MILLS DESIGN

Mills Design Ltd. is a firm set up by Mark Mills to specialise in performance yacht design for racing and cruising. Based in Ireland but active around the world, Mills Design is one of most successful design offices of recent years, our designs having won numerous titles under IRC, ORC, and ORR, as well as Boat of the Year titles. The success of custom boats like our stunning 100′ wally cento Tango, the Maxi72 World Champion Alegre 3, multiple IRC Championship winners Mariners Cove and Tiamat, and the 69′ IMA Mini-Maxi Champion Alegre, as well as production designs such as the IC 37 for the NYYC, double ORC World Champion Landmark 43, C&C30, Cape 31, King 40 and DK 46 are well known worldwide.

Originally from California, Mills studied Yacht Design at the Southampton Institute while racing with some of the best teams in the UK, before launching his first design Aztec in Ireland in 1996. Honored with the Seahorse Sailor of the Month in December 2014, the 2009 Irish Sailor of the Year award for “exceptional achievements”, and named the Asian Marine & Boating Best Designer of 2010 and 2015, he has also been recognised closer to home with the “Irish Holly” trophy.