Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology

Westlawn News

Distance Educaton and Training Council (DETC) Approves Westlawn’s New Eastport, Maine Campus, Officially Completing Westlawn’s Move to Maine

Westlawn Announces its Most Substantial Grant and Scholarship Program Ever! The Kathy & Jerry Wood Foundation Provide Generous Financial Support

Two New Instructors Join the Westlawn Institute Faculty. Nicholas Di Matteo and Eric Holohan Bring Decades of Experience with them to Share with Students

Westawn Moves it’s office to Eastport, Maine! Many Connections Lead to Opening Our Office in the Boat School Campus

Results of the Westlawn PassageMaker Design Competition Sponsored by Imtra Marine Lighting – Three Amazingly Different Boats are Finalists

Westlawn’s Fourth Annual Mystic Meet Draws 47 - Youngest Graduate Receives Diploma - First Cum Laude Graduate - Another Graduates in just 2-1/2 Years!

Westlawn Announces Recipients of 2009 Owens Scholarship - Famous Maryland Boatbuilder, Norman G. Owens, Supports Excellence in Marine Education.

Westlawn Offers Boat Interior Design Reference to the Public – Text Offered for Sale for the First Time – Interior Design Methods for Yacht Design and theBoat Building Industry.

Westlawn Drives Down Costs for Students: Students Can Save Thousands of Dollars on Software – Tuition Held at Last Year’s Level.

Westlawn Students Granted All Three Of NMRA’s First Scholarship Awards. National Marine Representative’s Association Offers Financial Support To Marine-Industry Students.

Cruising World Magazine Features Westlawn Grad Bob Buck’s Design in the November 2008 Issue - Student’s Design-Thesis Boat Becomes a Beautiful Reality

ABYC & Westlawn Announce Joint Continuing Education Program - The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) and the Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology jointly announce the two organizations have bundled a number of courses together to create recommended continuing education offerings.

Westlawn Institute and PassageMaker Magazine Announce Design Competition - Challenge to Craft an Efficient Cost-Effective Cruiser To Advance Boating Sponsored by Imtra Marine Lighting

Imtra Marine Lighting Sponsors Grants For New Enrollments in Westlawn Courses - Industry Leader Provides Tuition Assistance for New Students

Westlawn Holds “Mystic Meet” - Rod Johnstone Talk Highlights Third Annual Student Gathering

Two Industry Leaders Sponsor Westlawn Scholarships - Hargrave Custom Yachts and The Taylor Made Group Support Westlawn Students

Designing Boats & Careers: Westlawn and Tom Fexas Yacht Design - Working Together for Over Four Decades

Legendary Designers Jack Hargrave & Dick Newick Inducted Into Boat Designers Hall of Fame

Westlawn Offers Financial Aid to Students - Tuition Financing Through TFC Credit Corporation Lowers Student Payments

PropTalk, the Chesapeake’s powerboat magazine, features Westlawn in it’s September 2007 issue. Click here to read the article.

Island Packet Yachts Sponsors Scholarship for Westlawn Students. Top Boatbuilder Provides Funding to Assist Westlawn Students.

Westlawn Holds Second Successful “Mystic Meet.” Distance-learning institute’s faculty and students interact in person

Westlawn Introduces a New Curriculum Upgrade for 2007 - New Course Material on Control Stations, Steel Construction, and Multihull Design

The Westlawn/Cruising World Design Competition Results - With Sponsorship from Island Packet Yachts, Westlawn and Cruising World Hold the First Design Competition in Over Fifteen Years

Hargrave Custom Yachts Celebrates Yet Another Graduate in a Long Line of Westlawn Students - Evaluation of Former YDI Student Leads to Westlawn Diploma

Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology and SUNY Maritime Announce Joint Marine Continuing-Education Program - Combined With ABYC Courses, Your Source for Marine Training

L. Francis Herreshoff, Legendary Designer Inducted Into Boat Designers Hall of Fame. Westlawn Also Announces Two Norman Nudelman Awards,

Westlawn Announces Reaccreditation With High Marks. DETC Finds Top-Notch Boat-Design Training at Westlawn.

Westlawn Announces Acquisition of Yacht Design Institute Schools Material. Addition of Valuable Course Material and Expertise to Further Enhance Westlawn Curriculum.

Westlawn is Pleased to Announce Mystic-Seaport Membership for Westlawn Students. Membership Benefits in Historic Museum Enhance Learning.

Westlawn Announces Design Competition in Conjunction With Cruising World Magazine & Island Packet Yachts

Distance Learning School Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology Announces Successful Mystic Meet - Westlawn faculty and students interact off-line

The Royal Institution Of Naval Architects and Westlawn Institute Of Marine Technology Announce RINA Membership for Westlawn Students

Legendary Designers Inducted Into Boat Designers Hall of Fame

Westlawn Announces Recipients of 2006 Owens Scholarship Awards

Soundings Trade Only, “The Boating Business Newspaper,” Features Westlawn in the November 2005 Issue.

Westlawn Alumnus Makes Waves Sailing on Land. Rodger Martin Yacht Design Makes Waves In Boston.

Mystic Seaport Announces Affiliation with Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology. Westlawn Moves Connecticut Office to Mystic Seaport.

Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology Gets .edu URL. Official Westlawn Web Site Now www.westlawn.edu.

Edson Offers Classic Bronze Spline Weights for Yacht Designers and Students

Westlawn Receives Prestigious National Award Saluting 75 Years of Excellence in Distance Education

Westlawn Kicks Off 75th Anniversary Year by Inducting Two Designers into Newly Established Hall of Fame

DETC (Distance Education and Training Council) December-2004 Global Report Spotlights Westlawn

The First COMITT (Conference on Marine Industry Technical Training) Brings Industry and Marine Educators Together

Three Westlawn Alumni Win Design Competitions in 2004! - Westlawn Graduate Ben Dodarell Wins Camper & Nicholson/Boat International “New Concepts” Design Competition

Westlawn Announces “The One-Quart-Cup Challenge” Scholarship in Conjunction with Boating Magazine

Hargrave Custom Yachts Sponsors Westlawn 75th Anniversary Celebration

Westlawn Announces the Largest Single Curriculum Upgrade in It’s History

Westlawn Signs Joint Education Agreement with Maryland’s Cecil Community College to Offer Students an Associate’s Degree

The Year Three Westlawn Alumni Duked It Out For The America’s Cup!!

Westlawn’s Oldest Student Makes Contact After 74 Years!

Westlawn Offers Job Listings for Industry and Westlawn Alumni and Students

Westlawn Website Upgraded!

Westlawn Graduate Wins Bluewater Sailing Magazine Design Competition

ABYC and Westlawn at IBEX 2003

ABYC Standards & Membership Included With Westlawn Enrollment

FLASH!! ABYC Acquires Westlawn - Exciting Developments on the Way!

New! ABYC Members to Get Discounts on Westlawn Courses

Westlawn -- A Catalyst for Innovation

Who Studies at Westlawn?

New Course for Industry Professionals

Taylor Made Group Adds Sealand Employees' Scholarship Fund For Westlawn Students

The Masthead

The Quarterly Journal of the Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology:

The Masthead - Volume 4, No. 2 – June 2010: Westlawn Announces its Largest Tuition Grant and Scholarship Program Ever!, Two New Instructors Join Westlawn, Westlawn Alumni on the Drawing Board, Westlawn Profiles Richard McBride, A Tribute to Jimmy Lombard III, Electric Shock Drowning, The “S” Number for Evaluating Sailboats, and More

The Masthead - Volume 4, No. 1 – March 2010: Westlawn Moves to Eastport, Maine, South Atlantic Cruise, Westlawn Profiles Dudley Dix, All About Cores – Part 3, The Book of Dave Martin Designs, The BMS LongStep™ Hull Form, Splashes, ABYC Tech Notes, Know-It-All Contest, and More

The Masthead - Volume 3, No. 4 – December 2009: Results of the Westlawn/PassageMaker Deisgn Compeitition, Westlawn’s 80th Birthday!, The End of the Planimeter, Student Builds His Design, Westlawn Profiles Patrick Bray, ABYC Offers 2 New Regulation Manuals, All About Cores – Part 2, ABYC Tech Notes, USCG Warning on Rigs, and More

The Masthead - Volume 3, No. 3 – September 2009: Two Remarkable Students Graduate at the Fourth Mystic Meet, Student Graduates in Just 2-1/2 Years!, Owens Scholarship 2009, MotorBoating Features Westlawn Alumni, Westlawn Profiles Eric Henseval, All About Cores - Part 1, A Designer With a Different Perspective, Design Diaster!, Roderick Stephens Book, and More

The Masthead - Volume 3, No. 2 – June 2009: Interior Design Reference Text Offered to Industry, Yacht Racing, Reducing Education Costs, Life on the Ocean Wave - Part 2, Fin Keel Bending Moment Calculations, Westlawn Profiles Jeremy Wurmfeld, Marine Metals - Part 2, Robert Harris Biography, and More

The Masthead - Volume 3, No. 1 – March 2009: Reducing Education Costs-Students Can Save Thousands!, Know It All Winner and New Contest, Did You Know?, Splashes, Westlawn Profiles, Life on the Ocean Wave, Marine Metals – Part 1, Stainless, Training Links, and More

The Masthead - Volume 2, No. 4 – December 2008: NMRA Schoarship Winners, Know It All Winner and New Contest, ABYC/Westlawn Joint CE Program, The Yawl Abigal, PassageMaker/Westlawn Design Contest, Westlawn Profiles, Finaical Aid, Noise Reduction Techniques And Methods, Training Links, and More

The Masthead - Volume 2, No. 3 – September 2008: Design Competition with PassageMaker Magazine, Tuition Grants for New Students, Destino - FIRE!, Westlawn Profiles, Know It All Contest and Winner, Speed & Powering Update, Conducting Speed Trials, Training Links, and More

The Masthead - Volume 2, No. 2 – June 2008: Two Industry Leaders Sponsor Scholarships, Tom Fexas Yacht Design and Westlawn, Know It All Contest, Tuition Assistance, Profile - Rodger Martin, Speed and Powering Calculations, and More

The Masthead - Volume 2, No. 1 – March 2008: Designers Hall of Fame Inductees 2008, Student Designs a Rocket, Know It All Contest, Tuition Assistance, Profile - Dieter Blank, Metal Corrosion Course, On Tons & Tonnage, and More

The Masthead - Volume 1, No. 4 – December 2007: New Financial Aid Program, Island Packet Scholarships, Grad Builds His Final Exam, Profile – Doug Zurn, Powerboat Stability, Another Continuing Education Course Announcement

The Masthead - Volume 1, No. 3 – September 2007: Cruising World Design Competition Results, Mystic Meet 2007, Profile - Massimo Gregori, Sailing Yacht Stability - Part 2, Continuing Education Course Announcement

The Masthead - Volume 1, No. 2 – June 2007: Joint Continuing Education Program; IBEX 2007; ABYC Course Schedule; Profile - Andrej Justin; Stability – Part 1

The Masthead - Volume 1, No. 1 – April 2007: Westlawn Reaccredited; NABD Hall of Fame; Design Tips; Ventilation Fundamentals; In Memoriam

Alumni Profiles:

D.C. Reiher Builds A Career On Westlawn Training

Westlawn Course Complements Engineering Skills For Marine Designer David Pugh