Apr 3, 2023
After 34 years at UK Sailmakers, General Manager Adam Loory is about to retire to do, what else, sail the South Pacific with his wife Jenni. Adam has been one of the operational leaders of UK for decades helping customers and UK staffers manage the day-to-day business of sailmaking.
At the same time Adam has been extremely generous with his time helping lead the Storm Trysail Club’s Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, teach at the STC's Hands-on Safety-at-Sea seminars, spearheading the Can One Evening Race Association on western Long Island sound, and providing the sailing community hours of how-to videos and social media postings ranging from sail trim and boat handling to safety-at-sea and rig set-up, all the while campaigning his own boats.
Adam, Jenni and their cat Max will be leaving right after Block Island Race Week on their custom Eric Goetz- built 40-footer Soulmates for a shakedown to Nova Scotia. That will be followed by a jaunt through the Panama Canal (post hurricane season) over to French Polynesia.
While Adam leaves with our thanks and admiration, his replacement, Vancouver based sailmaker Heather Mahady is in the process of relieving Adam from his watch. “We are all going to miss Adam and his many contributions,” noted UK President John Bennett, “but we're excited about Heather's transition from working at our Pacific Northwest loft to becoming part of our management team. Her combination of a lifetime of sailing with solid business capabilities assures us that UK Sailmakers will continue to sail with confidence.”
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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