast bronze deck fittings and a new Gardner diesel engine.