January 2014 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 7. Maine Built Boats Share Ideas for Industry Growth
Maine Built Boats industry association holds successful second-annual Global Outreach Conference.
BATH - Representatives from dozens of Maine’s boat building and repair yards con- verged in Bath, Maine, yesterday to generate ideas for business development. Maine Built Boats Inc., an industry association that promotes Maine’s boat building and repair industry, hosted its second annual Global
Outreach Conference at the Maine Maritime Museum. The conference offered a series of business-building seminars and an exhi- bition by vendors designed to generate and spread ideas for industry growth. The 2013 Maine Built Boats Global Outreach Conference grew in size during its sophomore year. With 22 vendors from the marine industry and close to 100 attendees from around the state and New England,
Apprenticeshop Grad at Home Shop in the Netherlands
After spending more than three months as a student in The Apprenticeshop’s IN- TENSIVE boatbuilding course last spring, Dutchman Henk Roelvink sold his shop- built 12’ John Atkin-designed Nina sailing dinghy to a local Waldoboro man and set off on a tour of the northeastern United States. A retiree and lover of boats, boatbuilding, sailing and all things maritime, Roelvink had to return home to the northern Netherlands city of Enkhuizen, a seaside community on IJsslmeer Lake.
On a 2012 tour of New England, he
found The Apprenticeshop, the school for traditional boatbuilding and seamanship in Rockland, after visiting one of his boatbuild- ing heroes, Walter J. Simmons, who lives in Lincolnville.
“Simmons told me to visit also The Apprenticeshop while I was in the midcoast, and I did,” Roelvink claims. “And then, The Apprenticeshop came into my heart, and it will never go.” The Apprenticeshop was fortunate enough to catch up with Roelvink in Enkhusizen recently and got the grand tour, including The Zuiderzee Museum, a wonderful history museum peppered with centuries of Dutch
maritime heritage. After having raw herring and onion sandwiches, a local specialty, they drove on the 32 km dam Afsluitdijk and paid a visit to the campus of the Enkhuizen Maritime School.
But the highlight of the trip was visit-
ing the small boatbuilding shop, into which The Apprenticeshop grad has converted his basement. It was too expensive and too complicated to ship his Nina back to the Netherlands, but he wasn’t ready to let go of owning a sailing dinghy he’d built himself. After returning from his summer travels, Roelvink got right back into the shop. His latest project is another 12 footer, this time by designer Francois Vivier. The boat is a Morbic 12, not too far from the Atkin Nina, but is made of plywood instead of pine. “I love making boats and sailing them,” he said. “I will always have a build going!” Interestingly, Roelvink also introduced
The Apprenticeshop to his good friend and local boatbuilding teacher Bert van Barr who specializes in teaching 9-day courses in wooden boatbuilding.
At present, The
Apprenticeshop is negotiating to fl y van Barr to Rockland in the summer of 2014 to teach a similar class.
the conference and exhibition were well received by boatyard executives and man- agers.
“The popularity of the event demon- strates the commitment of people in the Maine boat building and repair industry to grow their businesses and expand their reaches internationally,” said Jon Johansen, president of Maine Built Boats Inc. “We have some of the most talented craftspeople in the world, and it’s our goal to make that known to boaters globally through business development and marketing efforts.” Maine Built Boats Global Outreach Conference presented management-ori- ented seminars in the morning and busi- ness-oriented sessions in the afternoon. Fred Berry from Hinckley Yachts discussed international export regulations. Attendees heard different perspectives on project man- agement from a panel of speakers including JB Turner of Front Street Shipyard, Steve Rowe of Great Island Boat Yard, and Nick Fawle of Morris Yachts. Nicole Jacques of Rhumbline Communications and Alison Langley of Langley Photography presented ideas for multimedia marketing. Finally,
Benjamin Ford from law fi rm Verrill Dana discussed intellectual property rights for yacht desi gns.
The third-annual Maine Built Boats Global Outreach Conference is scheduled for Thursday, December 4, 2014, at the Maine Maritime Museum. More informa- tion about that event will be posted early next year at maineboatbuildersconference. com. More information about the Maine Built Boats organization is available at
mainebuiltboats.com.
Maine Built Boats Inc., a 501(c)(6)
nonprofi t organization, was established in 2005 to strengthen and expand Maine’s boat building industry. The organization is creat- ing a unifi ed brand that presents Maine as a worldwide leader in boat building quality, technology, and craftsmanship. MBB will use unique and aggressive initiatives to promote the brand and increase demand for Maine built boats in regional, national and international markets and strengthen the boat building community. More information about Maine Built Boats is online at www.
mainebuiltboats.com.
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