Westlawn
News
Westlawn
Institute Receives the Second-Year Donation of its Most Substantial Grant and
Scholarship Program Ever! The Kathy & Jerry Wood Foundation Provide
Generous Financial Support
The
Royal Institution Of Naval Architects and Westlawn Institute Of Marine
Technology Announce RINA Accreditation of Westlawn Institute’s Yacht & Boat
Design Program!
Yachting
Magazine, May 2011, Runs a Feature Story on Westlawn Institute in
Recognition of Eighty Years of Training Successful Boat Designers!
Two
Westlawn Alumni Win Cruising Boat of the Year Awards for 2010. Gerry Douglas’s Catalina
355 is Domestic boat of the Year. Rodger Martin’s Presto 30 Takes
the Cruising Spirit Award!
Westlawn
Student Jon Ames Wins the Professional Boatbuilder/WoodenBoat Design
Challenge - Westlawn’s Students and Alumni Have Won More Design Competitions
Than Those from Any Other School!
Mad
Mariner, the Online Daily Boating
Magazine, Interviewed Westlawn Director, Dave Gerr, on July 20, 2010. Click on
the Links Below to Listen to the Full 26-Minute Interview and Watch the Slide
Show of Over a Hundred Boats Designed by Westlawn Alumni.
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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
Yachts International, in its 10th
anniversary May 2007 issue, features an article on Westlawn director Dave Gerr.
Click here to read the article.
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
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 5, No. 4 – December 2011: The
New Era of Gasoline Fuel Installations – ABYC H-24 & H-25, Westlawn at IBEX
and METS, Four Designs from Westlawn Selected as Notable in WoodenBoat “Design
Challenge III,” Know It All Question and Answer, On the Drawing Board, Westlawn
Profiles Michele Ansaloni, News & Views, New Blog from D’Antonio, Single
versus Twin, and More
The
Masthead - Volume 5, No. 3 – September 2011:
WESTLAWN-ALUMNI DESIGN FIRMS IN CHARGE OF TWO SUPERYACHT PROJECTS: Persak &
Wurmfeld Mange the 281-Foot Cakewalk V, Ivan Erdevicki Naval
Architecture Designing a 129-Footer for Burger, Did You Know “Cabotage,” Maine
Meet 2011, 12 Volts vs. 24 Volts, Know It All Question and Answer, Splashes,
ABYC Tech Notes on H-5 Load Capacity, News & Views, Proper Bootstripes, The
Scow Schooner Lily, Adventures of a Young NA, and More
The
Masthead - Volume 5, No. 2 – June 2011:
Westlawn’s Yacht & Boat Degin Program Accredited by RINA, The Efficient
Powerboat – Part 2, Splashes – Zurn Marblehead 22, ABYC Tech Notes – Nav
Lights, Know It All Question and Answer, MLC Labor Pains and Crew Requirements,
The Rebirth of the Ida May, Bill Garden – In Memorium, and More
The Masthead
- Volume 5, No. 1 – March 2011: SPECIAL
EFFICIENCY ISSUE: The Efficient Powerboat, Hybrids are not the Answer, Westlawn
Alumni on the Drawing Board, Know It All Question and Answer, Splashes, ABYC
Tech Notes – On LED Nav Light Refits, Controlling Corrosion – Part 2, Unique
Alumni Design – Sliver, Super Fuel Efficient Powerboats, New USCG
Passenger-Weight Rule, and More
The Masthead
- Volume 4, No. 4 – December 2010: Two
Westlawn Alumni Win Cruising World Boat of the Year Awards for 2010, Two
More Westlawn Alumni Contribute to 2010 Award-Winning Fire Boat Design,
Westlawn at IBEX and METS, Westlawn Alumni on the Drawing Board, Westlawn
Profiles David Pugh, Controlling Corrosion – Part 1, The Book of Dave Martin –
Part III, and More
The
Masthead - Volume 4, No. 3 – September 2010:
Westlawn Student Jon Ames Wins the Professional Boatbuilder/WoodenBoat
Design Challenge, Mad Mariner Magazine Radio Interview of Westlawn
Director, Westlawn Alumni on the Drawing Board, Rodger Martin’s Presto,
Westlawn Profiles Mark Bowdidge, Understanding ABYC Standards, NMMA Certification,
The Book of Dave Martin – Efficiency Under Power, and More
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
