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Hodgdon Yachts “Valyra”

If you were at the Palm Beach Yacht show last month, you might have seen VALYRA, a DLBA design built by Hodgdon Yachts.  In fact, she was Hull #2, following in the footsteps of her sistership, ZARKAVA (with a couple of subtle upgrades, of course).  These boats were designed by DLBA under the keen eye of Donald Blount. Jeff Bowles has led the DLBA team in the engineering effort over the course of several years, which has included sea trialing a parent craft, hydrodynamic model testing, aerodynamic CFD analysis, advanced noise reduction engineering, and more. 

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Norfolk Dredging Company (NDC)-160

DLBA has once again been selected by NDC of Chesapeake, VA to support them, this time for performing a stability test for the crane barge NDC-160 for the U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection (COI).  This will be the third vessel in the NDC fleet that DLBA has conducted regulatory stability testing for over the past year.

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Ritchie Howell 63

Ritchie Howell is a well-known builder in Wanchese, NC.  DLBA and Ritchie are developing their next collaboration for a current owner who wants a slightly larger boat.  The new 63’ will be a flybridge layout showing off sleek topside shape capturing style consistent with the Ritchie Howell heritage. The hull will be cold molded with Douglas fir bottom stringers providing efficient, but robust reinforcement.  Decks will be of composite fabrication resulting in stiff, but light structure up high.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Enabled Marine Camera System

At DLBA, it is our privilege and our pleasure to stay on top of the latest trends and technologies and be in a league with others who are doing the same. We are performing for DARPA on the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program to look into the future and explore what capabilities can be achieved with a vessel designed without the ability to carry crew or guests on board.

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The World of Boating: Autonomy and Electric Power

At DLBA, it is our privilege and our pleasure to stay on top of the latest trends and technologies and be in a league with others who are doing the same. We are performing for DARPA on the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program to look into the future and explore what capabilities can be achieved with a vessel designed without the ability to carry crew or guests on board.

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Palm Beach Boat Show (March 24 – 27)

At DLBA, it is our privilege and our pleasure to stay on top of the latest trends and technologies and be in a league with others who are doing the same. We are performing for DARPA on the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program to look into the future and explore what capabilities can be achieved with a vessel designed without the ability to carry crew or guests on board.

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DLBA & Leidos Combination: Optimized Composite Structures

The combination of the DLBA and Leidos structural engineering capabilities brings significant benefit to our customers and their programs. The Leidos team brings additional composite engineering capability (2 composite structural engineers and a composite manufacturing engineer, formerly of Gurit (USA) Inc.).

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Duffie Boatworks: Collaboration in Full Swing

DLBA is joining forces with the Jon Duffie, Coleman Walker, Tim Kamas, and the whole Duffie team once again, providing naval architecture and engineering support for a new build.  DLBA provides vetting for the hull form, focusing on efficiency and seakeeping, providing input where warranted.

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