NEWS

An exciting new project is underway at DLBA with the fitting moniker, Dreamboat. The Van Dam 33 Dreamboat is the result of a collaboration between Heather Witkop Design, Van Dam Custom Boats, and our DLBA Naval Architects team, with the result a vessel which displays innovation and forward thinking in its arrangement and performance.

Lifting a large yacht with a travel lift is both unavoidable at times, and an opportunity for things to go very awry. Doing due diligence well in advance of the maintenance period saves a lot of stress – as well as the potential for a lot of time talking with insurance adjusters should something not work out right.

In response to customer needs for readily available, technically flexible, and turn-key aquaculture work boat, DLBA Naval Architects, a division of Gibbs & Cox, Inc., have developed an Aquaculture Support Vessel.

DLBA is proud to see W.F. Magann’s Capt Bud crane barge heading out to support renovation of Dry Dock 4 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The renovation will meet the Navy’s needs for a submarine overhaul and ensure the Dry Dock, which has just passed its centenary having first opened in April 1919, will be functional well into the future.

DLBA is currently working on the refit of Chispa; a private yacht built in the style of a downeast, gentlemen’s boat with a touch of oyster boat styling influence. DLBA is pleased to be providing design and naval architecture support for this refit which will see her emerge with updated an propulsion system and a new helm and deck arrangement.

New EPA/IMO regulations (2021) regarding exhaust emission levels will apply to all new yachts over 24m (79 ft.) in load line length. To meet the new criteria, these vessels will employ Selective Catalytic Reduction, or SCR, systems.