The DLBA team has been hard at work researching the feasibility of a monohull crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the U.S. Offshore wind farm industry. Rather than maintain the status quo with a European catamaran design, DLBA saw the opportunity to design a vessel tailored to the environmental and economic conditions present in the northeastern U.S.

Nothing beats in-person conversations. The DLBA team has greatly enjoyed discussing new projects and enjoying some good, old-fashioned boat talk this year at the events and conferences that are coming back after last year’s COVID-19 shutdown.

Here at DLBA Naval Architects, sharing our latest ideas and hearing the latest ideas that others have is the fuel that keeps us going. As such, we are excited to announce that MACC is back in Baltimore, Maryland.

Ritchie Howell continues to produce world class custom sportfishing yachts from his shop in Wanchese, NC. DLBA is excited to be part of his team providing naval architecture and design services including hull form development, machinery layouts, powering and performance development, and deck design.

We consulted our business navigational charts and set our sights on Autonomy and Ai in last year’s article on the 58m Tempo concept. We examined all our onboard systems and tested our ideas for sea-worthiness in our SuperYacht Times article last fall.

The history of autonomy that DLBA, a Gibb & Cox division, has to draw from dates back to 1955. In that year, Gibbs & Cox launched the 30’ (9m) Sea Legs for the U.S. Navy.