Winners for 2023 Boat Builder Awards

The 2023 Boat Builder Awards for Business Achievement accepted 90 nominations for final consideration across 11 categories that reflect key industry priorities – innovation, customer growth, sustainability, and people and skills. The ninth edition had a total of 36 companies from 14 countries shortlisted as finalists, from which 12 winners and three Honorable Mentions were named.

Some of the winners were:

• HH Catamarans – HH44
Judges’ summary – it’s hard to create new niche markets in an already busy arena but HH Catamarans is doing just that with its high-performance sailing catamarans. The HH44 brings the company’s genre of fast and comfortable cruising down to its lowest yet size but also incorporating solar power and hybrid propulsion as standard. A strong order book ahead of launch testifies to this being a truly breakthrough launch.

• Beneteau Group – recycling fibres into new builds
Judges’ summary – all three finalists are tackling important environmental challenges for the marine sector. However, the judges decided to award the win to the Beneteau Group for its collaboration with Composite Recycling and Chomarat because it provides an answer to one of the largest issues of all – creating a viable second use option within the industry for the millions of GRP hulls manufactured in the last 60 years.

Full report: https://www.ibinews.com/bba2023/winners-and-finalists