Boat Builder Awards nomination form

Thank you for your interest in nominating an individual, a company or an initiative for this year’s Boat Builder Awards. Please see the terms and conditions here.

Exceptional Commercial Achievement In An Unprecedented Year, sponsored by Kohler
This award is for boatbuilders and shipyards that have implemented strategies or protocols that not only protected their business and team but also enabled them to emerge strongly from lockdown.

Community Support Initiative, sponsored by Fusion
This award is for a boatbuilder or shipyard and its employees who showed great social awareness by channelling resources, expertise or manufacturing capabilities to aid wider community COVID-19 crisis support.

Environmental Initiative, sponsored by Confindustria Nautica
This award recognises boatbuilders and shipyards that have maintained their focus on sustainability, even in the midst of other challenges. Examples include reducing the environmental impact of production processes or of boats and yachts, recycling initiatives and support of environmental campaigns.

Rising Star Award, sponsored by Lumishore
Individuals nominated in this category will be aged 35 or under, working for a boatbuilder or shipyard and will have been making a growing impact on any aspect of their business, from design and production, to management, buying and any other boatbuilding discipline. Nominees should be no older than age 35 on 17th November 2020. Top honours in this category last year went to Dominator Yachts’ Angela Pernsteiner and Riviera’s Kyle Davison.

Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Side-Power
Nominees will have made a significant impact on the boatbuilding or shipyard businesses that they have been associated with in their careers. Past winners have included Azimut’s Paolo Vitelli, Sunseeker founder Robert Braithwaite CBE, David King, the founder of Princess Yachts , Groupe Beneteau’s Annette Roux and the Healey brothers, Robert and William, who founded Viking Yachts.

Section 1: Your details

Section 2: Your nomination