For
Immediate Release 05-06
Contact: Caroline Chetelat, (410) 956-1050, x22
cchetelat@abycinc.org
Three Westlawn Alumni Win Design
Competitions in 2004
Westlawn Graduate Ben
Dodarell Wins Camper & Nicholson/Boat International
“New Concepts” Design
Competition
February 8, 2005,
Edgewater, MD: The Westlawn
Institute of Marine Technology is proud to announce that 2004 Westlawn graduate
Ben Dodarell won the 2004 Camper & Nicholson/Boat International “New
Concepts” Design Competition, in the 45-60 meter motoryacht category. Dodarell
is the third Westlawn alumni or student to win a design competition prize in
2004.

Dave Gerr, Director of Westlawn said, “In addition to Ben,
graduate Doug Frolich took first prize in the 2004 Blue Water Sailing Magazine
design competition, and current student Charles
Magnan won honorable mention in that
same competition. We are extremely excited about the accomplishments of all
our students, and I know we will see more exciting and solid work coming from
Ben, Doug and Charles’ drawing boards in the future!”

Ben’s design is 56.39 m
(183 ft.) LOA; 51.18 m (167 ft.) DWL; 10.97 m (36 ft.) beam; and 3.35 m (11
ft.) draft. Power is twin 2,250-hp Caterpillar diesels, for a top speed of 17.5
knots and a cruising speed of 12.5 knot, with a 4,500 mile range. The design is
to be classed to ABS A1, with MCA approval.
About eleven years ago,
Ben began his career in the marine industry as a welder for Broward, where he
worked his way up to the design department. For the past five and a half years
he has been part of the design team at Hargrave Custom Yachts. Thus, Ben is
continuing a long Westlawn tradition, as the renowned Jack Hargrave is one of
Westlawn’s most distinguished and successful graduates. Hargrave Custom Yachts carries
on the Jack-Hargrave legacy, and Ben Dodarell extends the Westlawn and Hargrave
tradition of fine design into the twenty-first century.
Those interested in more
information can contact Ben directly at:
2424 N.E. 9th Street,
#305
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304
Email:
bdodarell@hotmail.com
Tel: 954-401-9642
Founded in 1930, the
Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology is the only nationally accredited and
state certified distance-learning school of small-craft design in the United States.
As the not-for-profit educational affiliate of the American Boat and Yacht
Council, Westlawn’s primary function is to assure a continual source of highly
skilled designers to the marine industry. To learn more about Westlawn, please
call (410) 956-7100 or visit the Westlawn website at www.westlawn.edu.