Seldén Mast wins DAME 2010

Bill Dixon, Chairman of the Jury of the DAME, presented the Award to the winner of the prestigious prize at the start of METS this morning. An excerpt of the Jury Report on the DAME winner:
Overall Winner of the DAME Award 2010 is the Seldén Reversible Winch of Seldén Mast AB
The Jury felt that this winch would have the largest impact on the leisure marine industry and would appear on many sailing boats in the future. By backing the line off the winch instead of easing it by hand, there is greater safety for the operator. The backwind is operated from a push button in the handle of the winch, making it far more intuitive than a more conventional style winch that may use a switch located in the bottom non-turning part of the drum. Being hand operated ensures that the winch does not need additional below deck space and makes a winch retrofit extremely easy. When using the winch in either direction the line is captured by self-tailing device which sheds line easily when the winch is in the backwind mode.

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Overall DAME Winner 2010
 Seldén Reversible Winch
Seldén Mast AB - Sweden

This year's Category Winners are:
Category Category Winner
Marine electronics:
 ZS RopeSense
Spinlock Ltd. - United Kingdom
Interior equipment, furnishings, materials and electrical fittings used in cabins:
 BARIGO STEEL MEL
BARIGO Barometerfabrik GmbH - Germany
Deck equipment, sails, and rigging:
 Seldén Reversible Winch
Seldén Mast AB - Sweden
Life saving and safety equipment:
 Jet-trak
Global Marine Tracking Systems S.L. (Seetrac) - Spain
Machinery, propulsion, mechanical and
electrical systems and fittings:
 Panda 45 i PMS generator
Fischer Panda GmbH - Germany
Marine related software:
 Marine: Mediterranean HD NAVIONICS S.p.a. - Italy

This year's special certificates were awarded to:
'Most ECO-Friendly Product' certificate:
 Converter NV Series
Officine Meccaniche Pejrani S.r.l. - Italy
'Most Innovative Product' certificate:
 Marine: Mediterranean HD
NAVIONICS S.p.a. - Italy
'Most Innovative Product' certificate:
 SiMON2 (squared)
Palladium Technologies, Inc. - United States

Out of 132 entries
The 20th annual Design Award METS competition attracted a total of 132 products from 19 countries. A total of 63 products were short listed for final consideration in 2010 and these are the 'Nominated' products that appear in the DAME stand at METS. From these the Jury selected the Overall DAME Winner, together with 6 outright Category Winners, one special certificate for 'Most ECO Friendly' and two for 'Most Innovative' product and 14 Special Mentions.

DAME participants support Whisper Boat Building Academy
All participating companies paid a non-refundable registration fee per product entered to support a worthy charity. This year Whisper Boat Building Academy (WBBA) in South Africa, the only boat building school for people with disabilities, received a cheque of 19,800 Euros. The WBBA helps deaf, previously disadvantaged, South African young people acquire learning and skills in composite construction and boatbuilding. The DAME proceeds will be used to fund development of a skills programme with learning aids suited to deaf students, and to train teachers and interpreters - www.wbba.co.za.>

Jury announces 20th DAME - Design Award METS 2010 NOMINEES

Out of a total of 132 products entered in this year’s prestigious DAME – Design Award METS competition, the DAME Jury has nominated 63 from which the overall and category winners will be chosen. The competition, which is held every year in conjunction with METS inc. SuperYacht Pavilion, received entries from 19 countries, with nominees coming from 13 of them. The overall and category winners will be announced at the special Breakfast Briefing on November 16th at 8 a.m. prior to the start of the METS show that same day. During METS, all short listed products will be on display in the special DAME presentation, which is located in the RAI Elicium.

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Design Award METS - DAME 2010


The entry for the DAME 2010 competition is closed. A total of 130 products entered in this year’s prestigious DAME – Design Award METS competition. After the judging the announcement of the nominees will be published the first week of November. Entries are put on show in the special DAME Presentation in the Elicium.


The DAME has been awarded annually for products in specific marine categories since 1991. The DAME (Design Award METS) – the most prestigious design competition for new marine equipment and accessories in the world – celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2010.

Over the past two decades, an independent panel of judges have assessed all entries. For the past three years, applicants have also contributed to worthy causes, as METS organiser Amsterdam RAI donates the registration fee for every product submitted to a designated charity.
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The DAME charity

For 2010, all proceeds will go to the Whisper Boat Building Academy (WBBA) of South Africa, which helps deaf, previously disadvantaged, South African young people acquire learning and skills in composite construction and boat building. WBBA is the only boat building school for people with disabilities. The DAME money will be used to help fund development of a skills programme with learning aids suited to deaf students, and to train teachers and interpreters.