Kayak Express: Workboat Magazine’s Significant Boat Nominee
Kayak Express made the Workboat Boat Magazine’s 2019 “Significant Boat” nomination list!
Visit us at Workboat 2019!
This month started with a bang for DLBA Naval Architects at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show with three new products debuted, and two receiving best in show awards.
Multiple POD units for efficient vessel handling in wind farm operations
For wind farm workboat operations, various designs of vessels and propulsion system are used for different kind of missions, such as crew transfer, material transport, fuelling, survey and security handling. Vessels can be of SWATH design, catamaran design with symmetrical or asymmetrical hulls, mono hulls and trimarans.
DLBA hosted an Outboard Propulsion Webinar which was a success
DLBA was proud to host its first webinar in the interests of opening up dialogue between industry peers and furthering knowledge.
DLBA has two designs nominated for Workboat’s 2019 Boat of the year
Annually, WorkBoat Magazine announces its shortlist of 10 nominees for Significant Boat of the Year. From that list, the Boat of the Year is chosen and announced at the International WorkBoat Show in December, and for the first time, DLBA has two boats included on the list.
DLBA will be attending the Superyacht Forum and METS
The DLBA team has thoroughly enjoyed meeting so many of you throughout the show season, most recently at the very successful Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. For our next stop we are heading to METSTRADE in Amsterdam later this month, where Director Jeffrey Bowles will be onsite and taking part in the Global Superyacht Forum.
Two of three FLIBS award winners have DLBA DNA
At this year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Awards, DLBA was thrilled to see two of the three best-in-show awards go to projects the DLBA team has had a hand in.
Autonomous Navigation comes to the yachting market
Autonomous vessel technology is already in use in the military and commercial sectors and we believe it is time to explore how it’s potential can be applied to the yachting industry.
DLBA in the 2019 Marine News top 100
DLBA was founded in 1988 as a naval architecture and marine engineering firm specializing in the technical development of high-performance marine craft. Founder, Donald L. Blount, has left a legacy of high-performance designs introduced to the maritime world ahead of their time.
Carbon Marine 240 as a yacht tender
Sleek, classic lines, combine with a thoroughly modern build in the Carbon Marine 240 tender. We’ve been happy to support this young Canadian builder who develops bespoke products for customers with a need for speed.