ISS Award winners announced and feted
by Jeni Bone on 2 Nov 2010
58.4m Kokomo was designed and built by Alloy Yachts in NZ and won the ISS Award for Best Sailing Yacht 40m+ at the 20th ISS Design Awards in Fort Lauderdale Florida. MIAA
The winners of the 2010 ISS (International Superyacht Society) Awards were announced last night at the Design Awards Gala held at the Marriott Harbour Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Celebrating the very finest in naval architecture, design, interiors, engineering and builds in the superyacht industry, this year marked the 20th anniversary of the awards. Nominees are submitted each year to ISS by the large yacht industry's leading builders, designers and stewards, and winners this year included the 85.5-metre motoryacht Sunrays, the 58-metre sailing yacht Kokomo and the 60-metre motoryacht Elandess.
The full list of award winners is as follows:
Design Awards
Best Sail 24-40m
Chrisco
Best Sail 40m+
Kokomo
Best Power 24-40m
Northlander
Best Power 40-65m
Elandess
Best Power 65m+
Sunrays
Best Interior—Power or Sail
Chrisco
Awards of Distinction & Leadership Award
Excellence in Innovation
Sailing Yacht Soliloquy, Callender Designs
Business of the Year
Corporation of Trinity House, Professional Yachtsman Bursary Scheme
Distinguished Crew Award
Captain David Hill
Leadership Award
Bill Langan, Langan Design Associates, Inc.
More at www.superyachtsociety.com
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