Celebrating Excellence in Boat Building at the 11th Annual Boat Builder Awards
The 2025 Boat Builder Awards, jointly organised by IBI and Metstrade and held in association with Raymarine, honoured the industry's brightest stars and innovators. This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award celebrated Johan and Britt-Marie Carpelan of Targa Boats, while Brunswick’s Vittorio Bichurcher and Kevin Fehrenbach were named Rising Stars. With 68 nominations across six categories, the event highlighted global achievements in innovation, sustainability, design, and collaboration.
Relocated to the heart of Metstrade at Harbour 8, the evening featured a Michelin-starred dining experience and emphasised networking among 250 industry leaders. Discover the full list of winners and finalists, along with judges’ insights below:
Raymarine has been the "in association with" sponsor of the Boat Builder Awards ever since the very first edition in 2015. Raymarine, a world leader in marine electronics, develops and manufactures the most comprehensive range of electronic equipment for the recreational, boating and light commercial marine markets.
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Brilliant industry and personal achievements celebrated at Boat Builder Awards
This year’s 11th edition of the Boat Builder Awards saw Targa Boats’ founders Johan and Britt-Marie Carpelan honoured for Lifetime Achievement and Brunswick’s Vittorio Bichurcher and Kevin Fehrenbach named as this year’s Rising Stars. Plus 31 companies from around the globe highlighted for their successes in innovation, design, sustainability and ...
Boat Builder Awards 2024 - In pictures
Eleven winners and three Honourable Mentions named at Wednesday night’s spectacular dinner and awards ceremony in Amsterdam
Boat Builder Awards honours achievements across four continents
Eleven winners and three Honourable Mentions named at last night’s spectacular dinner and awards ceremony in Amsterdam
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