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The 2023 Award Categories and Shortlist

A total of 36 companies and individuals from 14 countries have been named as potential winners for this year’s Boat Builder Awards for Business Achievement 2023, in association with Raymarine.

Customer of Tomorrow

Entry open to boat builders, shipyards and their official distributors.
 Nominees will have developed a strategy, boat model, design feature or marketing initiative specifically to attract newcomers to boating and retain recent converts.

Shortlist

  • Axopar – x Agapi Boat Club
  • RAND Boats – in partnership with GoBoat Connect
  • TYDE – The Icon
 

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Breakthrough Launch of the Year

Entry open to boat builder and shipyard companies.
Nominees will have created and launched a new class, range or model that is a market disruptor or discernibly drives the development of its yachting or boating sector.

Shortlist

Sponsored by High Pressure Watermakers

  • HH Catamarans – HH44
  • Prestige Yachts – M-Line
  • Sunseeker International – Superhawk 55
  • TYDE – The Icon
 

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Collaborative Solution between a Production Boat Builder & its Supply Chain Partner

Entry open to boat builder or shipyard companies and their supply chain partner(s) producing yachts under 24m.
Boat builder and supply chain partner joint nominees will have co-operated closely to improve an aspect of a boat model’s sales potential, performance, or services.

Shortlist

Sponsored by Ultraflex

  • Highfield Boats and Zerojet –EJET 330 electric RIB
  • Nautique Boat Company and Scanstrut – magnetic charger for 2024 ski boats
  • Princess Yachts, Whisper Power and Sleipner – X80 and Y80 E2 Hotel Battery Pack

 

 

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Collaborative Solution between a Superyacht Builder & its Supply Chain Partner

Entry open to boat builder or shipyard companies and their supply chain partner(s) producing yachts over 24m.
Superyacht builder and supply chain partner joint nominees will have co-operated closely to produce an enhancement, solution or service to meet an owner’s needs or to solve other requirements of a new build or substantial refit.

Shortlist

  • BSS and Lürssen – HISAC
  • CRN, RINA Services and Weichai-Ballard – SUP-Y: Sustainable Powered Yacht
 

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Innovative Design Solution

Entry open to boat builder and shipyard companies and design companies.
Nominees will have innovated a specific single new feature or design solution that enhances the appeal to end customers and/or to improve the function or efficiency of a production boat or one-off yacht.

Shortlist

Sponsored by Fusion

  • Artemis Technologies – eFoiler – foiling pilot boat
  • Ferretti Yachts – INFYNITO 90 – All-Season Terrace, main deck layout, country kitchen and FSEA technology
  • HH Catamarans – HH44 – Eco-drive system
  • Sunseeker International – Superhawk 55 – aft deck and helm layout
  • TYDE – The Icon – glazing, flight control, digital helm, safety features and sound system
 

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Sustainability Project of the Year

Entry open to boat builder and shipyard companies.
Nominees in this category will have made changes to improve their business and/or production processes that have resulted in objectively measurable reductions in environmental impact.

Shortlist

Sponsored by ePropulsion

  • Amer Yachts – Go Slowly campaign
  • Azimut | Benetti Group – adoption of biofuel
  • Beneteau Group – recycling fibres into new builds
 

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Eco-focused Boat of the Year

Entry open to boat builder and shipyard companies.
Nominated boats and yachts will show demonstratable reduction in environmental impacts compared to immediate past practice across development, manufacturing, and lifetime use.

Shortlist

Sponsored by Marine Resources

  • IMPACD Boats – IMPACD 570
  • Saffier Yachts – Saffier Se 24 Lite
  • Sunreef Yachts – 80 Sunreef Power ECO
 

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Designer of the Year

Entry open to designers and design teams working for boat builders, shipyards and independent agencies.
Nominees will have made a notable, creative and innovative contribution to one or more naval architecture, design or interior design boat or superyacht projects.

Shortlist

  • Carl Kai Rand – Rand Boats
  • Christian Gott – Fairline Yachts
  • Designworks, J&J Design and Tobias Hoffritz, TYDE – collaborators on TYDE The Icon
  • James Hakes – HH Catamarans
 

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People and Skills Development

Entry open to boat builder and shipyard companies, trade associations and dedicated marine training establishments.
 Nominees will have created initiatives, formal schemes or informal support practices to improve the skills, knowledge and retention of individuals and teams across any discipline of the boat building workforce.

Shortlist

  • Collaboration with MIA / BIA / SYA – Marine Jobs Initiative
  • British Marine – People & Skills programme
  • Sunseeker International – Sunseeker Skills Academy
 

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Rising Star

Entry open to individuals aged 35 or under on 15 November 2023 working for a boat builder or shipyard.
 Nominees will have been making a growing impact on any aspect of their business, from design and production, to management, buying and any other boat building discipline.

Sponsored by Lumishore

This category celebrates those aged 35 or under, working for a boat builder, making a growing impact on any aspect of their business. The judges’ pick of the global industry’s young talent will be revealed on the evening.

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Lifetime Achievement Award

Entries open for individuals working for a boat builder or shipyard.
This hall of fame award is for a person who has made a lifetime’s contribution as a boat builder. Nominees will have made a significant impact on the boat or superyacht ­­building businesses that they have been associated with throughout their careers.

Sponsored by Sleipner

The awards evening culminates with the much-anticipated Lifetime Achievement Award, presented in the previous eight years to:

  • Paolo Vitelli ­– Azimut Benetti
  • Robert Braithwaite, CBE – Sunseeker International
  • David King ­­­– Princess Yachts
  • Annette Roux – Beneteau Group
  • Robert T Healey Sr and William J Healey – Viking Yachts
  • Christoph Rassy – Hallberg-Rassy
  • Leon Slikkers – Slickcraft, S2, Tiara and Pursuit
  • John Lu – Horizon Yachts

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Sponsorship opportunities still available

For sponsorship enquiries, contact Philippa Drysdale at Philippa@ibiplus.co.uk.

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Jury

Judging Panel

All nomination entries are carefully evaluated by an international panel of 10 judges, chaired by IBI Editorial Director, Ed Slack.

The Jury is supported by a non-voting secretary, Kim Hollamby of the Hollamby Partnership.