ABBRA Joins Forces with Sea Hawk Paints to Represent and Promote Boat Builders

ABBRA is pleased to join forces with Sea Hawk Paints to offer you this opportunity to learn about our organization.

ABBRA is the oldest existing marine trade association in the United States, established in 1943 to represent post-war boat builders and repairers across the United States, and ultimately other parts of the world. Since then, ABBRA has maintained its maritime tradition while keeping pace with the evolving marine industry. Over the past 74 years, ABBRA has grown into a national marine trade organization, and national network of marine service and repair companies. It includes small specialty-repair shops, to larger boatbuilding and manufacturing companies, and boatyards that include repair shops on their grounds.

ABBRA Yards promote professionalism, high standards of workmanship in construction and repair, and honesty and integrity in dealing with customers, employees, and vendors. We help our members with the upskilling of their staff, and provide professional training, education, the sharing of knowledge and the search for solutions to common problems. We also help our members stay abreast of the ever-changing OSHA and EPA regulations and compliance requirements, boat building and repair standards, and best business practices.

As yard operators, our members’ primary concern is that they can demonstrate to their customers that they will perform their services in a timely and professional manner, with the highest quality possible. To this effect, ALL ABBRA yards follow a Code of Ethics, which can be found here: ABBRA Code of Ethics

Benefits of Membership:

• Access to tools to professionalize and upskill staff; the key to remaining successful in the boatyard and marine service industry is to stay competitive.
• Membership in an international network of knowledgeable, experienced industry peers; well-trained, up-to-date craftsman/technicians, and owners who learn from other owners are all part of the business equation that ABBRA solves for you.
• Access to ABBRA conferences, annual meetings, seminars and workshops. as well as timely, industry-relevant information via our newsletters and our web site. Our members believe that one of the best things we do for them, is to bring other marine professionals together to address common concerns and trends.
• A strategic partner to promote and protect your interests; ABBRA is a strategic partner with virtually every organization in recreational boating. Our prime mission is to look out for your particular interests on a myriad of legislation, regulatory and business issues that may affect the marine industry.
• Exclusive discounts with our ABBRAGARD marine insurance program. Administered by Starkweather & Shepley, a premier marine insurance provider since 1879. ABBRAGARD offers “soup to nuts” ocean marina and liability coverage with AAA-rated Great American.

Your ABBRA membership also includes:

• Discounted rates for ABBRA’s Training Courses, held all over the USA and Canada.
• Free subscription to ABBRA’s Bi-Monthly Newsletter, which keeps members up-to-date on topics related to the boat building and repair industry.
• Discounted copy of ABBRA’s Wage-Rate Survey (updated in 2018) so you can compare your company with other peers in the industry (the survey is complimentary for members that provide data).
• Complimentary listing in the ABBRA Boatyard Resource Directory.

Please visit our website www.abbra.org for more information. If you would like to learn more about membership, please email bethany@abbra.org.