Oceanvolt wins overall DAME Design Award 2023
Oceanvolt’s HighPower ServoProp 25 has been announced as the overall winner of the DAME Design Awards at METSTRADE 2023.
Andre Hoek, chair of the DAME Award jury, presented the 32nd-anniversary edition of the DAME Award at the opening of the METSTRADE show this morning (15 November 2023) during the METSTRADE Breakfast Briefing in the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre.
Oceanvolt is a Finnish electric motor manufacturer founded in 2004 by Janne Kjellman. The HighPower ServoProp 25 (HPSP25) is a 25kW electric saildrive equipped with a controllable pitch propeller. It also serves as a powerful hydrogenerator on 45-70ft sailboats and is capable of hydrogenerating 5kW at 10 knots. The compact design includes an integrated motor controller and liquid cooling system. The system is fed from a safe, low-voltage 48V battery pack.
DAME Award 2023 overall winner:
Oceanvolt – HighPower ServoProp 25
Nine products took category wins, 14 more received special mentions, and the jury named its second Environmental Design Award this morning.
Overall, 53 products from 19 countries across four continents were nominated for the DAME Award 2023 competition. The full list of nominees is available on the DAME Awards website.
The DAME Design Awards at METSTRADE featured eight completely new categories this year, reflecting the rapidly changing nature of marine technology and the industry’s future customers.
For the first time, all entrants were required to explain how environmental impact reduction has been considered across the whole product design. The international jury of eight leading design and user experts assembled in the DAME Award’s specially created assessment room at RAI Amsterdam to spend two intensive hands-on days examining 100 submissions.
Last year (2022), Ocean Signal’s RescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon was announced as the overall winner of the DAME Awards.
METSTRADE & DAME Awards
The DAME Design Awards was launched in 1991 to promote design in all disciplines and to recognise the best-designed products at the METSTRADE show. In making its judgements, the jury seeks to emphasise the importance of design for all marine products, from function to aesthetics and from packaging to the end product.
All DAME-nominated products are now featured on a special display at METSTRADE in hall 13 (Elicium). Alongside, the METSTRADE Theatre will host a session today (Wednesday 15 November 2023) and tomorrow (Thursday 16 November), on this year’s DAME Awards category winners and outright winner.
