July 18, 2022
On June 25th, TMAC, the Travel Media Association of Canada hosted 200 TMAC Members and Guests, to acknowledge excellence in Travel Media at their Awards Gala Dinner.
Taking place within Yarmouth & Acadian Shores at the Rodd Grand Yarmouth Hotel, TMAC was thrilled to announced and celebrate 71 Award Recipients chosen from among more than 400 submissions across their judged and member-voted categories.
TMAC sent a special thank you to their judging panel who have poured over the thousands of words and images submitted. Written Word judges were Dick Snyder, Benoit Legault and Magalie Boutin. For the Visual categories, the judges were Bruce Kemp, Mishell Raedeke and Erica Hargreave. TMAC expressed their gratitude to TMAC members who participated in the Member-Voted Awards.
Canadian Yachting magazine also wants to send our congratulations to Sharon Matthews-Stevens on her 1st Place win in the TMAC Awards for Best Landscape or Evocation of Place. Her winning photograph was titled Traffic Jam Belize-style in the story Heading South by Mark Stevens.
You can see the photo and read the full Destination feature in Canadian Yachting online at https://www.canadianyachting.ca/destinations/caribbean/6885-heading-south
Also – look for more of Sharon Matthews-Stevens work in the October issue of Canadian Yachting as Mark and Sharon head to the US Virgin Islands.
Corporate Profile - Dometic Outdoor Global Marine Division
Dometic Outdoor Global Marine Division is one organization that has set the bar high globally on quality standards in all aspects of its operation. From its human resources practices to its product development and manufacturing standards, the company strives for 110% in all it does. Dometic’s Vancouver, British Columbia design and manufacturing facility is the largest marine focused company in Canada. Its global standards are admirable, and our entire industry can learn from its leadership and positive practices.
In 1962, Dometic (then under the name Teleflex) developed, launched, and marketed a mechanical steering system and with its success came the first hydraulic steering in 1983 and No FeedBack Steering in ’91.
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The 10th edition of the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge (MEBC) has wrapped up at the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM) and it gives a compelling look at the future of electric boating.
The MEBC was started in 2014 as a competition between university teams who built and raced boats powered only by solar power and batteries. To encourage more participation from institutions that may not have naval architecture or boat construction expertise, the YCM introduced the Energy Class competition. The club supplies the student teams with the same one-design catamaran hull, and each team adds their own cockpit and propulsion system that can be powered by any renewable alternative energy sources, not just solar.
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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
Torqeedo, the global market leader for electric mobility on the water, announced on July 18th, the creation of two dedicated business units and named their managers. Matthias Vogel will lead the Customized Solutions unit, and Sven Mostögl will lead the Branded Retail line.
“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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