Who can enter?
Anyone! Whether you are a private owner, a yacht club member, a boatbuilder, naval architect, design studio employee, student, boat operator, surveyor, journalist, engineer or apprentice in the marine industry or just enjoy boating in general you can enter Concept Boat.
Such a broad mix will of course throw up many differing skills, but it is not your ability to produce beautifully crafted drawings that the widely experienced panel of judges will be looking for. Instead, they want to see practicality of design and originality of thought in the creation of a safe, eminently usable vessel and, where appropriate, stylish boat for the future.
In the ‘Concept and Design’ category the judges will additionally be looking for an entry that has considered powering and performance, stability and construction of the boat: in essence a design that has moved beyond pure concept into a developed concept.
Entries can be from individuals or from groups and from any country: historically over 50% of entries are from outside the United Kingdom.