Nov 6, 2018
Get the recognition you deserve, now is the time to submit your best fabrication projects for a chance to win a Fabrication Excellence Award. Participation is simple, so submit your projects today!
The deadline to submit projects is November 19, 2018, so get your applications in now!
Fabrication Excellence Award winners will receive:
• A featured spot in Marine Fabricator Magazine
• Recognition on the MFA website
• Participation in the awards ceremony dinner at the Marine Fabricators Conference
The 8 awards categories include:
Powerboat – Soft Enclosures
-Soft enclosures on the exterior of a powerboat
Powerboat – Rigid Enclosures
-Rigid enclosures on the exterior of a powerboat
Sailboat Dodgers
- Excludes enclosures; dodgers and dodgers with bimini tops & extensions/connectors Sailboat Enclosures
Full enclosures; which can include dodgers, biminis and extensions/connectors
Tops
-Marine tops ONLY, any boat type Marine Interior Upholstery Interior upholstery project, any boat type
Marine Exterior Upholstery Exterior
-upholstery project, any boat type
Travel/Full Cover
-Travel/storage boat covers
Miscellaneous
-Any marine fabric project not covered in other categories
From design excellence to quality workmanship, the MFA Fabrication Excellence Awards showcase projects representing the breath of the industry from tops and covers to interior and exterior upholstery, and you get recognized. Awards announced at the awards dinner at the MFA National Convention.
Please send in your entries by clicking HERE.

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Questus Marine patented, Self-Leveling Radar Mounts automatically keep radar antennas level with the horizon, eliminating target loss.
Regardless of the angle of heel, with a Questus mount, a radar antenna will pick up targets to either side of a vessel, rather than aiming to the sky and water (for planes and fish). The Questus Marine Self-Leveling Radar Mount can be installed in three basic configurations: backstay mount, mast mount or Stern Pole mount.
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Torqeedo announces new structure and names business unit management

Left to right: Matthias Vogel, Fabian Bez, Sven Mostoegl
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“The new Customized Solutions business unit will serve our marine industry and commercial maritime clientele with a dedicated team of experts in sales, application engineering, customer service, and after-sales service,“ said Fabian Bez, CEO of Torqeedo GmbH.
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