ABYC – American Boat and Yacht Council

The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) is a non-profit, member organization that develops voluntary global safety standards for the design, construction, maintenance, and repair of recreational boats.

What does ABYC do?

ABYC is driven by a voluntary group of technical experts including boat builders, technicians, engineers, boat and accessory manufacturers, surveyors and investigators, retailers and dealers, yacht brokers and designers, marinas, law firms, government agencies, boat owners, insurance companies, and more. As an independent consensus-based body, these industry experts work together to develop standards with the sole purpose of protecting the safety of the boating public.

The Standards and Technical Information Reports for Small Craft covers all the major boat systems, and the development and regular review of these standards provide boat building guidelines that correlate directly to the significant reduction in the number of boating accidents over the past six decades.

Halk Marine & ABYC

Halk Marine is an industry member of ABYC and we strive to meet or exceed the relevant ABYC standards on every boat we build or work on. We participate in seminars, workshops and technician certification courses to keep increasing our level of knowledge and professionalism in the boating industry.

For the DIYer

If you like to work on your own boat, feel free to contact us at anytime for complimentary advice and standard excerpts relevant to your project. We have access to the up to date ABYC, USCG, and ISO standards and don’t mind sharing to help you finish your project the RIGHT way.

ABYC has a micro-site for recreational boaters with a lot of free tools and checklists. You can visit it here: ABYC – American Boat Yacht Council – American Boat and Yacht Council (abycinc.org)