Dream, Build, Buy, Sail, Enjoy - The Metal Boat Resource

 
 

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WELCOME!

The Metal Boat Society is a non-profit educational society. The mission of MBS is to provide important information about metal boats tailored to members needs. The highlights of this Society are:

  • A Magazine, the Metal Boat Quarterly (click to sample)
  • A Website, it includes the Metal Boat Forum and Ships Store
  • Festivals, featuring both classroom gatherings and face-to-face networking onboard

The organizations caters to metal boat enthusiasts no matter if members are dreaming and planning, building, purchasing, fitting out, renovating, major repair, just routine maintenance, or even selling. We hope you gain new insight thru this web site and will return often.

BREAKING NEWS

OOPS an erratta
The MBQ carries a classified add for a "Reluctantly FOR SALE ... "GAZELLE" ..." with an error in website name.  To contact the seller point your browser to www.mellowdolphin.com/gazelle or email to tomp@mellowdolphin.com for more details.  Sorry.
MBS FESTIVAL 2011
August 19, 20, 21 IN ANACORTES, WA..is now history.  See MBQ October 2011 for several articles.  Also see More Info and the pictures posted on this site. Once again, thanks to our festival sponsors
Web Site Facelift
This MBS website is going thru a cosmetic uplift starting in July. Feel free to express your opinion to us.
SALE
YOU CAN STILL SAVE 20% on books in the Ship's Store..

THE SOCIETY RESOURCES

Metal Boat Forum

Membership in the Metal Boat Society includes access to the Metal Boat Forum, which contains the Internet's most extensive collection of articles and posts directly related to metal boats. The extent of the information available here simply defies description! It is our hope that the information disseminated here will be of help to those who share our enthusiasm for this wonderfully diverse and incredibly durable method of vessel construction.

Some of the most experienced and well-known yacht designers in the world contribute on a regular basis, along with seasoned amateurs and professionals from all areas of vessel construction, operation, repair and maintenance. If you have questions about any aspect of metal boats, this is the place to be!

Online Ship's Store

The newest addition to the society's online presence is the online Ship's Store. Here you can sign up for new or renewal memberships and order stylish MBS logowear, burgees, nautical and how-to books and reports, and those ever-popular back issues of the Metal Boat Quarterly.

The Ship's Store features online credit/debit card processing as well as checking account direct debiting. No more faxing and mailing!

Metal Boat Quarterly

The Metal Boat Quarterly, the only magazine devoted exclusively to metal boats, is distributed at no charge to members. Members are invited to send letters, articles, comments or photos for inclusion in the magazine. As one reader commented, "There's an education on metal boats in every issue!"  Follow the link to read a recent Metal Boat Quarterly

The Quarterly is now available in either the traditional print version or online in PDF format. Both versions are identical with regards to content. Members opting for online-only delivery are eligible for a special online flat-rate membership option. There is more information on the membership page.

Metal Boat Festival

The annual Metal Boat Festival provides an opportunity for members and other metal boat devotees to socialize and share information, experiences and talk shop. The three-day event is organized around a schedule of morning and afternoon learning events, with a traditional Friday eve BBQ, a Saturday eve boat walk, burger cook-out, boat rides and much more.

MEMBERSHIP

The Society has members in more than 20 countries world-wide, sharing interests in the design, construction, maintenance, repair and restoration of metal boats, and cruising and other related interests. Membership dues support the Metal Boat Quarterly, the Metal Boat Forum, and the website.

The society is operated entirely by unpaid member volunteers, including an Executive Board drawn from members worldwide. Most affairs of the society are conducted at online "meetings."

More information about the perks of membership is available on the membership page.

MORE MEMBERS' BOATS on DISPLAY

Mosey
Owner: Ken Chumley
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland USA
Infidien
43' Aluminum Cutter
Owner: George Korgianitis
Athens Greece
my home web page
CS82
being launched at
Custom Steel Boats
Merritt, North Carolina USA
builder web page

E-mail: at your convenience.
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Phone: 425-485-2100
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