Innovation Award

Innovation Awards

Enter your Innovative Product in the Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail Innovation Awards — Deadline January 22, 2010

Up to eleven new consumer marine products will be honored at the Miami shows, recognizing the most innovative products in the following categories:

• Runabouts and Fishing Craft to 24’
• Cruisers (25' to 140' including fishing craft)
• PWC, Jet boats, Pontoon Boats
• Inflatables, Small Boats (up to 15’) and Tenders
• Sailboats (mono, multi-hull)
• Docking and Fendering Equipment (owner installed docks, boatwhips, boatlifts, davits, cranes, fenders or fendering systems, etc.
• Consumer Electronics and Software 
• Consumer Personal Gear and Soft Goods (clothing, sunglasses, safery equipment,)
• Consumer Installed Non-Electronic Hardware (equipment must be non-electronic and may be deck equipment such as anchors, BBQs, blocks, winches/which handles or interior hardware such as screens, vents, etc.)
• Safety Equipment
• Water Sports and Equipment (fun, non-safety related products and fishing products).

* Please Note: All boats entered in the Innovation Awards must be NMMA Certified.

One product may also be honored with the Environmental Innovation Award, recognizing an environmentally-friendly product that benefits the entire industry and consumers. 

An application to participate in the Innovation Awards can be obtained by clicking here.

2010 Innovation Award Rules and Regulations.

For more information, contact Melissa Gurniewicz at (312) 946-6281; mgurnie@nmma.org