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The 2025 Award Categories & Shortlist

Breakthrough Launch of the Year

Entry open to boat builder and shipyard companies.
 Nominees will have created and launched a new company, class, range or model that is a market disruptor or discernibly drives the development of its yachting or boating sector..

Shortlist

Sponsored by High Pressure Watermakers

  • Evene Tenders – Origin Series
  • Lazzara Yachts – LPC 300
  • MODX Catamarans – MODX 70
  • Omaya Yachts – Omaya 50
  • X-Yachts – XR 41

Sponsored by:

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Innovative Design Solution

Entry open to boat builder and shipyard companies and design companies.
 Nominees will have innovated a specific single new feature or design solution that enhances the appeal to end customers and/or to improve the function or efficiency of a production boat or one-off yacht.

Shortlist

Sponsored by Fusion

  • Amare Group – AMY 330e
  • De Antonio Yachts – D60
  • Highfield Boats – ADV7
  • Lazzara Yachts – LPC 300
  • MODX Catamarans – MODX 70

Sponsored by:

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Collaborative Solution between a Builder and its Supply Chain Partner

Entry open to boat builder or shipyard companies and their supply chain partner(s).
 Boat builder or superyacht yard and their supply chain partner joint nominee(s) will have co-operated closely to improve an aspect of a new build’s sales potential, performance, or services.

Shortlist

  • Azimut Yachts and WATCHIT – WATCHIT EYE marine safety
  • Sanlorenzo and Volvo Penta – Sanlorenzo SX Line integration of IPS Professional Platform
  • Sirena Yachts, Vanemar, EmpirBus by Garmin – voice-controlled automation and AI-assisted owner experience
  • Frauscher × Porsche 850 Fantom
  • Starcraft with Uflex USA, Axium Group, Rollie Williams, and Williamsburg Marine –Starcraft Ski Champ

Sustainability Project of the Year

Entry open to boat builder and shipyard companies.
 Nominees in this category will have made changes to improve their business and/or production processes that have resulted in objectively measurable reductions in environmental impact at point of manufacture and/or through a boat’s full lifecycle.

Shortlist

Sponsored by ePropulsion

  • Evene Tenders – integrated sustainability programme
  • Ferretti Group – Ravenna Shipyard environmental management
  • TU Delft Hydro Motion Team – Mira hydrogen powered boat
  • Thunderjet with Supersede – adoption of Supersede plywood replacement recycled plastic board
  • Groupe Beneteau with Veolia, Composite Recycling, Arkema, Owens Corning and Chomarat – circular economy model for composite manufacturing

Sponsored by:

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Rising Star

This important award celebrates the achievements of the industry’s and coming talent across all boat building and yacht construction disciplines. Previous recipients feature an impressive array of key people in the industry today:

  • Dan Bloice-Smith – Williams Jet Tenders
  • Angela Pernsteiner – Dominator Yachts
  • Kyle Davison – Riviera Australia
  • Jack Fenlon – Gulf Craft (now Windy Boats)
  • Marko Škrbin – Elan Yachts
  • Hayley Spencer – Princess Yachts
  • Garrett Koschak – Manitou Pontoon Boats
  • Josie Maher-Eastman – Edencraft
  • Žiga Jarc – EJET
  • Marieke de Boer – IMPACD Yachts

Sponsored by:

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Lifetime Achievement Award

The awards evening culminates with the much-anticipated Lifetime Achievement Award, presented in the previous decade to:

  • Paolo Vitelli ­– Azimut Benetti
  • Robert Braithwaite, CBE – Sunseeker International
  • David King ­­­– Princess Yachts
  • Annette Roux – Beneteau Group
  • Robert T Healey Sr and William J Healey – Viking Yachts
  • Christoph Rassy – Hallberg-Rassy
  • Leon Slikkers – Slickcraft, S2, Tiara and Pursuit
  • John Lu – Horizon Yachts
  • Massimo Perotti – Sanlorenzo
  • Mohammed Hussein AlShaali – Gulf Craft

Sponsored by:

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Sponsorship opportunities available

For sponsorship enquiries, contact Philippa Drysdale at Philippa@ibiplus.co.uk.

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Jury

Judging Panel

All nomination entries are carefully evaluated by an international panel of 10 judges, chaired by IBI Editorial Director, Ed Slack.

The Jury is supported by a non-voting secretary, Kim Hollamby of the Hollamby Partnership.