University of Michigan
Bachelor's degree, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Quarterdeck Society, Sailing Team.
Boatbuilder & naval architect
Samuel Denomy
Balanced Boatbuilding.
Fifteen years from the shipyard floor to the regulator's desk. I grew up on the Great Lakes, where even the thousand footers are called boats. The name stuck. So did the standards.
About
Three views of the same boat.
Boats are what I know. I started on the drawing board at the University of Michigan, researching propulsion for Great Lakes bulk carriers. I planned steel at a shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. I spent six years inside the American Bureau of Shipping reviewing vessel stability and load line plans. And I led engineering teams building working vessels out of Houston.
Design office, class society, builder's dock. Most people in this industry see one of those. Mine is a hybrid resume by design. I have worked all three, and I bring every one of them to the boats I take on now. That's the balance.
What I do
- Naval architecture
- Vessel design, hull forms, arrangements, weights and stability. Boats that float the way the drawings say they will.
- Regulatory & class compliance
- Stability and load line regulations, statutory plan review, and classification society requirements, learned from the reviewer's side of the desk.
- Shipbuilding & production
- Detail planning, yard coordination, and the practical work of turning a design package into steel.
- Engineering leadership
- Building and running engineering teams, and managing complex marine projects from kickoff to delivery.
Record of service
Owner
wt ( /weɪt/ ) North America · Houston, Texas
Independent boatbuilding consultancy and creative practice.
Senior Project Manager
ABB · Houston, Texas
Engineering Manager
Royal IHC · Greater Houston
Led the engineering team through design and construction of working vessels.
Naval Architect
Royal IHC · Greater Houston
Engineer II
American Bureau of Shipping
Plan review and engineering for vessels built and operated to class.
Contract Naval Architect, ABS
Ideal Marine Staffing Solutions · Houston, Texas
Plan review for stability and load line regulations under statutory and classification society requirements.
Detail Planner
Bay Shipbuilding Company · Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Production planning on the floor of a Great Lakes shipyard.
Researcher
University of Michigan
Development of alternative propulsion solutions for Great Lakes bulk carriers.
Education
Webb Institute
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
Speaking & writing
A boatbuilder's view, on the record.
I write and speak about boatbuilding, vessel regulation, and the craft of building boats in America. If you need an experienced voice for a panel, a publication, or a project, get in touch.