Avante
Yachts is a Catamaran Design and Construction consultancy circled on
using the latest, cutting edge eco-technology in design and engineering
with pod-drives, diesel-electric drives, as well as alternative energy
sources such as solar, wind, water and hydrogen. We are specialists in
constructing high quality vessels in Latin America including Brazil,
Ecuador and Belize.
GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS (PRWEB)
September 16, 2007 — With many years in the Marine Industry Avante
Yachts is focused on consulting clients in building innovative, sail
and power multihulls using the latest eco-friendly, cost-effective
marine technology on the market. Especially in Latin America, with its
competitive salaries and top notch engineers and tradesmen.
"We feel that Latin America is a viable option to building boats in
China - as so many other boatbuilders in the industry look east,"
stated American partner Allen Brown. "And that's for a number of great
reasons... including the outstanding government support mechanisms in
place to support boat builders in the region," he added.
Company co-founder Brown engineering at MIT in the sixties and has
been a boatbuilder for over 20 years - bringing a plethora of
innovative and creative engineering to the company.
"Not only do we feel that using emerging technologies to drastically
save on the cost of, or completely eliminate fossil fuels (it may be
inevitable), makes sense... I think it's simply smart boatbuilding to
use what tools and products we have available to build better, more
efficient boats," said Dutchman Richard Kastelein, Brown's partner.
"And the fact that we can consult on building boats that are more
environmentally friendly in an increasingly more sensitive ocean
environment also adheres to our ethos."
Like so many areas of technology that are growing exponentially due
to the general explosion of knowledge in the information age -
incredible advances in alternative and more efficient marine industry
alternatives for power, design and communications are very real. And
very exciting.
"What was not feasible five years ago is very possible now," added
Kastelein. "We have now shifted from hands-on boatbuilding to
consulting and managing projects," adding that Avante Yachts has been
active with building projects in Ecuador, Brazil and Belize over the
past few years.
The company owners stated they are working with several clients and
investors to build boats using hybrid diesel-electric and straight
electric drives for propulsion in their catamarans in order to capture
market share in what they feel is the next wave in the industry due to
the rapidly rising cost of fuel and pollution-restricting legislation.
"Imagine an electric day charter sail catamaran for a hotel that is
plugged in to shore power every night and runs every day without a drop
of combustible fuel," stated Kastelein. "No pollution affecting
sensitive reefs, lowering of operational costs, less noise, and no
offensive diesel fumes… it's a win, win situation. The market is huge
and there are very few builders and designers who are facing the rapid
changes and building boats using these technologies," he added.
The group not only has day charter catamarans on their mind - but
has also been discussing the production of cruising power and sail
catamaran lines with several designers. Avante Yachts are looking
towards capitalizing on the latest technologies in yacht construction
to fuse efficiency, strength and quality in their boats.
The advantages of building in latin America include - government
programs and Industry support allowing for duty free importation of
quality marine products from overseas for boatbuilders that export
their final product out of the country, large pools of talented
engineers and craftspersons, competitive salaries, low cost of living,
vast array of fine products such as farmed hardwoods, resins,
composites, fibreglass and much more….
Access to the American market is paramount with Miami, Florida - the
heart of the global boating industry only a heartbeat away. One of the
great problems with building in the East is market access.
For more information please visit www.avanteyachts.com or contact us by email at sales@avanteyachts.com
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