Wight Shipyard Co is Europe's leading high speed craft and aluminium ship builder located on Britain's Isle of Wight.

Olopsant Design strives to provide simple, elegant solutions to complex mechanical, marine and industrial design problems, and ensure customer satisfaction through open, straightforward, result driven communication.We use specialist 3-D CAD tools to offer complete vision realisation solutions to our clients that include everything from initial concept design through to final production documentation. Concept Design ProductionCurrent and completed projects include, - Structural design/modeling and production management of two aluminium ferries, 25 PAX and 50 PAX for Kobus Naval Design. - Structural design/modeling and project management for an 80 m steel barge conversion to a self-propelled, sea going vessel for ETC Marine. - Design of hatch covers for above mentioned barge. - Design of Crusoe Eco 30, 11 m Cat for Crusoe Craft and Marine - Ongoing. - Structural (and interior) design/modeling of a 35 m Aluminium patrol vessel, 17 m fast patrol vessel and an 8 m Aluminium RIB for Nautic Africa. - Styling and structural (and interior) design/modeling of 12 m Dive Support Vessel Daughtercraft for Nautic Africa. - Styling and structural (and interior) design/modeling of 12,6 m Dive Support Vessel Daughtercraft for Nautic Africa. - Styling and structural (and interior) design/modeling of 12 m PEB (Personnel Escort Boat) for Nautic Africa.- Lead Designer for 2 x 15m (64 Pax) multihull aluminium ferry's for Nautic Africa. Responsible for all structure and systems.

Lateral Naval Architects provides complete engineering expertise to the superyacht industry, from project conception to delivery, operation and refit.Currently part of the mechanical engineering team that specialises in whole vessel engineering, from concept to detailed production design.

Contracting.Projects and responsibilities included,- Design and structural analysis (including FEA) of transom door pantograph hinges for 96 ft superyacht. Also conceptual design of transom locker and folding ladder arrangement.- Design and structural analysis (including (FEA) of lightweight titanium tender launch frame for 102 ft superyacht.- Deck hardware arrangements for various boats.- CAD support to facilitate transition from ProE to SolidWorks.

KND is a leading naval design architectural practice based in Cape Town, South Africa. Our goal is to realize an owner's expectations by exploring ideas and finding solutions that fuse emotive visual styling with high-performance hull design. Our mandate is to draw from our extensive naval design experience to create keenly responsive, high and medium performance yachts, motor boats and commercial vessels whose comfort and ease of handling are paramount.Our in-house staff consist of naval architects, mechanical engineers and industrial designers who are responsible for the design, construction and repair of ships and boats including: tankers, cargo ships, passenger liners, ferries, warships, high-speed craft, fishing boats, rescue boats, yachts and power boats.Some of the projects I was involved in during my time at KND are outlined below.• Lead designer on both 24m and 30m Aluminium Crew Boat Projects (Classified by BV). Both new design projects running in unison over a period of 18 months.• Design and production management of various RIB’s (Rigid Inflatable Boats) for Turkish and Irish Coast Guards (amongst others).• Design and manufacture of assorted boat components such as consoles, bolster seats, decks, etc.• Design and production management of FST (Fast Sea Taxi) for client in Angola.• Design and production management of various canopies for Beekman Super Canopies.• 5-Axis milling of assorted Aircraft and Train components.• Model preparation for rapid prototyping (3-D Printing).

Reitech SA is a certified machine building and systems engineering specialist situated in Cape Town, South Africa. Our expertise is the design and manufacture of Tobacco Handling, Food Processing and Special Application Machinery with more than 40 years experience.My designs during this period include;• Bin/Carton tippers• Driven and non-driven roller conveyors• Vibratory conveyors• Chain conveyors• Sorters and separators (diamonds)• Weighing stations and scales• Pneumatic presses• Loaders/Un-loaders• Blending silos (tobacco)• Steep angle feedersTurnkey projects include;• Tobacco carton filling plant for BAT Zimbabwe (Primary Making Department). Design, installation supervision and commissioning (on site) of automated line.• Tobacco feeders with carton tippers and pneumatic conveying for BAT Mozambique and BAT Zimbabwe (Primary Making Department). Customer liaison, final commissioning (on site) and signoff.• Tobacco carton filling plant for BAT South Africa (Primary Making Department). Design and commissioning.

Rebuilds, inspections, quality control and maintenance.Airframe general and various types.• Piper• Cessna• Embrear