Introduction

Came across the forum some time ago and have been reading a lot and decided I would join and get involved. My name is Adam and I attend NC State University major in Industrial Design and I will be graduating Dec 09. I have wanted to get into boat design for some time now and things looked promising before the economy went sour. However this has not deterred me, I still want to design boats, particularly sport fishing boats and smaller sport fishing yachts. So I have been searching for a summer internship in the business, if its not design, maybe I can do some manual labor, anything to get some experience. Also, it seems that an additional degree specific to boat design is recommended beyond my bachelors. However I am not sure on exactly what degree and where I will need to go to get it. My folks think I am crazy for chasing the boat design dream instead of taking standing offers in other fields and have not been initially supportive of more school.

 

Don't do it Adam, Boating is a discretionary spend item and the way the global economy is going - very little chance, even for the insane who inhabit this net. Ask Sean, he may well post soon...

Get a proper job and keep boating as a hobby - more expensive than women - but your boat is not likely to sue you for divorce and take all....

 

do it Adam, it is important to be happy in your work and certain boats still sell well. I have confidence in the industry, boats are like beer, man can not do without
WELCOME

 

There's overhauling and maintenance going on all the time even the sales of new boats are down. Get some experience that way

 

An staedy increase in the number of boats for several years, and faster, bigger, too....... While the number of people to handle these boats have a fixed quantity of idjits.... (meaning; more idjits driving faster and bigger boats).

So the line here from TeddyD;

"There's overhauling and maintenance going on all the time even the sales of new boats are down".​

Should be altered to;

"There's overhauling, maintenance and repair going on all the time even the sales of new boats are down"..​

Some of them even have money...

 

Slim,
I also graduated in industrial design. (a very long time ago) Industrial design will not teach you how to design a boat. It will teach you how to design the thousands of "stuff" that goes on a boat. You should be looking for a job with one of the many Marine Industry suppliers that have R & D departments. In this economy people are not buying new boats. They are fixing up their old boats with new "stuff"

 

Take the bait and become a bigger fish in the water... I like river boat at the moment... WELCOME AMIGO